The reality show "Big Brother" was conceived by the Dutch production company endemol in 1997, and was first broadcasted by Dutch TV in 1999, achieving unprecedented success.

Subsequently, dozens of countries around the world introduced the copyright of "Big Brother" and produced their own versions of "Big Brother". For example, the United States, France, Germany, Africa, the Middle East, South America, Scandinavia, the Balkans, and the African...

In addition, there are "The Loft", "Secret", etc., which are once again innovative based on the "Big Brother", which are all very popular.

And the reason why "Big Brother" has such a great charm and can attract so many viewers.

One is its authenticity.

Reality shows are actually not uncommon, but these shows seem real, but the signs of undercover operation are very obvious, so over time, the people will get bored of it.

"Big Brother" has a full 24-hour monitoring, and the contestants vote independently to decide who to eliminate, which makes it more real and credible.

The second is its confrontation.

There are only one of the dozen players who can stay in the end, become champions and win prizes, so the elimination rate is still very high. Therefore, if you want to win this game, you will inevitably need to intrigue. This is the biggest highlight of "Big Brother".

The third is its interactivity.

"Big Brother" has an audience voting session, and the audience can decide whether a character will stay or not. This interaction also makes the audience feel like they participate, and they are naturally even more sad about this show.

Just like "Super Girl" back then, although the contestants didn't sing well and were not pretty, even their looks were hard to describe. Compared with the singers who made their debut, it was a lot worse than the singers who made their debut. But because they were selected by one audience, the popularity of those contestants was much higher than that of the singers.

In summer, the reason why "Big Brother" is actually popular is because it satisfies people's private baths. Prying private baths is one of the bad habits of people. By peeking into other people's privacy, people can satisfy their own control baths, which in turn brings psychological happiness.

This is also why celebrities have a scandal and immediately caused a sensation on the Internet after the scandal. I remember that after Teacher Chen’s photos were released, I wonder how many netizens downloaded and appreciated them. The young actor Lu Han announced his relationship and Wang Baoqiang’s marriage broke up, which almost caused Weibo to go down, which also shows how much attention the public has to pay attention to this kind of star privacy.

Before summer, I took out the variety show "Millionaire". After it was broadcast, it was very popular.

Not only did it hit extremely high ratings in the United States, but TV stations in Canada, Moxico, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Fuso have also introduced the copyright of this program.

As for the counterfeit "Millionaire", there are countless others. Xia Tian alone knows that at least five TV stations in mainland China have prize-winning Q&A programs borrowed from the game mode of "Millionaire", and even copied the questions asked. But in order to take the overall situation into consideration, Xia Tian couldn't say anything.

However, "Millionaire" has been aired for almost ten years so far, and its charm is gradually cooling down. In fact, in terms of viewership, it has been going downhill since the previous two years.

The ratings were above 18 million before, but now they are only about 10 million, down nearly half. If the ratings of ABC TV station were not suppressed by CBS, there would be no better drama to support the ratings, this show would have been unsubscribed long ago.

In view of this, Xia Tiantian is preparing to launch a few more variety shows with high ratings. First, to make money, and second, to fill the ratings market after "Millionaire" cooled down.

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In addition to "Big Brother", another program that is about to be released in summer is the famous "Survivor".

The situation of this program is similar to "Big Brother", which places contestants in one place and then monitors them for twenty-four hours.

However, unlike "Big Brother", in "Survivor", the contestants are placed in the wild and rarely visited places. In this way, the contestants not only have to compete with the contestants, but also with the evil nature. Otherwise, it would be difficult to survive alone in the wild.

Therefore, this makes the competition for Survivor even more intense and exciting. Therefore, it is also known as the longest, most popular, and greatest social experiment in television history.

"Survivor" was first produced by Swedish TV in his previous life, and immediately caused a sensation after it was broadcast. Subsequently, this reality show was introduced by many national TV stations.

Among them, the American version of "Survivor" is the most famous and has the most filmed seasons. As of now, this program has been filmed for as many as 34 seasons, and two seasons a year are the guarantee of CBS ratings.

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It is worth mentioning that the copyright of variety shows is like popular American dramas, and they are very expensive.

For example, Fox bought the copyright of "American Idol" that year and spent $70 million. This show is worthy of its bid and has been the highest ratings in the United States for many years.

Therefore, if a production company can have a popular variety show, it can make a lot of money by collecting royalties.

Therefore, every production company attaches great importance to its copyright. If it is found that it is infringed, it will file a lawsuit. At that time, not only will the program be suspended, but it will also have to compensate a large amount of money. Therefore, in foreign countries, few TV stations openly copy programs designed by other production companies.

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After reading the five scripts of Summer, Jerry Brookheimer was very satisfied with the 70s Show, Survivor, Big Brother, and The Curse of the Holy Maiden.

Especially the two variety shows, "Survivor" and "Big Brother", really opened his eyes. It was really cruel to realize that reality shows can still be played like this for the first time!

However, Brookheimer was still worried about "Will and Grace".

"Boss, I'm afraid no one dares to take this drama." He said carefully.

A drama with the protagonist of a homosexual love is probably not very popular. It would be bad if it arouses dissatisfaction among the public.

In his previous life, in the second season of "Friends", when Rose's ex-wife and her co-lovers were filmed holding a wedding scene, NBC TV was worried that it would cause dissatisfaction among the people.

Although few people called the TV station to protest in the end, it also showed that the TV station at that time was trembling and walking on thin ice when it came to the same love.

"Friends" is just a game of the edge, and Rose's homosexual wife is not the protagonist. However, the male protagonist in "Will and Grace" is homosexual, which is much more serious than it.
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