2024, the "plot" of the Chinese drama develops with ups and downs.
" Blossoms " hit the airwaves during the New Year's Eve and became the most popular drama in the past few years after "Hurry Up".
Everyone is looking forward to the success of Chinese dramas in the future, but the Chinese dramas during the Spring Festival have suffered from misfires. The most anticipated "South to North" failed to break through in the end, and Douban only scored 7.2 points.
Never expected that we have been waiting for the explosion of domestic dramas recently.
First, " and Fengxing " gained popularity across the board, and " Little Days " continued to soar amid controversy. Then came the real climax: the spy drama "Storm Chaser" was launched on CCTV, and the ratings reached 5 Continuous rise, breaking 2 consecutively.
The spy drama, which has been in the doldrums for a long time, finally received another well-received masterpiece after "Renegade".
Although the new year has only started for three months, I can’t wait to talk to you about the 10 most-watched domestic dramas in 2024 so far.
Ratings from all walks of life are becoming more and more eye-catching. Perhaps ratings are the toughest measurement indicator.
Among various data statistics, I chose cvb as the most important evaluation indicator. The
list only includes dramas broadcast on TV stations. Internet dramas such as Zhang Songwen's "Hunting Ice" are not included in the ratings.
Also, considering the strong foundation of CCTV dramas, I also selected a few satellite TV dramas with really good ratings to join them.
No matter what the list is, it cannot perfectly present the map of Chinese dramas in your mind.
In fact, every viewer’s most intuitive feeling about good dramas and bad dramas is the most important list. However, people’s hearts cannot be counted.
Tenth, "River Rises" Hunan Satellite TV's average episode cvb is 0.502
At the beginning of this year, Hunan Satellite TV, which had been in low ratings for a whole year last year, finally ushered in a counterattack. First, Zhang Jiayi's "Happy Parents" broke 0.5 in ratings, and then " "River Rises" immediately broke the show's record. The ratings of
cvb and Kuyun both exceeded 0.5, which is not low.
The drama has a full-strength lineup of Huang Zhizhong, Jiang Wu, Mei Ting, and Zhang Guoqiang. The theme is new enough, environmental protection + suspense + anti-corruption. It is a high-end official game involving multi-party games.
However, environmental protection themes have their own threshold, so we should focus on the plot.
The plot of "River Rises" is extremely fast-paced. The first episode has three climaxes. The deputy mayor drowns himself in the river, the inspection team arrives, and the professor parachutes into the deputy mayor. It makes people keep watching.
Here, I have to mention the two highlights of this drama.
First, dealing with people and things is no longer a simple matter of "right or wrong."
The story begins with sudden changes, the game of the bureaucratic system, the people's incomprehension, and the pressure from all walks of life.
But as you read, you will find that officials are also human beings, such as the city leader who was not domineering enough by Zhang Guoqiang, the "unjust brothers" Mayor Li Ziping and Vice Mayor Liu Gengye, and the Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission who "had three heart stents installed" Yan Zhe.
only discovered at the end that they were not the so-called villains, and the conflict with Zheng Hanjiang was not a conflict of personal interests, but a conflict between economic development and environmental protection, and a collision between traditional development methods and green development concepts.
The series doesn't go out of its way to portray the officials as heroes. Instead, the focus is on depicting their inner suffering and struggle.
sees the challenges they face every day and this is the reality.
Second, don’t follow routines!
Like many viewers, I was guessing who was the big boss from the beginning. However, the best thing about this drama is that the development of the entire story did not follow the traditional routine of "who is the big boss behind the scenes" as expected.
Because as the plot develops, the audience discovers that Jiang He’s story cannot be simply defined in terms of good and evil.
results. Many people expressed dissatisfaction with this unsatisfactory approach.
However, compared to blindly and one-sidedly building tool people, this approach that is closer to reality has more value.
A truly excellent work should not only be a black and white showdown between good and evil.
Injecting the complexity of reality into the gray human nature is the river that domestic dramas need to break through most at the moment.
