我流译文： ※ 引述《Kati (你是我最完整的废墟。)》之铭言： : The Slow Rise of 'NCIS' : How the six-season-old 'JAG' spin-off became one of the most watched series : on television 慢火细炖的「重返犯罪现场」 堂堂迈入第六年的「执法悍将」分店是怎麽成为最多人收视的影集？ : By Dave Lake : MSN TV : "NCIS" may not be one of those cool shows that gets tons of press like : "Gossip Girl" or "Grey's Anatomy." It doesn't have a revolving door of hip : guest stars like "Ugly Betty" or "30 Rock." But "NCIS" has quietly become one : of the most popular shows on television, frequently besting "Dancing With the : Stars," and even managing to get a sizable audience against "American Idol," : a show other networks do everything they can to steer clear of. 或许不像「花边教主」或「实习医生格雷」这种非常吸引那些笔杆子的炫节目，或 是有大大大大牌客串的「丑女贝蒂」与「我为喜剧狂」，不过「重返犯罪现场」静 悄悄地成为受到最热烈欢迎的电视节目，不仅常常打败「与星共舞」，而且还能够 与「美国偶像」打对台，大概可以给友台一些借镜。 （注：个人认为30 Rock的大陆译名比较贴切） : The military drama's recent ratings success is particularly unusual for a : show that has been on the air for six seasons. By this point in a show's life : its viewership has usually begun to falter, but, year over year, the little : show that could has seen its ratings increase, climbing from a top-30 show to : a top-20 show, and this season to a top-five show, averaging around 17 : million weekly viewers. 这部军事影集的收视率在播出第六季时变得很异常，大部分同龄节目的收视率走势 大概会开始和阳婆婆走路没啥两样，很少可以从top-30一路爬上top- 5，然後总收 视人口则是在17M上下。 （注：个人怀疑这位作者在影射FOX的某位医生） : "This show has always had a really solid core audience," executive producer : Shane Brennan said during a recent phone interview. "And what we've managed : to do over the last few years is bring new people to that." Part of bringing : in that new audience has meant appealing to viewers on the East Coast and : West Coast, not just Middle America, the part of the country where the show : performs best. "Every story we follow has some connection to the Marine Corps : or with the Navy," Brennan said. "But when I took over the show, the sense I : got was that there was room for more emotion in the show, more character : development." It's this character development that Brennan said has helped it : climb in the ratings: "We're taking this group of people who the audience has : grown to love and we're suddenly giving them more." 「这部片始终有死忠影迷，」执行制作 Shane Brennan在最近的电话访问是这样说的 ：「我们现在做的就是拉些新朋友进来。」，大部分的新观众来自大西洋与太平洋沿 岸，不像以前只有在中西部表现的很不赖。「每个情节不是与海陆连结就是和海军有 关，」Brennan如是说：「但等我接管以後，就把感情与角色发展放进故事里面。」这 两招就是Brennan用来增加收视率的方式：「我们接手的是观众越来越喜欢的节目，然 後我们突然给他们更多。」 : Brennan, an Australian, got his start as a writer on Aussie TV, where he : worked for 20 years before landing a job as a producer on "CSI: Miami" in : 2003. A few years later, he became co-executive producer of "NCIS," and when : series creator Don Bellisario stepped down as show-runner at the end of last : season (reportedly over a feud with star Mark Harmon), Brennan took over. : Bellisario had long decreed that the show not focus on the emotional heart of : its characters, but after his departure Brennan was able to move further in : that direction. He said he got used to writing character development instead : of action because of the minuscule budgets given to Australian television : productions. "We had to have a lot of internal scenes that we could shoot : onstage," he admitted. "We couldn't afford to go out and crash a car or set a : building on fire." 跟修杰克曼是同一国的Brennan的职业生涯始自替他老家的电视节目编写了20年的剧 本，然後2003年加入了隔壁棚的何公的节目当制片，几年以後转来有老大的剧组，当 DPB在上季结束（且与老大翻脸而）下台後转职当上剧组的头目。DPB长时间认定本节 目角色个人心绪不是重点，而Brennan在他离开後才把这条大船转到现在这个方向， 因为CBS对这位异国制作人很小气，让他决定用角色发展来取代动作场面。「我们会 有不少开枪火拼场面。」他评论道：「因为我们负担不起麦可贝流拍电影方式。」 : Though the cast and crew were understandably apprehensive about the show's : creator stepping down from day-to-day duties on the series (usually a bad : sign for a show's creative direction), "NCIS" has been the exception. "When : Shane came on the scene there was definitely a new approach to the show that : has been fantastic," said Michael Weatherly, who plays Special Agent Tony : DiNozzo on the show. "He's very strong with the choices he's making for each : of our characters. When you change show-runners you never know what's going : to happen." 