The 2004-2005 TV fall season can be described as surging, NBC's veteran sitcom king "Friends", HBO soap opera king "** City" and other dramas have disappeared one after another, CBS's ace "Everybody Loves Raymond" ushered in the end, and "The Big Bang Theory", "Desperate Housewives", "Grey's Anatomy", "Dr. House" and other dramas have come out and become the new darlings of screen audiences...... The biggest winners are undoubtedly none other than Flame Home Entertainment, as well as the beneficiaries NBC and ABC.

For NBC, this is a TV season with mixed sorrows and joys, and the ratings of "Joey", which has high hopes, are a mess, with an average of 10.7 million viewers per episode after 24 episodes in the first season, and an audience rating of 4.2/12, all of which rank after the 30th place of the year! What's even more chilling is that it is still following the ace show, but the audience has switched stations, which means that it is just a pile of shit.

"We were really disappointed. Kevin Rayleigh, president of NBC Entertainment, once told the TV magazine "TV Series" that he thinks NBC has done everything for "Joey" regardless of publicity, schedules and other aspects, and now this result is somewhat unacceptable, he even said: "We don't understand what the problem is, multi-camera sitcoms are outdated? But "The Big Bang Theory" tells us that this is not the case, maybe "Joey" was too hasty, and we are all responsible." ”

According to the statistics of The Nielsen Company and other institutions, new and old audiences do not buy this show, and even die-hard fans of "Friends" for many years have given very low evaluations, thinking that this series is boring and boring, and it is best to end it as soon as possible.

NBC is not stupid, it has already announced that it will not book the full season of "Joey", but it will also give the show half a season to make a final stand, if it is not really reluctant to say goodbye to "Friends" 100%, this poor relative should be swept away. On the other hand, it has to do with the fact that several other new NBC shows, "Proud Dad," "Hawaii," and "Los Angeles International Airport" have all failed and ended up in dismal successes, and the entertainment executives really need to thank "The Big Bang Theory" for saving their report card.

The first 24 episodes of the first season of "The Big Bang Theory" averaged 21.56 million viewers per episode, with an audience rating of 13/24, ranking 6th in the year! 21.28 million were broadcast, and none of the episodes fell below 20 million, and the 17th episode of "Anime Conference" set a record of 30.16 million viewers!

Although some TV critics criticized it for "telling the same joke every week", the show captivated audiences around the world with its mature and confident attitude as soon as it aired, and it is both a cult drama with a large number of hardcores, and a popular drama that is loved by the public, with a popular saying: "The only reason you don't watch "The Big Bang Theory" is that you don't have TV. "TBBT" has not only set off a trend in North America, but also caused a wave of "geek wind" around the world, and hundreds of millions of TBBT fans have already looked forward to the second season.

The success of "The Big Bang Theory" is inseparable from the increasing role of electronic technology products in people's lives, the geekism of people around the world, etc., and the hard work of the main creative team and the vigorous publicity of NBC.

In any case, it can be seen from NBC's 2 seasons of 48 episodes booked in one go this summer, and its current status, including the president, program manager, marketing manager, etc., has made no secret of its praise and reliance, Kevin Rayleigh praised: "It's not every year that there is a show as good as 'The Big Bang Theory', it's the kind of 'period drama', and in the next five years, BC is very lucky to get it, and we must cherish this genius even more." ”

At least until 2007, TBBT fans don't have to worry about not seeing Sheldon, Leonard and others, and they can rest assured that they will discuss the plot of the second season with great interest, how will Sheldon's relationship with the enemies develop, will he have a girlfriend, will Leonard and Penny's relationship last, and Howard will say goodbye to being single?...... There are a lot of promotional videos in the second season, one of which is "celebrity celebrity cameos", and a large number of people including "Honorary Academician of the Academy of Sciences" Wang Yang appeared in the star-studded first season, and now it is rumored that SE2 will have a "Firefly" plot", and it is very likely that Magic Yang will appear again at that time.

But in the new season, the crew hopes to implement the plan of not only movie and television stars to make cameos, cartoonist Stan Lee, who loves to make cameos everywhere, has already agreed to the invitation, physicist Stephen Hawking has replied that he is very interested, but whether to appear in it still needs to be considered, and Silicon Valley legends such as Brin and Page, the two founders of Google, and Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, also need time to consider...... Of course, "The Big Bang Theory" has only just begun, and the producers are confident that they will be able to meet these people one by one.

