The Best Director

Chapter 251 A big surprise!

"The ratings are out on Monday, and the new drama "Prison Break" won the championship."

"Magic Yang led the team to invade the screen with "Prison Break", bsp; Following the reports of websites such as Entertainment Network, Yahoo Entertainment Network, Reuters, etc., audiences who care about the ratings of the drama know the situation on Monday for the first time, and love "Prison Break" Fans of "Friends" are very excited and understand. When "Friends" is about to end this season and lose one of its aces, suddenly there is such a powerful new drama, no wonder the spokesperson Rebecca Marks Said: "We were so pleasantly surprised it was a huge win. "

pm9: -1 The first episode received 18.65 million average viewers and the total ratings reached 18; another important indicator, the ratings of adults aged 18-49 reached .5, which is very popular among young people.

In addition to the -49 ratings, which lost to the 16.49 million viewers of "Monday Night Football" with 11.2, "Prison Break" won the Monday championship in terms of the total number of viewers and total ratings.

It beat the 15.38 million viewers of cBs at the same time, "Everybody Loves Raymond" with a rating of 9.8/15, a drop of 10,000 from the 18.39 million viewers of the previous season; "Two and a Half"; x's 3.54 million viewers, 2.1/3's "n"; upn's "Girlfriend" and "Half and Half" with 2.16 million and 2.18 million viewers respectively; B's "Snow Mountain Town" with 3.17 million viewers "...

And at the next ten o'clock, the second episode of "Prison Break" faced cBs' strong enemy "-Miami" and continued "Monday Night Football". The number of viewers recorded 18.15 million, and the ratings were .3/17 "-Miami" was also sniped, with 14.87 million viewers and a rating of 9.1/14. Compared with the previous season, it lost 1.58 million viewers.

This night, if "Who Dare to Challenge" dominated the eight o'clock file with 13.59 million viewers, it won the ratings champion in the three time slots of the evening, and it took a heavy punch; so on Monday's national ratings list, The first and second episodes of "Prison Break" won the first and second place in the number of viewers; "Monday Night Football" won the third place, and "Everybody Loves Raymond" came in fourth...

"Papa papa" sounded in the conference room of the New York Entertainment Department. The president of the entertainment department, Kevin Riley (n-11y), showed his white teeth with a smile. With a happy smile on their faces, the high-level executives almost shouted "Yeah" to express the refreshment in their hearts.

2-The ninth season is 21.14 million viewers, the third.

Now "Prison Break" is not 10,000, not the 11.55 million of "Crisis Frontline", not "rest assured" 10,000, not the surprise,

The average of the two episodes is 10,000.4/18

According to the situation of the last season, this number of viewers can be ranked eighth in the year. The top ten in the last season only accounted for three, and they are all ancient artifacts that are too old to move at any time: "Friends" was broadcast for nine seasons, and it was sixth in 19. The tenth season of "The Story of the Emergency Room" and the fourteenth season of "Law and Order" on the 16th...

This is not the era of the last century that dominated the screen, and it has long since ceased to rule the prime time. In the new 21st century, in the words of Kevin Reilly: "Everyone's status is very, very close, management can hardly make any mistakes, and the ratings of TV stations depend on who can get enough attractive programs. .”

X programming manager Preston Berkman also said: "Any small change can make the first place become the third place; or the third place becomes the first place."

For the executives of the entertainment department of this generation, the appearance of "Prison Break" is undoubtedly a long-term drought.

In fact, these well-dressed high-level executives often walk on thin ice, facing pressure from higher levels, racking their brains to get good programs and win over producers. Now, relying on the "Knight Rider" complex, the entertainment department was lucky enough to get "Prison Break". Like the original Lionsgate Film Company, the "wisdom eye" got to know the genius Michelle Yang, and achieved amazing results

"We all misunderstood what Yang meant, and now "Prison Break" is watched by tens of thousands of viewers."

Kevin Reilly glanced at the smiling faces of the department heads on both sides, spread his hands, and laughed loudly: "The audience of 10,000 adults" Everyone immediately laughed, and then applauded cheeringly, and the atmosphere was a little carried away for a while. Paul Jones and others laughed at each other and said: "I was really scared by him.", "This guy just likes to play surprises.", "I said, how can Magic Young be so humble?", "I just told When he was watching, he was calm."  …

The ratings of adult audiences aged 18-49 are very important, because this age group is the main consumption power of the market, so the ratings of 4/5 will be more valuable than 2/8, and the advertising costs are particularly high. "Audience rating" is to take the index of 18-49 as the default standard. This season's adult viewership ratings are around 10,000 people, and the .4 points of "Prison Break" are indeed over 10,000 people.

A 13-year-old kid in 1998 is now an 18-year-old netg person. The magic of "Seven Wins on the Screen" has gained popularity among young people, which is unmatched among the new generation of directors; and the market positioning of "Prison Break" is exactly A set of tense dramas that appeal to young audiences, so the number of viewers and the ratings of adults are very important. If there are viewers, there will be ratings.

