On September 19, the regular news media exposed the news that the TV series "Burning Earth" was scheduled for September 27, and Shandong Satellite TV and Anhui Satellite TV jointly premiered. Written by Zhao Dongling and starring Chen Long, Chai Biyun, Guo Jiaming and many other actors, the drama tells the story of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and its later Liaoshen Campaign. This TV series starts from the family grudge, in the background of the War of Resistance, the family grudge gives way to the national righteousness, and everyone fights against Japan together.
At present, the TV series "Burning Earth" has been broadcast on a number of terrestrial channels. Because it is written by Zhao Dongling, the quality of the script of the play is still excellent. In addition, Actors such as Chen Long and Chai Biyun are more well-known. In particular, film and television dramas with the theme of the War of Resistance have always been broadcast very well on the terrestrial channel. Therefore, the drama is currently broadcast by multiple terrestrial channels.
The joint premiere of Shandong Satellite TV and Anhui Satellite TV is the first time since this year that the two satellite TVs have held hands to broadcast the first round of dramas. Ten years ago, Shandong Satellite TV and Anhui Satellite TV belonged to the industry of first-line satellite TV in terms of TV drama broadcasting capabilities. Especially in shandong satellite TV, in the era of four-star simulcasting, it has always been far ahead in ratings. And Anhui Satellite TV also belongs to the state of being unyielding.
However, in recent years, the two satellite TVs have been relatively weak in the purchasing power of the first round of dramas. In the end, these two TV series that used to be broadcast belonged to the first-line satellite TV, and could only retreat to the second line. This is a very unfortunate thing. At the same time as the weak purchasing power of TV series, the two satellite TVs are relatively inferior in their variety show production capabilities. This time, the two stations joined forces to broadcast the first round of TV drama works, which obviously met the expectations of the fans of the two stations. For old drama fans, everyone expects Shandong Satellite TV and Anhui Satellite TV to reinvigorate their strength.
As a TV drama work with the theme of the War of Resistance, "Burning the Earth" has the possibility of being popular in ratings. Especially in Shandong Satellite TV, in the General Administration of China's audio-visual big data, there is still a very good rating chassis. This satellite TV, even if it plays a second round of dramas, or even multiple rounds of dramas, has achieved the results of the top ten on the list. For "Burning Earth", it may bring Shandong Satellite TV's ratings into the top five positions of China's audiovisual big data in a single week.
Why do I have this prediction? Again, the current anti-war theme of tv drama works, although the shooting cost is at a medium or even low level, but the rating chassis of the anti-war drama is still very good. "Code Name Mountain Leopard", which has been in the finale of the CCTV TV drama channel, and "Railway Storm", which is being broadcast on the CCTV TV drama channel, although the shooting quality is average, but in the ratings performance, it is very good. These two TV dramas with the theme of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression prove that this theme has a strong audience demand.
This seems to be one of the important reasons why Shandong Satellite TV and Anhui Satellite TV jointly broadcast "Burning Earth". The theme of the War of Resistance, the ratings will not be bad. It is worth noting that in terms of first-line satellite television, it has not been broadcast for a long time that real knives and real guns have not been broadcast. In terms of Beijing Satellite TV, the anti-war drama "Heshan" was broadcast, and the ratings at that time were stable at around 0.5%, and the anti-Japanese spy drama "Odds of Victory" was also relatively good. For film and television dramas with pure anti-war themes, the current problem is not that the ratings are not good, but that the production cost is too low, and it is easy to have a sense of "shoddy production".
The production cost is not high, and it may also be the place where "Burning Earth" is stretched. The screenwriter of the play, Zhao Dongling, has deep pen power and does not have to worry about problems at the script level. As of now, the drama has released a relatively complete plot synopsis, you can take a look:
Mou Zilong (played by Chen Long) was originally the younger brother of the great warlord Mou Zihong stationed in Yantai, and in the early 1930s of the last century, after his brother Mou Zihong (played by Heizi) was framed for sympathizing with the Communist Party and suffered the disaster of extinction, Mou Zilong started from avenging his brother, step by step embarked on the revolutionary road of finding national rejuvenation and liberating the toiling masses, created the Jiaodong revolutionary armed forces, and developed and enlarged in the test of blood and fire.
At the critical juncture of life and death of the nation, he put the national righteousness as the most important, put aside his personal vendetta, gave up his previous suspicions, joined forces with his old enemy Ma Qianju (played by Guo Jiaming), raised the banner of anti-Japanese resistance in Jiaodong, and gradually strengthened the people's armed forces in the War of Resistance Against Japan. At the same time, he and his brother-killer Ma Qianju met again on the northeast battlefield, this time, Mu Zilong did not let Ma Qianju escape the last bullet of revenge.
At the script level, "Burning The Earth" has almost no problems. The drama has been broadcast on a number of terrestrial channels at present, based on the content of several episodes that the old editor has watched, the production cost of this drama is too low, which has indeed caused a lot of screen content, far from being comparable to the current first-line TV series. I hope that when the drama is broadcast on Shandong Satellite TV and Anhui Satellite TV, the ratings can be more eye-catching. Thus driving more film and television investment, willing to invest more matching funds in anti-war dramas. (Text/Ma Qingyun)