Seeing that the series is popular all over the world, the flames are collecting money at a sky-high price of 4.8 million per episode, and the main creators and leading actors are inevitably unwilling to continue to work with a basic salary, and after an actor becomes a popular star, even if his life remains luxurious, his daily expenses will naturally increase significantly, such as dresses for events and ceremonies, etc., which require money, and personal assistants, personal makeup artists, etc.; Projects such as landing in magazines will also increase revenue.

In addition, the agent fanned the flames from the side, and the main creators and leading actors who worked happily with the flames all know that the grace of knowing and business should be separated, after all, who doesn't want a better standard of living?

Flame Home Entertainment is probably the most generous boss in Hollywood, and in the summer, he just smelled the crew's request for a salary increase, so he took the initiative to talk to several leading actors, in fact, Jim Parsons and several people do not have the tough idea of "strike if you don't raise salary" for the time being, they understand that they are indeed because of the popularity of "TBBT", where can they go after leaving this show for a while? They also like this show, the salary of $60,000 per episode in the first season is already the first-class price for newcomers and new dramas, and Flame treats them well.

It stands to reason that Jim Parsons doesn't want to get into a fight with the Flames, and Carré Tsoku even told the Flames that it's not too late to renegotiate the contract for Season 3. Flame Family Entertainment still offered the six leading actors a salary increase of 80,000 per episode in the second season and 100,000 per episode in the third season, which is a very reasonable and lucrative contract.

However, Flame Family Entertainment is not wronged, and doing good deeds is to let others know, at least from the moral and reputational point of view, the next time we talk about a salary increase, Flame can still be in the upper hand.

"I'm glad it ended happily. "You can't find a second company like that. ”…… Both the media and the audience and fans agree that Flame's approach is very kind, and they can't see Warner's meanness towards the crew of "Friends", and the leading actors should really be satisfied first, don't ruin "The Big Bang Theory".

In the previous summer, there were also a number of starring actors in "Prison Break", last season's "Prison Break" SE2 was not deductively exciting, with a strict plot and a tense and exciting atmosphere firmly attracted the audience, despite the decline in the middle of the ratings, the whole season of 24 episodes still has a gratifying performance, 23.5 million broadcasts, the highest 24th episode attracted 28.54 million, the average number of viewers was 23.04 million, and the ratings were 12/26 points, continuing to sit firmly on the throne of the 5th place of the year and maintaining the title of popular dramas.

No matter how NBC retains it, Wang Yang no longer serves as a producer and screenwriter, and his position has become a consultant-style planner, firstly, because he lacks skills, he hopes to spend more energy and time on accompanying his family and filmmakers...... These are all to drag out the episodes. If you don't have to think about the contract, the livelihood of the crew, the credibility of Flame Family Entertainment, the emotions of the audience, etc., he will end the show where it should end, the first season.

But the crew was able to continue to maintain the suspenseful tension of "Prison Break", there are TV channels willing to broadcast it, and some viewers like to watch it, why not? I believe that with Michael Schofield and others starting again, "Prison Break" SE3, which has been booked by NBC for the whole season, is still a big monster on the screen.

"Desperate Housewives" was definitely the biggest surprise of the last TV season, and suddenly it took over the title of "** City" soap opera king, and suddenly the obscure Mark Cellley became a gold medal TV producer, and suddenly several of the leading actors became popular stars, "Desperate-Houseives" The term has become a cultural phenomenon, appearing on talk shows in particular, especially Oprah Winfrey who declares herself a fan, and on April 30 this year, First Lady Laura Bush humorously stated in a speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am a desperate housewife." ”

It aired 21.3 million first episodes on ABC Channel, 30 million for the 23rd episode of the highest finale, and an average of 23.7 million viewers for SE1, with an audience rating of 10.66/26, which was very popular with critics and viewers, and dominated Sunday with the 4th place of the year!

"American Idol" with 27.3 million viewers on FOX was the first place, "CSI: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" on CBS (26.6 million) at the second place, "American Idol" at 26.1 million on Wednesday night, and "American Idol" at the fourth, fifth, and sixth places...... Occupied by three series under the umbrella of Flame Home Entertainment, it also has "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?", which ranks 19th with an average of 15.1 million viewers, and is the clear big winner.

The ferocious momentum continued from ratings to award nominations, with the flame symbol popping up on the nominees for this year's 57th Emmy Awards, with a total of 15 major nominations for the three series!

