Grade One (TV series)

This article is about Chinese variety show. For other uses, see Grade 1.

Grade One is a Chinese variety show produced by Hunan Broadcasting System. The reality show adopts a parent-child style of interaction was shot at "Xiangjun Future Experimental School". In the show, Chen Xuedong served as homeroom teacher while Xiao Song Jia served as a teacher. It was first aired on October 17, 2014, and was broadcast on every Friday.^{[1][circular reference]}

Grade One
Also known as	Yi Nian Ji
Traditional Chinese	一年級
Simplified Chinese	一年级
Hanyu Pinyin	yī nián jí
Genre	Variety show
Starring	Chen Xuedong, Song Jia
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	11
Production
Production location	China
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Hunan Broadcasting System
Original release
Network	Hunan Broadcasting System (HBS)
Release	17 October (2014-10-17) – 26 December 2014 (2014-12-26)
Related
Grand One: Freshman (2015)

Summary

The theme decided by the production team was the "growth diary of a fresh newbie teacher". There were 7 elementary school students who participated the show, each from different family background. These seven students were on their day of elementary school, with previously transited from their respective pre-schools. Without their friends and parents, these students with only the two newbie teachers will have to independently spend the rest of the semester in the dormitory.^[2]

Production

According to media reports, Hunan TV invested more than 100 million yuan of funds, but 80% of the funds are used in the equipment and post-editing. Cost for the cast were less than what netizens and the outside world expected.^[3]

Shooting of the program was conducted in a fully enclosed campus, and the producers installed 120 cameras in the filming area and 15 movie cameras. The scale of filming was far greater than that of "I Am a Singer" and "Where Are We Going? Dad" and other reality shows.^[4]

The reality show shared the same director and creator with "Super Girl" and "Super Boys", Xia Qing, the same producer with "X-Change", Xu Qing, and the same production team with "Divas Hit the Road".^[5]

Ratings

Hunan Broadcasting System

China Hunan Broadcasting System premiere ratings (CSM50)
Episode	Date	Rating	Share	Ranking	Remarks
1	2014-10-17	1.06	4.57	3	First broadcast of The Amazing Race China (SZMG)
2	2014-10-24	1.110	5.11	4	First broadcast of Keep Running (ZJTV)
3	2014-10-31	1.122	5.12	4
4	2014-11-7	1.028	4.81	4
5	2014-11-14	1.059	4.70	5
6	2014-11-21	1.227	5.71	5
7	2014-11-28	0.953	4.43	6	First broadcast of Million Fans(百万粉丝) (TJTV) broadcast
8	2014-12-5	1.164	5.79	4
9	2014-12-12	1.029	4.85	5
10	2014-12-19	1.089	5.33	5	Finale of The Amazing Race China (SZMG)
11	2014-12-26	1.220	5.85	4	Finale of She's My Family (Jiangsu Television)

1. The data determined by CSM.
2. Ratings ranked above not including CCTV.
3. Information source:卫视这些事儿,卫视小露电.
4. Ranking for all the variety shows on Friday night, not necessarily for the same period

List of episodes

Ep.	Date	Title	Guest
1	2014-10-17	Teachers enter the campus, Ma Haoxuan begins to be wanton
2	2014-10-24	Li Hao Yu proposes to Bai Anqi
3	2014-10-31	Quirky ways of confessing love to Apple from Simon & Li Haoyu
4	2014-11-07	Class monitor chooses Hai Tao to cheer Wang Zixuan
5	2014-11-14	Simon's clash between Eastern and Western values
6	2014-11-21	Zhou Bichang's tantrums and eccentric outbursts	Bibi Zhou
7	2014-11-28	Meng Wa meets the strictest teacher in the universe	Wang Ruihua, Huang Lei
8	2014-12-05	Wang Han teaches fire prevention techniques	Wang Han, Ming Dao
9	2014-12-12	Guo Jingming's assistance, Chen Xuedong & Song Jia's sweet confession	Guo Jingming
10	2014-1219	Jiro Wang's torturous trip to the zoo, Dong Hua's opinion of Grade One	Jiro Wang
11	2014-12-26	Winter flower returns while Huajingyu & Guo Jingming repeats first grade	Guo Jingming, Ming Dao, Hua Chenyu, Du Haitao