U.S. TV Series 美剧

Sohu.com has announced that it will add 20 American TV shows to its streaming-video site, including hit late-night talk show "Conan" and TV serial "Extant".
搜狐网宣布将在其视频网站上引进20部美国节目，包括晚间脱口秀《柯南秀》和电视剧《传世》。

The company's CEO, Charles Zhang, announced (宣布) the new line-up of U.S. programs(节目) available on the site during a press conference(新闻发布会) in Beijing on Tuesday .

After successfully introducing China's online viewing audiences（观众）to classic sketch comedy show（经典喜剧秀） "Saturday Night Live" and hit daytime talk-program(热播日间脱口秀), "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", Zhang said he was "delighted" to start officially carrying "Conan" in its American line-up.

Among the 12 exclusive programs（独播节目）that Sohu is offering are director（导演）Michael Bay's "The Last Ship" and actress（女演员） Halle Berry's television debut（处女秀） "Extant". The other eight non-exclusive shows(非独家节目) include "Ray Donovan"(《清道夫》) and "Masters of Sex"(《性爱大师》).

In May, four U.S. shows, including "The Big Bang Theory"(《生活大爆炸》), were ordered to be taken off Chinese video-streaming sites by China's media watchdog.

When asked about the risk of the shows in Sohu's new line-up being taken down (停播) in similar fashion, Zhang said that the removal of the four shows in May was an "isolated incident"(孤立事件).

重点词汇 key words

美剧[měi jù]
U.S. TV Series
Related：[rì jù ]日剧 Japanese TV drama
             [hán jù] 韩剧 South Korean TV soaps
              [yīng jù]英剧 UK TV Series

脱口秀[tuō kǒu xiù]
talk show

外来音译词举例 Transliterated Words：
[shā fā]沙发(sofa)、[mó tè ]模特(model)
[jī yīn]基因(gene)、[bǐ jī ní] 比基尼（bikini)    
[mǎ lā sōng ]马拉松（Marathon）
[shā lóng]沙龙（salon）

观众 guān zhòng
audience/viewer
eg.  观众一边笑一边鼓掌。
      The audience laughed and applauded.


女演员 nǚ yǎn yuán
actress
eg. 她是上世纪的一位著名女演员。
   She was a famous actress of last century.
Related:[nán yǎn yuán] 男演员actor
             [shè yǐng shī] 摄影师photographer 
             [zhì piàn rén ]  制片人 producer
             [biān jù] 编剧screenwriter