The Singing B-log

After "The Singing Bee's" strong premiere last week, we have been at the center of a whirlwind of activity. NBC has pulled out all the stops on its promotional and publicity campaign around our continued summer run, and on Monday morning, Ben Silverman announced at the TCA Press Tour that the show is going to be on the network's fall schedule.

The phones are ringing off the hook with media requests for our host, Joey Fatone. Joey, of course, is splitting his time between "The Singing Bee" and his "Dancing With the Stars" tour. He's working hard to fulfill all of the requests, and I love him for it. Sometimes the guys who make hosting look easy don't get as much credit for their work as they should.

So, for the record, Joey deserves a lot of credit!

And are they any critics in the audience tonight? Let's have a nice round of applause for them. If you had told me two weeks ago that our nation's TV critics would rally behind "The Singing Bee," I might have argued with you. We always figured that the viewers would get on board, because the show is full of great music and it's a lot of fun to play along at home. But it's nice to be one of those shows that resonate with the public and the critics alike. It's a good thing too, because this week we are in Beverly Hills at the TCA Press Tour to meet the critics face-to-face.

We're getting lots of interesting feedback on the show from various groups of viewers. Some people want to see more of our singers, some want to see more of our dancers (the Honey Bees) and some want to see more of our band (Ray Chew and the Buzz).

There's only so much material that we can include in each episode, but we're looking at ways to let everybody see more of their favorite parts of the show online. Look for more on that front soon. In the meantime, please leave your favorite misheard lyric in the comments section, and then tune in to see if we use it on an upcoming episode of the show.