The Best Director

Chapter 329: Conquering the ratings rankings!

""The Big Bang Theory" had a huge opening season ratings, with 21.99 million viewers dominating NBA Thursday nights."

Entertainment news from , NetEase, Sohu and other portals, according to foreign media reports, this new sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" created and produced by Wang Yang was launched on the 6nb channel in the September issue of local time in the United States and achieved a great success. , in terms of critical response, it encountered a situation where the audience applauded and film critics poured cold water on it. It is understood that "The Big Bang Theory" is broadcast every Thursday night at 8:00-8:00. NBC has ordered the entire season. There are many Chinese elements in the series, including Chinese restaurants, Chinese language, etc., and a Chinese mathematician will appear in a permanent role. .

Although film critics have mixed reviews, the famous media "Hollywood Report" said that it is likely to set off a "geek trend". With Wang Yang's huge influence, this trend may even be global.

"ur-1e-vere--idene-e..." the catchy "e-iry-f-ng" was heard from the computer speakers of countless people around the world. In China, after the broadcast of "The Big Bang Theory" In less than twelve hours, a perfectly subtitled version in Chinese and English was available on the Internet. Due to fierce competition, the popularity of "Prison Break" has improved since it was launched a year ago. Movie fans, netizens and American TV series fans who had also been waiting for it for a long time swarmed in and burst into amused laughter: "It's so funny!"

"Take a nice bath!" Howard's words made many netizens laugh. Many people almost didn't recognize that it was in Chinese and thought he was speaking Klingon. In the second episode, Wang Yang made a cameo appearance. It also makes people happy. Although there will be some cultural differences, Chinese drama fans have always been very receptive and can be enjoyed and understood by everyone. They even prefer long sentences and scientific elements. Of course, no matter where in the world, one thing cannot be liked by everyone.

Another group of netizens who have watched the first two episodes continue to discuss and evaluate Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, Penny...actors, plots, behind-the-scenes footage, stills, guest appearances, and magical Yang with great interest on Tianya Post Bar and other places. ...The scientific theories, geek elements, and classic lines that appeared in the first two episodes...

A few days ago, September 28th was a special day worth remembering for Wang Yang and Jessica. It was the first anniversary of their engagement. However, because that day was a Tuesday, there was no way to celebrate. They just had a warm dinner together as a family. Now the weekend is here. Taking advantage of the sunny and refreshing weather on Sunday, the two went out to have a good time. They have been engaged for a year and have been married for more than half a year. Their married life is sweeter and more happy than before. Sometimes it is a little small. The bickering was just flirting, and Jessica thought she was really a "happy housewife."

But not every woman, every housewife, and every family is so happy. There are many on-off relationships, and scandals about cheating, cheating, and divorce can often be heard. Families have to bear the pressure from their husbands, children, and society. Being a housewife is really not easy. On Sunday, March 3rd, m9:-9:, the family ethics soap opera "Desperate Housewives" will be broadcast on channel B.

Immediately attracted tens of millions of viewers gathered in front of the TV.

"Desperate Housewives" does not have much novelty. Wisteria Lane in Beautiful Town has the most typical image of an unsatisfied housewife in life, and it is a collection of many gloomy dramas from soap operas. If you only watch it and it is comprehensive, Absolutely no one has any faith in marriage. But I have to say that for soap operas such as "**City" that are gradually becoming clichéd, it has more compassion, insight and thinking about the unfortunate housewives, so it is pungent but not mean, exaggerated but not ridiculous; at the same time, it has light and witty humor Let its black core not be too deep and depressing, and conform to the public's aesthetics.

So... when Monday, the 4th of the month came, everyone was shocked by the ratings on the 3rd and the ratings rankings for the week from September 27th to September 3rd. How should I say it was magical? Flame Home Entertainment is so awesome!

"Yeah!! This is the situation I want!" Seeing the ranking released by Nielsen, Anne Sweeney slammed the table excitedly, it was great! This group of desperate housewives brings unlimited hope to b! This year's new drama "Lost", which was heavily produced and promoted with a lot of money, has attracted tens of thousands of viewers when it aired, and they are already quite satisfied. As for this series that was not favored by anyone, who would have thought that the series that Miraculous Young would pick up as a compensation gift would actually have him? Well said, this "V New Monster" suddenly increased the 8.15 million viewers of "Double Agent" in the same period last year to a jaw-dropping figure!

