Nowadays, I always feel that the current programs are not as exciting as before, and it is difficult to find a program that the whole family can watch with gusto.
Moreover, many old programs that were once popular all over the country and carried many people’s fond memories have also withdrawn from the stage of history unknowingly.
This time, Mr. Tomato will talk about eight CCTV programs that you must have watched but can no longer wait for the update. I believe everyone will be surprised by the variety and diversity of previous program formats.
1. "The Same Song" that everyone can sing
In the past, "The Same Song" was a program rich in divine songs.
, a music program broadcast every Friday night, can be said to be the musical enlightenment for many people. And compared with current music programs, "Same Song" is a truly large-scale production and a large-scale project. In each episode of
, "Same Song" will go to different cities, build a grand stage, and then invite 20 or 30 groups of popular singers to perform live.
Han Hong, Sun Nan , Liu Huan , Cecilia Cheung , Mao Amin , Na Ying , Jay Chou , Jolin Tsai , etc. No matter how big the wrist is, "The same song" 》We can all invite you Come and sing for you live.
Through this program, I learned a lot of popular songs at the time, but the one that impressed me the most was the theme song of the same name, "The Same Song".
Just like "Unforgettable Tonight", which must be sung at the end of the Spring Festival Gala, "The Same Song" will be sung at the end of every program. I believe many people will sing this song.
However, this program was discontinued as early as 2010.
Andy Lau can be said to be a trigger for the show to be suspended. At that time, the program team invited Andy Lau to participate in the show, but Andy Lau refused. After
, it was revealed that the program was obviously a commercial operation, with each episode earning a lot of money, but they were asked to participate in the show at a low price in the name of a charity performance. This double-faced approach caused the program team to fall into a storm of public opinion.
Later on, he began to advocate frugal hosting of parties. The practice of setting up a large stage with great fanfare in every episode of "The Same Song" obviously did not meet the call, so CCTV finally decided to shut down "The Same Song" and it has been a dead ringer ever since.
Today's music programs are mainly indoor and singer PKs. It is no longer rare to see this kind of music variety show in the form of a party.
2. The house version of Metamorphosis "Swap Space"
"Swap Space" is the house version of "Metamorphosis". Each episode of the program will find two families who need to renovate their houses, let them put forward their renovation requirements, and then the program team will give them Equip an interior designer and have two families renovate each other's homes.
At that time, many people in China did not understand interior design, and most people's homes were mainly decorated simply. Some of the design concepts and avant-garde decoration and building materials presented in "Exchange Space" were really eye-opening.
Moreover, this program can be regarded as the earliest reality show. The program not only renovates the house, but also helps to ease the conflicts between husband and wife and promote the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law during the remodeling process. The program
was broadcast for 14 years from 2005 to 2019. The reason why the
program failed to continue is that on the one hand, interior decoration began to enter ordinary people's homes one after another, and the mystery of the program disappeared, and on the other hand, the production cost was too high.
Every episode of the program requires major renovations of two houses. Not only does it cost a lot of production money, but it also costs a lot of time. With the decline in ratings, it will inevitably be suspended.
3. "Between Cities" which is better than "Running Man"
Speaking of competitive variety shows, the first thing many people think of is "Running Man", but in fact, as early as 2005, we already had good-looking competitive variety shows , and it also has an international program. I believe many people have watched it. The name of the program is "Between Cities".
The format of the program is that cities around the world send their own teams to participate. The content of the competition is also very interesting, such as "Bamboo Run", "Crazy Candy", "Ocean Massage", "Mavericks Football", "Many Bubbles" ”, many of the mini-games played during company team building are leftovers from this program.
The most classic part of the show is undoubtedly the bullfighting part. The contestants have to complete the game under the interference of a cow. Every time they see a group of people being chased by a cow, there is always an unexpected laugh.
The popularity of programs such as "Running Man" and "Extreme Challenge" relies to a certain extent on the star halo, while the popularity of "Between Cities" relies entirely on its own fun. The show
is not considered to have been suspended, but ended normally. The show ran from 2005 to 2015, with a total of 10 seasons. It is still a good show to this day.
4. "Shopping Street" and "Supermarket Winner" make dreams come true
Everyone must have had such a dream: it would be great if the supermarket could be emptied; and "Shopping Street" and "Supermarket Winner" It is a program created by CCTV to fulfill viewers’ dreams.
Mr. Tomato prefers to call "Shopping Street" "Guess the Price" and "Super Winner" as "Grab Things". The game session of
's "Shopping Street" actually allows guests to guess product prices. As long as they guess correctly, they can take home the corresponding product, and there will be additional prizes accumulated through customs clearance.
The sense of participation in this program is really strong. I remember that our whole family loved guessing the price with the guests. If we guessed correctly, we would say with emotion: I wish I were the one on TV!
The highlight of "Super Winner" is to let the guests push shopping carts freely in the supermarket within a fixed time. In the end, whoever puts the most valuable things in a shopping cart will win, and can put the most valuable things in a shopping cart. Everything in your cart is taken home for free.
At that time, I was so anxious when I saw the guests stuffing things into their shopping carts that I would yell in front of the TV: That’s worthless, go get the electrical appliances!
Compared with the current live broadcast of goods, these two programs of CCTV can let consumers know a lot of good things and are more interesting. The two programs
were broadcast for many years. Eventually, the audience gradually lost their novelty. The sponsors saw that they had lost business opportunities and were unwilling to renew their contracts, so they had to stop broadcasting.