Sure enough, they have not let them down now. This is the first time since the 1990s, and it has entered the first autumn Monday ratings champion, and even dominated the entire Monday night. It has been a long time since they have been so majestic.

"It's time, let's hear what Yang has to say." Kevin Reilly tapped his wrist watch, and under the smiles of everyone, he pressed the conference phone on the table and dialed it to Wang Yang in Los Angeles, and the call was connected immediately. He said with a smile, "Hi, Yang." He is one of the most important creators of "Prison Break" and one of the screenwriters. It can be said that the entire set of "Prison Break" is based on his orders, and the producer, director and screenwriter will implement them.

Although he is somewhat "leisurely", he is the top person in charge of "Prison Break" (bsp;

There was a happy chuckle in the conference room. Kevin Reilly made a quiet gesture, looked at the black phone, and said with a smile: "Jan, do you know the ratings of "Prison Break?" Wang Yang said with a chuckle: "Yes, Paul told me, and it exceeded my expectations. I think... I won't be cut in half this time, right?" Everyone laughed, and Kevin Riley spread his hands. With an expression of "I can't do anything about this guy", he smiled and said, "No, no, it's time for us to talk about the second season."

"I'll leave it to Paul to discuss this with you. To be honest, "Prison Break" brought me a big surprise." Kevin Reilly said and clapped his palms first, and the warm applause from the conference room was transmitted to Los Angeles via the phone. Wang Yang said thank you a few times, stopped applauding, and Ruili smiled again: "We are discussing arranging a celebration banquet for "Prison Break", but we know that your engagement wedding is coming soon."

He paused, and the meeting room was filled with congratulatory applause. Wang Yang smiled and said thank you, and Ruili continued to laugh: "So we will wait until the ratings of "Prison Break" stabilize in mid-October, and then celebrate for you." Wang Yang didn't care much: "ok."

Kevin Riley knew that the celebration banquet, which was not sold much, would be held in 99 days. The second episode against "-Miami" was able to maintain 18.15 million, .3/17, which showed that the audience almost completely accepted "Prison Break". It is inseparable, and this point has been very well verified in the evaluation and response of the market; many viewers even made feedback calls and asked "Prison Break" to continue broadcasting two consecutive episodes next week.

They all feel that what they should think about now is not the decline in the ratings of "Prison Break", but after the high-stakes and suspenseful second episode, will the ratings of the more exciting third episode next week soar? Climb to the 10,000-viewer club?

In any case, the 23-year-old Miracle Yang made this crazy achievement when he entered the screen. Maybe it won’t be as sensational as "Ghost Story" back then. TV series are TV series, and they pay attention to long-term flow; but God knows whether he will make a movie in the next few years. Publishing TV shows such as "Blue Music", "Juno", and "The Ninth District", and gradually becoming a super figure behind the screen?

Signing a long-term production cooperation contract of "launching several programs in a few years", Bob Wright, the chairman of the TV group, would definitely yell: "Send the contract to Jiangye, the longer the period, the better." Unfortunately, Wang Yang He immediately rejected this preliminary intention, and the reason was straightforward: "I like freedom."

Although there is no long-term contract guarantee, they will still start to increase their efforts to promote "Prison Break" according to the original plan. After all, there is still a third season.

"Thank you, Jan." Kevin Reilly thanked the phone. The success of "Prison Break" also put a dazzling sum on his entertainment president report card, and he smiled: "We are all looking forward to You bring more amazing TV shows, such as that sitcom?" He started the lobbying task and said: "Next season can be arranged to make up for the Thursday slot vacated by "Friends"..."

"Haha Kevin, you make me feel very honored." Sitting behind the desk in the elegant and bright study room, Wang Yang interrupted Kevin Riley with a smile, and looked at the script text of "Firefly" on the computer screen. Riley didn't have much enthusiasm for his proposal. He is going to get married early next year, and he needs to concentrate on making "Firefly" a success, as well as a bunch of things in the company. He is still thinking about how to make the second season of "Prison Break".

As for now, Wang Yang smiled into the hands-free microphone: "Everyone, let's enjoy the title of "Prison Break" first."

18.65 million viewers and .5/18 viewership ratings did exceed his expected 10,000, but he knew that this was actually a normal thing, and he even felt a little regretful that he didn't follow the trend to break through to more than 10,000.

The original "Prison Break" had an average of 10,000 in the first season, with an audience rating of 4.1/. Leaving aside issues of quality and publicity, it was broadcast on channel x at nine o'clock, and the previous two sitcoms "Show Blocked" and "Kitchen Secrets" at eight o'clock had 10,000 and 10,000 viewers respectively. Tens of thousands of people switched channels to watch "Prison Break", and viewers generally didn't like to switch channels, unless it was a sports channel.

