reborn in america

The first two months of 1995 can be said to be overwhelmingly busy. Adam scrambled to hide somewhere, and his whole body almost turned into a spinning top, never stopping for a moment.

Whether it is Marvel's acquisition and delisting or future route planning, Adam has stayed up for several nights. Although these have been set early, they must be changed according to the actual situation when it comes to implementation. In addition, although ,Adam appointed AviArad as the new president of Marvel, and history has proved that AviArad would be a good candidate for president, but before that, AviArad did not have a deep understanding of all of Marvel, and Adam had to set his own vision for the future of Marvel. Instilling various plans into him one by one, although it is not too difficult, but these trivial matters are the most time-consuming.

Originally, Adam wanted to discuss with Stan Lee and other cartoonists about the design styles of multiple comics in the future, but because of other trivial matters, he couldn’t spare time, so he could only roughly talk about some key points, and asked them to follow the What he said is to draw the first version of the comics, and he will review and revise them after completion.

And Adam himself is discussing the development plan of the TV station in the coming year with Kristen Drake of PD TV station. Of course, most of the planning has been discussed with him little by little last year. This time it is mainly about the overall development of the future. Some minor adjustments, for example, because Marvel did not know when it would be available, it was not included in the scope of the discussion plan, but now that Marvel has acquired it, naturally many related matters have also begun, and PD TV must also cooperate These make adjustments.

Since PD TV station was positioned as a TV station for young people from the beginning, it is natural to move closer to this aspect in the arrangement of TV programs. The spring file is inherited from last year, so there are still two TV programs "Legend" and "True Love". These two films have excellent reputations, so I don’t worry that the ratings will change too much when the spring show comes back, but the ending of these two films needs to be checked carefully. The plot, I have to say that this is a test for the director and screenwriter.

As for the actors, since they were all newcomers at the beginning, there is no need to worry about them running away in a short period of time. In other words, during the contract period of less than three years, these leading actors will not change much, but in the future when the fourth season is filmed, there may be If the personnel changes, then we have to pay attention to the changes in the plot (of course, the premise is that the fourth season can be filmed).

Then there is the summer file. Generally speaking, TV stations do not pay enough attention to the summer file. After all, the summer file is the peak season for movies, which will have a great impact on the ratings of TV dramas. Generally speaking, TV stations will not show important TV dramas. When it comes to broadcasting during this time period, some old TV dramas will be played instead. Adam and the others have not sold the TV copyrights of "Legend" and "True Love", so before the summer file, or before the autumn file, a replay can also earn some ratings .

And the one that attracts the most attention is of course "Beauty Idol". This year, the schedule of "Beauty Idol" will be adjusted. Although it will not be removed from the summer program, in order to maximize the ratings and the revenue of the TV station, "Beauty Idol" will be released for the first time. The second season will be postponed for two months, and auditions will start in July.

Of course, starting at this time period actually has an advantage, that is, during this time period, all universities and middle schools are on holiday, and since the age of participation in "Beauty Idol" is set to be over 16 years old, a large number of students will definitely participate, and this age The men and women are also the age with the most longing for the future, which perfectly coincides with the program.However, apart from this point, it is a holiday, so naturally there will be a lot of time to catch up with "Beauty Idol". Although it will be bombarded by various movies in the summer vacation, which will affect the ratings, but being able to win a part is enough for Adam. enough.

"Beauty Idol" has a series of competitions from auditions in several major competitions to semi-finals and finals. The elimination in the middle is even more cruel and varied. Therefore, it is initially estimated that there will be about [-] episodes, and the time span will reach more than half a year, or even seven or eight months. It can be said to be an extremely long period of time. Even if it is a stranger who keeps appearing in sight for such a long time, and a little bit of cocooning is instilled in your head, it is enough to let you know him deeply, so "American Idol" "At the same time, it is also an idol formation that belongs to the audience.

But it is a pity that after most idols are cultivated, the follow-up resources do not keep up, and they regrettably disappear from the audience's sight little by little. This is a great waste of resources.

