Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Crisis of Runningman

Driving on the road, the last touch of dusk, like rain falling.

Crystal, who had been sitting quietly for a while, began to hold back, and she first took out her phone and started singing. And it's also one of the things I've heard, oneRepub1ic's "apo1ogize", which made me feel a little bit more confident in my musical taste. Looking at the scenery outside the window and listening to the song, the crystal turned her head inadvertently, and her bracelet naturally broke into her eyes again, and when she saw the bracelet she made by herself, the crystal puffed out her cheeks and smirked with satisfaction. "Mosiji (handsome)!"

As I was concentrating on driving, I suddenly heard Crystal's words, which were a little inexplicable. "What?" Crystal didn't speak, but continued to look at her work. After reacting, I followed her line of sight and saw the handsome thing she said, and I was a little embarrassed for a while. "Thank you for the bracelet, which made me a little more handsome."

When Crystal heard my words, she glanced at me in disgust. "Oba, please don't use the word again, okay?"

I was teased by Crystal, and I immediately reached out and made a gesture to flick her forehead. Crystal hurriedly covered her forehead and hid to the side, shouting as she dodged: "Oba, I'm just telling the truth, the truth will not be afraid of coercion." ”

Continue to ignore the irrational number of crystals. "How's Runningman going?" When the joke was over, I withdrew my hand and asked.

Sit up straight again, smacked the crystal on the head, and said, "It's quite interesting." ”

"I'm asking you, your shots, your weight, how much."

"It should ...... I guess it's okay. Crystal had a nonchalant expression.

I wiped my forehead helplessly: "As soon as you speak, the atmosphere drops three degrees, it's good that you don't have a cold scene, I still don't expect your weight to count." ”

Crystal shrugged her shoulders: "Anyway, it's good to promote our TV series, and it doesn't matter if I appear a little less." ”

"Pabhu, everyone else on the variety show IdoL is trying hard to get weight, so that he can appear in the camera a little more, and you don't care at all."

Hearing such a reprimand, Crystal looked at me and just smiled heartlessly.

"Tomorrow your episode of Rm will be broadcast, remember to take a look when you go back, and summarize how you are doing in the show."

"Ahlaji, Oba, you're in verbose mode again." Crystal rolled her eyes and didn't bother to talk to me, and played with her phone.

The whole car sank to the bottom of the lake for a while, silent. At this time, the crystal seems to have a real feeling, "She is Lovely to Me" has ended, and it seems that it will not be so easy to meet in the busy days to come. The upper and lower lips had a long-standing love affair and eventually separated. "It seems that it will be difficult to eat Oba's dishes in the future, and the company is expected to have other arrangements after the TV series is scheduled." As she said this, Crystal's eyes were empty, and the phone in her hand kept spinning between her fingers.

However, at this time, I didn't feel the atmosphere at this moment, so I said a little casually: "Call me when you have time, I can't do it for you." ”

Crystal lowered her eyelids and let out a low sigh of grace.

In this wordless atmosphere, the black and white K5 stopped downstairs at the Crystal House. Crystal beckoned to me and opened the door to leave, only to disappear behind the code door before I restarted the car and drove towards the dorm.

The next day, I was summoned to the headquarters by Zhao Xiaozhen early in the morning without a work arrangement, and suddenly the recent writers' meetings were being held more and more frequently. It seems that my previous guess is not wrong at all, the big guy "Runningman" who has been in the variety show industry for several years has really encountered a bottleneck.

At the writers' meeting, Cho Hyo-jin's face was very bad, and a writer with quite old qualifications was reporting on the recent ratings.

The ratings of this station's "Sunday is so good" slot have not shaken off the bottom of the 8-week streak. On June 8 of this year, it was briefly in the second place, but since May, it has not been able to get out of the stagnation period, and it is natural that the voice of concern has gradually increased. Sunday is really good refers to the variety show time slot broadcast by South Korea's sBs TV station from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., which is divided into two parts.

The main competitor is mBnetday. The current first part is "Roommate", which starts at 4:55 p.m. and lasts about 12o minutes. The second part is "Runningman", which starts at 6:15 p.m. and lasts about 9o minutes. In particular, the launch of "Roommate" was not well connected, which is also the main reason for the sluggish ratings of the director.

But the reason for the decline in "Sunday is Good" ratings isn't all Roommate's problems. The veteran program "Runningman" was recently squeezed out by mBc TV's "Sunday Night - Real Man" and kBs2's "happysunday - 2 days and 1 night" at the same time, and the ratings have no way to recover. Nowadays, parent-child programs are recognized as the general trend, and "People Are Back" has been rated for eleven consecutive weeks.

