"If a TV show invites Matt Damon, Matthew McConaughey and Christina Aquilena as guests, there is no reason why it will not be successful."
This sentence was said by Howard, the director of NBC's "Conan O'Brien Show". It sounds a bit sour, as if he is saying that the success of "I Am Detective" is not because of the wonderful program itself, but because of the famous guests.
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Why Howard said this is not just out of the jealousy of his peers. The program he produced, "The Conan O'Brien Show," was originally supposed to be "David's Late Night Show," but the host of "David's Late Night Show"
David Letterman left for CBS in 1993 with his own team.
In order to fill the gap of "David's Late Night Show", NBC invited Conan O'Brien, who was still a newcomer at the time, to create a new show "The Conan O'Brien Show".
Over the past few years, Conan O'Brien finally started to develop the show slowly, but he suddenly left again, and the new place Conan O'Brien moved to was the production team of "I Am Detective".
This kind of poaching behavior naturally irritated Howard, so after the broadcast of "I Am Detective", it was normal for him to make some acidic remarks in public.
However, Howard's words also illustrate a problem, that is, the ratings of "I Am Detective" are indeed very good.
The first episode of "I Am Detective" attracted more than three million viewers, making it one of the top three programs broadcast that day.
After the first episode of the program was broadcast, this novel program format was well received. If nothing else happens, the ratings for the next week will definitely be even higher.
Seeing this situation, ABC was both happy and regretful.
The high ratings of their TV station's programs are naturally a matter of joy, but what they regret is that they did not directly buy out the program at the beginning. Instead, they signed a gambling-like ladder sharing agreement with Yuhua Company, "I Am
The higher the ratings of "Big Star", the higher the share they need to pay to Yuhua Company. According to the current situation, the proportion they need to pay is already very high.
But then again, gambling agreements are high-risk and high-yield. They make less money now, but they also took less risks in the early stage. Yuhua Company makes more money now because it took all the risks before.
Of course, they can't be too optimistic now. Although NBC Howard's words are very bitter, they are not completely unreasonable. A large part of the more than 3 million viewers must be directed at Matthew McConaughey and the others.
The guests are here.
But Matthew McConaughey and the others are not regular guests.
The staff plan for each episode of this show is six to eight. In addition to the five fixed guests, there will also be one to three floating guests. Matthew McConaughey and the other three are floating guests.
Among the three, Matthew McConaughey will stay the shortest. He will leave after the next episode. Matt Damon will stay for one more episode. Only Christina Aguilera will stay.
A little longer, she will stay until the end of the sixth period before leaving.
Therefore, after the next episode of the show ends, they will face the test of whether anyone will give up the show because of the departure of Matthew McConaughey and the others.
Of course, after Matthew McConaughey and the others leave, other stars will take over, but they may not be as popular as Matthew McConaughey and the others.
Although Deep Space has the ability to invite more big-name stars, they will not do so. First, the cost is too high. Even the artists signed by Deep Space cannot come to do charity, and they will not be paid even a penny.
Secondly, it is not a good thing if a program relies too much on big-name stars. They still hope to win by relying on the content of the program.
The best thing is that this show not only does not need big-name stars to support the scene, but also helps to create stars.
The Deep Space Company's current method of making stars is still too simple. If it can expand a channel for making stars, it will undoubtedly be good news for the Deep Space Company.
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In fact, in addition to "I Am Detective" filmed by Yuhua Company, Deep Space Entertainment is also producing a program of its own.
That is what happened at the end of February today, when the Stings suddenly approached Jimmy and said that they had come into contact with a variety show and were interested in investing in it, and asked Jimmy if this show was valuable.
Since the Stings and Deep Space had a great success in their collaboration with Deep Space on the movie "Two Smoking Barrels", the Stings have often consulted Jimmy on investment matters, sometimes simply asking, sometimes
Hope to get some investment from Jimmy.
However, the Stings' investment vision is not very good. The projects they look for are basically the kind that no one cares about, because such projects require low investment and have the possibility of making big gains with small investments.
But Jimmy knows that for most people, it is not normal for most people to invest in such things. It is not that it is impossible to succeed in many projects, but the possibility of success is too low, and there is no need to fight for it.
Therefore, when the Stings found Jimmy, Jimmy didn't take it seriously. He thought that Sting and the others might have found some worthless project.
In fact, Sting's exposure to this project also had something to do with Deep Space. This project was wanted by British gold medal producer Simon Fowler, who was also the producer of Victoria in the Spice Girls.
Victoria's husband, David Beckham, is the star of the English Premier League club Manchester United, which was recently acquired by Deep Space.
Sting and Simon Fowler had known each other for a long time, and they had a relationship with Deep Space, so Simon Fuller found Sting after he had the idea, and wanted to contact Deep Space through Sting.
Originally, Simon Fowler thought about finding Beckham as the middleman, but after much deliberation, he still felt it was inappropriate and finally chose Sting.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After reading the program plan, Jimmy became silent.
What Sting and the others are interested in this time is a singing show. The content of the show is that several judges travel to various cities across the country, interview young children, and then select singing stars from them.
Apart from anything else, at least the project Sting was looking for this time was related to his own major.
Sting believes that this project is still a gimmick, but the success or failure depends on whether a real singing star can be found. If not, the show will eventually be a farce.
However, Jimmy's view is different from Sting's. He doesn't care at all whether he can find real stars. There is no shortage of capable young people in the world. Even if they are not found among ordinary people, they can be found in those music academies.
To put it another way, even if they can't find a real star, they can still make one.
