The Rise of Ning with Zhang Wan Yi and Ren Min Tops the October 2024 Newly Released C-dramas

So October 2024 doesn’t have any breakout C-drama hit so all eyes are onward to November. The three bigger profile C-dramas to air are The Rise of Ning with Zhang Wan Yi and Ren Min, Kill Me, Love Me with Liu Xue Yi and Wu Jin Yan, and Snowy Night: Timeless Love with Li Qin and Zeng Shun Xi. The mid-month Datawin tracking is out and the rankings in terms of viewership and buzz are in the order above, so while The Rise of Ning isn’t the hit that Zhang Wan Yi needed after back-to-back-to-back dramas this summer it’s still nice to have a middle of the road reception. I’ve been glancing at all three but don’t have time to fully commit to any this month but nothing looks bad.

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Period Romance C-drama The Rise of Ning with Zhang Wan Yi and Ren Min Reportedly Slated to Air on Tencent in October Following Love of Nirvana

The currently airing C-drama Love in Nirvana is doing just so-so in streaming on Tencent and isn’t a big shock since leads Allen Ren and Li Lan Di are not by themselves big draws. But then again, summer is done … Continue reading

Period C-drama Are You the One with Zhang Wan Yi and Wang Chu Ran End Solid Ratings Run with Astonishingly High Douban Ratings of 8.0

So if the viewership was even higher for C-drama Are You the One it might be in contention for biggest hit of summer 2024. Alas the viewership was merely good so it makes the Douban opening ratings of 8.0 even … Continue reading

Period C-drama Are You the One with Zhang Wan Yi and Wang Chu Ran Air to Average Ratings But Praise for the Lead Couple’s Acting and Chemistry

I’ve been watching Are You the One Since it premiered a week ago and honestly I haven’t felt any urge to write about it substantively on the merits or lack thereof. The drama starring Zhang Wan Yi and Wang Chu … Continue reading

Lost You Forever Part 2 Ruins the Second Half of the Novel by Eliminating Half the Scenes and Changing Elements Culminating in an Unsatisfying Conclusion

The only two characters and stars to emerge unscathed from the hot mess that is Lost You Forever Part 2 has to be Yang Zi and Tan Jian Ci and their characters of Xiao Yao and Xiang Liu. The entire … Continue reading

The Refusal of Yang Zi to Promote Shipping with Any of the Male Leads of Lost You Forever 2 Directly Correlate to the Lack of Hot CP Tags Trending for the Drama

Those in the know about how C-ent works won’t be surprised by this but it is a good representation to confirm that anything happening is either tacitly allowed or more likely promoted by the stars in question. Lost You Forever … Continue reading

Lost You Forever Part 2 Premieres to Record Setting Tencent Heat Index and Announces Episode Length Increase to 23 from 21

I feel like Lost You Forever Part 2 arrived almost breathlessly but then took deep breaths to calm down. The first 6 episodes released so far have been motoring through plot points but also quite emotionally downer for everyone involved, … Continue reading