Tomorrow was October 20th, which was also when the Pokemon anime would be broadcasted in the United States.
Although Boss Jia wanted the anime to be broadcasted simultaneously all over the world, the problem was that each TV station had their own timing. It was obviously inappropriate to change the anime before the last one was broadcasted. Therefore, Boss Jia could only try his best to set the broadcast date to October 20th.
Hua Xia's broadcast date was a little earlier. It was broadcasted on CCTV on October 12th.
Then there was Fusang. The Pokemon anime would be broadcasted on October 18th.
The United States was in third place. It would be broadcasted nationwide on October 20th.
This time, Boss Jia and the United States' NBC Television Station had reached an agreement.
Note that it was NBC, not NBA.
NBC's full name was United States National Broadcasting Company. It was also one of the three major commercial radio and television companies.
The company's headquarters was in New York. Its parent company was General Electric.
The company now had TV stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, Cleveland, Denver, and Miami. It also had 208 affiliated TV stations in the country. It basically covered the entire country.
It was worth mentioning that the United States' TV station policy was the same as that of Fusang's TV station. They were all private TV stations, and they were all local. There was no TV station that could cover the entire country.
Therefore, they were like Fusang. In addition to setting up a TV station in the United States' main cities, they would also take in many local TV stations in the United States.
The local TV stations would pay a portion of NBC's annual fee to get the right to broadcast all of NBC's programs for free. However, they would also have to broadcast advertisements in NBC's programs.
These local TV stations would be able to make a profit through the local TV fees. In addition, they would also have a portion of their own advertising business.
All in all, the United States' TV stations were like a large alliance. The three United States' TV stations each had more than 200 affiliated TV stations. The two sides were like three countries competing for ratings.
As the third most powerful company in the three countries, NBC has been having a hard time recently. They are about to lose their third place in the United States.
The company that launched the attack on NBC was the fourth largest news corporation in the United States, the Fox Broadcasting Company of the United States. The boss behind the scenes was the Australian Rupert Murdoch, the old man who married an ugly Hua Xia.
Recently, Fox News is doing very well. Their viewership ratings and the number of affiliated TV stations are almost on par with NBC.
The reason why Fox was able to gain such momentum was because he had two weapons.
One was Fox's entertainment program. The United States didn't have many entertainment programs, and the most famous one was a talk show.
However, the CEO of Fox was a master of variety shows. He had created many entertainment shows. The most famous one was the Molly's Green Hat Show, the United States version of If You're the One, the United States' Talent Show, and so on. These innovative variety shows made the people of the United States who could only watch talk shows every day feel refreshed.
The other was the animation.
Speaking of which, NBC's CEO felt very helpless. Fox's animation had actually beaten them to the point where they couldn't even fight back. Whenever it was time for the animation to be broadcast, countless people would change channels on time and switch over to Fox to watch the animation.
The animation's viewership ratings would set new records every year. For example, last year in 1992, the highest viewership rating was 30.92 million people.
That's right. The United States doesn't count the viewership ratings. They count the highest number of simultaneous viewers. Any program that can reach tens of millions of people watching at the same time will become a legend.
The record of 30.92 million people watching at the same time is even more legendary. It can be ranked in the top 20 in the history of the United States.
In fact, the peak viewership rating of this animation was 45.41 million people. It can definitely be ranked in the top 5.
This animation is the United States' national animation, "The Simpsons". This amazing animation has been running for 35 seasons since 1989. It beat all the other TV stations and competitors.
Of course, this animation is not popular in China. This is because it is based on the United States' traditional culture and politics. For the Chinese, there is no common sentiment.
NBC's TV series are their specialty. They have produced shows such as "Friends" (the American version of "iPartment" if iPartment started airing in 1993), "Friends", and "iPartment". There are also well-known American TV series such as "Emergency Room Story" that were produced by NBC.
But when it comes to animation, NBC can't do it. Originally, NBC didn't care about it. If their animation can't do it, then so be it. A god-like existence like "The Simpsons" is not something that any animation can compete with. When it comes to animation airing at the same time, NBC's highest viewership is only about 8 million people.
So, NBC wisely chose to give up on the competition and treat it as if their own TV station is not airing animation.
But now that Fox was closing in on them and was about to snatch away their third place, NBC was getting a little anxious. They decided to steal some of the limelight back from the animation industry. At the very least, they had to suppress "The Simpsons."
But this was extremely difficult. NBC had already tested three animations in succession, and all of their viewership ratings were below 2 million. It was not even a fraction of the viewership ratings of "The Simpsons." This made NBC's program director even consider giving up on the foolish idea of challenging "The Simpsons" in terms of animation.
But about 10 days ago, NBC's Program Director received a report from one of his managers saying that he had discovered an amazing animation. Even if it couldn't compete with "The Simpsons", it shouldn't be a problem for it to get 5 million viewers.
The Program Director was interested and asked which country it was from. Which company produced this animation?
Then, his manager reported that it was an animation produced by Huaxia Dynasty Animation.
Regarding this, the program director almost choked to death on a mouthful of salted soda.
What the hell is this? When did Hua Xia's animation come to the United States?
In the current Huaxia, wasn't it said that three people had to wear the same pair of pants and rely on others to plow the fields like oxen? A country like this dares to export their animations to the US???
The Program Director scoffed and wanted to reject it on the spot. He does not even have the interest to watch it.
However, the manager under him was very loyal and dutiful. He reported to the director again and again. In the end, he even swore to God that this was definitely an animation that could reach 5 million viewers.
Alright, for God's sake, the program director finally agreed to watch one episode of the animation to see how good it was.
"I only have 20 minutes. I will only watch one episode. My wife had prepared an apple pie for me at home. If I don't go home, I will be dead!" The Program Director prayed to God before watching this episode.
The Program Director's wife sent the apple pie to the company because the Program Director did not return home for the whole night. He even lied that he was working overtime at the company.
In the end, if his wife hadn't really found the program director in the company's screening room, whose face was full of fatigue but was abnormally excited, she would have really thought that her hair had turned green!
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