As long as the candidates slowly transform from ordinary people to big stars on the show, they will be able to attract audiences.
Therefore, Jimmy believes that whether the show is good or not does not depend on whether it can find real stars, but on the arrangement of the show.
Arrangement, arrangement, both arrangement and arrangement.
The purpose of choreography is to stir the audience's emotions, which is also Jimmy's specialty.
When Yu Dong first entered the United States, Jimmy helped Yu Dong make up many stories. The most classic one was the story of Yu Dong being embarrassed by the visa officer and finally "slapped" in the face. This story is still circulating now, and has spawned many stories.
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Sometimes when Yu Dong and others were watching TV, they would see some people telling the story as if it were true.
Not just Yu Dong, people from the deep space department, whether they are writers, actors or singers, basically have some anecdotes about them, and the more famous they are, the more they are.
Of course, these stories are not completely false, and some of them are actually true.
Making up stories is Jimmy's usual way of flattering people, so when he saw the plan for this singing competition show, the first thing that came to his mind was not to find someone who could sing well, but to find someone with a selling point.
Let’s take a ready example. Jay Chou, the current ace of their deep space music, is of course good. But is it just his music that is so popular around the world? Of course not.
Although Jay Chou's first album has gained a number of fans in Europe and the United States, it is not a big hit yet. In the eyes of most people, he is just a pretty good new singer.
But when Deep Space Company began to make efforts and focus on digging out his personal story for promotion, especially after the copywriting "YU couple discovered the talented musician Jay Chou in a restaurant" was published, he really gained a large number of fans.
Jay Chou's personal story is fictitious, but his own personality and experience are quite unique, so it is very simple to promote.
Jimmy also specifically went to chat with Yu Dong about Sting's plan. When Yu Dong learned about Jimmy's plan, he didn't give any advice. He just smiled meaningfully and let Jimmy go ahead and do it.
After talking to Yu Dong, Jimmy met with Sting and Simon Fowler, and then the matter was finalized.
In Simon Fowler's original plan, this show would only be produced in the UK. After all, he was not particularly confident about whether the show would be successful.
But after Jimmy finalized the cooperation, he immediately started a two-pronged approach. After the British program started taking action, the American program also began planning.
"Pop Idol" in the UK is now conducting auditions, and registration has also been launched in the United States.
The registration situation in the UK was very hot. Before the deadline, more than 116,300 people had submitted applications. However, Jimmy and the others knew that among these 116,000 people, there must be a large number of fraudsters.
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Regardless of whether it is the United Kingdom or the United States, the early selection mechanisms of both sides are based on the WCG organized by the Deep Space Company. First, selections are conducted in each city, and five to ten people are selected in each city. After the selection in all cities, these people are
They gather together for selection and ultimately promote dozens of people to enter the finals.
The so-called final round is the stage where you start to appear on TV. This part of the selection process can be seen by the audience.
Of course, when it comes to the finals, the competition mechanism is different from that of WCG. After all, WCG is a competitive competition, and the victory is completely determined by the score. However, "Pop Idol" is different. In order to make the audience feel more involved, the players' advancement will also be based on the audience's votes.
It has something to do with it, the player who gets more votes from the audience will have an advantage when advancing.
And in order to increase the suspense, the competition also added a resurrection match mechanism. After each round, the eliminated players have another chance to be revived. As long as they get the most votes from the audience, they can get a resurrection ticket.
Theoretically, as long as a certain player's audience popularity is strong enough, even if his performance is poor, although he cannot win the championship, he can still enter the finals. After entering the finals, he can at least get a fourth place.
But the theory is just a theory. If it weren't for ticket sales, it would be impossible for the show to have a good rapport with the audience because of its poor acting skills.
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After the first episode of "I Am Detective" ended, Jimmy was in a very good mood. He was very satisfied with his decisive decision to enter variety shows.
"I Am Detective" has made a good start, and I believe that the subsequent "Pop Idol" will not be too bad.
Less than a day has passed today, and a British company has already wanted to purchase the copyright of "I Am Detective". They want to make a variety show similar to "I Am Detective".
After getting the collected data, Jimmy called Yu Dong immediately.
When he received Jimmy's call, Yu Dong had just woken up. As soon as he heard it was Jimmy, he knew it was because of "I Am Detective".
"The show's ratings are pretty good, right?"
"Yes, Chen Tao has already told you?"
"No, but I browsed Deep Space Tribe for a while last night. There was a lot of discussion about "I Am Detective". There should be no problem with the ratings."
"It has over three million viewers, which is a very good start, and the audience's evaluation is very high. The subsequent ratings will be even higher. That guy Chen Tao is probably already happy now."
"This kid has a big heart. Maybe he's not awake yet. I don't know what the data is like. I'll give him a call later. By the way, didn't you say last time that Sting and the others had a show? Now
How far is it going?"
Jimmy said with a smile, "I was about to tell you this, auditions have already started in the UK, and registration has just opened in the United States."
"How is the registration situation in the UK?"
“It’s more popular than expected, with a total of more than 116,000 people registered.”
Hearing the number 116,000, Yu Dong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Good guy, the UK just took a census and the country's permanent population was less than 60 million.
The key is that there are restrictions on registration for "Pop Idol", marked as under thirty years old and over sixteen years old.
For those over 16 years old and those over 30 years old, it may be less than 10 million, which means that less than one person in this age group will sign up.
Yu Dong chuckled and said: "It seems that the literary and artistic atmosphere in Britain is still very good."
Chapter completed!