Ninth, "Traveling with the Phoenix" Hunan Satellite TV cvb episode average 0.51
I won't beat around the bush, "Traveling with the Phoenix" must have been a hit, but the reason why it became a hit has nothing to do with the show. It became a hit because of Zhao Liying .
Several "customs" of fairy puppet dramas are the same in "Traveling with the Phoenix".
has aired more than ten episodes, and the most exciting special effect is the little phoenix with a smart expression.
The storyline is like a collection of past fairy and puppet dramas. The person who falls in love is either a god or a female war goddess. The three worlds of humans, gods, and spirits are turned upside down, just to achieve the love between the male and female protagonists for several lifetimes. In short, the eternal mountains and rivers are just for one. Love exists.
As for whether you can knock it or not, it depends on how much you love " Chu Qiao Biography ".
Zhao Liying is indeed very sassy and beautiful in the drama, but that's all.
85hua's life experience is gradually enriched, which is the best time to complete her acting transformation.
Before, Zhao Liying was taking one step at a time and walking very steadily, but fairy puppet dramas could not bring her career to a higher level, and were even a waste. After the series of
was aired, it continued to be at the top of many charts and the V chart. It currently ranks first in Hunan Satellite TV's annual ratings. Lin Gengxin returned to the front line with his relatively average performance in this drama.
Facts have proved that the cakes of the fairy puppet show are still delicious.
In the next series of "Fox Fairy Matchmaker", Yang Mi, Liu Shishi, and Li Yitong will also take turns.
85 The flowers collectively returned to rectify the ancient puppets. No matter how bad the fairy puppets are, there are still people who pay for them.
Chinese drama year after year, after all, we can’t escape, “Walking with Fairies”.
Eighth, "Little Days" Dragon TV cvb episode average 0.629
To put it simply, "Little Days" is another not-so-subtle return to the domestic urban family drama.
A story that focuses on a dual-core family war, conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, irritable father-in-law, and collision of marriage concepts. The whole drama is like a speeding train. You sing and I appear in the plot. Afterwards, it feels a bit disturbing. The viewing code of
drama series is still the bottomless creation of conflicts that domestic family dramas are good at.
In order to strengthen the conflict between Jasmine and her husband, they did not hesitate to add a pair of "weird" parents-in-law.
The mother-in-law tries to catch an adulterer in the beginning, makes a big fuss in the daughter-in-law's company, and makes brand-name bags in fish soup at the family dinner.
Father-in-law is subjected to daily domestic violence. After beating his wife, he beats his daughter-in-law, but when he fails, the daughter-in-law beats his son.
House rules are that you can't fart loudly and don't wear revealing clothes.
It has been so many years since the fall of the Qing Dynasty. As a viewer, I finally got back the feeling I had when I watched "Double-sided Tape" and was so angry by the evil mother-in-law that my blood pressure soared and I needed to take antihypertensive drugs to follow the show.
From the beginning, the reputation of "Little Days" has been polarized.
On the one hand, I feel that the story is just for the sake of making fun, and there are many scenes that go too far and even reduce wisdom.
On the other hand, the other side believes that family dramas are only tasteful if they are bloody.
But it turns out that the audience still likes this trick.
Even though some netizens reported the show rudely and wanted it to be taken off the shelves, the ratings of the show remained high and the show continued to grow.
currently ranks first on Dragon TV and second on Zhejiang TV. Starring actors Chen Xiao and Tong Yao have added to their achievements. The ratings of
are the best proof that domestic urban family dramas are ultimately indispensable for people to watch, such as Little Days.
Seventh, "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" Yangba cvb episode average 1.215
After returning to the peak with "Tang Dynasty Strange Stories", the costume detective dramas encountered Waterloo one after another, which was a big disappointment.
This year's "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" still failed to revive the popularity of costume detective dramas.
Logically speaking, this drama has a 90% chance of winning.
This is a classic novel by the Dutch diplomat and sinologist Goluope, which tells the legendary detective story of the famous Tang Dynasty detective from the perspective of a Western detective.
