THE PROM
Netflix, 3:00 a.m. ET
MOVIE PREMIERE: This movie version of the Broadway musical is directed by Ryan Murphy, who parlayed his success with Fox’s Glee and such FX anthology series as American Horror Story, into a mega-money production deal with Netflix. This is his latest effort, and has him returning to his Glee roots: The Prom revolves emotional angst at a high school, is filled with music and makes room for adults, like Jane Lynch in Glee, who get to overact with playful cartoon abandon. In this movie version of the musical, Broadway stars who no longer are as luminous as they once were, but are oblivious to that new reality, descend upon an Indiana town and high school to champion a lesbian student who has encountered resistance to taking her girlfriend to the prom. The stars cast by Murphy have played self-obsessed types before: Meryl Streep in everything from The Devil Wears Prada to The She-Devil, and James Corden in every “Crosswalk the Musical” presentation he’s “directed” on The Late Late Show with James Corden. Nicole Kidman, Andrew Rannells, Kerry Washington, and Keegan-Michael Key co-star, so there’s plenty of talent on hand. The music and lyrics are by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin, respectively, and Jo Ellen Pellman plays the teen at the center of the story – and the local Indiana controversy.