Most!

Most!
GenreComedy
Written byPetr Kolečko
Jan Prušinovský
Directed byJan Prušinovský
StarringMartin Hofmann
Zdeněk Godla
Country of originCzech Republic
Original languageCzech
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Running time37-49 minutes
Original release
NetworkCzech Television
Release7 January (7 January 2019) –
25 February 2019 (25 February 2019)

Most! is a Czech comedy TV series. It was made in collaboration between Petr Kolečko and Jan Prušinovský. It was their sixth work.

The series premiered on 2 May 2018 at the Serial Killer Festival.[1] The first episode of the series was introduced on 29 November 2018. The series premiered on 7 January 2019.The last episode was broadcast on 25 February the same year.

The premiere of the last episode of this show was watched by 1.61 million people, making it the most successful series on Czech Television in more than the last five years. The premiere of the first episode had a viewership of 1.3 million viewers, with the number of viewers increasing with each episode. Other viewers also watched the show on the Internet. The series had the highest viewership among the 30- to 44-year-old group, as well as among the 15- to 29-year-old audience group.[2]

Plot

The story takes place in city of Most located in North Bohemia. Rather limited hero lives there - loser Luděk Říha. He loses his job thanks to his racist remarks. He lives in a dilapidated shack, owes money everywhere and has problems with his ex-wife and son. Luděk goes to Večerka pub tor run from his problems but he is visited by postman Ondra from the program Pošta pro tebe. Luděk decides to present main problems bothering inhabitants of Most but he meets his sister Dáša, who was formerly his brother Pavel, and they argue. They leave TV together and later that night they win a secret race together. Daša eventually moves in with Luďek in their father's house.

Cast

Episodes

No. in
series 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date Czech viewers
(millions)
1"Episode 1"Jan PrušinovskýPetr KolečkoJanuary 7, 2019 (2019-01-07)1.308[3]
2"Episode 2"Jan PrušinovskýPetr KolečkoJanuary 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)1.258[4]
3"Episode 3"Jan PrušinovskýPetr KolečkoJanuary 21, 2019 (2019-01-21)1.355[5]
4"Episode 4"Jan PrušinovskýPetr KolečkoJanuary 28, 2019 (2019-01-28)1.457[6]
5"Episode 5"Jan PrušinovskýPetr KolečkoFebruary 4, 2019 (2019-02-04)1.527[7]
6"Episode 6"Jan PrušinovskýPetr KolečkoFebruary 11, 2019 (2019-02-11)1.675[8]
7"Episode 7"Jan PrušinovskýPetr KolečkoFebruary 18, 2019 (2019-02-18)1.702[9]
8"Episode 8"Jan PrušinovskýPetr KolečkoFebruary 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)1.610[10]

Production

Most! was mostly created in a real environments of the eponymous location, namely in restaurants Severka and U Kalendů, at the autodrome, Cascade hotel, the city hospital, Central shopping center, the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, the local library or in Obrnice-Chanov. During the 65-day preparation of the series, no less than 821 members of the extras performed in it.[11]

Hungarian remake

Hungarian TV series A Nagy Fehér Főnök (The Big White Boss) is a Hungarian remake set in the town of Kazincbarcika in the county of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén in the northeast of the country; the location was chosen because it has common features with the North Bohemian one.[12]

References

  1. ^ "V Brně dnes začíná Serial Killer - nový festival zaměřený na seriály". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 2 May 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Celkový výsledek seriálu Most!: v průměru přes 1,6 mil. diváků". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Seriály Rapl 2 i Most! odstartovaly nadprůměrně". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Druhý díl seriálu Most! se stal novou pondělní jedničkou". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Most! zvyšuje sledovanost, v pondělí měl 1,36 mil. diváků". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Most! si v pondělí znovu polepšil na 1,46 mil. diváků". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Seriál Most! v pondělí večer opět navýšil sledovanost". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Most! znovu navýšil počet diváků, měl jich téměř 1,7 mil". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Most! se v pondělí večer dostal na hranici 1,7 mil. diváků". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Most! se loučil jako lídr večera i celého dne". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Seriál MOST!: Pokračování nebude, nezapomeňte!". novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  12. ^ ŠEFLOVÁ, Saša (6 April 2021). "Scénárista Petr Kolečko: Kino je momentálně v kómatu". Právo. 31 (206): 1.