iQiyi Schedules Republic Era to Modern Times Vignette C-drama Zu Ji with Tong Yao, Cheng Lei, and Jelly Lin for September 4th Premiere

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I’ve seen back-to-back drama releases for C-stars but this is the rare back-to-back-to-back three peat coming for actor Cheng Lei. This week iQiyi will release the ensemble through-the-eras C-drama Zu Ji (Chinese title means footprints) with female lead Tong Yao in the 1950’s era and Cheng Lei with Jelly Lin in the earlier 1930’s period, and then Wang He Run … Continue reading →

C-actress Yu Shu Xin Deals with Fallout of Negative News with Resurrection of Bullying Allegations Against Another Actress and Questions About Her Family Wealth

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It’s been an August of online chatter and gossip in C-ent and towards the tail end of the month C-actress Yu Shu Xin joined the group of stars currently dealing with each’s own issues. The initial starter came with Yu Shu Xin’s long ago bully allegations from the 2016 variety show Grade One Graduation came back up with the actress … Continue reading →

Bon Appétit, Your Majesty Increases Nearly 4% in Ratings in Episode 4 to Becomes Highest tvN Drama of 2025 So Far with 11.063%

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This weekend tvN drama Bon Appétit, Your Majesty confirmed whether the promising premiere weekend ratings and trend was a fluke or portended a true hit on our hands. It’s the latter as episode 4 went up an incredible nearly 4% increase to 11.063% ratings, which makes it the highest rated tvN drama of 2025 thus far. This harkens back to … Continue reading →

Meng Zi Yi and Li Yun Rui Kick Off Filming of Tencent Period C-drama Tigers Sniff the Rose

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This weekend Tencent started filming of the period romance and politics C-drama Tigers Sniff the Rose starring Meng Zi Yi and Li Yun Rui in a highly anticipated and quick reunion since their hit drama Blossom less than a year ago. Can’t blame them for striking while the iron is still hot on these two stars but capturing lightning in … Continue reading →

C-actress Zhao Lu Si Sets Up Own Company Weeks After After Deleting Weibo Account and Blasting Her Agency

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Like all news cycles, even the juiciest of events becomes old news when newer topics arise so hoping to leverage publicity to make any changes is hardly a smart choice. C-actress Zhao Lu Si took over early August with her daily livestream campaign revealing mistreatment by her agency and demanding to be let out of her contract, plus whatever else … Continue reading →

Liu Yu Ning Elevated Another Level in C-drama Male Leads as The Prisoner of Beauty and A Dream Within a Dream Both Made Money

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So this metric isn’t about buzz, search rankings, viewership, or ratings, but the age old “did it make money in the end” assessment. Usually it’s tied together, a popular drama will make money because the high viewership will lead to more CF sold and tail with streaming, but lately it’s not always the case due to the increasing cost of … Continue reading →

Period C-drama Shadow Love with Song Yi and Cheng Lei Garners an Incredibly Low 4.8 Douban Ratings

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The month of August has seen two dramas air back-to-back for actor Cheng Lei and in both instances the ratings and reviews are not kind to said drama. Legend of the Female General got Douban ratings of 5.5 which is on the low side already, but his currently airing Shadow Love said hold my beer and got opening Douban ratings … Continue reading →

Yang Yang Rumored as Male Lead for Period C-drama Why Not Cross by Boat with Female Lead Potentially Song Zu Er or Zhang Miao Yi

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This was a great summer for C-actor Yang Yang, redeeming his last lackluster drama outing of Fireworks of the Heart with a resounding hit in The Immortal Ascension. So it’s no surprise that lots of drama male lead roles are headed his way and there will likely be melons aplenty until he picks the next one. This week there is … Continue reading →

Han So Hee Lands Big Role Opposite Byun Woo Seok in the Netflix Adaptation of Super Popular Webtoon Solo Leveling

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Every since Byun Woo Seok was cast in the big budget and high profile Netflix K-drama adaption of Korean webtoon Solo Leveling, the attention went to who would be his female lead. While the webtoon story isn’t focused on a romance and with the title of solo leveling the male lead is basically on a solo quest there are still … Continue reading →

Suzy the Sociopath Battles Kim Woo Bin the Devil Genie in First Teaser for Netflix Drama Genie, Make a Wish

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This looks so ridiculous and absurd but coming from Kim Eun Seok I feel like there has to be more than what I’m seeing. Because what I’m seeing from the set up in the newly released teaser for Genie, Make a Wish is just…..bad lol. But then again, everyone thought Secret Garden and the soul swap would be a hot … Continue reading →

Xianxia C-drama When Destiny Brings the Demon with Chen Fei Yu and Wang Ying Lu Gets Low Opening Douban Ratings of 5.5

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It’s only midway through the airing of When Destiny Brings the Demon but the opening Douban ratings are already out, indicating a lot of voters which makes sense for it being adapted from a popular novel. It got a low 5.5 which is more par for the course with dramas of this genre, to compare with other recent less than … Continue reading →

Another Anonymous Poster Leaks Alleged Romantic Text Messages Between Xu Kai and Zhao Qing From During their Dating Scandal in 2022

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The scandal with Xu Kai‘s love life has turned into a clown car of different players and tangents sprouting left and right. It’s entertaining in a trainwreck way but also rather impressive that so far there doesn’t seem to be any tarring and feathering of him. The same may not be true for his alleged cheating other actress Zhao Qing, … Continue reading →

K-netizens Complain About Age Gap Between Leads Yoona and Lee Chae Min in Bon Appétit, Your Majesty Raining on the Buzz of the Newly Premiered Drama

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Here comes the K-netizen perfection police lol. I think it must be exhausting trying to find reasons to nitpick but here we are again. tvN premiered new weekend drama Bon Appétit, Your Majesty to a very promising start, good opening ratings close to 5% and then going up nearly 2% to high 6% range. But this week there are rumblings … Continue reading →