In the whole of April, the Hua Xia TV people were basically in a state of confusion.
Because an inexplicable thing had broken into their circle.
In the television industry in 1994, the viewership ratings had always been dominated by some television series. Although the influence of animated series such as the Four-wheel Brothers and Pokemon was astonishing, that was only among children. Obviously, it was impossible for everyone to be interested in such things.
Therefore, the Four-wheel Drive Brothers, which had reached the peak of these cartoons, only had a rating of 26.2%. It was because the adults were not interested in these cartoons.
On the contrary, this was the golden age of Hua Xia TV series … At least, it was the golden age of the ratings. Because in this period, Hua Xia did not have any movies, variety shows, or news programs. Other than the News Simulcast, the rest were not good enough.
Therefore, the TV series in this era were actually TV series. There were many TV series that had a rating of more than 30%, but there were TV series that did not exceed 50%.
Therefore, the people of Hua Xia TV series had always looked down on cartoons.
Until they found out that on a certain day in April, in the ratings report, there was suddenly a brand new name that suddenly entered the top 10 TV series of the year. As soon as it appeared, it was ranked eighth with a rating of 25.2%.
Don't think that this name was too low. You have to look at the other 9 TV series in the rankings.
Among them, ranked 10th was "Get Addicted".
Ranked 9th was "White Browed Hero".
Ranked 7th was "The Bloody Battle of the Central Plains".
Ranked 6th was "The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants".
Ranked 5th was "Bao Qingtian".
Ranked 4th was "The Story of the Editorial Department".
Ranked 3rd was "Dream of the Red Chamber".
Ranked 2nd was "I Love My Family".
Ranked 1st was "Journey to the West".
It was worth mentioning that both the 3rd place "Dream of the Red Chamber" and the 1st place "Journey to the West" were TV series reruns. The former was released in 1987, while the latter was released in 1986. After seven or eight years of reruns, these two TV series still occupied the 1st and 3rd place in the 1994 ratings.
Amidst this long list of names, an extremely strange name suddenly popped out – 'Ultraman Tiga'. This was extremely peculiar.
Many TV people curiously looked at this TV series and could not help but curse, "What the hell is this?"
A TV series where monsters destroyed a city and Ultraman saved humans, and then the two sides fought each other, what the hell was this? This was clearly something for children to see. How could this kind of thing make it into the top ten? What the hell was this?
"It's probably just a momentary rush. It'll be gone after a while!" Many people from the TV industry said with certainty.
Then, in the middle of April, the viewership ratings directly broke through 30% and ranked fifth.
On April 20th, the viewership ratings suddenly soared again, directly rising to 38%. It actually squeezed into the top three, squeezing out Dream of the Red Chamber, and was only second to I Love My Family and Journey to the West.
"There's something fishy about this! This is cheating. There must be something wrong with the ratings! " Then, they realized that it was actually a TV series produced by the Daqian Group. Immediately, someone said that the ratings must have been bought with money.
But CCTV lazily came out and slapped their faces, saying that the data was personally investigated by CCTV and there was absolutely no problem.
Well, CCTV's credibility was invincible. Once CCTV said something, no one doubted the viewership ratings.
In fact, another key reason why no one doubted it was because these TV people were surprised to find that the people around them were really addicted to Ultraman Tiga.
Yes, that's right. Not only children, but even adults were addicted to the world of Ultraman Tiga.
Just like Liu Rong, countless adults jumped into the pit of Ultraman Tiga and could not get out. Just like their children, they became loyal fans of Ultraman Tiga.
This was something that was impossible to happen in his previous life, but in this life, it actually happened.
Ultraman Tiga not only attracted the love of young viewers, but also the adult viewers. As the adults spread the word of mouth, the viewership ratings of Ultraman Tiga began to soar at an unimaginable speed.
On May 1st, the viewership ratings broke through 45%, overtaking Journey to the West and I Love My Family. It became the number one TV series in the whole of Hua Xia.
It was said that the person in charge of the tangram program was stunned when he found out that a cartoon of his program beat all the others and became the number one in the viewership ratings.