Anne Sweeney was so happy that she was trembling with joy. She was so lucky that the new e had such a major performance breakthrough in the first season! Giving up on the Eight Rules was the right decision! She pressed the phone, informed the secretary and said with a smile: "Call Jia Qiyang, right away! Thank him! Oh, thank him!"

"Are you kidding? Are you kidding!?" Looking at the ratings number starting with the word "2", Kevin Reilly's eyes widened and his heart clenched painfully. Miraculous Yang's compensation gift was too heavy! ! Why not tell nb clearly! What a joke! ! "Am I too old?" Nancy Tellem took off her glasses and rubbed her sore eyes. It seemed that her insomnia would worsen recently. She felt frustrated because she had despised Wang Yang. The joke put B in an awkward position today. She shook her head and sighed: "I hope his interest goes back to movies."

Executives from FB and other TV stations are also beating their chests. They really, really shouldn’t violate the Magic Young Law and regulations. Violating it now is violating the market! But now, it’s too late to regret!

Ten thousand! /23 ratings! This is the result of the first episode of "Desperate Housewives". The dark title "Deere-ve" not only did not scare away the audience, but also ushered in a big hit! Eva Longoria, Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman and other leading actors were stunned, as were Mark Cherry and other creators! Who would have thought that the idea of ​​a soap opera script that was rejected everywhere would become so exaggerated after it slipped through the magic of Yang!

"That's the name, it's a cool name." If it weren't for Miracle Young's words, Anne Sweeney and other B executives would have discussed with Mark Cherry which one is better, "The Secret Life of Housewives" or "Wisteria Lane" . Although Wang Yang is nowhere to be found in the credits of "Desperate Housewives", the few websites that provide it are just "ve-de)". I don't know which episode's planner and producer, but he probably just said it with his lips. Several suggestions were made, such as actor selection, overall atmosphere creation, etc.

However, Anne Sweeney and everyone else dare not ignore this young man. There are many good scripts and good ideas. Which one is put into production and which one is eliminated depends on the vision of the decision-maker. Without the intervention of Miracle Young, "Desperate Housewives" may have changed its name. , maybe not, continue to achieve this achievement; more likely, it was kept at the bottom of the box for a long time, not for collection but just unused, and then died in vain. The current situation is that Miraculous Yang solemnly handed it over to b, and achieved almost the same opening viewership as "The Big Bang Theory", only a few points behind on 18-49.

What time is it? Thinking about the situation of dramas such as "Double Agent" last season, it feels luxurious! Now, Anne Sweeney and other B employees think "The Big Bang Theory" is more interesting and funny.

In this just-opened O4-O5 season, b feels a sudden heavy pressure, nb is the winner, b is the winner... But in fact, the biggest behind-the-scenes winner is Flame Family Entertainment. On this week's ratings list, its drama series Occupying four seats, "Prison Break", "The Big Bang Theory", and "Desperate Housewives".

The first place is Channel B's Thursday ace "i: Crime Scene Investigation", with 10,000 viewers, 15/28 ratings, a drama produced by B and Jerry Bruckheimer Films; the second place is Channel nb's "I: Crime Scene Investigation" on Monday "Prison Break", 10,000 viewers, ratings 15/25, production company Flame Home Entertainment; third nb channel Thursday's second episode of "The Big Bang Theory", 10,000, ratings 16/24, production company Flame Home Entertainment; No. Channel B's "Desperate Housewives" on Sunday, four B, 10,000, ratings/23, production company Flame Home Entertainment; fifth "The Big Bang Theory" first episode, 21.28 million, 15/23 points; sixth B The channel's "Missing Personnel" on Thursday, 10,000,/point... The seventh b "Lost", the eighth b "i:Miami", the ninth b "Survivor", the tenth b "Monday" Football Night".

The four seats b, the four seats nb, the three seats b, and the second, third, fourth, and fifth seats are all printed with the Flame Family Entertainment logo. Moths and butterflies conquered the ratings rankings!

Now Flame Family Entertainment has become the most dazzling star, not to mention the two dramas created by Qi Miyang himself, and his generous share is so shocking that it makes nb and b think that they have done "I bought out" "Eight Rules, please make it up to me" as a compensation gift. The latest product trends of Flame Home Entertainment are the topics of greatest concern to the six major commercial television networks. Does Magic Yang have any new ideas? No new interests? Impossible, they don't believe it.