Compared with traditional costume detective dramas, this drama invites American drama screenwriters to produce domestic detective dramas with the narrative thinking of American dramas, and no expense is spared in the production.
The star cast composed of Zhou Yiwei, Zhang Jiayi, Zhang Ruoyun, Wang Likun and others is also gorgeous enough.
Judging from the final effect, it is a hodgepodge of magically modified scenes, with a final Douban score of 5.5.
"Modify the original work" is just its most superficial flaw.
Looking at a deeper level, what the audience expects to see is a suspenseful game with interlocking reasoning like "Detective Di Renjie".
Instead of infinitely enlarging the romantic scenes between the male and female protagonists, the reasoning part is full of mistakes, and the main characters are not as classic as Di Pang.
Of course, the failure of classic adaptations is not necessarily a bad thing.
Even if Netflix adapts "The Three-Body Problem", it will still fail.
If "failure" can lead to reflection, it is not a real failure.
Sixth, "If Running Is My Life" has an average episode average of 1.56
. I would like to call this drama the strongest dark horse drama since the beginning of this year, bar none.
The show’s ratings and reputation were mediocre at the beginning, but in the end Douban scored 7.5, and the finale’s Kuyun real-time ratings peaked at 2.5017, with an average of over 2. It is a typical start low and then go high.
Originally, regardless of its appearance or popularity, the drama could only be ranked in the middle or lower level among CCTV dramas.
After all, there are no big-name stars and no fresh traffic. Zhong Chuxi and Yang Chaoyue play the leading roles. In addition, in recent years, domestic urban dramas have frequently overturned.
is either poisonous industrial saccharin or ridiculous greasy love.
And "Running" can be called a breath of fresh air.
Although the plot is not surprising: the heroine is paralyzed in a car accident and her husband cheats on her.
But the story is not limited to traditional urban drama routines at all.
A "third child" made the show stand out in the end. "You're really hungry" became a hot phrase on the Internet.
The portrayal of the character Chu Zhijuan, the "third child" in the play is also very successful.
did not portray her as a beautiful female character. Rather, she has an ordinary appearance and is even criticized as the third child, but she lives a cool life and decisively refuses marriage in the end, forming a complete character arc.
The drama in the drama is just a shell. In fact, everything is foreshadowed. In the end, it is about the growth of women.
Director Shen Yan did not indulge in the past like "My First Half of Life", but gave another possibility to domestic urban dramas.
Fifth, "Storm Chaser" has an average episode average of 1.679
. The drama has experienced five consecutive ratings increases, with Kuyun breaking 2 in a single day. The popularity of
on the site exceeded 9,000, and it was the fastest to enter the annual list of the platform. Behind the popularity of
is the popularity of the series among passers-by.
At a time when spy dramas from the Republic of China are hitting the streets one after another, "Storm Chaser" may be the best spy drama after "Renegade".
Compared with the "industrial saccharine" that is common in many spy dramas, after 10 episodes of this drama, there are basically no emotional scenes.
In terms of narrative style, this drama reminds me of the American drama-style narrative "Before Dawn" -
There is a climax every two episodes to show the intensity and cruelty of the spy war.
Captain Lin, played by Zhang Tianyang, bites Wei Ruolai and Shen Tunan's master and apprentice like a hound, with suspense, foreshadowing, and twists coming one after another.
At the same time, in the spy battle, we can see the transformation and growth of the male protagonist, a small person in Shanghai.
As a spy drama, "Storm Chaser" has a tight rhythm and is basically tense from beginning to end.
As a financial spy drama, the drama is unambiguous in restoring the financial scene. In the latest episode of
, the young and energetic Wei Ruolai fights a financial war with the villain, and manipulates the market to death, but is stopped by Shen Tunan in time. The process has ups and downs, and it perfectly conforms to the reality of the Shanghai Stock Exchange in the 1930s.
Of course, the most touching thing about the whole drama is the shining characters and the presentation of the human touch of old Shanghai.