Not only the producer of the tangram program, but everyone in the industry was also in a state of confusion. They couldn't understand how a children's special drama could become the most popular TV series in 1994. What was wrong with this world?
But the viewership ratings of Ultraman Tiga continued to rise, and finally stabilized around 48%.
In the end, it even developed to the extent that it was on the news broadcast. Although the news broadcast only used less than 10 seconds to broadcast a sentence, "Congratulations to our channel for the children's tangram program, Ultraman Tiga, a TV series co-produced by China and Japan, breaking through 48% in the viewership ratings and becoming the number one TV series in 1994!"
However, this had undoubtedly pushed the popularity of "Ultraman Tiga" to a new height. This result had completely silenced the entire culture, entertainment, and media industry.
However, silence was not an option. The chief editors of all the major media outlets immediately ordered their reporters to write a draft of 'Ultraman Tiga'. They would analyze and report from various angles. After all, Ultraman Tiga was the hottest topic right now. Anyone who did not ride on his coattails would be an idiot.
Soon, the media began to report on "Ultraman Tiga" from various aspects. Some of the media decided to research why "Ultraman Tiga" was so popular. Therefore, they surveyed hundreds of adult viewers of "Ultraman Tiga" and obtained a research report.
According to the research of these media outlets, the reason why adults were so passionate about Ultraman Tiga was because of the exquisite special effects of Ultraman Tiga.
All the news media unanimously admitted that the special effects of "Ultraman Tiga" were so exquisite and realistic that it was unimaginable.
Of course, in the eyes of the 2020 audience, these exquisite and realistic special effects couldn't be any more fake. But in the eyes of the 1994 audience, these special effects were shocking and realistic. Just the special effects alone were enough to deeply attract the attention of the Chinese people who loved big scenes.
Secondly, it was the sci-fi theme unique to this TV series. Moreover, it was an extremely hardcore sci-fi theme.
Thanks to Boss Jia's adaptation, the sci-fi movie "Ultraman Tiga" in Lin Huang's previous life was only a little decoration. However, in this era, it was undoubtedly a sci-fi blockbuster with special effects. There were all kinds of sci-fi scenes, shots, and descriptions of futuristic maglev buses, three-dimensional transportation cities, portable personal terminals, internal microchips, and exoskeleton mechas. All of these made the Huaxia people, who had never experienced sci-fi before, feel excited.
One must know that before Ultraman Tiga, there had never been a proper sci-fi TV series.
In fact, even in 2020, Hua Xia had never produced a hardcore space TV series such as Star Trek or Star Trek. Therefore, the market in this area was actually blank.
Therefore, although Ultraman Tiga was not a proper hardcore sci-fi TV series, part of it was hardcore sci-fi and special effects. Moreover, the description of the world in 2050 was enough to open the eyes of Hua Xia people.
Lastly, there was the suspense contained in Ultraman Tiga.
In his previous life, all the Ultraman TV series did not have any main storyline. They were all pieced together unit by unit. However, "Ultraman Tiga" was different. The entire "Ultraman Tiga" had a storyline between the Witch Tribe and the Shifter Tribe. It also vaguely revealed the various situations of the Great Witch Tribe and the Great Witch Tribe. There was even content that was closely related to traditional Chinese culture such as the investiture of the Shang Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty, the Battle of Zhuolu.
This TV series opened the curtains to a primeval world for the audience. However, only a corner of this curtains was opened, allowing the audience to see a little of the wonderful scenes inside. However, it was only a little.
The most important thing was that the plot of Ultraman Tiga was not overly childlike. This was because a TV series with children's drawings would cause a lot of bugs in the plot.
Naive children would be able to ignore these words and gain joy from it. However, meticulous adults would only feel that these bugs were disgusting and illogical. Then, the entire TV series would seem very retarded. In the end, they would ignore it.
However, under Boss Jia's modification, most of the logic bugs in the Ultraman series were fixed by Boss Jia's amazing imagination. The plot of the entire TV series had reached a level that adults could accept without feeling that it was retarded and childish.
However, the wonderful story and plot contained in it was something that everyone loved.
With all these factors added together, it contributed to the unexpected popularity of Ultraman Tiga in Hua Xia.
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