Category Archives: TW & C dramas

Allegations of Data Manipulation Surges as Coroner’s Diary Hit 10,100 Heat Index in IQiyi and Tops Buzz Set By Critically Acclaimed Hit Drama A Lifelong Journey

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Don’t mess with C-netizens and their respect and appreciation for well made serious dramas. This week summer surprise hit Coroner’s Diary with Li Lan Di and Ao Rui Peng broke 10,000 and then hit 10,100 heat index in its platform iQiyi, the third iQiyi drama to do so this year after Feud and Drifting Away. It’s also apparently topped the … Continue reading →

Period C-drama Yu Ting Yao with Wu Jing Yan and Chen Zhe Yuan Reportedly Finds New Investor and Will Start Filming Next Month in August with a Different Title

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The Jenga pieces for the upcoming period C-drama Yu Ting Yao 御廷谣 has now been reassembled after nearly collapsing when the original investor took off after billing fights between the leads. Mango TV has reportedly stepped in to produce the drama and filming will start next month in August with leads Wu Jing Yan and Chen Zhe Yuan sharing top … Continue reading →

C-actor Zhai Xiao Wen’s Fandom Throws a Hissy Fit After He’s Confirmed in My Drama Missy Opposite Wu Xuan Yi in a Third Reunion

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Okay, I get this is common place in territorial C-fandom culture but he is not famous enough for his fans to think this way lol. Rising C-actor Zhao Xiao Wen was cast this week in new iQiyi modern romance C-drama My Drama Missy opposite female lead Wu Xuan Yi. This would make the third reunion for these two stars in … Continue reading →

Modern Youth Romance C-drama Our Generation with Zhao Jin Mai and Zhang Ling He Airs to Unimpressive Viewership and Reviews

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Awwww, such a bummer that the little lightning that made The Princess Royal such a solid watch didn’t hit twice in their second outing. Zhao Jin Mai and Zhang Ling He reunited to film Our Generation immediately after TPR aired last year and maybe in their haste didn’t fully vet this drama plot out because OG is being called a … Continue reading →

Coroner’s Diary with Li Lan Di and Ao Rui Peng Edges Close to 10,000 Heat Index and Surpasses Same Platform iQiyi Dramas Moonlight Mystique and A Dream within a Dream

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So C-drama Coroner’s Diary has become the biggest iQiyi period drama of 2025 midway through airing, with the heat index currently at 9915 and inching close to hitting the vaunted 10,000 mark. The drama is not only the dark horse hit of summer 2025 but has eclipsed other iQiyi popular-ish dramas this year with bigger name cast and budget, namely … Continue reading →

Youku Drops First Trailer for Big Budget Xianxia C-drama The Immortal Ascension with Yang Yang with Likely End of July Release

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The wait may finally be over to see the live action adaptation of popular novel A Mortal’s Guide to Immortality. You just released the first trailer for The Immortal Ascension starring Yang Yang with female lead Jin Chen. The preview looks fine to me, someone with no attachment to the source IP and not a fan of xianxia unless it … Continue reading →

The Rumored Recent Breakup of Long Time C-ent Couple Zhang Xin Cheng and Li Lan Di Back in Gossip Pages with the CP Shipping in Her New Drama Coroner’s Diary

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So one of the longer C-ent everyone knows but never confirmed dating couples reportedly broke up (for good) recently. In May 2025 a few months ago, gossip was saying that Li Lan Di and Zhang Xin Cheng broke up, this time it’s over for real. The couple dated for 7 years since doing a school youth romance drama in the … Continue reading →

Son Ye Jin and Jo Yu Ri Start Filming Netflix Darkside of the K-pop Industry K-drama Variety

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So I didn’t hear about this drama until now, when it’s already started filming and Netflix has released the script reading stills. It won’t arrive until 2026 but will add to the streaming giant’s slate of big name K-dramas for next year. The drama is titled Variety and stars Son Ye Jin and Jo Yuri, from the writer and PD … Continue reading →

First Look at Ao Rui Peng and Dai Lu Wa Filming iQiyi Investigation Thriller Period C-drama Now or Never

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The timing couldn’t be better to hear about a new Ao Rui Peng drama especially when it sounds similar to his currently popular one airing. The Coroner’s Diary is doing well in buzz and ratings and is looking like a true breakout for Ao Rui Peng, while Moonlight Mystique did okay it didn’t help his career as much as this … Continue reading →

Bai Lu and Her Team Reportedly Unhappy with the Unappealing Costume Designs for Currently Filming Period C-drama Mo Li

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Lol, I can’t believe I’m seeing the opposite reason but the same thing that happened with Dilraba Dilmurat and her fandom during the filming of her C-drama Love Beyond the Grave. There the complaint on her costume was that it was too ornate and too much going on all over the place. Now there are complaints coming out from the … Continue reading →

Tencent Produced Big Budget Period C-drama Wrong Era Looking to Reunite Zhou Yi Ran and Zhang Miao Yi After Popular First Go Around

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The attempt to make young C-actor Zhou Yi Ran happen by Tencent is becoming quite amusing to date. The young man got a breakout in 2023 thanks to the surprise hit youth drama When I Fly Towards You (WIFTY) and since then it’s been clear as day that Tencent wants their boy wonder to become the next big drama actor. … Continue reading →

Guan Xiao Tong and Li Yun Rui Heat Up the C-ent Buzz with Beautiful Ocean Backdrop Kiss Scene for C-drama Dazzling

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So filming has been chugging along for modern romance C-drama Dazzling starring Guan Xiao Tong and Li Yun Rui, with mostly their fans doing day-to-day updates. But this week it went buzzy all over C-ent thanks to the two leads filming a kiss scene. The scene was shot over many hours and had dozens of takes, from close ups to … Continue reading →

Authorities Release Outcome of Investigation into C-actress Huangyang Tian Tian’s Family Wealth and Alleged Policy Violations Scandal

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It’s good the authorities looking into C-actress Huangyang Tian Tian and the scandal around her family’s wealth and other violations moved fast to investigate and reach a conclusion. The slow rolling makes it hard to plan out whether her already filming dramas can air as well make impact her getting cast in new roles if she is found to not … Continue reading →