There is almost no difference from the previous life, in this life in the United States, the prime time for major TV stations to broadcast American dramas is not on weekends, but on weekdays, that is, Monday to Thursday.

This may have something to do with the fact that Europeans and Americans rarely spend two days at home on weekends. In Dahua or Huaxia in the previous life, on weekends, Chinese people like to spend time at home with their families, but Europeans and Americans don't do this, and they can party all night because they don't have to go to work the next day......

The American dramas in this life are almost the same as those in the previous life, and they are all broadcast on "seasons".

The producer produces the series, and then the TV station reviews it, and if it thinks the American drama is good, it should have good ratings, then the TV station will buy the American drama and broadcast it on the TV station.

If the ratings are good, then the TV station can discuss with the producer about making a sequel, and as long as the sequel produced by the producer is not shoddy, then the TV station will continue to buy it.

Of course, if it is broadcast and the ratings are unsatisfactory, then the second season will definitely not exist, and even the episodes that are being broadcast may face the possibility of being cut in half.

American television is so cruel, everything is on par with the ratings. For TV stations, ratings mean the survival of TV stations.

In this life, before the rise of News Corporation's FOX television station, the United States was dominated by CBS, ABC and NBC, the three major television networks.

Viacom's CBS is the most-watched public television station in the United States, and ABC, the latest of the three major television networks, holds the rights to broadcast two of the most watched television programs in North America, one is the Super Bowl and the other is the live broadcast of the Oscars. NBC, on the other hand, is good at releasing classic series, relying on dramas to make the station one of the three major television networks.

Later, News Corporation's FOX TV station sprung up, relying on its positioning in the young recognition market, and successively launched several popular dramas that were popular with young people, so it rapidly expanded the market and the ratings also increased, and finally turned the previous three major TV networks into the current four major TV networks.

From the development history of these four major TV networks, it can be seen that in order to make TBS popular, it is necessary to produce dramas that attract North American audiences and variety shows that are exciting enough.

Before securing the rights to broadcast live shows such as the Super Bowl and the Oscars, TBS will have to make enough TV content to wow viewers if it wants to break through the lockdown of the big four networks.

This can't help but grandmaster, there are no classic American dramas and variety shows in the previous life in this world, and these American dramas and variety shows have also experienced the test of the market in the previous life, as long as they are brought to this world, they will definitely be successful.

Silently closing the information in his hand, the Grandmaster raised his head and looked at Yan Tianjiao and said, "Sixth, I already understand the basic situation, I don't think it is difficult to save TBS. ”

As soon as he heard this, Yan Tianjiao rubbed his hands and stood up, and said happily: "I knew that there was something to find the fourth brother, and it would definitely be done! I knew that the fourth brother was so sure, I should have come to you last year." ”

The Grandmaster smiled and waved his hand and said, "When you came to me last year, I really didn't have time. At that time, I was busy with "Forrest Gump", where did I have time to play TV. ”

"yes...... Yan Tianjiao touched his head, "Fourth brother, what are you going to let me do?"

The Grandmaster put his hands together on the table, looked at Yan Tianjiao and asked, "Sixth, how do you plan to position TBS TV? I mean which age group do you plan to target the audience? Relying on the market of young people, FOX TV has quickly become one of the four major TV stations, and the dramas launched by CBS have always been loved by middle-aged and elderly people in North America, so if TBS wants to produce programs, which age group should we target?"

Audience positioning, this is a rather critical issue. In fact, the development of the TV market in North America has been carved up by the four major TV stations, and it is really not easy for TBS to break the current pattern.

Yan Tianjiao touched his head again, and said with a smile: "Fourth brother, didn't I come to you because I couldn't get it right? ”

The grandmaster glared at this guy angrily, "You kid, you are obviously going to treat me as a cow and horse!" After a pause, the grandmaster picked up the paper and pen, beckoned to Yan Tianjiao and said, "Since this is the case, then let's play cards that don't follow common sense." ”

Yan Tianjiao came up, and the grandmaster began to write and draw on that piece of paper, "The TV crowd in North America is mainly divided into the following groups, one is teenagers, one is middle-aged and elderly, and the other is housewives. And the last one is the largest viewership group in North America, so if you want TBS to rise, then the first thing to grasp is this viewership. ”

Yan Tianjiao nodded in agreement.

"Well, then, we should start with a show that catches these housewives enough, and then we should also put out a variety show that these housewives really like. ”

As he spoke, the Grandmaster wrote a name on the paper with a pen - "Desperate Housewives".

Yan Tianjiao looked at the name and asked very strangely, "Fourth brother, is this the name of a drama?"

The Grandmaster nodded and said, "That's right, this is the first gift I have prepared for TBS. This is a series specially made for women over 25 years old, or housewives, and I had such an idea a long time ago, originally I wanted to write a script and submit it to our Dahua TV station, but I have never had the opportunity to realize this idea. After several years of continuous additions, I think that if this series is broadcast in North America, it will definitely be welcomed by housewives. ”

"Fourth brother, I believe in you! As long as you write the script, I promise to find the best filming team to shoot this series. ”

The Grandmaster shook his head and said, "I don't have the energy to write scripts anymore, you know, I've been writing books in addition to making movies recently, and I'm running out of time for myself." I don't even have time to go on vacation with Zhengying this year, so don't count on me to write the script. I can write the outline of this series, you can find some professional screenwriters and add flesh and blood to the outline. Don't worry, as long as this series is made according to my ideas, it is guaranteed to be a hit in North America. I can't guarantee anything else, but in the first season of this series, I can guarantee at least 20 million viewers!"

Yan Tianjiao was taken aback by the number that the Grandmaster said, and his expression was incredulous......