"Smash" feels like a smash

I'm no movie critic or reviewer--not professionally, by a long shot (HUGE understatement)--but this new TV show coming out February 6 on NBC, "Smash", looks terrific. With Debra Messing and Anjelica Huston, it's set in New York City and about people fleshing out a musical for Broadway based on Marilyn Monroe. The first episode (see link at bottom), looks extremely promising. It's one of the most forward-looking things on TV right now, I think (though it's not on yet, not technically). It also incorporates laptops, cell phones, a YouTube-type website, a portable video cam--and all very well. It's very modern and it works. You get into the characters rather quickly, I think. The filming--both of New York and the performances--really draw you in. Last note (at least here, today, on this)--it's been compared to "Glee" and it certainly comes from that success but here's the thing--this has a far, far better and, I'll bet, more consistent story. "Glee" seems to survive and exist if the episode that evening has good musical performances. The characters and their respective stories aren't that important or integral. This has what seems to be a far more engaging story and so, characters you care far more about, far sooner. It really seems to work and on a few different levels. Here's hoping. Link to first episdode: http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi1845076249/