"Urgent news, urgent news! Flame is going to do a game show!" B Entertainment Department suddenly became confused, "Exact news! This is a quiz game show similar to "Millionaire", and the maximum prize is one million!!" Everyone in the nb entertainment department was busy, "What's Miyazaki's idea? He said it would be fun? Are you sure?" The b entertainment department seemed to be on fire, bang, bang, bang! Snapped! Whether it's Anne Sweeney, Nancy Tellem, Kevin Reilly, or FB and other executives, they all shouted: "Take it down!"

Flame Family Entertainment is indeed planning to create a new quiz game show. This show originated from an idea. Wang Yang thought what kind of interesting situation would happen if Sheldon was asked a disdainful question by a child? In other words, what if a doctoral student is stumped by an elementary school student? A common impression that adults who know more are actually inferior to children in certain aspects of knowledge? Faced with the same question, Natalie Portman, a top student at Harvard, was speechless, and a child next to her took the answer as a rhyme. This must be interesting, but is this possible?

Of course it is possible. Wang Yang now has such a game show in the next seven years, "Are you smarter than a fifth-grade elementary school student?" ”, the gameplay is very simple. Contestants only need to answer 11 questions from primary school textbooks correctly in a row to win a prize of 10,000 US dollars. However, it sounds simple, but contestants from all walks of life continue to fail midway. After failure, they have to admit embarrassingly to the camera: "I am indeed not as smart as a fifth-grade elementary school student."

I have to say that after watching several episodes of this program, Wang Yang found that Americans do not have a high level of common sense. Which country is the largest in South America (Brazil)? Are ostriches the fastest birds (yes)? Are whales mammals (yes)? How many sides does a heptagon have (7)? Does the moon itself produce light (no)? Waiting for questions; even in which month is "Columbus Day" in the United States to commemorate Columbus's discovery of the new continent? It's a federal holiday! None of the contestants could answer this kind of question that is closely related to their own culture and life. It can be said that "I don't know which month Christmas is in." But all the primary school students on the show knew that the answer was month. What's even more interesting is that they were The contestant who was stumped by this simple question was a U1 history student.

This scene is indeed very interesting and shocking. "Are you smarter than a fifth grader?" "" aired on Channel F in 2007 and received 10,000 viewers. It is said to have set the highest ratings record for an American serial show since 1998. However, after the initial freshness wore off, there was no element of retaining people, and the ratings gradually weakened. The first season only averaged 10,000 viewers per episode. But what if the form is different?

In addition to ordinary contestants, the guests on the show are some celebrities, such as film, television, sports, business, Bill Gates, and the President of the United States? The program team can send an invitation to the White House from the beginning. It doesn’t matter whether the President and Vice President come up to challenge the invitation or the White House ignores it. This is a good publicity tactic. Celebrities partner up with an ordinary contestant, and they answer questions simultaneously. The main part is answering questions, with some elementary school-level talent performances, bringing their own elementary school transcripts, photos, and other attractive aspects.

It is not difficult to produce such a TV program. Flame Home Entertainment hopes to broadcast it in the spring five years after the winter break. As long as the publicity is related, "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?" "If it becomes popular, it will be helpful to promote the ratings of "The Big Bang Theory" and "Prison Break", two series with "high IQ" as the selling point. The program team will definitely pay attention to Wentworth, who graduated from Princeton University. Miller and Jim Parsons, who graduated with a master's degree from the University of San Diego, invited.

For the first issue, Wang Yang hopes to invite Natalie Portman, a new generation of talented star with high popularity and high academic qualifications...

"Yang, don't think so much. This program must, must, must be for nb!" Kevin Reilly immediately flew to Los Angeles and went to the Flames Company to negotiate, even though he didn't know the specific game at all. Way. Kevin Rielly's smile seemed to be full of sincerity: "I promise, NBA will give the Flames the best conditions, and it's ours! Are you sure? Oh, by the way, someone gave me a few Lakers balls in good positions. Tickets, but you know I’m not a basketball fan, and I also have a few membership coupons for a golf club, do you want them?”

