Category Archives: TW & C dramas

C-dramas Speed and Love and Love’s Ambition Both May Air September 2025 Making Yet Another Head-to-Head Airing with Popular C-actresses Yu Shu Xin and Zhao Lu Si

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As summer 2025 winds down the eyes are now towards September and beyond with the fall dramas. This week came news that Tencent is eyeing an early September release of Love’s Ambition with Zhao Lu Si and William Chan, after the summer came and went without the drama airing despite reportedly being slated months ago. iQiyi is also looking to … Continue reading →

Tencent to Schedule Period Comedic Culinary Drama Yummy Yummy Yummy with Li Yun Rui and Wang Ying Lu for Early Next Month September 2025

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So word on the street is that Tencent will follow up currently airing period fantasy drama Moonlit Reunion when it finishes in early September next month with a genre pivot to comedic toned food themed period drama Yummy Yummy Yummy. I love the ridiculous English title so much but the Chinese title is totally normal called 宴遇永安 Yan Yu Yong … Continue reading →

China to Restrict BL C-dramas Further with Prohibition on International Platform Airing and Ban on Actors Starring in Them From Appearing in Other Projects

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So it looks like the ban on BL-dramas the last few years wasn’t strict enough, or that the demand remained high enough that even the limited avenues for release was still getting to more viewers. There was a recent meeting of the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) to go through revising show guidelines across a variety of areas. In … Continue reading →

Bai Lu and Wang Xing Yue Investigate Tang Dynasty Crimes in Youku Period Drama Unveil: Jadewind

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Watching The Wanted Detective recently got me in an investigative drama mood, and male lead Wang Xing Yue actually has another such drama on deck that I am hoping gets released sooner now. It’s called Unveil: Jadewind (The Mysterious Case of Tang Palace) and stars Bai Lu as the female lead and third time reuniting with Wang Xing Yue after … Continue reading →

iQiyi to Schedule Period Drama Shadow Love with Song Yi and Cheng Lei for This Month End of August 2025

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It’s a busy month of August for Cheng Lei, starting it off with the premiere of Legend of the Female General with Zhou Ye and likely ending the month with the premiere of Shadow Love with Song Yi. The two dramas won’t overlap for him but he will stay buzzy thanks to being on the small screen in two different … Continue reading →

Wu Jin Yan and Chen Zhe Yuan Kick Off Filming on Equal Billing for Period C-drama Jiang Shan Wei Ping

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So this drama is already on the second title and will likely get a different English title later, but filming has indeed started for Jiang Shan Wei Pin (A Kingdom as Dowry). The leads are Wu Jin Yan and Chen Zhe Yuan in equal top billing, which honestly should be fine for both fandoms but really sucked a lot of … Continue reading →

Legend of the Female Lead with Zhou Ye and Cheng Lei Opens with Low 5.5 Douban Ratings Reflecting Viewer Disappointment with the Drama

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The C-drama Legend of the Female General, adapted from the popular and very fun novel Rebirth of a Star General, is my biggest C-drama disappointment of 2025 so far. It’s not as bad as some other C-dramas but since it came with such high expectation due to my love for the source novel it makes the wholly mediocre drama version … Continue reading →

Producer Yu Zheng Confirms and Blasts the Director of Genius Girlfriend for Replacing Supporting Actress Zhao Jia Min Abruptly Two Days into Filming

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Well this is another glimpse at the cutthroat and dirty world of entertainment, though the one speaking one has probably done the same if not worse himself. Producer Yu Zheng has gone public to confirm and blast the director and production of recently started filming modern C-drama Genius Girlfriend. His agency actress Zhao Jia Min, who played a memorable good … Continue reading →

Prestige C-drama This Thriving Land with Yang Mi and Ou Hao Premieres to Rapturous Reviews and is the Fastest iQiyi Drama to Hit 10,000 Heat Index and Also Breaks 3% Ratings on CCTV

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Well this drama is gunning for not just best C-drama of 2025 but also the most heat and views. Right now I would put Legend of Zang Hai as the frontrunner but that aired in the first half of the year and there was always going to be contenders that come in the second half. Prestige and period C-drama This … Continue reading →

Investigation and Revenge C-drama The Wanted Detective with Wang Xing Yue and Xiang Han Zhi Ends Placid Run with an Oddly Addictive How-Dun-It Element

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This week iQiyi wrapped the run for The Wanted Detective, by all measure of heat and viewership metrics on the platform and beyond a total dud. This wasn’t a big budget or big name drama so being underwhelming won’t garner any articles about it, but I want to write about it because it’s the only drama I’ve finished from start … Continue reading →

Supernatural Investigation and Romance C-drama Moonlit Reunion with Xu Kai and Tian Xi Wei Premieres on Tencent August 18th

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Oh I am so seated for this! It’s been a rather underwhelming August 2025 so far with C-dramas, I’m watching a few but nothing is as good as I hoped. After the middle of the month comes When Destiny Brings the Demon which I have zero expectations for and the highly anticipated Moonlit Reunion. The drama is confirmed to premiere … Continue reading →

Zhao Lu Si Deletes Her Weibo and Also Incites Fanwar by Allegedly Alluding to Rival Yu Shu Xin’s Former Bad Driving Scandal

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It was only a matter of time before Zhao Lu Si livestreaming her frustration at her agency and whatever else topic she wants to gab about would extend to rankling the fandoms of other stars. This week Zhao Lu Si criticized social media platform Weibo for being a “toilet” in terms of crap commentary and that all the hot searches … Continue reading →

Zhao Jin Mai and Wei Da Xun Kick Off Filming for Youku Modern C-drama Irreplaceable

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Well these two look unexpectedly good together on camera, nice! Filming has commenced for modern work and romance C-drama Irreplaceable with Zhao Jin Mai and Wei Da Xun, with her top billed and him reportedly getting a special billing that is above second billed. It’s hilarious how C-productions have to get creative to deal with the billing jostling between leads. … Continue reading →