According to the analysis of Nielsen Media Research, 2o12 was the year of the trend of "Runningman", with an average rating of about 20 percent throughout the year, which is simply not too frequent for it. Then by January of this year, around the time of E179, the ratings started to hover around 14 to 15 percent. As for July to the present, the ratings have repeatedly fallen below 10%.

In the past, "Runningman" was a show that had no guests and could bring smiles to the faces of the audience with the charisma of the regular members. Until now, the only chapter that could be called a "historic broadcast" was the one in which the members of "Runningman" competed for the strongest - the one with no guests. In the past, Yoo Jae-seok, Ji Seok-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Haha, gaRy, Lee Kwang-so, and Song Ji-hyo singular members invited one guest in order to divide into two teams, and when there were many times, there were only about two people to form three groups.

Recently, "Runningman" has invited a fixed number of guests with more than seven guests to broadcast events. The more guests you invite, the less weight each person has, and the more burdens you have to bear. In this way, the time for the natural regular members to show their personality is correspondingly reduced. Such a similar problem is probably already noticed by viewers who have been watching "Runningman".

"When did "Runningman" become a guest-based show, it seems to be getting less and less innovative now."

"To be honest, apart from the frolic of Yoo Jae-seok, Lee Kwang-so and other combinations, there is nothing else to see."

"If you want to stick to your own interests, the charm of the fixed members can't be highlighted, so it's a pity that you don't think about how to save the funny image, but just blindly show the guests."

Many viewers have expressed their regrets through the guò viewer message board. In particular, the audience missed the variety of combinations and characters of the regular members. During this period, the members of "Runningman", such as Liu Lus Willis, Liu He, Monday's boyfriend, Bard, The Able, Guo'er, Meng Jihyo, Song Shame, Bad Jihyo, Model Kwang-so, Giraffe, and Brother Wangbi, presented infinite laughter to everyone.

Among them, there are endless characters born of Kim Jong Kook and the children (Kim Jong Kook, Gary, Haha), the Monday couple (Gary, Song Ji-hyo), and prison regulars (Yoo Jae-seok, Ji Seok-jin, Lee Kwang-so). This is also a regret for the audience, what they are looking forward to is not the novelty brought by the guests, but the unique happiness that only the running men can give. If you feel that the ratings of the running man are declining, then the way to get out of the crisis shouldn't be to start with the charm of the internal members?

Sitting next to Zhao Xiaozhen PD, I put my hands on the table, and there were many thoughts in my mind, but I didn't open my mouth to tell Zhao Xiaozhen PD what I thought. It's so hard to change the situation because of the current situation of inviting guests, and I can't guarantee that reducing the number of guests will save the ratings. Then there are the declining ratings of "Runningman" and a lot of other questions. Rome was not built in a day, nor was it destroyed in a day.

On the message board of "Runningman", you can see how the audience feels about the changes in the show. In addition to pointing out that there are too many guests, the most left messages. I also feel sorry for the "tearing off the brand" activity that disappeared together. In fact, as you can see from "Runningman", "tearing off the brand" has become a monthly event. After the audience saw the "tearing off the nameplate" in the "Snow White and the Last Kiss" chapter, they had to wait a long time to see the next time.

The reason why "Runningman" attracted attention in the early days was the reversal and thrilling presentation of "time-limited escape", "pursuit battle" and "tearing off the nameplate" through guò. It's also a core part of Runningman. But lately, running men have been all about guessing games, cooking duels, paper showdowns, going to the market to buy things, idol conferences and other activities.

Of course, the new attempts and plans of the production team of "Runningman" are intended to bring a variety of fun to everyone. However, the recent special episode of "Runningman", which has been shown many times on other broadcasts, such as cooking showdowns, rural experiences, and sports competitions, makes viewers feel as if they are watching "Two Days and One Night" in the recent special. Naturally, this also lost the original intention of "Runningman" and received a lot of criticism.

The meeting lasted for three hours, during which Zhao Xiaozhen PD discussed two sentences with me in a low voice, but I just made two small comments casually, and Zhao PD, who was a little disappointed, did not ask again. After the meeting, I was called to Zhao Changwu's office, and Zhao Changwu, who had already learned that I was going to participate in the October VJ assessment, did not show a trace of disdain, he just calmly helped me submit the materials, and then arranged my work for the next period of time.

He sat at his desk with no special expression: "I will give you half a day off in the afternoon." On September 15th, tomorrow, go to Roommate to help. Zhao Xiaozhen pd said hello to me, you went to shoot as an intern VJ this time, don't make any mess for me, ah Laji? "Dressed in a short-sleeved shirt, I was standing in the air-conditioned office, and I was hit on the head by this arrangement, and after I was stunned for a moment, I reacted, and hurriedly bent down and bowed." I'll work well. ”

Tips: The new domain name "biquge.info" has been launched by Biquge, and the original domain name is about to be discontinued. Please tell each other, thank you!