News spread quickly, as did the troupe's fame. With time, television and movies came to replace ke-tsai-hsi as the predominant form of entertainment in Taiwan.
這種盛況一直持續到電影、電視、歌廳興起後，人們目眩於五光十色的各式新興娛樂活動，不再滿足於野台戲簡陋的演出，歌仔戲乃日趨凋零。