5. "I am also an expert" "Appraisal of Treasures"
"Appraisal of Treasures" is really a treasure program of CCTV, which invites experts to identify treasures for ordinary people.
Each guest will bring an antique cultural relic, and the program will specifically film the origin of this cultural relic, either found at an antique stall, or passed down from the family's ancestors. Just watching these stories is already very interesting.
What’s even more interesting is that looking at the appraisals of treasures by experts, each treasure is authenticated with evidence and can tell why it is authentic and why it is fake. Regardless of whether it is authentic or fake, a reference will be given based on the quality in the end. Quotation.
Wang Gang was even invited as a guest to destroy fakes on the spot. The hammer protecting the treasure made the fakes frightened.
What I loved most at that time was the moment when the experts announced the authenticity. Some owners still didn’t believe that theirs was a fake, but some inconspicuous objects were worth millions and millions. It was really a variety of things in the world.
Compared with the popular cultural relics programs such as "I Repair Cultural Relics in the Forbidden City" and " National Treasure ", the production of "Treasure Appraisal" is not as exquisite, but more down-to-earth, lowering the threshold of cultural relics appreciation to no matter what. People of all educational levels can read it and enjoy it.
The reason why this program has not been aired is because treasures are hard to find. Even though many people have treasures at home, they are afraid of the hammer that protects the treasure hammer and are unwilling to appear on the program, so they cannot find so many treasures to identify. Mr. Tomato said it was really a pity, otherwise I would really have watched it for the rest of my life.
6. Large-scale Metamorphosis "Extraordinary 6+1"
"Extraordinary 6+1" is also a large-scale Metamorphosis. The program team is equipped with teachers in music, body shape, performance, clothing, makeup and other aspects to conduct training for amateur guests. The transformation lasted for 6 days, and then on the seventh day, guests were allowed to take the stage to show the results of the transformation.
This program can be said to have fulfilled many people’s dreams of becoming a star. After all, who has never dreamed of being on stage and becoming a big star?
How popular was "Very 6+1" back then? It can be said that everyone can compare Li Yong's "6+1" gesture. The golden egg smashing model of the
program became a lottery method that shopping malls and event parties later imitated. The decline of
program began in 2013. In this year, Li Yong submitted his resignation to CCTV and also handed over the hosting stick of "Extraordinary 6+1".
"Extraordinary 6+1" suddenly changed without Li Yong. Later, Gao Bo, Zhu Xun, and Guan Tong all served as hosts of the show, but the audience just didn't like watching it. As the program's ratings became lower and lower, "Extraordinary 6+1" was eventually discontinued in 2022.
7. "Approaching Science", which focuses on a pseudo-science
In an era when information was still underdeveloped, I always watched "Approaching Science" as a science fiction film. The director of this program is really unqualified for not making a suspense film. .
The two most classic themes of the program in my memory can be said to be enduring. One is to reveal the secret of the Venetian water monster, and the other is to talk about the mysterious flying stick.
Every once in a while, "Approaching Science" will say that someone has photographed a water monster in Loch Ness, and then divide it into three episodes to analyze whether the water monster is an ancient creature or a major discovery. It arouses people's curiosity.
But after watching all three episodes, I realized that nothing was actually revealed.
There is also the mysterious flying stick. I have talked about for many years that a flying stick-shaped object suspected to be UFO appeared in the camera. The various analysis will also be divided into three episodes. It makes me feel as if aliens have invaded the earth. , but in the end, when I thought about it carefully, it seemed like I didn’t say anything.
Watching "Approaching Science" is really better than listening to what you have to say.
But it is undeniable that this program is really good to watch, because it arouses people's curiosity about unknown things, and the writing is also very interesting. Although it is pretentious, but it is really pretending, compared to Today’s suspense and thriller films have much more of a sense of atmosphere.
However, success is also a failure, and the program was eventually stopped. It was also criticized by many because it was not rigorous enough. Moreover, the popularity of the Internet has made science within reach, and this program has lost its meaning.
8. "Quyuan Zatan", which is better than the Spring Festival Gala
Many of the current programs are specialized. Singing programs are all about singing. There are also language programs like "Happy Comedian" and "Annual Comedian Competition" Specialized programs.
And "Quyuan Zatan" focuses on "miscellaneous", magic, sketches, cross talk, acrobatics, opera, rap, no matter what form can be on the show.
The existence of "Quyuan Zatan" provides a stage for many art industries to display and promotes the blooming of various art forms.
Moreover, this program has also given birth to many classic works, such as Mr. Ma Ji's posthumous works "Number of Numbers" and "Shandong Fighting", both of which were launched by "Quyuan Zatan".
To be honest, as an all-inclusive comprehensive gala, I personally feel that "Quyuan Zatan" is much better than the Spring Festival Gala.
This program was launched in 1991 and ran for a total of 20 years. It is really a shared memory for several generations.
It seems that these discontinued programs are still full of creativity and interesting, and it is a pity that they have been discontinued.
However, fortunately, CCTV has continued to launch high-scoring programs in recent years, such as: "National Treasure" which popularizes China's five thousand-year cultural relics to the audience, "The Reader" which allows the audience to relive the charm of letters, and "The Reader" which promotes Chinese poetry culture. Chinese Poetry Conference", these will also become classics in the memory of a new generation of audiences.
History is about constantly innovating to move forward, and the same is true for TV programs. Old programs are worth remembering, and new programs can also be paid more attention to. Today, with the media being so developed, I believe you will be able to find programs that suit your tastes.
(movie Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Department: Sunview)