They are Best Drama Series, Best Actor (Wentworth Miller), Best Screenplay (EP04, Nick Santora) for "Prison Break", Best Comedy Series (Jim Parsons, Johnny Gelkec), Best Supporting Actor (Simon Hellberg), Best Screenplay (EP17, Wang Yang, Bill Prady, Graham Lineham), Best Guest Actress (Natalie Portman, Rachel McAdams); Best Drama Series in a Comedy, Best Actress (Marcia Cross, Terry Hatchell, Frieti Huffman), Best Screenplay (EP01, Mark Celli)

The biggest suspense of this year's Emmy Awards is the trophy for the best comedy series, will it be the classic comedy "Everybody Loves Redmond" that has come to an end after nine seasons, or the dark horse "Desperate Housewives", or the equally menacing "The Big Bang Theory"? The awards ceremony will be held on September 18 at the Shoreline Theatre in Los Angeles.

"I decided not to go, yes, I have to start filming on Monday, I don't want to fly around...... You know I have a phobia of flying now, hehe, if I win the award, let's say I'm very happy, more handsome than winning the Nobel Prize, more than 10 million people are watching...... Haha!"

Palo Alto is quiet at night, and on the sofa in the living room, Wang Yang and Bill Prady on the other side of the phone are laughing about the upcoming TV event. He did not attend the Toronto International Film Festival, which opened on September 10, and although Flame Films bought a number of independent films this year, they were all bought back to expand the film and television library and directly do DVD business, and there was no plan to arrange a release, and the Emmy Awards ceremony was the night after tomorrow, and he was also ready to be absent.

It's not because of the disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina, there will be fundraising activities at the ceremony, the main reason is that Wang Yang is very dissatisfied with the list of nominees for "Best Guest Actress in Comedy", obviously Jessica's cameo performance in that episode is not inferior to Natalie and Rachel, but there are no nominations.

"Why don't you go?" Seeing him say goodbye and put down his mobile phone, Jessica, who was sitting next to him, patted his thigh, his pretty face was full of doubts, Wang Yang pretended to be curious and glanced at her: "Why do you want to go?" I said I wouldn't go two months ago, and I haven't forgotten it. Jessica was a little anxious: "You should go, you have several nominations, I want to see you receive the award! And the results of both sets of dramas are so good, if you attend, everyone must be happier." Wang Yang seemed to close his eyes very tiredly, leaning weakly on the back of the sofa: "Yes, but I'm too tired......"

Jessica looked at his face and understood that her heart was full of warmth, and she asked, "Hey, because of me?" When the nominations were announced in early July, he had a round of arguing, and she pulled her hair from her ears and smiled indifferently: "What are you angry about? ”

"No!" Wang Yang opened his eyes, sat up straight, and said seriously: "In that episode, you were all close to full scores, and it has nothing to do with the performance! "This is a solidified image at work, many judges don't even watch all the participating drama EPs when they make their voting choices, or take a few quick glances, and the usual impression score will affect the results, and the credit for the well-received "Anime Convention" naturally falls on Natalie and Rachel.

"My dear, there are so many people who have made good cameo appearances, and there are only 5 nominations per session. Jessica softly explained him, although she was a little frustrated at the time, but she really didn't care now, and said, "I also think you should be nominated for Best Guest Actor." ”

"Yes! There is another reason not to go, great!" Wang Yang snapped his fingers, lay down comfortably on the sofa, pillowed his face with his hands, and ignored her call: "I'm not satisfied with this year's guest list, it's normal not to go......! Needless to say, I really don't want to go. Jessica leaned back against the sofa and tilted her shoulders and neck: "Okay, if you don't go, you won't go, we'll watch TV at home." Wang Yang was about to fall asleep and murmured: "I don't even watch TV." ”

Jessica looked at the TV screen in front of her, she gently shook his body, and smiled and revealed, "Really, I really don't mind." The nomination is just a commendation, your support is a commendation, and my own feelings are also a commendation. I knew I had a good performance, a strong presence, not like an inconsequential beautiful vase, not just standing still and finishing the show...... Jan, I know my abilities and problems, it's hard for me to get into the play, maybe I can only play a role similar to my own situation. She shrugged, "But at least it means that at some times, I'm no worse than anyone else." That's the key!"

"Hmm......" Wang Yang had already looked at her intently, and suddenly felt that she had matured a lot recently, was it because she was about to become a mother? He nodded and said with a smile: "You're right, then let's watch TV." Jessica cheered happily, reached out and picked up the remote control turntable, suddenly remembered something, and rolled her eyes: "Today is Friday, and the ceremony is Sunday!" Wang Yang asked puzzledly: "Isn't it Sunday?" Maybe it's just an illusion.

September 18 soon arrived, the red carpet outside the Shella Theater in Los Angeles was full of stars, and gradually changed from bustle to desertion, and the Shellan Theater was full, and the guests and audience burst into applause, laughter and thanks under the auspices of Ellen DeGeneres.

"The winner of the best drama series in the comedy category was ......"

(To be continued)