“Hairspray Live!” also had a smaller viewership than 2014’s “Peter Pan Live!,” which had 9.2 million viewers, and the 2013 live production of “The Sound of Music,” still the highest-rated at 18.6 million. Though it garnered mostly good reviews, “Hairspray Live!” saw a big drop from NBC’s production of “The Wiz Live!” last year, which had 11.5 million viewers. Like most major networks, NBC makes recent episodes of its programming available for streaming the day after the episode airs.NBC’s live production of “Hairspray” had nine million viewers on Wednesday night, making it the lowest-rated of the network’s four live musical events over the past three years. If you'd like to go for the more modern route, though, Hairspray Live! will exist for some time on the internet even after it's big NBC debut on Dec. They were invented, after all, for this very conundrum. I don't know if anyone still has one of those, but if you do, well I guess it's an option. The first and most obvious way to make sure you don't miss out on the fun is to record it on your DVR, or even on one of those antique devices I'm told are called VHS tapes. There are ways to watch even if you missed the big event airing in real time. Never fear, the internet is here for you, and it loves you and wants you to be happy. That means you need to know how to re-watch Hairspray Live! on NBC so you don't miss a minute of that Baltimore sound.

So you're beyond excited for Hairspray Live!, which is about to air on NBC, but it turns out that you have your great-grandmother's sister's wedding anniversary party that day or something and tragically won't be able to watch it live.

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