The innovation of Chinese variety show under the impact of Korean variety show—taking Chinese variety show “Kitchen in the Wild” as an example

Abstract

In recent year, China copying Korean’s original variety show has become a prevailing practice. The number of original works in China accounts for a small part in comparison with copied works. As an original variety show, Kitchen in the Wild is questioned to be a copy of Back to Field. Hence, Kitchen in the Wild will be the object of this study in order to find out if it is original and innovative, and its merits and demerits. These results will reflect the problems facing the whole Chinese variety show, followed by solutions. Firstly, the content of Kitchen in the Wild and Back to Field Season One will be compared for proving that the former is not copied from the other. Then, analyze the feature of reference and innovation. Next, text comments of the program on Douban.com will be divided into two parts, the reasons of its popularity and its problems, which would be analyzed with specific examples. At last, give recommendations to the program and Chinese variety show, combined with policies and current situation of variety show in China.