Section 45 Speechless
Leslie Mulvis believes that no matter how much time passes, it will be hard for him to forget how lucky he was and how lucky CBS was this summer of 1996.
If Leslie Mulvis had been told before May that he could dig up two hit shows with over 10 million viewers in just one year after he took over as CBS's president of entertainment, one of which was the No. 1 hit in the nation, he would never have believed it. The production of TV dramas seems simple, and the knowledge in them is also very deep, a TV station can launch three or four new dramas a year at most, and half of these new dramas can become hit dramas, which is simply a dream.
But now, he really knows that dreams can come true.
It's been two months since CSI started broadcasting, and it's November, and CSI's broadcast is still quite strong. Two full months have passed, and seven episodes of the TV series have passed, and people are still full of enthusiasm for this TV series. Leslie has been keeping an eye on the TV series' ratings, and according to his data, now that seven episodes have passed, the average rating has been above 10, and the number of viewers has always been above 18 million.
At the beginning of the broadcast of the TV series, there were many people who accused the TV series of being too dark and too deep, and suspected that the audience was not used to watching such a TV series and did not like TV series with such deep content. But now, no one has said anything like this anymore - especially after the release of the third episode, which received 24 million viewers, and at the same time that this episode was a national hit, this episode also attracted the attention of the whole country - the sensation caused by this case, known as the Buffalo case, is unimaginable.
The father, tolerated by his wife, abused his young daughter and gave birth to a girl. And after the girl grew up to ten years old, the father wanted to abuse the little girl again, out of the nature of mother and child, the eldest daughter, who had just entered high school, let her boyfriend kill her father and mother, and the young child was abused by her father, and saw the bloody scene again, and was greatly traumatized, only remembering the pendant in the shape of a buffalo......
Pedophilia, **, mother-daughter nature, revenge, extermination, child abuse - these themes all appear in the story, and people who thought that the murder case was dark enough, looked at the gradually unraveling case, and all felt the pain and darkness that came to their faces.
The more heavy the case, the more it can arouse people's repercussions, and this case illustrates this very well. Unlike the traditional perverted murderer who kills and sets fire, and the police solve the case, although there are perverts in this case, the pervert is the one who is killed. The murderer is the revenge of the weak who are weak and bullied, which also makes people discuss how this case should be adjudicated.
Relying on this episode of the TV series, CSI successfully deepened its theme from trick crime to the exploration of human nature, and this episode of the in-depth TV series also brought 24 million viewers to CSI, and this TV series has become the most watched drama this year. The first episode garnered thousands of viewers, and in just two episodes, it became the most popular TV series in the United States, and CSI proved itself to be one of the greatest TV series.
Of course, it is impossible for a TV series to soar to a new peak in every episode. After the peak of the third episode, the number of viewers of the TV series also declined, but no matter how much it declined, the average number of viewers was 18 million, which is still a jaw-dropping number.
A fantastic and incredible number - apart from CBS's ER still maintains nearly 20 million viewers, Friends can reach 17 million viewers, and no TV series can come close to this number. Even among all the TV shows in the United States, there are only some more important football games that dare to have the courage to claim that the ratings definitely surpass this TV series.
And that's not all: many fans are now starting to spontaneously form discussion groups. They discussed the methods of solving the cases on the Internet, discussed the direction of those cases, and even spontaneously began to design the plot and write the storyline script themselves - this TV series has been released for less than half a year, and there are already a lot of fanfiction dramas.
This TV series is completely popular.
"You're really an amazing genius." While Mystery was watching the production of the TV series, Leslie was also full of praise for Levy - whoever could make Leslie money, Leslie could do the same.
"It's not a big deal, the important thing in making a TV series is to find a model, as long as you find the model you should have and find your own path to success, then you can easily achieve success. The most important thing in a TV series is the screenwriter, if the screenwriter is good and the script is well written, there will be no problem. ”
Levy said it with ease, but Leslie never thought it was easy. Without the story of the emergency room, who can brilliantly summarize the two keys of humanity and professionalism? Without Bruckheimer, is the hero mode made by someone else? In the same way, just because Levy does it easily does not mean that others can do it. It's hard to think of something that others can't think of, and to put it into practice.
