7 interesting facts about TV shows

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Modern serials have long since been cleared of the notorious "show for housewives" and have become the main entertainment of the masses. Today, a huge number of different series are being filmed, and among them you can find a spectacle for every taste and intellectual level. Another selection of interesting facts is dedicated to this very phenomenon of modern culture.

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The TV series so popular today actually came from the world of radio. In the 1930s, in Spain, the United States, Latin America, the first serial stories appeared, broadcast from day to day. As a rule, these were radio performances based on popular literary works, dubbed by only one or two actors.

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Many people are familiar with the somewhat disparaging name of the series - "soap opera". It also came from the days when people listened to the radio. Radio serials were broadcast mainly during the day and were intended for housewives. Therefore, advertising in these programs was appropriate: soap, detergents, home care products.

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Some TV series have been released over the years or even decades. But the longest of them is "Guiding Light", which began to appear in 1930 in the form of a radio show, and then safely moved to television. For 57 years, 18,262 episodes were produced. Our famous "Santa Barbara" with its 2,137 series looks next to it completely frivolous.

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Filming the first series cost the creators amazingly cheap. To create a love story of some Juan and Maria, inexpensive scenery and a few provincial actors were enough. However, over time, the series turned into the favorite entertainment of the masses, who demanded more and more new sensations. Today, the five most expensive TV series are as follows (the production price of one episode is indicated):

Ambulance (1998-1999) - $ 13 million.
Rome (2005-2007) - $ 10 million.
Friends (1994-2004) - $ 10 million (final season).
Marco Polo (2014) - $ 9 million.
Camelot (2011) - $ 7 million.

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Some actors quickly get tired of one-sided roles and strive for variety. American actress Helen Wagner is definitely not one of them. Helen Wagner starred in the soap opera How the World Turns for 54 years as Nancy Hughes. This became the longest role in the history of television, about which the corresponding entry was made in the Guinness Book of Records.

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Our favorite "Law & Order", "Doctor House", "The X-Files", "Doctor Who" and many other television works are correctly called not serials, but procedures (Procedural drama). This is the name of a variety of television series, the plot of which is built around each episode. Their main difference is the ability to watch the series from any episode without compromising understanding of the plot.

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Seemingly harmless soap operas can have a large and sometimes unpredictable impact on viewers. For example, a 2008 study in Brazil showed that the proliferation of serials lowers the birth rate and increases the number of divorces. Scientists have come to the conclusion that television inspires people with new norms of behavior, which, in turn, lead to a change in the demographic situation.