Musical episodes in non-comedic tv series

[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by Lock Jaw I think it has to have some comedic element to the show at least to work. Like Buffy or Xena. They can't be classified as comedy shows, but they both did have comedic elements to them. So they could get away with it. It would be a bit weird if a no-nonsense show like... I dunno... Battlestar Galactica did a musical episode.

Don't know about Xena, but I agree on Buffy. It worked because the show's already somewhat comedic in nature. The song and dance routine works well with their world-altering magic and sometimes campy, light-hearted approach to things.

A straight show with a musical number is going to suck. Almost certainly.

Plus, musicals already should be avoided. I keep thinking of that musical episode of Daria, which was godawful. And that's still a comedy show.