Wang Yang’s financial industry bully, Yang Kun’s Shanghai old aunt, Zhang Tianyang’s long-brained villain, and Gao Lu’s Republic of China beauty, all the characters are wonderful.
Of course, the most lovable thing is that as a spy drama, this drama really does what a spy drama should do.
The daily lives of the male and female protagonists are focused on their careers and have no time for romance.
"Storm Chaser" takes the script seriously and respects the audience.
in turn earned the respect of his audience.
It allows spy war fans to see that domestic spy wars are still full of vibrant creativity.
also makes me want to believe: there is still drama in domestic spy wars.
Fourth, "Flowers", the average of Yangba cvb episodes is 1.735
plus the average of Kuyun episodes is 1.7905, the online play volume exceeded 2.7 billion times, the Douban score rose to 8.7 points after the finale, and the investment also broke the all-platform record.
The best domestic drama this year belongs to "Flowers".
I believe this is not just my personal choice. It is undoubtedly phenomenal.
Whether you like it or be controversial.
None of us can deny that in the current era of period dramas, "Flowers" filmed by Wong Kar Wai has the most unique flavor.
In fact, even now, even though the reputation has soared, many people still think the show is a bad show.
But in my opinion, this drama has "three gods".
First of all, God is shooting the rhythm.
In this fast-paced era of the film and television industry, it takes tremendous courage for a director to dare to shoot a TV series in six years.
This film-style shooting rhythm has dissuaded many people, but it has also left behind a true classic.
director Wong Kar-wai's control over the sense of imagery can be called a dimensionality reduction attack in Chinese dramas, and the whole drama's soundtrack and interludes are god-level.
For example, Jacky Cheung's "Stealing the Heart" and Wen Zhaolun's "Let It Go" both bring tears to the eyes.
The second thing is the theme.
The film ostensibly tells the story of the ups and downs of the Baozong stock market, but it actually looks back at the tide of the times, the bustling Yellow River Road, and the ups and downs of Shanghai through this flowery dream.
The business war is just an introduction, the sense of age and the deep affection for Shanghai are its core. It is the only one who dares to "sell dog meat" like this to become a masterpiece.
In the end, it’s God’s acting skills.
The acting skills of the whole cast are online, Hu Ge plays another classic role of Mr. Bao, Tang Yan returns to the peak of 85 flowers in one battle, and Xin Zhilei is stunning.
But the most amazing acting in the play is the uncle played by veteran actor You Benchang.
A look back, an expression, and a long aftertaste.
Just watching the performances of these actors is a beautiful enjoyment.
Unfortunately, the aesthetics of the show are destined not to satisfy everyone, but when flowers bloom, they are brilliant.
Third, "South to North", the average episode average of the eight cvb episodes is 2.369
As CCTV's new year drama, "South to North" is almost top-notch in terms of configuration.
Director Zheng Xiaolong, screenwriter Gao Mantang, starring Bai Jingting, Ding Yongdai, Jin Chen, Liu Jun, Jiang Yan, Liu Guanlin, Ni Dahong, Li Naiwen, Wang Jinsong, etc., and dozens of guest actors and actresses, but the final Douban score was only 7.2 points.
I personally am not very convinced.
The play tells the story of a policeman and civilians' fireworks from generation to generation in the brightest colors.
integrates criminal investigation and comedy into the roaring atmosphere of the Northeast.
For the older generation of viewers, it feels like following this train to return to the era of chasing green cars.
For the general audience, it is also a sincere enough drama.
The continuous sense of suspense increases the visibility.
The rich and colorful characters are the biggest attraction of the whole drama. Making period dramas is about filming people, and people are always the most important. The most special thing about "South to North" is that it uses a very down-to-earth technique to express the impermanence of personal destiny.
Especially the scene in the finale where Uncle Ma, played by Ding Yongdai, sacrifices himself and Yao Yuling, played by Jiang Yan, picks up fireworks in despair, are two famous scenes of this drama.
