[Warning: This story contains spoilers from Monday's Smash episode, "Meet Mr. DiMaggio."]

On Monday's Smash, Ellis (Jaime Cepero) continued his conniving ways, building up a potential arsenal of ammunition to use against Tom and Julia in his quest to receive credit for the Marilyn Monroe musical.

After taking authorized video of Megan Hilty's Ivy performing a song from Tom and Julia's potential Marilyn Monroe musical, it's clear that Ellis is an ambitious kid who can't be completely trusted.

As Tom's (Christian Borle) assistant, he's already clashing with his writing partner Julia (Debra Messing) over exactly who came up with the concept for the Marilyn musical but backed down when she denied that the idea was his.

[Warning: This story contains spoilers from Monday's "Callbacks" episode of Smash.]

Pitting the girl next door up against the Broadway veteran, NBC's Smash crowned its Marilyn Monroe during Monday's "Callbacks" episode, with Megan Hilty's Ivy getting the pivotal role in the play at the center of the musical drama.

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How far will the girl next door, Karen, and the Broadway veteran, Ivy, go to achieve their dreams and land the starring role in the Marilyn Monroe play at the center of NBC's Smash?

With both actresses -- played by Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty, respectively, earning second callbacks from the musical's producers, the competition to land the coveted role goes into overdrive during Monday's second episode, "Callbacks." 

So are you Team Karen or Team Ivy?

Could all of Ivy's dreams be coming true on NBC's Smash?

On the NBC drama about the making of a Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe, Megan Hilty's Ivy and Katharine McPhee's Karen are both wooing sleazy director Derek (Jack Davenport) to win the lead role, with both actresses receiving callbacks for the part in Monday's episode.

Months and millions in marketing dollars later, NBC's Smash officially unspooled Monday night, showcasing seven songs in the drama starring Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty as actresses both vying to portray Marilyn Monroe.

A Broadway pedigree. Nine award-winning executive producers, including Steven Spielberg. A budget pegged at $3.5 million per episode. And the hopes of an entire broadcast network riding on it. Much has already been said about NBC's Smash leading up to its Monday premiere.

Katharine McPhee joined the likes of Howard Stern, David Beckham and Ferris Bueller on Sunday as NBC unspooled a new promo for its Broadway drama Smash.

Making a musical about Marilyn Monroe isn't an easy task considering Broadway's history with the famed actress but Anjelica Huston's Smash character is up for the challenge.

In a clip exclusive to The Hollywood Reporter, Huston introduces her Smash alter ego -- a legendary Broadway producer who isn't above throwing a drink in her ex-husband's face.

When it comes to staging a successful play, Jack Davenport's Smash character doesn't care about your feelings.

Davenport plays Derek Wills, the hotshot director of the Marilyn Monroe theatrical production at the center of the NBC drama whose moral compass doesn't always point to doing the right thing.

After an introduction from entertainment president Robert Greenblatt, the massive cast and creatives for NBC's musical drama Smash -- totaling 16 -- crowded the stage, touching on how the series will be an accurate representation of a Broadway production, how Glee set the stage for musicals on TV as well as the plans for what could happen should the series see a second season.

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Bowing in February, NBC has a lot riding on musical drama Smash.

While the series stars Katharine McPhee, Megan Hilty and Debra Messing in the story of the staging of a Broadway play about Marilyn Monroe, it has been unclear to this point whether the series would feature songs outside of those written for the play within the show.