The end of the year is approaching, although many succession dramas are still in full swing, but as an audience, I am a little distracted. According to the Xi habits of the past, at the end of each year, especially for film and television audiences who have been satisfied with a year of visual enjoyment in front of the screen, it is usually a time to recall and play. Originally, since the national ratings carnival aroused by "Hurricane", no one thought that this carnival would last for a year. "Three-Body Problem" was tightly "biting" "Hurricane", and after that, hot dramas such as "Gentlemen's League" and "The Silk Case of Daming under the Microscope" continued, and "The Long Season" was born, which even shook the entire East Asian TV drama industry. 
And then, "When I Was a Teenager". The advent of a "contemporary drama version of "Old Things in Seongnam" has aroused the feelings of many drama fans for this kind of nostalgic drama since the introduction of the Korean drama "1988, Please Answer". This is not enough, the launch of "Zeng Boy" a few months later further compensated for the audience's "hunger and thirst". As the leading actors, Guan Xiaotong and Zhang Yishan have also completed their best acting skills in recent years. At the same time, the workplace inspirational drama "Ordinary Road" starring Guo Qilin, and the costume conspiracy drama "The Legend of Yunxiang" starring Chen Xiao and Mao Xiaotong also supported the hot drama topic at this stage. Together with them, what supports the mid-year hot drama market are "Nanyang Daughter's Love", "Dragon City", "Father's Prairie, Mother's River", these period dramas with different themes and "all ages take all". During this period, "Huan Yan" demonstrated the artistic exploration and pursuit of mainland dramas with its unique image techniques, revolutionary narrative from different perspectives, and novel structure of unit progression, adding new colors to the drama screen in 2023. 
The density of hot dramas in 2023, as well as the surprises left for drama fans, are unprecedented in the past two decades. In the past, although every three or two years, there would be national topical heavy dramas such as "The Legend of Zhen Huan", "Langya Bang", "The Pretender", "Kite", "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an", "Celebrating More Than Years" Season 1, "Sword in the Snow" Season 1, "Mountains and Seas" and other national topical heavy dramas. However, against the backdrop of the "peak", other plays in the same period inevitably appear to be "too flat". In 2023, it will be very different: after "peak", there will be "peak", for example, after "Huanyan", there will be "Under the Prosperous City", which also belongs to the "X Theater" work. After the sci-fi category was praised for "The Three-Body Problem" at the beginning of spring, "Bionic World" came out after the winter, laying a solid foundation for mainland sci-fi dramas, which was absolutely unthinkable in previous years. In addition to science fiction, the fantasy dramas "Under the Alien" and "West Out of the Jade Gate", which are between science fiction and fantasy, also reflect a stronger "carrying" quality than similar works in the past. In the past, this type of drama focused first on young viewers on online platforms, and secondly on retired groups in the replay stageThis year's two series not only cover these two viewing groups, but also absorb an equally large number of middle age groups. "Under the Stranger" and "Out of the Jade Gate in the West", plus "Nine Righteous People" and "The Legend of Magpie Knife Gate", which have slightly normal but equally attractive plots, have established the leading position of fantasy dramas in the field of hit dramas in the second half of 2023. In the second half of the year, those who can get a piece of the pie from the success of the strange drama include "** Mission", "Anti-Deception Police", "Ding Baozhen", "Sentence" and the first season of "Fearless". It is worth mentioning that the first season of "Fearless" is about the last drama series this year that has almost set off the heat of the whole network, and the only regret is that this popularity is based on the contrast between the superb acting skills of the actors and the grotesque plot, which I don't know if it can be remedied when filming the second season in the future. 
2023 is a "big year" for TV dramas, not only the overall level of dramas is on the rise, but the audience's appreciation and criticism are also keeping pace with the times. Let's not forget that the following works have also entered the list of hotly discussed dramas this year - "Who Is He", "Echo", "Back Wave", "Infernal", "Stalker", "Days of Iron Horse Pride", "Hive", "Plum Blossom Heart", "Enemy of Fate" ......They also have certain characteristics, but due to one or another inadequacy, they end up in the middle of the climb. This is the cruelty brought about by the increasingly fierce competition on the screen, and only in this way can mainland dramas continue to improve. The year 2023, where strong dramas gather, is a high platform for drama shows in the past two decades. Among them, there are reasons for the accumulation of works, and there are also the natural results after the recent creation is released and the imagination blooms. The most important thing is the accumulation of experience and lessons learned from the production of mainland TV dramas over the years, which has enabled the creators to stand at a height suitable for their own performance. What will happen next year?Is it to start a new round of accumulation, or to continue the existing blooming momentum?I believe that the inertia of anticipation has made more people look forward to it - for example, next year's "Misty Theater" and "X Theater";For example, the second season of "Celebrating More Than Years" and the second season of "Tang Dynasty Legends" have entered the sequence to be broadcast;For example, the legendary "Tang Di Gong Case" led by Zhang Jiayi;For example, the new drama of Liu Yunlong's spy war, which has been previewed for a year, ......(Xu Jiang is a poet, writer, and cultural critic.) Born in 1967, he graduated from Beijing Normal University in 1989. He currently lives in Tianjin. ）
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