Wicked : One Wonderful Night has certainly given NBC something to rejoicify.

The November 6 special drew 3.6M viewers across platforms after three days, per Nielsen, making it the network’s second best special of the year, coming in behind only February’s SNL50: The Anniversary Special .

According to NBCUniversal, the audience for Wicked: One Wonderful Night was 64% than last year’s Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked special. In the 18-49 demo, it was up 148%.

Wicked: One Wonderful Night will face some tough competition through the end of the year, though, since it kicked off a month full of NBC specials, several of which are expected to generate big audiences for the network. Later this month, NBC will air the 99 th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which has

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