Full name National Broadcasting Company, one of the three major American commercial radio and television companies, and one of the top ten famous TV companies in the world. Its funding comes from advertising revenue. The company's headquarters is located in New York, and its parent company is the well-known General Electric. The company has directly affiliated TV stations in seven cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, Cleveland, Denver, and Miami, and it also has 208 affiliate TV stations across the country. In 2005, the company's TV viewership accounted for 24.65% of all American households, ranking third.
Popular TV dramas on NBC include: "ER", "Friends", "Law & Order", "The West Wing", "The Apprentice", "Las Vegas", "Medium", "Scrubs", "E-Ring", "Surface", "Heroes" etc.
Perhaps Chinese TV programs are not yet mature, but they are undoubtedly a burgeoning, new, and formidable TV force. NBC, as a globally renowned TV giant, closely monitors Chinese TV programs, which clearly demonstrates this fact.
NBC Research Report on Popular Chinese TV Programs
In this report submitted to NBC, four Chinese TV programs caught the attention of the evaluation agency. They are: Hunan Satellite TV's "Super Girl", Oriental Satellite TV's "Dancing World", CCTV's "Lecture Room", and the TV series "Sword Out".