Friday 30 March 2018

Behind the Scenes

Drama: Behind the Scenes
Chinese Title: 幕后之王 / Mu Hou Zhi Wang
Broadcast Network: Dragon TV, Beijing TV
Broadcast Website: Youku

Broadcast Period: January 5, 2019 - January 29, 2019

Air Time: Daily Primetime Drama 19:30 (two episodes), episodes online 22:00 (See Viewing Calendar)
Genre: Action, Idol, Workplace, Youth
Language: Mandarin
Episodes: 46
Director: Lijun
Origin: China
Watch Episodes On: Youtube

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Synopsis and Plot Summary

A story revolving around a famous producer and a college student as they walk on the same path towards reaching their dreams.

Bu Xiao Gu (Zhou Dongyu) is a mass communications student who aspires to produce her own television shows. She has always considered Producer Chun Yu Qiao (Luo Jin) to be her role model and enters the same company as him in order to work as an intern. She is disappointed to find out that he is unapproachable and difficult to get along with. She also gets caught in an incident revolving around a live telecast that almost cost her job and misses the deadline to submit her graduate thesis. Surprisingly, he steps up to take the responsibility for the incident which allows her to discover a different side to him.

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Fun Facts

Chen Ran who a supporting character is also the costume designer.
Episode count was changed from 38 to 46 in the records filed with NRTA (formerly SARFT).
It is Zhou Dongyu's first workplace drama.
Filming lasted four months from December 2017 to April 2018.

Cast

	Zhou Dongyu as Bu Xiaogu
	Luo Jin as Chun Yuqiao
	Wayne Liu Ruilin as Xu Tianze
	Wu Lipeng as Kai Wen
	Wang Xiao as Sun Tingyuan
	Zhong Danni as Xing Zi
	Tse Kwan-ho as Xu Changye

Supporting Cast

Chen Ran as Luo Lin
Kitty Zhang Yuqi as Xin Huimei
Chen Shu as Yu Hailun
Zhang Junming as Chen Zehan
Wang Xuan as Xiao Xiao
Wang Yilin as Xiao Ye
Guo Yang as Bai Yang

Episode Ratings

Dragon TV
Date	Episode	CSM55 Cities (%)			CSM Nationwide (%)
Date	Episode	Ratings	Audience Share	Ranking	Ratings	Audience Share	Ranking
2019-01-05	1	0.702	2.379	5	0.250	0.830	10
2019-01-06	2-3	0.647	2.154	6	0.230	0.790	11
2019-01-07	4-5	0.606	2.072	7	0.220	0.780	13
2019-01-08	6-7	0.609	2.119	6	0.210	0.760	13
2019-01-09	8-9	0.597	2.076	9	0.230	0.790	14
2019-01-10	10-11	0.654	2.555	7	0.260	0.930	10
2019-01-11	12-13	0.701	2.420	6	0.290	1.020	12
2019-01-12	14	0.741	2.528	4	0.250	0.840	12
2019-01-13	15-16	0.732	2.516	5	0.310	1.100	7
2019-01-14	17-18	0.741	2.587	4	0.300	1.060	11
2019-01-15	19-20	0.814	2.793	5	0.340	1.200	10
2019-01-16	21-22	0.831	2.864	3	0.340	1.190	19
2019-01-17	23-24	0.837	2.923	5	0.330	1.160	9
2019-01-18	25-26	0.713	2.492	7	0.300	1.060	11
2019-01-19	27	0.738	2.517	6	0.260	0.920	11
2019-01-20	28-29	0.836	2.784	5	0.320	1.070	8
2019-01-21	30-31	0.744	2.581	9	0.340	1.180	10
2019-01-22	32-33	1.024	3.505	2	0.320	1.120	10
2019-01-23	34-35	0.932	3.254	2	0.310	1.110	10
2019-01-24	36-37	0.957	3.308	2	0.330	1.170	8
2019-01-25	38-39	0.996	3.478	1	0.350	1.240	7
2019-01-26	40	0.953	3.354	3	0.340	1.210	6
2019-01-27	41-42	1.109	3.803	2	0.320	1.120	6
2019-01-28	43-44	0.931	3.219	3	0.320	1.110	6
2019-01-29	45-46	0.984	3.362	3	0.350	1.230	6
Average	1 - 46	0.805	2.786		0.297	1.040

Beijing TV
Date	Episode	CSM55 Cities (%)			CSM Nationwide (%)
Date	Episode	Ratings	Audience Share	Ranking	Ratings	Audience Share	Ranking
2019-01-05	1	0.712	2.421	4	0.360	1.190	7
2019-01-06	2-3	0.506	1.685	7	0.260	0.900	9
2019-01-07	4-5	0.454	1.552	9	0.230	0.800	12
2019-01-08	6-7	0.459	1.598	8	0.250	0.890	8
2019-01-09	8-9	0.598	2.079	8	0.290	0.960	10
2019-01-10	10-11	0.511	1.765	8	0.320	1.120	7
2019-01-11	12-13	0.604	2.085	7	0.340	1.180	8
2019-01-12	14	0.655	2.240	6	0.330	1.140	7
2019-01-13	15-16	0.590	2.030	7	0.290	1.030	8
2019-01-14	17-18	0.693	2.424	7	0.330	1.150	8
2019-01-15	19-20	0.648	2.228	9	0.320	1.120	12
2019-01-16	21-22	0.662	2.282	9	0.280	0.970	14
2019-01-17	23-24	0.597	2.087	8	0.260	0.930	12
2019-01-18	25-26	0.790	2.759	6	0.350	1.210	7
2019-01-19	27	0.817	2.795	4	0.310	1.090	6
2019-01-20	28-29	0.841	2.803	4	0.340	1.130	7
2019-01-21	30-31	0.855	2.969	6	0.320	1.100	11
2019-01-22	32-33	0.707	2.420	8	0.290	0.920	13
2019-01-23	34-35	0.625	2.186	9	0.270	0.950	14
2019-01-24	36-37	0.607	2.103	8	0.260	0.890	15
2019-01-25	38-39	0.634	2.215	7	0.290	1.000	10
2019-01-26	40	0.572	2.019	6	0.280	0.990	10
2019-01-27	41-42	0.635	2.178	6	0.260	0.930	11
2019-01-28	43-44	0.640	2.215	7	0.290	1.000	10
2019-01-29	45-46	0.615	2.102	7	0.280	0.970	11
Average	1 - 46	0.641	2.210		0.296	1.022