After it seemed as if China officials were beginning to warm up to reality TV shows (as they even let CBS film Survivor China there), in 2007, the Chinese government gave Chinese TV a reality check when they banned China TV from airing any reality TV shows in prime-time TV. The State Administration of Radio, Film, and TV (SARFT) issued a notice that took reality TV shows off the prime-time schedule and introduced new restrictions on format, scheduling, and content, and also demanded all broadcasters received SARFT approval before airing "talent shows".
Because of the removal of reality shows, many are predicting Chinese TV to begin to go back to its old form, in which a lot of cultural shows were shown, such as operas, variety shows, and evening galas.
TV dramas still remain a very popular form of show in China, accounting for 22% of all brodcasts in 2007.
News broadcasting is also very important, as it is reporting that the average Chinese citizen watches 22 minutes of news TV every day.
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