“Drama information” section:
– dramas aired already: iQiyi’s I AM POLICE/WE ARE CRIMINAL POLICE (Yu Hewei, Fu Dalong, Bai Fan, Ding Yongdai, Ma Su, Huang Man, police motion thriller) on November twenty seventh, Tencent’s MARRIED (Feng Shaofeng, Cai Wenjing, romance melo with dishonest and so forth) and iQiyi’s PRETTY BOY (Darren Chen, Zhenghe Huizi, historic romcom, remake of THE TALE OF NOKDU) on November twenty eighth, Youku’s BROCADE ODYSSEY (Tan Songyun, Zheng Yecheng, Tang dynasty enterprise+romance – yeah, precisely what we’d like proper after TSOPG! *rolls eyes*) on November thirtieth.
– dramas rumored to air: iQiyi-Tencents UNDER THE SKIN 2 (Tan Jianci, Zhang Baijia, crime thriller) on December tenth, Youku’s STRANGE TALES OF NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY RIVERSIDE CODE AT QINGMING FESTIVAL (Zhang Songwen, Bai Baihe, historic thriller) in late December, (Youku’s THE BLOSSOMING LOVE (Zhang Binbin, Solar Zhenni, spicy xianxia romance) in February. Different rumored dates I am too lazy to retype:
https://x.com/FKShi/standing/1860637531655872583
https://x.com/ForCdrama/standing/1862457447765471503
– additionally little birdie advised me that Tencent moved TPOB to the entrance web page of their “Coming quickly” checklist – proper after UTS2, GUARDIANS OF THE DAFENG and a couple of different dramas *prayer circle*
– dramas confirmed to air: MangoTV’s ONCE AGAIN (Zhang Xiaofei, Tong Dawei, Chen Xiaoyi, household melo, remake of kdrama of the identical identify) on December 1st.
– dramas that simply bought licensed: iQiyi’s THE BEST THING (Zhang Linghe, Xu Ruohan, trendy romance), iQiyi’s LOVE OF THE DIVINE TREE (Deng Wei, Xiang Hanzhi, xianxia romance) with rumors about February premiere.
– dramas introduced: Youku-MangoTV’s VEIL OF SHADOWS (previously PAINTED SKIN: THE RESURRECTION, Ju Jingyi, Chen Duling, Zeng Shunxi, Tian Jiarui, xianxia romance).
– casting rumors: Tencent’s GUE YUE FENG HUA LU (Li Yitong, Chen Xinhai, xianxia including Yang Shize as SML), MangoTV’s THE TRIPLE ECHO OF TIME (Li Mingde, trendy youth fantasy – no matter which means), Mango TV’s YE GOU GU TOU (Wang Anyu, trendy romance), JIN YU SHU NIAN (Ju Jingyi, Deng Wei, historic romance, platform unknown), when-the-pigs-fly degree of credibility Tencent’s CROSS THE RIVER (Zhao Lusi, Wang Hedi, historic romance) and much more ridiculous Tencent’s AGAINST THE CURRENT (Wu Jinyan, Ding Yuxi, historic romance) – yeah, as if she’s not about to provide delivery any day now…