Category Archives: TW & C dramas

Veteran C-actress Liu Xiaoqing Investigated for Tax Evasion After Being Reported by Tipster and Fans Worry for the Remaining Broadcast of C-drama The Prisoner of Beauty

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Et tu, Grandma? It’s like the tax evasion crackdowns in C-ent for the last few years haven’t put the fear of god in every single entertainer and yet here we are, another tax investigation of a star. Veteran C-actress Liu Xiaoqing, a top star in her heyday and still commanding onscreen as evidenced by her small but meaningful role as … Continue reading →

Fox Spirit Matchmaker Chapter 2 Love in Pavilion with Liu Shi Shi and Zhang Yun Long Ends Run with Better Reviews But Lower Viewership and Buzz to Red Moon Pact

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Better quality doesn’t always translate to more viewership but at least the second chapter of the Fox Spirit Matchmaker series has concluded with no major hiccups or as a big flop. Love in Pavilion is more like a shrug of the shoulder type of drama run, with the heat index in iQiyi never breaking 9000 (which the first chapter Red … Continue reading →

The Prisoner of Beauty with Song Zu Er and Liu Yu Ning Breaks 28,000 on Tencent Shortly After Premiere as Drama Tops Search Buzz and Receives Strong Reviews

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IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT! Omg, I cannot believe just released period C-drama The Prisoner of Beauty is even better than I expected and could have hoped for. It changes, swaps around, and condenses the novel substantially but stands on its own so it’s like the novel is amazing and the drama is amazing (so far) but in its own … Continue reading →

Tencent Airdrops The Prisoner of Beauty with Song Zu Er and Liu Yu Ning Today May 13th 2025

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Hot diggity it’s here! I’ve posted over half a dozen posts about rumors that Tencent will airdrop or release The Prisoner of Beauty in the last two years but this one isn’t a rumor – the drama got dropped today May 13th at noon. The soft ban on female lead Song Zu Er lifted two months ago and her other … Continue reading →

Period C-drama Against the Current Starring Tan Song Yun and Liu Xue Yi Releases First Character Stills

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Seeing this first official character still of Tan Song Yun in her just started filming new C-drama gives massive The Sword and the Brocade energy and flashbacks. The drama is titled Against the Current (Chinese title 兰香如故 Lan Xiang Ru Gu which translates as Orchid’s Fragrance Remains) and is a female lead centric drama with Tan Song Yun being paired … Continue reading →

Allen Ren and Peng Xiao Ran Enter a Contract Marriage with Major Stakes in First Preview for Period C-drama Love and Crown

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The first teaser is out for Youku period C-drama Love and Crown, which like its title suggests involves the monarchy and romance in equal measure. Though it looks way more scheming and political than any actual romantic vibes in the preview, with male lead Allen Ren back to being poker faced and Peng Xiao Ran reminding me so much of … Continue reading →

Wang Xing Yue and Xiang Han Zhi Encounter Mayhem and Mystery in iQiyi Period Drama The Wanted Detective

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There is a lot of movement both in airing and on deck dramas, plus shuffling, so it’s not clear when iQiyi will release The Wanted Detective (former title Calming Waves) but it could be a summer 2025 release in the next few months. Starring Wang Xing Yue and Xiang Han Zhi, it’s a mystery, murder, and mayhem investigative drama with … Continue reading →

C-actress Li Kai Xin’s Voice Recorded Scandal Delays Release of Big Budget Period C-drama The Journey of Legend with Cheng Yi and Could Lead to Further Complications

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Talk about a huge mess on the eve of a big budget high profile C-drama release. The period male lead centric C-drama The Journey of Legend (Chinese title 赴山海 Fu Shan Hai or Go to the Mountains and Seas) starring Cheng Yi was on deck for a May 2025 this month premiere on iQiyi and Tencent but that’s now delayed … Continue reading →

Posters and Preview Ramp Up Excitement for Modern Romance C-drama Our Generation with Zhao Jin Mai and Zhang Ling He in Second Time Working Together

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So this is one of the fastest reunions in C-dramas among OTP leads and I couldn’t be happier. Zhao Jin Mai and Zhang Ling He went from their period C-drama The Princess Royal airing to good reviews and reception to being reunited and kicking off filming of modern growth romance C-drama Our Generation (Chinese title 樱桃琥珀 Ying Tao Hu Puo … Continue reading →

Tencent Releases New Teaser for Legend of the Female General with Zhou Ye and Cheng Lei and Reportedly Schedules it After Serendipity Ends Run

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The wait for Legend of the Female General may be nearing the end, after an aborted attempt to premiere early this year in January got scuttled due to the scandal of a major male supporting lead. The production quickly decided to re-film his scenes with a new actor and AI face swap into the drama. That has been finished now … Continue reading →

Mango TV Modern Romance C-drama Dazzling with Li Yun Rui Abruptly Changes Female Lead From Sun Zhenni to Guan Xiaotong Days Before Filming Start

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Well this sucks majorly for cutie pie Sun Zhenni! I’m not going to say this doesn’t happen on occasion in C-ent but still sucks to have to happen to an actress that recently had a small breakout thanks to her last drama and was primed for a really great next role. The Mango TV produced modern C-drama Dazzling is scheduled … Continue reading →

Chen Zhe Yuan in Talks for Director Guo Jingming’s Next Period C-drama Inferno of Wings

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So this feels like a perfect match to me, and one that feels inevitable. Director Guo Jingming is a visual above all else director and producer and it’s only a matter of time before he goes through all the visual male leads in C-drama land. This time he’s landed on Chen Zhe Yuan who casting rumors say will be the … Continue reading →

C-actress Zhang Jing Yi Reportedly Cast as Female Lead in High Profile Xianxia C-drama A Beautiful Destiny

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So this is the C-drama that last week was rumored to possibly be considering Zhao Lu Si until it ran into her working with the director of the unfinished drama Almost Lover. The English title is A Beautiful Destiny and the Chinese title is 月都花落 Yue Du Hua Luo adapted from the novel 月都花落，沧海花开 Yue Du Hua Luo, Cang Hai … Continue reading →