Leading the trend of TV dramas and writing a new era. Today, CMG's 2nd Annual Chinese TV Drama Ceremony hosted by China Central Radio and Television was officially announced. The ceremony will be broadcast live on January 12 and recorded on the party, and will be broadcast on the main station comprehensive channel (CCTV-1), TV drama channel (CCTV-8), CCTV and other platforms during the Spring Festival in 2024.
This grand ceremony will systematically sort out and inventory the excellent works of Chinese TV dramas in 2023, and gather the high-quality creative forces of the TV drama industry through a literary and artistic event with authority, a sense of ceremony, credibility and influence, and present the spirit of excellence and positive progress of Chinese TV dramas in the new era and new journey.
Looking back on 2023, CMG's first annual Chinese TV drama ceremony has aroused great attention and heated discussions from all walks of life inside and outside the industry. At the beginning of 2024, CMG's 2nd Annual Chinese TV Drama Festival will return with the new concept of "Drama Night", which is committed to artistically showing the high-quality development process and achievements of China's TV drama industry, and allowing more audiences to experience the artistic charm and ideological vitality of good works.
In the past year, Chinese TV dramas have been vibrant, with a variety of themes in various fields, and a series of high-quality dramas broadcast by the main station have achieved a double harvest of ratings and word-of-mouth. At the beginning of 2023, "Hurricane" took the lead, setting a new high in the prime-time ratings of CCTV TV drama channel in the past five years, "Three-Body Problem" set a milestone for domestic science fiction dramas, and the New Year's Eve drama "Flowers" reflects the pure ambition in the Pentium era, which resonates strongly with the audience. In addition, hit dramas such as "Pearl River People", "Stalker", "Sun with Me" and "All the Way to the Sun" performed well and were well received by many audiences.
From the echo of the topic selection to the reflection of the content, the main station has been committed to launching a masterpiece of the new era with excellent artistic standards and public satisfaction, leading the trend of big dramas with a big style, depicting the texture of the times from the perspective of life, and striving to meet the audience's expectations with "all screens are high-quality".
This year's ceremony will invite TV drama creators and industry celebrities who are deeply loved by the audience to gather together to show the new atmosphere of Chinese TV dramas with an exclusive TV drama event. The ceremony will also give annual honors to high-quality TV dramas and outstanding creators, and more than ten honors such as actor and actress of the year, director of the year, and drama of the year will be grandly released on the spot. It is worth looking forward to the fact that in the road to the grand ceremony, the main creators of the crew will lead everyone to relive the "famous scenes" of the play through a series of warm and interesting interactions, and evoke the memories of watching the drama buried in their hearts. The road to the festival will be broadcast live through new media platforms such as CCTV.
Looking back on 2023, the TV drama industry has been working hard all the way and is full of harvests, and looking forward to 2024, high-quality dramas are full of flowers and expectations. As an important cultural space for the review and prospect of Chinese TV dramas, the newly upgraded "Drama Night" will give full play to the resource advantages of the main station, unite the industry forces with leadership, communication and influence, and launch more high-quality masterpieces with more literary and artistic workers to help the high-quality development of China's TV drama industry.