The series is rich in both emotional and narrative levels, worthy of the history of the roaring train whistle. In short, "South and North" embodies a rare attitude in current film and television creation:
tells a story in a down-to-earth and complete manner.
Traveling from south to north in the world, the ordinary life of a group of people can also become an epic.
Second, " Fireworks People " Yangyi cvb episode average 2.799
The play is adapted from the Douban novel "She and Her Islands", which depicts the story of three generations of women in a family.
Originally, I have watched many bad female group dramas in the past few years. My attitude towards this TV series is probably: "Let's see what else can be done!"
But it turns out that Yang Yi's Spring Festival drama , just something. The
drama series is narrated in a eloquent way, and it has effectively paved the way for many details.
characters are also easier to stand up.
In my opinion, the more important thing is that every actor is just right.
Song Chunli, Xu Fan, and other veteran drama stars, their stable performances are reassuring.
The mother played by Xu Fan is very annoying when she opens her mouth, and her over-controlling love for her daughter makes her feel suffocated across the screen.
Meng Wanqing, played by Liang Jing, is the audience’s dream mother.
Although there are too many scumbags in the whole drama, the eldest son-in-law is a softie and the second son-in-law is a scumbag and has no ambition to make progress.
But the story is neither overdone nor judgmental.
is nothing more than the process of how a group of women whose lives are full of suffering can achieve self-reconciliation in their families.
The life of every woman in the drama is immersed in suffering.
But it does not expand the contradictions and bloodshed in it like many film and television dramas do, but simply touches on it.
The core of the whole story is hidden within, the love and care of a typical Chinese family.
The story tells us: life is just a daily routine.
I just don’t know when, but in domestic dramas, the most disturbing thing is marriage, and the most unreliable thing is love.
What heals us in the end is always family love.
No. 1, " Great Rivers of Time " Yangyi cvb episode average is 2.997
This drama won the cvb central Wei history crown.
As the 2024 key drama of CCTV and Noon Sunshine, the director of "大江大河3" has been replaced by Kong Sheng from the first film.
The three male protagonists in the play, Song Yunhui, Lei Dongbao and Yang Xun, represent the three forms of economic development since China's reform and opening up.
Donghai Chemical Plant, where Song Yunhui works, is a microcosm of state-owned enterprises;
Xiaoleijia Village, where Lei Dongbao works, is a microcosm of the rural economy;
Yang Xun represents the self-employed people who work hard in the sea. The third part of
is the finale of the whole drama and the fate of everyone.
There are no large-scale scenes in the whole drama, there are no tense or excessive dramatic conflicts, and it is not a fun drama.
Instead, he uses the most patient way to scan the changes of characters in the tide of the times.
Among the many clues and character relationships, "Dajiang Dahe 3" advances simultaneously in an orderly manner, demonstrating the epic temperament of the play.
The ending was not treated as a drama, and some viewers felt that it was not satisfying enough.
But the thinking that the series brings to us is not just as simple as the ups and downs of personal destiny. It tells the story of a big era.
The foothold of the era is people, and the ups and downs of the protagonist's fate always resonate with the times.
The play also uses the length of a trilogy to complete the unique romance of an era. The Douban score of
series is 8.0, which is not as good as the previous two, but it is still a conscientious work of domestic dramas this year.
written at the end
and above are the 10 domestic dramas that have received huge ratings.
In terms of popularity, "Flowers" is none other than "Flowers"; in terms of ratings, "South and North" and "Dajiang Dahe 3" are even better.
But in terms of trends, there is no drama this year that can compare with the five consecutive rises of "Storm Chaser".
To sum up, in 2024, the routines of Chinese dramas will still work, and top-notch dramas will still work well.
But the real Wang Zhaju is about throwing away routines and telling good stories.
A truly good story is worthy of everyone to stop and look back, savor it again and again, and then move on.
In 2024, I hope the bad dramas will stop.
also hopes that the Chinese drama industry will continue to grow, and audiences will always be surrounded by flowers when they travel from north to south.
Chinese dramas are like the wind, and the audience is the wind chaser.