Once you get used to watching a certain TV station, you will have a psychological habit and tendency. After watching the eight o'clock file, continue to watch the nine o'clock file, and after the nine o'clock file, continue to the ten o'clock file. Therefore, after a certain program on a certain channel has high ratings and the finished episode has high ratings, the ratings of the following programs will also increase accordingly; so there is a title with a long history called "must-see-TV" )".

Yesterday's 8 o'clock file "Who Dare to Challenge" was 13.59 million, which means that basically a passable drama will have -10,000 on Monday at 9 o'clock; a good drama such as "The Frontline of Crisis" will have 10,000 . The audience source is very important to the ratings of the series. If the original version of "Prison Break" was broadcast "at that time" and the publicity was proper, it would probably have over 10,000 ratings.

Of course, whether the results can be maintained is a question. Although the original version eventually dropped by 10,000 and only had an adult audience rating of 4.1, it had a very successful start and won the "Most Popular New TV Series Award" at the People's Choice Awards for 5 years. The choice awards are all decided through audience voting (now online voting), and the award belongs to popularity.

These two aspects show that the audience is not disgusted with the criminal theme of "Prison Break", but is very interested.

Gradually, there are more elderly or young audiences than adult audiences, still because of the false plot setting and the lack of convincing characters. Non-adult audiences are more likely to accept it. One reason is that in their minds, such a prison can really exist. Because the prison settings of the original "Prison Break" are almost all traditional prison construction and management models, the elderly feel ok, but children don't understand.

It is said that "Prison Break" has a great influence in some countries and regions overseas, such as mainland China. It is those audiences who do not notice any loopholes, and focus on the tense plot, but will feel the martial arts. The king made the holy king, the king will kill the gods at night, the throne of the gods, and the throne of the gods will be the strongest. The throne seeks the devil, the world is proud of the ninth heaven, the strongest abandoned young man, the royal family of Zhou, the god-maker, kills the gods at night, and the seal of the gods is the throne.

In the hearts of audiences aged 18-49 in the United States, they all accept the concept and impression of the "new generation prison" in the middle and late 2000s, including Wang Yang himself, with advanced electronic facilities and prison guards always staring at prisoners... these Conceptual knowledge caused the gaps in the original version to stand out, coupled with unreasonable characters and actors with average acting skills, the audience could not invest in it, and it became less and less.

Now they have tried their best to solve it. The quality of "Prison Break" released on the street is close to the highest level that can be achieved, pushing the tension and suspense to the extreme, persuasive enough and not afraid of the audience to participate in thinking; the prisoner was replaced by an actor with a more criminal temperament , the female doctor becomes hot, providing opportunities for young people to become fans...

So regarding the ecstatic and astonishing average viewership ratings of .4/18 for the first two episodes, Wang Yang was taken aback when he first heard the call: "Oh, ten thousand." Then he was happy He laughed quietly, and said with a calm smile without any excitement: "Okay, I see." Of course, if the third episode can break through 10,000 next week, he thinks he will "yeah" and dance with his fists.

"That's right, let's enjoy our championship now haha" Kevin Riley nodded and laughed, lobbying is not too late. Paul Jones and others also laughed happily, and the meeting room was filled with a joyous atmosphere after a big victory at the beginning of the season.

Also located in the Black Rock Building of the cBs headquarters in Manhattan, New York, the conference room of the entertainment department was silent. The president of the entertainment department, Nancy Tellem, was sitting at the table, looking at the subordinates on both sides, with silent faces. A total failure in one day lost the Monday ratings champion that had been maintained for many years, and the set of "Prison Break" that was popular all over the United States overnight and the eighth season "Everyone Loves Raymond" did not receive high ratings from the audience, 18- 49 ratings also dropped significantly. (The original Raymundor ended with season nine.)

In this long autumn file that has just started, how can it fight against "Prison Break"? Could it be that the champion at the nine o'clock file was just bsp; Wrong, this little guy really has a magical power. Is there any way to lure him to cBs? Nancy Tellem thought about it first, but she had no idea. Flame Movie obviously had no idea. She glanced at her subordinates and said with a faint smile: "It's not terrible to lose a Monday champion. What's terrible is that we lose Fighting spirit. But the fact is not so serious, there is only one Wang Yang, one more producer and one more "Prison Break" will not make a big change, we just need to be ourselves." It's coming to an end, and we need to add new sitcoms."

"This week, the 3-4 TV autumn season officially kicked off. According to Nielsen's data, the new TV series "Prison Break" won the championship on Monday as a dark horse. What? Did I say a dark horse?"

Under the bright night, the streets of New York City are still full of traffic. Many cars stopped at the red light. The young car owner looked ahead as bright as day, and heard the surprised voice of the radio host on the radio: "Then I was wrong, "Prison Break" is a TV series produced by Wang Yang, yes, that movie director is amazing Yang, this young guy has another surprise. I don't know if you have seen "Prison Break", what do you think? But I , I can't believe it will be so exciting..."

The red light went out and the green light came on, and the cars resumed moving forward one after another.

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