TVB suddenly changed its lineup in the face of the epidemic to broadcast the mainland drama "Witty Female Forensic Doctor" (that is, the Royal Gift of Little Servants), which caused a good response, and now the drama has jumped to the no. 1 rating in 2022, which has overshadowed the self-made drama. In this regard, Hong Kong drama critic Xiang Manshan believes that this essentially reflects the decline of TVB's self-control ability.
Xiang Manshan wrote a comment in the local online media column: "There is no huge production fee, no first-line stars, no large amount of publicity, and no Hong Kong stars to help, but the first week of live broadcast ratings was as high as 23.1 points, which is higher than the 22.9 points in the first week of the real Hong Kong drama "Family Glory" in Cantonese, which is really surprising." ”
In his view, although TVB has no shortage of outsourced dramas to win self-made dramas and Hong Kong dramas, such as "Big Changjin" with an average of 36 points and a maximum of 50 points, "Yanxi Raiders" with an average of 31.4 points and a maximum of 39.2 points, etc., but those are all big productions with brilliant stars, and the publicity resources are also relatively disparate, to some extent, it is understandable, and "Witty Female Forensic Doctor" is small and broad, better than the big production starring Yang Yi and Zhang Zhilin, but it has created history.
"Witty Female Forensic Doctor" landed on the Emerald Station, obviously a stopover under the earlier TV City shutdown, TVB did not spend much money at all, contributed very little, just cut more than 30 episodes into twenty episodes, and then found a voice actor to dub, so that Lian Shiya sang the theme song to finish, and other huge productions of large-scale publicity is not the same. Therefore, this not only shows TVB's luck and buys a series of "bagasse price roast goose", but also reflects TVB's deep-seated problems, that is, no matter how many resources are invested in recent years, a press conference is held, many first-line artists are gathered to start filming, and how many special effects and big scenes are spent, which is also futile, because the facts are in front of us, and the results are worse than a three-no-purchase drama. ”
Xiang Manshan believes that ITB's current self-made dramas are not as good as outsourced dramas, but this matter itself is not terrible, the future can catch up, he is more worried about the TV station executives to taste the sweetness, change the business strategy, after the self-made dramas are less and less, more and more outsourced dramas, and finally let the Hong Kong film and television industry be hurt.
"Datai has always been proud of its acceptance, and it is regarded as the only dogma, "Witty Female Forensic Doctor" Many people watch, the management is naturally relieved, I believe that many people will think in their hearts, this time to buy well, broadcast well! However, this is a purchased drama after all, and the better its results, it will only appear that its own drama is more and more discolored... Perhaps the front and back of the stage who personally filmed the series could only cover their fears with laughter. ”
In my opinion, Xiang Manshan's concern is not unreasonable, and TVB needs to strictly limit the frequency of outsourcing and continue to insist on self-made episode shooting. But how did Hong Kong drama critics treat TVB before? No matter what TVB shoots, no matter what TVTV shoots, it blows as a divine drama, there is no half fairness at all, and now I think of the role of TVB?
TVB undertakes most of the drama production in Hong Kong, even if it loses money and deficits, it has to spend money to shoot, providing job opportunities for countless front and backstage, but in exchange for it is always cynicism, but also worry about being stabbed by its own people; and ViuTV, which relies on purchasing Korean dramas for more than half a year every year, occasionally shoots a few short dramas, and can also make profits, has long been the hope of Hong Kong dramas among the Hong Kong drama critics. That being the case, why not put a burden on ViuTV?