RE: What's the Truth about China?
June 5, 2019 at 10:00 am
(This post was last modified: June 5, 2019 at 10:30 am by Fake Messiah.)
(June 5, 2019 at 6:32 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I love you FM, but you need better sources.
American TV Shows Popular In China
Top Hollywood Movies In China
Boru
I admit that it is a surprise, I didn't expect some shows were that popular.
Sure, I mostly wrote that post from memory collected of what I heard over the years and didn't research it prior, but I did check now and it seems I was correct that TBBT was banned in China
https://www.mic.com/articles/89051/china...s-loves-it
And I did a little checking and it seemed to be temporary, although it seems in censored (edited) version. So I guess that controversial capitalist message gets watered down after all?
Quote:In 2014, The Big Bang Theory was removed from Chinese streaming services by the then State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) for review.
Fortunately, three months later, the show become the first US sitcom to pass SARFT review to stream in China and an edited version of the show was made available online.
Other shows that were removed during that same period, such as The Good Wife, NCIS and The Practice, were not so lucky as they never returned.
However, the new rules introduced another problem for fans of The Big Bang Theory and other foreign shows as the regulations required entire seasons of shows be reviewed before gaining permission for broadcast in China. This change meant that fans in China would face a long wait to see their favorite programs.
For instance, while the 11th season of The Big Bang Theory finished showing in the US in May, it wasn't until August 15 that all 24 episodes were released for VIP users on Chinese streaming site Sohu TV, while non-VIP users get two new episodes a week.
This seemingly hasn't impacted the show's popularity though. The currently season has earned 5,230,000 views in total over the two weeks since its release.
This delay is also certain to apply to the final 12th season, which is set to end in the US sometime in the spring. This means that Chinese fans most likely will have to wait until summer to bid their favorite characters one final goodbye.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1117242.shtml
