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As the four major platforms, Five Davids, successively announce the 2021 drama series and variety show list, the content pattern of the drama variety field next year will gradually appear. Entertainment Capital Matrix No. Pufferfish Film and Television Archives counts 267 dramas, 205 variety shows, a total of 472 projects(According to public information, only unbroadcast projects are counted)< /span>, for everyone to sort out the trend of the content market next year.
big trends in the film list
episode chapter
1. Can the accumulation in 2020 be digested in 2021?
In terms of quantity, the four major video platforms of Youai Tengmang have a total of 392 projects, including 264 episodes and 128 variety shows, while Wuweishi has only 56 TV series and 91 variety shows, totaling 147 projects.
In general, the gap in the number of Taiwan-Network projects is greater than last year. Affected by the schedule, the number of TV stations’ drama projects remained basically unchanged, but the number of episodes on the four major platforms has increased significantly. Last year, there were only 185 TV series in the list of the four major platforms. This year, except for iQiyi, the number of dramas on the other three platforms has surged.
It’s worth noting that, in addition to Mango TV’s submission of a completely different list of episodes from last year, the other three platforms all contain many projects that existed last year, such as iQiyi’s “Rebel” and “Life Long Live, Tencent’s “Madam Hu Zhu”, “You Fei”, Youku’s “Heirloom” and “Jade House Spring”, etc. In terms of satellite TV, there are also popular dramas to be broadcast, such as “Little Will”, “Dajiang Dahe 2” and “Da Song Gong Ci”.
Some of these projects are works that have already been completed but have not been scheduled to be broadcasted. The other part is also due to the delay or extension of the shooting time due to the epidemic, and therefore failed to be broadcast on schedule. But in any case, the retention of the project will undoubtedly add more competition and uncertainty to the drama market next year, especially in the historical background of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party in 2021, which dramas can finally stand out and meet the audience. Is unknown.
Errata: Only refer to duplicate items of two-year film list
2. The configuration of double male lead and double female lead is popular, and the popularity of suspense topics continues
This year, represented by “The Hidden Corner”, iQiyi’s “Mist Theater” triggered a wave of suspense. The 2021 drama list of major platforms also proves that this craze is by no means a flash in the pan. The themes of suspense dramas next year will be richer and the competition will be more intense.
Iqiyi’s “Fatal Wish” adapted from the suspenseful mystery novel “Feeders Association” and “Who is the Murderer” starring Zhao Liying, Xiao Yang and Dong Zijian in iQIYI’s Fog Theater next year are all worth looking forward to.
Youku has heavyweights such as “Mist Tracking” starring Jiang Qinqin and Zhou You, the Republican fantasy drama “Sato” starring Jing Tian and Zhang Binbin, and “The Cloister Pavilion” adapted from the novel “The Corridor Pavilion Murder” by Keigo Higashino. Suspenseful drama.
Although Tencent does not have a “Suspense Theater” setting, from the film list, there are also many suspense themed dramas such as “Double Detective”, “Black Mist”, “Tongtian Tower” and the Ghost Blowing Lantern series “Yunnan Worm Valley” .
Mango TV’s new “Monsoon Project”, “Gift” and “Sea Anemone” focus on “her suspense” and “surreal family suspense” respectively.
Since the theme of Tanmei became popular, there have been more and more episodes of dual male and dual female heroes that have broken the traditional male and female dominant configuration mode. Recently, the “Male Tencent Love and Ai Jiyi” has been on the hot search list. Although it reflects a certain trend, in fact, there are many double male and double female lead projects in each movie list.
The two female lead dramas are like the “Amazing Girl”, “The Golden Years” and “The Mother of the House” in the Iqiyi movie list, and the “Heirlooms” and “Youth Youth” in the Youku movie list. “Double Quest” in Tencent’s film list, Youku’s “Tian Yike”, “Mountain and River Outside”, Mango TV’s “Six Yao”, “Backlighter”, “Youth Walk” and so on.
In general, the dual female protagonist configuration is mostly contemporary urban themes, while the dual male protagonist configuration is mostly in ancient costumes.
Variety show
1. From competition to integration, the binding of stations and networks is more in-depth
IQIYI announced at this year’s Yuexiang event that it will launch an overall strategic cooperation with the Zhejiang Satellite TV Program Center production team in the field of online variety shows. The two parties have become strategic partners in the creation of a network. In addition to the confirmed iQiyi “Scream Interactive Carnival Night”, the two parties will also jointly develop more S+ variety shows in the fields of dance and comedy variety shows.