The map of China's comedy programs: Cultural factors are strong in the north, weak in the south, intertwined with the new and the old, and integrated into several major regions

Comedy programs and actors have never been so popular as in the two years 2015-2016. Comedy programs have emerged one after another on TV. Where do these "comedy forces" come from and who are the representative characters?

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comedic programs and actors have never been so popular as in the two years of 2015-2016. Comedy programs on TV have emerged one after another, and the status of comedy programs such as "Smiling","Happy Comedian" and "CCTV Family Humor Contest" has become increasingly stable.

As for where do these "comedy forces" come from and who are their representative characters? Today, I want to talk about the composition of China's comedy landscape.

-== Regional distribution of China's comedy screen: Cultural factors lead to the strong north and the weak south ==-

Region: Typical programs in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei

: CCTV Family Humor Contest, Xile Street, Beijing Comedy Humor Contest

The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area is the birthplace of traditional cross talk culture, but in recent years, based on the promotion of strong media such as CCTV and Beijing Satellite TV in this area, the types of comedy programs have also diversified.

CCTV's amateur comedy program "CCTV Family Humor Contest" in recent years has created ratings of up to 1.4 in non-prime time slots. The all-star impromptu comedy program "Joy Street" has reached a new height in Internet popularity. While including typical cultural elements in this field, it is also integrating more cultures from other regions.

In its early years, Beijing Satellite TV launched a unique comedy form in cross talk performances starting from "Starry Night Story Show". The subsequent Beijing Comedy Humor Competition also attracted more and more outstanding comedy artists from across the country to participate.

Region: Typical programs of the Northeastern School

: New Smiling Forest, Entertainment All Channel

The humor of Northeastern people is innate. This is also an important reason why many Northeastern players can be seen in comedy programs across the country. The easy-to-understand nature of Northeastern dialect and The sense of rhythm are also important bearing elements for its humorous performance.

However, in recent years, due to cultural characteristics and openness in the three northeastern provinces, the three platforms of Jilin, Liaoning and Heilongjiang Satellite TV have basically been hovering between third-line and fourth-line satellite TV. Although the media platform is not strong, you can see very good actors with comedy potential in Liaoning Satellite TV's "New Smiling Forest", Jilin Satellite TV's newly launched "Entertainment All Channel", and Errenzhuan theaters in Northeast China, large and small. It is recommended to try the two programs mentioned above.

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Typical programs in Shanghai: Smiling and Happy Comedian

The "Happy Comedian" and "Smiling and Happy Comedian", which Dragon TV has worked hard to create in recent years, have become strong contenders for the top few spots on the ratings list. The "phenomenal" ratings with all ratings exceeding 2 are bound to pose strong competition for the Beijing-Tianjin forces, which have the traditional status of "comedy bosses".

Due to the popularity of these two programs, Shanghai has also transformed from a Shanghai-style comedy that only Shanghai knows about to "Laughing" and "Comedian" that the whole country knows. There is no need to talk about the characteristics of these two programs because there are too many viewers who understand it.

In addition to the above-mentioned comedy landscape, there are actually comedy forces in Guangdong, Sichuan and other places south of the Yangtze River. However, based on differences in language and regional culture, northern comedy is currently stronger than southern comedy in terms of acceptance of comedy.

-== Comedy forces intertwined with old and new regions and integrated with each other ==-

Returning to the core factors of the comedy landscape, although the "comedy forces" of Beijing, Tianjin, Northeast China, and Shanghai are divided in this way geographically, there is more intersection in terms of representative characters and driving forces.

For example, Liu Liang and Bai Pigeon, the champions of the second season of "Smiling Jianghu", are both duet actors from the Northeast Duet Theater, but they became popular on the home court in Shanghai; for example, the screenwriter team of "Smiling Jianghu" participated in a lot of important work among the screenwriters of "CCTV Family Humor Competition"; the Liaoning Folk Art Troupe in "Happy Comedian" also came from Northeast China; Beijing Comedy Humor Competition has also changed from screening contestants in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei in previous years to nationwide collection. Miao Fu and Wang Sheng are the champion partners from Shaanxi; Pan Changjiang, Gong Hanlin, Guo Donglin, Cai Ming, Song Dandan and other "comedy veterans" who have been active in many Spring Festival Gala are also from all over the country.

Diversified comedy forces have added potential "variables" to China's comedy landscape, and these scriptwriter forces active behind the comedy stage are also important "military advisers" supporting these active forces.

-== The power of screenwriters has become the key behind the development of collectivization in the past few years ==-

The current active screenwriters in China's comedy market have begun to show a trend of collectivization and professional warfare. In terms of popularity and performance, there are mainly the following major teams:

1. Liaoning Folk Art Troupe. We can often see the Liaoning Folk Art Troupe led by Song Xiaobao or Yang Bing performing on satellite TV stations across the country. Their content often makes the audience roll back and forth."Down-to-earth" is a major feature of Northeast comedy. He Qingkui, and later Cui Kai, were both important screenwriters in different periods.

Their writers are all from life, and some of them are farmers from the northeast countryside, which provides rich soil for their works creation.

2. Happy media. Happy Media's screenwriter team is the screenwriter team of many well-known comedy programs such as "Smiling in Jianghu,""Happy Comedian,""CCTV Family Humor Competition,""Joy Street," etc. The core character Asu serves as the chief screenwriter or important screenwriter in the above-mentioned programs.

"Adapting to local conditions" is the biggest feature of this team. They can quickly create scripts that meet the characteristics of this guest performer according to the determined contestants or guests and the general environment, so that the participants can find their familiar performance environment, and the good content can be played well, and the good play can improve the content.

3. Happy Mahua team. At present, on the drama stage and comedy sketches, the Kaixin Mahua team's screenwriter creative ability is unique, and it is precisely because of its excellent creative ability that provides a strong backing for the actors of Kaixin Mahua to carry out various "burdens" on the stage., making the audience unable to close their mouths, coupled with the actors 'own rich experiences in life, providing a second bloom of vitality for the stage performance, and the unique style of Kaixin Mahua was quickly opened.

-== Capital is paying more and more attention to the comedy market ==-

Recently, Beijing Culture injected 10 million yuan into Jia Ling's Big Bowl Entertainment, helping her fully develop the comedy industry and the company's valuation reached 50 million yuan. Previously, Happy Mahua moved from the drama market to the film market, and now it has begun to plan to go public. The development of these comedy forces is not unrelated to the intervention of capital forces.

Happy Media has also won the attention of the capital market with its two popular IPs,"Smile" and "Happy Comedian". Whether it is the program model or the screenwriter team, they have become "designated exclusive" for capital investment programs.

Although the comedy landscape of China's TV screens presents different characteristics according to regions, as the competitive environment of TV variety shows becomes increasingly severe, collectivization and cross-regional operations have become the norm of cooperation, and such a landscape will also be continuously adjusted and optimized based on the integration of different forces.

Editor: vian