Therefore, when Adam and Christen discussed, besides "Beauty Idol", they will continue to develop various variety shows around Last year will be used as the standard. If the ratings are satisfactory, it will be good. If not, then remove it and replace it with a new one.

At the same time, these variety shows can also be used to promote last year's batch of players who are still hot. After all, this year is the time for many people to release records, which can be regarded as a win-win situation.

Of course, those who were the most popular last year were even assigned to various audition districts to help audition. After all, they are also considered successful seniors, and it has only been a few months since the end of last year's competition and the start of the new season. When it's out of breath, it will definitely boost a wave of popularity.

The other things haven’t changed much from last year, so I won’t talk about it. The main thing is about the variety show “Big Brother” that Adam is very optimistic about. The production cost of this show was used as a gimmick Beyond 100 million is to find a confined space, such as a villa as the shooting location, another group of filming personnel, and related organization personnel, and the final post-production can be said to be extremely simple. "American Idol" can be called zero cost.

Therefore, as long as this variety show does not attract people to watch, then it will be profitable for them. The only trouble is that "Beauty Idol" has the first season as the standard, and the approximate advertising fee for the new season can be initially estimated, but Since "Big Brother" is the first one, we either need to lose money and find someone who is willing to take the risk, or make a VAM agreement.

As for the VAM agreement, the specific changes in ratings and the corresponding advertising fees need to be supported by many figures, such as the number of viewers and ratings. These calculations are not the same. Of course, most of them must be calculated based on ratings, because For advertisers, the ratings represent young consumer groups, and a large part of the ratings may have no spending power.

Therefore, this is why the advertising expenses of Disney's TV stations are relatively not outstanding. Even if they have a very objective number of viewers among children, who prevents them from knowing where the funds are going?

In addition, "Big Brother" will have relatively few episodes, so if it is put on the summer file, the yield will not be very good, so "Big Brother" will be put on the autumn file, with a total of about ten episodes, and it will end before Christmas in December.

Of course, it is impossible to do this simultaneously. Generally speaking, it starts in August to allow time for subsequent planning and editing. It is the first time for the producer to make this program to allow enough time for correction and correction, so that the whole program will not collapse halfway through.

The ones that started around the same time as Big Brother are "Legend 2", "True Love 2", the new drama "Druid" and "Will and Grace", which is working hard to write the script.

Yes, the timeline that Adam gave high hopes to was the classic gay-themed sitcom "Will & Grace" that was supposed to be released a few years later. The story of two people getting along with Lace, in addition, there are two or three main supporting roles around them, one is Jack, a sissy gay who is not popular in Hollywood, and the other is Kaka, a Jewish beauty who is married to a rich man, has outstanding looks and body, but speaks harshly. Karen, and finally add Karen's maid.

Although this TV series is not favored by people because the main characters are gay, and the plot mainly revolves around their trivial life, it was even criticized by a large number of conservative forces in the United States and churches when it was broadcast, but it has to be said that this is a TV series. Extremely successful sitcoms, if you want to calculate the ten most successful sitcoms of the twentieth century, don't they all have a high probability of being selected.

This is a sitcom that does not uglify, and can even be said to show the life of ordinary gays relatively objectively. This is a huge leap and progress for American gays. According to historical development, its audience can reach tens of millions. In the past eight years, it has influenced a large number of ordinary Americans, letting them know that gays are not devils, they are the same kind of people who have joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys like ordinary people, and can communicate normally, not as described in countless TV movies in the past. twisted and deformed monster.

Of course, several protagonists of this TV series have also made great contributions to the success of the TV series. In eight years, the four main characters (Jack and Karen don’t know if they are the protagonists, but they are definitely the main characters) have won the Ai It is the third TV series in history where all the main characters have won the Emmy Awards, and the two actors who played Jack and Karen have won the Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress four times, becoming the award record is maintained.

Expanding the entire TV series, "Will and Grace" has won 16 Emmy Awards and 83 Emmy Award nominations, which can be called horror.

Adam valued this TV series, not only its great success, but more importantly its status and its huge social influence. In the past, he could only follow the waves of Hollywood, powerless.

But today he finally has the confidence and the ability to correct and change some things, and "Will and Grace" is the first step he is going to take.