CMG首届中国电视剧年度盛典官宣 聚集佳作共话发展******
由中央广播电视总台推出的CMG首届中国电视剧年度盛典今日正式官宣。盛典将于1月14日进行红毯直播及晚会录制，并将于2023年春节档在总台综合频道（CCTV-1）、电视剧频道（CCTV-8）等平台播出，通过打造一场具有权威性、仪式感、公信力、影响力的文艺盛会，汇聚电视剧行业的优质创作力量，展示中国电视剧的新气象。
盛典将云集来自播出平台、影视剧制作公司等业界知名人士，邀约深受观众喜爱的电视剧剧组及最具代表性的老中青三代创作者，用优质精品让观众感受中国电视剧的百花齐放，以系列荣誉发布彰显中国电视剧的蓬勃朝气，以正向引领鼓舞行业士气，用赤诚创作弘扬时代正气。
强引领、聚合力
梦幻联动汇聚优质创作力量
CMG首届中国电视剧年度盛典将系统梳理盘点2022年中国电视剧精品之作、扛鼎之作，对优质电视剧及优秀创作者给予年度荣誉，年度男女演员、年度导演、年度大剧等十余项荣誉将在现场隆重发布。
届时，《人世间》《山河锦绣》《大山的女儿》《警察荣誉》《风起陇西》《天才基本法》《谢谢你医生》《幸福到万家》等剧组主创将出席红毯与盛典，敢想敢干的何幸福、大山里走出来的女孩黄文秀等深入人心的角色形象将再度现身，为观众带来暖心的“情感杀”和“回忆杀”，用多部剧与角色的梦幻联动带来满满惊喜与感动。
盛典录制当天，红毯环节将通过央视频等新媒体平台同步直播。同时，盛典还包含文艺表演、荧屏前瞻等环节，为观众呈现一场集全民参与和文艺交流于一身的精彩盛事。
此外，总台及卫视平台相关领导、影视制作公司代表及业界学界知名人士等将出席盛典录制现场，共同宣布成立中国电视剧精品制播联盟。该联盟将聚合与电视剧行业相关的制作公司、主要播出平台、重点电视剧制作机构等多方面力量，共同助力推动中国电视剧事业产业高质量发展，使更多能够增强人民精神力量的优秀电视剧作品丰富涌现。
精品化、年轻态
守正创新打造满屏皆精品
回望过去，踌躇满志。2022年是中国电视剧创作多向发力、佳作涌现之年，一批热度与口碑兼具的优秀电视剧贯穿全年，为观众留下了众多美好回忆。《县委大院》以基层党员干部的砥砺奋进生动展现时代精神风貌，《人世间》以扎实的写实风格还原了时间跨度长达五十年的“中国百姓生活史”，《警察荣誉》描绘出一幅民生温暖喜乐的画卷，《超越》《大考》等剧则反映青年人勤奋上进、勇攀高峰的风采……
一部部优质大剧勾勒出时代多彩画卷，守好主流阵地的同时掌握潮流密码，总台电视剧以匠心原创记录时代底色，以平凡生活展现家国烟火，用青春表达促进代际交流，奋力以“满屏皆精品”满足受众期待。
展望2023，总台在万象更新之际，推出CMG首届中国电视剧年度盛典。盛典将充分发挥总台资源优势，以引领力、传播力、影响力，凝聚行业力量，集中展示与时代同频的精品力作，让更多文艺工作者“拧成一股绳，劲往一处使”，与观众共同见证中国电视剧迈入下一个春天。
中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
