On Saturday, August 1, the Nielsen data was updated early in the morning.

The fifth episode of "Happy Hotel" came to the audience of 20.9 million, shocking the whole United States!

From 4.6 million to more than 10 million, "Happy Hotel" took 4 episodes.

From 10 million to 20 million, "Happy Hotel" only took 1 episode.

Although it reached 15 million in the fourth episode, it increased by more than 5 million in one breath to 20.9 million, which is much more difficult than going from 5 million to 10 million!

In fact, the approximate statistics were already given last night, but in order to be more accurate, people usually wait for the next day's revised data to be released.

As a result, we waited for the amazing news that "Happy Hotel" had 20.9 million, ranking ninth in the national ratings and third in real time this year!

The peak season for American dramas is actually from September to April of the following year.

The vast majority of TV series will choose to be broadcast at this time, and the more capable they are, the more they will have to broadcast during this time period.

In the words of the Chinese language that will be popular in the future, this is the time they will preach.

Only the TV series that are killed during this time period can be regarded as high-quality and qualified to be called excellent.

Why did Tang Shuxuan hurry to make "Happy Hotel"?

The first reason must be that I hope that "Happy Hotel" can stabilize the morale of the army, and the second reason is that I want "Happy Hotel" to have a time to transition and adapt, so that it will not encounter a super drama like "Wind x Doctor x Nurse" as soon as it comes up, and it will be beaten to a pulp and collapse.

Because under normal circumstances, during the period from May to August, there will be about 40 TV dramas broadcast by several major news networks and some pay TV stations in the United States a week, and the average number of TV dramas a day is 8 a day, except for variety shows on weekends.

But in the time period from September to April next year, how many TV series will be broadcast in a week?

60 copies!

This one is just too crowded, and there is no space at all.

If you make a slight mistake, you will be cut directly.

The American dramas that everyone will see in the future, there will be no one for the following three or five episodes, and most of them will occur during this broadcast time period.

Tang Shuxuan's idea is very mature, but even she never thought that after the fourth episode climbed to the peak of 15 million viewers, the fifth episode of "Happy Hotel" could easily reach the dividing line of 20 million viewers.

In this era when the United States also has no rich entertainment, the audience of TV dramas is much more than 30 years later.

Under normal circumstances, TV dramas with viewers of less than 5 million can be observed for one season, and if they are all just such results, then the second season will not be produced or ordered.

If the audience for three consecutive episodes is less than 3 million, you have to be careful if it will be cut.

A TV series with an audience of more than 10 million people can be regarded as very good, and it will definitely be produced or ordered next season.

If the viewership can exceed 20 million, then congratulations, the producers or actors in the next season are eligible to raise prices, because this is already the standard for hit dramas.

If you are a little lucky, the production is a little more refined, and you can break through the 40 million boundary, it will definitely be the sweet bun of the TV station, and the TV station will often pay more for advertising and sponsorship fees, so that the next season can be made smoothly.

And the crew and actors who produced and starred in this TV series will also become famous because of this, at least second-rate TV series stars.

The standard of the remaining 60 million viewers is purely a matter of luck.

Because you don't know which TV series can achieve such sensational packing crowds and coverage areas.

But the only thing that can be known is that as long as one appears, it will be the treasure of the TV station, and what you want will be given, money, honor, power, nothing is a problem.

As for the TV series that can break through 80 million, luck alone is not enough, and God blesses it.

At least so far, only "Wind x Doctor x Nurse" has been able to repeatedly break through 80 million viewers, scaring everyone and making them numb.

The first episode of "Happy Hotel" had only 4.6 million viewers.

At that time, many people felt that although Yin Jun was the No. 1 screenwriter in Asia, he didn't know much about the habits of Americans and the jokes of Americans.

After all, sitcoms are a great test of a screenwriter's ability, and they involve many knowledge, customs, interests, and current affairs news that Americans themselves do not know.

Also, if you look at the actors they are looking for, none of them are well-known stars, all of them are street goods who have been in the TV industry for five or six years, fifteen or six years, and have not made their way out.

With them performing, can they all create miracles?

No kidding!

But the second, third, and fourth episodes ......

After coming all the way, such a voice of criticism is simply completely inaudible.

In its place, another voice was heard.

"The wolf is coming!"

"Xiangjiang's screenwriters can ride on our heads, what are we screenwriters doing?"

"I can't believe how sad it would be if one day, the people of Xiangjiang came to rule our TV series?"

"Boycott the people of Xiangjiang! Only watch American dramas produced by Americans!"

"Work harder, for the future of our American TV series!"

