Katharine McPhee joins NBC's Smash

OMG! This is such great news! Deadline is reporting that Katharine McPhee has joined NBC's Smash!

Smash is NBC's answer to Glee! This is going to be amazing! So excited.

From Deadline:

American Idol alumna-turned-actress Katharine McPhee has landed a co-starring role in the NBC hourlong pilot Smash, which will feature the Idol Season 5 runner-up sing. The pilot, from DreamWorks TV and UMS, is based on an idea by Steven Spielberg and follows a cross section of characters who come together to put on a Marilyn Monroe musical on Broadway led by the musical's composer Tom and lyricist Julia (Debra Messing). McPhee will play a beautiful struggling actress who goes to all lengths (including sexual favors for the producer) to book the role of Marilyn Monroe in the musical.