Category Archives: TW & C dramas

Cheng Yi’s Drama The Journey of Legend Reportedly Delayed to 2026 Airing as Second Female Lead Li Kai Xin Will be AI Face Swapped with Actress Yang Xi Zi

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The scandal around whether actress Li Kai Xin disparaged Chinese entertainment industry and Chinese viewers in a secretly recorded conversation doesn’t appear to have a resolution that will make the problem go away. Last month the premiere of iQiyi period C-drama The Journey of Legend with Cheng Yi was pulled at the last minute due to second female lead Li … Continue reading →

C-actress Zhang Xue Ying the New Rumored Female Lead for Tencent Big Budget Period C-drama The One with Wu Lei

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There is new movement with the casting of Tencent period C-drama The One (剑来 Jian Lai or Sword Comes), which is good because it means Tencent is actively trying to kick off production for this rather than just noodling around. The new female lead rumored is C-actress Zhang Xue Ying, who I know the name and her face is familiar … Continue reading →

First Look at Meng Zi Yi and He Yu Filming Period C-drama Blossoms of Powers

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Filming started last month on period C-drama Blossoms of Power (Chinese title 百花杀 Bai Hua Sa or Hundred Flower Kill), and now the first unofficial stills are out from the set. Starring Meng Zi Yi and He Yu, this is one of the bigger budget and promising dramas slated to air in 2026, it’s adapted from a popular novel and … Continue reading →

Tencent Reportedly Schedules Shine on Me for End of July 2025 Making Zhao Jin Mai Compete Against Herself with This Drama and Our Generation

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There are worst things for a star than having a project air at the same time but it does lead to inevitable and direct comparison. Namely, which drama is better, which character is better, and of course which chemistry with the other lead is better. Tencent has reportedly scheduled modern romance C-drama Shine on Me with Song Wei Long and … Continue reading →

Mango TV Formally Announces Filming of Modern Romance C-drama Dazzling with Guan Xiao Tong and Li Yun Rui

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NGL, these two contrary to expectations actually look good together. I’m talking about Guan Xiao Tong and Li Yun Rui for the Mango TV and Hunan TV C-drama Dazzling, which formally announced the leads and filming this week. I love getting the casting melons and on-dits before hand otherwise this sounds like any other drama launch announcement except now I … Continue reading →

Youku Period C-drama Legend of Zang Hai Wraps Highly Successful Run and Douban Ratings Open with 7.1

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The fun and good drama filled month of May 2025 is over and to start off June the biggest hit of that month Legend of Zang Hai has just ended its run. If you’re waiting to marathon now is the fine as all episodes are out. It set a new heat index record on its own platform with 10,400 on … Continue reading →

tvN Starts Promos for Summer 2025 Weekend K-drama Law and the City with Lee Jong Seok and Moon Ga Young

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It’s still a month away before the arrival of Law and the City (Korean title Seochodong named after the Seoul neighborhood) on tvN weekend Sat-Sun timeslot. I’m guessing it’s an area with a lot of law firms so apropos for a legal drama centering around a quirky young group of lawyers at the same law firm. It’s Lee Jong Seok … Continue reading →

Modern Romance C-drama Our Generation with Zhao Jin Mai and Zhang Ling He Cut Down to 24-episodes and Expected to Air End of July 2025

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Oh I am not happy hearing this. Nothing good ever comes from big cuts to episode length, while smaller incisions could work either to slim fluff or at least not impact the whole story. Modern school age to adult romance Our Generation (Chinese title Cherry Amber) with Zhao Jin Mai and Zhang Ling He has been cut from the original … Continue reading →

Cheng Yi Goes Dark and Devious in Posters and Preview for Period C-drama The Vendetta of An

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Timing being thrown off when it comes to drama releases starring the same leads gives me a sense of been there done that. C-actor Cheng Yi was primed for his iQiyi wuxia C-drama The Journey of Legend to be released last month but due to a potential scandal with a female lead it was paused. So seeing the preview for … Continue reading →

Mango TV Period C-drama Live Long and Prosper with Dylan Wang Hits 500K Reservations Weeks After Filming Starts

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I continue to marvel at how much pull C-actor Dylan Wang has with any new project. He’s attached and it just rockets up interest and the daipai (photogs) on set pile on to produce copious amounts of pictures from any drama he’s filming. Mango TV streaming and Hunan TV terrestrial airing period C-drama Live Long and Prosper (咸鱼飞升 Salted Fish … Continue reading →

C-actress Song Zu Er Films First Drama Since Return From Two Year Soft Ban in Tax Investigation with Guest Starring Appearance in Supernatural Period Drama Liao Zhai

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The successful return of C-actress Song Zu Er can be a case study for future soft banned stars, but really it’s that all the elements lined up for her. She was deemed not to have committed any tax evasion and her return was paved by having two well made C-dramas ready to airdrop. She’s now back to her first filming … Continue reading →

Yang Yang in Talks as Male Lead to Join Zhang Jing Yi in Xianxia Period Drama A Beautiful Destiny

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So the casting continues in looking for the confirmed leads for xianxia C-drama A Beautiful Destiny (Chinese title 月都花落 Flower Falls on the Capital Moon). Actress Zhang Jing Yi is basically confirmed for a few weeks now but the male leads are still in discussion. The latest word is that it will likely be Yang Yang, and that will make … Continue reading →

The Prisoner of Beauty with Song Zu Er and Liu Yu Ning Wraps Run as Hit Drama on Tencent with 6.4 Douban Ratings and Strong Word of Mouth

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The period romance C-drama The Prisoner of Beauty ended its a few days ago and caps a successful month of May for Tencent. The drama was airdropped after female lead Song Zu Er was given the okay to resume her entertainment career and her other shelved drama The Demon Hunter’s Romance was airdropped into being a near solid hit for … Continue reading →