“……”

There is no doubt that these voices are more or less in the shadow of Hollywood's Big Six.

Because many of them have TV stations, they have the most direct competition with the Disney TV channel.

coupled with the previous "Speed of Life and Death", it slapped them in the face.

Even if it was Warner Bros. who was the most traumatized, they thought that they might encounter Yin Jun's movies in the future, so they couldn't help but make a move.

Of course, the Disney TV channel is not without help.

ABC News Network, for example, is one of them.

Because the Disney TV channel is attached to their TV network, the continuous increase in the viewership of "Happy Hotel" has also brought many benefits to them.

ABC is naturally not happy about these attempts to smear "Happy Hotel", you are cutting off our financial route.

As a result, ABC's royal literati, newspapers, and news also launched a response to these criticisms, which can be described as a lot of trouble.

As a result, this made "Happy Hotel" famous, and many viewers who had not seen it immediately became interested.

By the time the sixth episode aired on August 8, the viewership had skyrocketed to 28.9 million, infinitely close to 30 million, once again leaving the US news media and television stations speechless.

In their hearts, this time there was real fear.

it!

It's only the sixth episode!!

The sixth episode is so fierce, how is it possible?

How could there be such a drama embryo, but it was made by Disney?

Is Yin Jun really a fucking all-rounder?

In Asia, in the United States!?

Movies are OK, TV series are OK!?

Hollywood's giants are not just thinking about "Joy Hotel".

Two months ago, they heard that Yin Jun had found a small producer to take Eddie Murphy, who performed well in "Speed of Life and Death", to make a small and medium-budget movie.

At that time, Eddie Murphy was not as popular as it is now, and everyone scoffed at it, thinking that United Arts Movies was also crazy, and actually wanted to do this to make a big deal with a small one.

And that truck driver, with a bodybuilding star, will spend 10 million or 20 million to make a movie, it's a joke!

Hollywood's rules aren't so simple!

But now, when I think back on this, and then think that these two movies are scripts written by Yin Jun, the producers and directors that Yin Jun is looking for, and the actors that Yin Jun is looking for, the hearts of these giants suddenly have no bottom.

Even Warner Bros., who failed miserably in "Superman 2" and vowed to compete with Kirin movies again, didn't feel cautious at this time, and didn't jump out and say that I would snipe at this movie then.

Back to "Joy Hotel".

Hollywood's TV drama production companies and TV stations are not good at stubble.

Decades ago, they directly used thermal weapons to fight the enemy, and although they are now a little more civilized, they are also limited.

Obviously, no, after all, Lianyi Movies and Disney together are no worse than any of them.

If everyone doesn't follow the rules, then no one can please them.

But on the premise of not violating the bottom line, it's always okay to poach people, right?

In their opinion, the group of actors in "Happy Hotel" was originally a group of third-rate young actors, and now I will give you better treatment, can you not run away obediently?

As a result, after a few days, none of them succeeded.

The first reason, of course, is that these 33 main actors have signed 15-year long contracts, and if they want to break the contract, then the price is very staggering.

Before, they didn't even have the opportunity to appear in a popular TV series, but when they saw that Disney TV Channel wanted to make such a TV series, they thought it was also an opportunity, so everyone signed a contract.

Those who do not sign a contract are naturally useless.

It is equivalent to a bully clause, but there are more overlord clauses like the United States, and they are all in use after 40 years, but the legal clauses in the future are becoming more and more clear, so the production company has relaxed a little.

But this is only a relaxation on the surface, and there are still many restrictions and constraints in private.

At every turn, it is 10 million or 20 million liquidated damages for a role, and the six major Hollywood metropolises feel distressed, so they are naturally not so decisive.

And then another important point, the TV station and the production company know very well that most of these actors are old fritters and old streets, so the actors know very well that "Happy Hotel" will definitely become popular, and it is possible to reach 40 million or 60 million viewers in the future!

If you leave the crew now, what benefits can you get besides making a quick buck?

Even if you want to change jobs, you have to wait until after a complete success, and leaving in such a hurry is a complete fool.

also because of the admonition of these old actors, several young actors who were originally a little unstable calmed down and thought about it, and finally figured it out and refused to poach.

Other companies were disappointed, and Tang Shuxuan did not wait in vain.

Although you have a 15-year contract in hand, and it's not too difficult to add actors, it's really inappropriate for you to say nothing now that the situation is so good.

So Tang Shuxuan directly took out 1 million US dollars, gave them and the production staff a bonus, and promised that when the ratings are better in the future, the salary and red envelopes will be more.

As soon as such good news came, the crew was very happy, held back their energy, and worked hard towards the new goal!

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