"No, thank you. I don't like golf. I have season tickets for the Lakers." Wang Yang directly refused these small favors. Kevin Riley, who made a bad move, laughed: "Okay." If he hadn't known The right to speak on the show rests with Miyazaki Yang. He will not choose this person to do stupid things. Fortunately, Wang Yang’s next words dispelled a lot of his worries: "Kevin, you really don’t need me to do public relations for this." I'm not interested in these at all, but nb has always been our priority."

nb has the initiative in its hands. As long as it matches the price and treatment, "Are you smarter than a fifth-grade primary school student?" "The broadcast will enter nb's program schedule.

"B, choose B!", "B really hopes to cooperate with Huo Yan!"... Ever since the news came out, these voices kept appearing. In the end, Wang Yang ignored them all and left them to the company to negotiate. He I really need more time to focus on the post-production work on Firefly.

Soon, the 4th of the month has become a thing of the past. Compared with last year's competition for "The Big Bang Theory", the bidding for the program has come to fruition. Flame Home Entertainment has reached a cooperation agreement with nb, and the new game show "You vs. Five" has come to an end. Are primary school students smarter? " will be on 6nb every Wednesday in the spring of 2019 at 8:00-9:00. Now sharing this hour of new dramas "Hawaii" and "LAX" have received poor ratings, and under the pressure of "Lost" , with only 10,000 or 10,000 viewers, 18-49 and poor reviews, it is basically a short-lived drama that will no longer be ordered after the winter break.

However, NBC is undoubtedly the most proud of "adding another magical program". This week's ratings rankings almost continue last week's rankings, with "i" in first place, "Prison Break" in second, and "Desperate Housewives" in third. The ratings of the second episode rose to 10,000, with a ratings of 12/26. It is an absolute trend and phenomenon. The fourth episode of "The Big Bang Theory", after the popularity of the first two episodes, dropped slightly to 980,000 in the third episode. , as a result, countless people have discovered that without the cameos of big stars, geeks are still capable of making people laugh to death.

However, this does not mean that "The Big Bang Theory", which features a great director and three popular movie stars from the beginning, will not continue to have guest appearances. On the contrary, there are many rumors, including Apple founder Steve Jobs and Google founder Sergey B. Lin and Larry Page may also come up to play a small role. Fans of the show are even more sure that, according to Wang Yang’s blog, there will be an episode in the mid-season of “The Big Bang Theory” about Sheldon and others attending an anime convention, where Jessica Alba and Natalie -Portman and several others made guest appearances.

This is Wang Yang's solution to the troubles of happiness. Since these people want to make guest appearances so much, let's create a big scene together! If you think it's not a guest appearance or you're not satisfied, don't come or wait. "The Big Bang Theory" is very busy right now! Jessica naturally has no objection. Natalie is also looking forward to this guest appearance on the same stage, but it is best to hurry up. If she waits until next March to film "V for Vendetta", she will probably go there with a bald head.

The happiest thing is nb, Kevin Riley looked up to the sky and screamed, it was so scary! Inviting two of the most popular movie stars at once, and even others! Even Miraculous Yang appeared again, and the ratings of 18-49 were unimaginable! There are only a handful of producers who have the ability to do this kind of thing, and probably only the madman Fantastic Young, and even Steven Spielberg can't do it. If this episode is confirmed, nb will never stand idly by and promote, promote, promote! Hit the highest ratings!

"Are whales mammals?", "Yes! So are dolphins!", "How many sides does a heptagon (egn) have?", "Well, 7!", "Are you sure?", "I'm sure." , "Are you really, really sure?"

On the sofa in the living room, Wang Yang held a notebook with some elementary school questions written on it and asked Jessica questions. Hearing his serious tone, Jessica bit her lower lip in confusion: "Isn't it?" Wang Yang She asked impartially: "How much? 7 or 14? Now you have 25,000 US dollars. You can choose to give up and take the money and leave." Jessica held the sand with both hands and looked at him unblinkingly. , gradually revealed a smiling face, and shouted with certainty: "Seven!"

"Wrong! It's 14!", "Oh my god! 14!? How could it be 14!? Oh my god...how can I be a good mother in the future!!", "I'm kidding you, the correct answer is 7. .”

Before she could pounce on him with a fist, Wang Yang laughed and jumped off the sand and ran away quickly. Knowing that he couldn't run away from him, Jessica rolled her eyes, raised her palms and smacked him in the air: "Force attack! I grabbed your shoulders and you couldn't move!" Wang Yang over there suddenly froze: "Oh! What did you do to me? How could this happen! I can't move!" He shouted: "Let me go , let me go—" Jessica walked up eagerly.

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