制作组与演员对於片子的催生者因为紧迫钉人的制作风格而下台有所忧虑－－这对 影集创作常常不是个好兆头，不过「重返犯罪现场」倒是个例外。「Shane的上任 让影集有个很赞的新方向，」饰演东尼．狄诺佐干员的麦可．威瑟利说道：「他在 替个别角色塑造上表现得很优，当剧组主管换人时，绝对不会想到会发生这档子事 。」 : One of the many relationships to move into the forefront has been the : brotherly rapport between DiNozzo and Special Agent Timothy McGee, aka : Probie, the show's resident computer expert. Sean Murray, who plays McGee, : said that while he enjoys the action scenes and mystery-solving on the show, : he has more fun doing the character-driven scenes. "The relationship stuff is : what's fun to play," he said, particularly the scenes with Weatherly. "For : all the hazing, there's a lot of love there." 众多友情中被拉上台面之一的就是狄诺佐与绰号「阿菜」的常驻电脑专家提摩西．麦 基，扮演这角色的西恩．莫瑞说他很享受在片里面解决难题的场面，而且在角色推动 情节上感觉不赖。「演绎友情很有意思，」他特别提及与威瑟利的共演场面。「我对 这些戏弄情节都很有爱。」 : The show's other differentiation point is its liberal use of humor. "It's : always weird when I read about our show and it's a 'somber procedural' or a : 'sober military drama,'" Weatherly said. "We're about as far away from somber : and sober as you can get." Also, unlike other procedurals, "NCIS" doesn't go : as deep into cases as some similar shows. "An audience is used to seeing a : procedural where you've got a murder or a robbery or a crime being : committed," Brennan said. "There isn't usually a lot of room for (a) the : humor, and (b) the characters. It therefore makes 'NCIS,' a very different : procedural." 本节目的另外一个特点就是活用幽默。「当我读到我们的节目与『阴森刑案节目』与 『无聊军事戏码』连结一起时总觉得很诡异」，威瑟利提及：「我们离这两个字眼很 远。」「重返犯罪现场」也不像其他棚的刑案片那样深究单一案件情节，「观众看谋 杀、犯罪、抢劫会腻。」Brennan如是说：「一是幽默、二是角色，这就让本片与众 不同。」 : "I think that's why 'The Mentalist' is working really well in the 9 o'clock : slot," Weatherly said about the show that follows his -- a show that also : mixes crime with humor. The freshman cop drama starring Simon Baker has : become one of the season's few new hits. 「我想这就是什麽档期跟在我们後面的『超感神探』表现很棒的缘故。」威瑟利所说 的正是同样加了幽默与犯罪当调味的新片，由迷人的西蒙．贝克挑大梁的新剧在本季 将其他新片打爽的。 : But with the success of other crime-based programming comes added competition : for newsy story lines. "At any one time, there may be several dozen writers : all searching for a story," Brennan revealed, which often means one show must : forgo a topic that another show has already begun working on. It's the studio : executives who have to keep track of it all, he says, and who must ultimately : break the news to producers during regular story line meetings. There are : exceptions, of course. "We're doing a fight club episode at the moment," : Brennan said. "'CSI' did a fight club, but theirs is very intense and we're : just touching on it. We tend to be able to spin off slightly and do a more : comic version of it or a more emotional version." 不过本片的打败其他犯罪节目也为新的故事撰写带来挑战，「成打的编剧此刻正在搜 寻新的故事」，Brennan所透露的代表一个节目常要放弃其他节目已经动工的主题，而 在摄影棚当家的常常要追踪这些事情，总在故事撰写委员会上将风声透露给制片们， 不过这不是绝对的。「CSI曾做一个跟斗阵俱乐部相关的题材，我们也有。但他们是深 度挖掘，我们则是浅尝辄止。我们可以做点小小地异动，制作个更加通俗化或是更有 感情化的版本。」 : What seems like such a simple formula, mashing up the whodunit aspects of a : crime drama with the character interplay of a nighttime soap, is a mix few : shows have been able to get right. But for "NCIS," the results have yielded : the kind of success networks dream about. Though it may be a difficult : balance to achieve, Brennan said the concept is simple: "Whether you're 18 or : 80, if you have a story that interests people they're going to watch it." 这看起来像是个很简单的公式，把犯罪节目的惊悚情节与夜间肥皂剧的角色混动混在 一起，很少节目能成功加以调和。但对「重返犯罪现场」来说，结果显然是出乎电视 台意料之外的大捷。虽然不容易在两者中取得平衡，不过Brennan说这概念很简单： 「不管是18岁还80岁，只要故事好看就能吸引到观众。」 --

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