"Variety" reported that the availability of Sorkin, Zadan, and Meron may have had an impact, noting that Sorkin had to represent his 2017 film "Molly's Game" during awards season, while Zadan and Meron (who have produced all of NBC's live musicals) were committed to other projects (such as "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert" in 2018, and a later canceled production of "Hair" in 2019) being produced by NBC in lieu of "Bye Bye Birdie", which had been delayed multiple times in order to accommodate Jennifer Lopez's other projects.