And what's more, where is this TV series just a screenwriter? Which of those actors is bad? Hugh Laurie as the star of this TV series, his personal charm is vividly shown in the TV series, the British style makes him look personable, the standard pronunciation of American English has made him popular with the public, coupled with his characteristic character performance, now he is already rapidly becoming popular, similarly, Nathan Fillian's slightly ruffian, and habitual pretending to be stupid and cute performances, let him also get out of soap operas and begin to become well-known, plus Margo Hegenberg is worthy of the Emmy Award nomination's performance level, has the outstanding performance of newcomer Amy Adams, and the actors of this TV series are also top-notch.
These people now have their own fans and followers. A lot of people are talking about who will be the first to win an Emmy, or even who will be the first to become a better movie star.
A story about an emergency room that has become popular with more than one actor. George Clooney, who was still depressed until he was 30 years old, relied on this TV series to become a nationally recognized handsome guy in the United States, and even now it is rumored that he will play Batman. And will CSI also go out such an excellent actor? This question is also uncertain.
However, even if they become famous, they are certainly not the first to become famous in this TV series: the little girl named Lindsay Rohan only acted in one episode, but she showed excellent acting skills in the TV series that were completely inconsistent with her age. I heard that Disney is already looking for her to make a movie, maybe among these people, she is the first to become famous.
For two whole months, CSI has attracted the attention of the whole United States with episode after episode of case investigation, and even this TV series has begun to have a considerable impact on American society. According to the survey done by Leslie, the profession of forensic medicine has become popular with the public because of the prevalence of CSI, and many people have begun to pay attention to this profession. The profession of the Assurance Section is very popular. In the past, in the United States, because the forensic technology was not up to standard, a lot of cases have accumulated, and after the broadcast of this TV series, these phenomena have also attracted the attention of the public, and even in the rumors, some places have begun to investigate whether the local forensic doctor is qualified because of the broadcast of this TV series, and in some places, some unqualified people have really been found - it is rare for a TV series to be able to achieve such an influence.
My luck is really good. It's November soon, and it's time for me to think about how to help CSI boost its ratings again.
If you want to increase the ratings of a TV series, there are many ways. The simplest, put it on the back of the hit drama and broadcast it, you can drive the ratings. It's just that it seems that the whole world is now able to bring up the TV series with 18 million ratings...... Have it? It seems that there is no more.
And if you think of a way, it is to invite celebrities to join to attract the attention of TV series. If CSI can further increase the ratings, then the story of the emergency room can be completely shaken off, and in the fall, it may be able to impact rugby.
Leslie is not without thoughts about this. He has also arranged manpower to invite celebrities to come and make cameos. But before that, what I have to do is to think about how to maintain a good relationship with the main creators of CSI. "Raphael, I remember I told you that I suggested that the mystery company move their company to CBS headquarters, and they didn't respond?"
Today's Hollywood is no longer like the past era, where star directors are all owned by large companies. It's just that, even in the current era, big companies are still big companies, directors and celebrities, they will still rent the space of large companies that are closer to them, as the president of CBS Entertainment, Leslie also hopes that the mystery company will move to CBS, they have produced a hit drama now, and it is possible to produce other TV series in the future, no matter what TV series they produce, if they live in CBS's territory, what they need to consider is to give CBS a look first.
"I asked, and they refused to relocate." Assistant Raphael immediately replied to Leslie's words, but this result was not particularly satisfactory. Leslie frowned slightly, and immediately thought of the reason, "They still want to make movies, and they don't want to devote themselves to TV series from now on, right?" Have you forgotten so quickly how they lost their money? ”
Leslie shook her head, a little speechless. How long has it been? Have you forgotten the mistakes you made? How good is it to make a TV series honestly, can you have fun with the movie?
Rafael saw his boss's dissatisfaction, and hurriedly looked for new good news, "There is also good news: our plan to find a guest star has already found someone." ”
"Who?" Leslie was immediately intrigued.
Quentin Tarantino expressed interest in the series, and he wanted to be the director of the show to shoot two episodes – his only requirement was that both episodes be shown on the same day.
The director of TV series filming often changes, and it is not surprising that big-name directors have itchy hands to play. After Raphael finished speaking, he waited for his boss to speak, but after waiting for a long time, Leslie did not speak.
The TV series has two episodes in a row, isn't that a miniature movie? Quentin was willing to come to the CSI crew to shoot a two-episode TV series? Leslie, who just thought that the mystery company was not self-sufficient, was a little speechless: Could it be that Quentin Tarantino thinks that the level of CSI filming is so high?
If even he thinks so, then how can Levy's self-confidence be self-sufficient? Rice was speechless again, only this time, for a very different reason.
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