I begged my (female) college roommate to watch an episode of Xena with me. It ended up being the musical one, she looked over and said “Are they all like this?”
Pushing Daisies had Kristen Chenoweth singing “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” plus had her do a duet with Ellen Green for “Birdhouse in Your Soul.” I’m disappointed that, with great Broadway singers like that, they didn’t do it more often.
One episode of Mad Men was not a musical but did include several performances.
The copywriters, stuck in the office over the weekend, resort to marijuana. The dealer went to Princeton with one of them–we hear an a capella performance as they reminisce about the old college days.
Roger hosts a party that includes his cringe-inducing blackface performance. And a snappy Charleston danced by Pete & his wife.
Finally, Joan’s horrid husband tries to embarrass her by making her play accordion for dinner guests. She sings “C’est Magnifique” charmingly…