The Lament of Autumn | Open Thread

[Coming soon]

Notable Actors/Actresses

Cheng Lei: Yu Chang Xuan

Xu Ruo Han: Ye Ping Jun

Director

Ju Jue Liang

Screenwriter

Ye Yang (Author: Ling Xi)

Chinese Title

玉簟秋

Jade-smooth Mat in Autumn

Genres: Era, Romance, Era Romance

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2026
Episodes: 40

The Old Story of Yu Hong | Recap and Review

A small Dongbei city is crowded with a reluctant hitman, a woman who’s been hit enough to want her husband hit, and a cop who's hit with the cutest kid.
Notable Actors/Actresses

Ma Yi Li: Chen Hong

Wang Jia Jia: Liu Juan

Zhang Zhe Hua: Liu Yang

Wang Tian Chen: He Liang

Director

Yu Miao

Screenwriter

Li Xiao

Chinese Title
余紅舊事

Yu Hong's Past Affairs

Genres: Era, Slight Romance, Suspense

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2026
Episodes: 34 (<20 mins/ep)

Recap Grade: D
First Impression: 2.6/5

A Prophet | Recap and Review

A man infiltrates a fortune-telling sect to scam the scammers who scammed him.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Li Xian: Shangguan Cheng Ming

Li Yi Tong: Jiang Fei Yan

Director

Yang Lei

Screenwriter

Yang Zhe

Chinese Title

我不是大師

I Am Not a Prophet

Genres: Era, Romance, Era Romance

Network: Tencent Video / iQIYI

Year: 2026
Episodes: 19/24

Recap Grade: D
First Impression: 2/5

[Dropped]

In My Prime | Open Thread

[Coming soon]
Notable Actors/Actresses

Guan Xiao Tong: Qi Shi 

Wang Zi Qi:  Cao Xin

Director

Lin Yan

Screenwriter

Qian Jing Jing

Chinese Title
生逢其時

Born at the Right Time

Genres:  Era, Romance, Family, Era Romance

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2026
Episodes: 26

Mystic Nine | Open Thread

[Coming soon]

Notable Actors/Actresses

William Chan: Zhang Qi Shan

Zeng Shun Xi: Wu Lao Gou

Director

Bai Shan

Screenwriter

Xu Lei (Author)

Chinese Title

九門

Nine Gates / Nine Sect

Genres: Era, Romance , BL/Bromance, Action

Network: Youku

Year: 2026
Episodes: 30

OVERDO | Review

A doctor/general/pilot's missing girlfriend returns as his sister-in-law.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Zhang Ling He: Murong Qing Yi

Wang Chu Ran: Ren Su Su / Fang Mu Lan

Director

Yi Jun

Screenwriter

Luo Jun Yue (Author: Fei Wo Si Cun)

Chinese Title

這一秒過火

This Moment Went Too Far

Genres: Era, Romance, Era Romance

Network: Tencent Video & iQIYI

Year: 2026
Episodes: 33

Where Colours Dream | Recap and Review

A con artist meets a chief accountant, and they scam together.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Dai Lu Wa: Xu Yan Zhen

Tang Shi Yi: Jiang Xin Yu

Director

Wu Hui Hui

Chinese Title
畫夢錄

Record of Painted Dreams

Genres: Era, GL Suspense

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2026
Episodes: 3/3

Recap Grade: C
First Impression: 2.75/5

Archives: The Nanyang Mystery | Review

A Shrimpy boy braves deadly adventures for his Salty boy.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Zhang Xin Cheng: Zhang Hai Yan/Lou

Ding Yu Xi: Zhang Hai Xia

Jiang Pei Yao: Zhang Hai Qi

Director

Zhou Jing Tao

Screenwriter

Xu Lei (Author)

Chinese Title

南部檔案

Southern Archives

Genres: Era, No Romance, Bromance, Action

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2026
Episodes: 33

The Lead | Recap and Review

A mountain shepherd girl becomes queen of qinqiang opera.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Zhang Jia Yi: Hu San Yuan

Liu Hao Cun: Lai Di / Yi Qin(g) E

Qin Hai Lu: Hua Cai Xiang

Wang Xiao Chen: Mi Lan

Director

Li Shao Fei

Producer

Zhang Yi Mou

Chinese Title

主角

Protagonist / Main Character

Genres: Era, Slight Romance, Family

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2026
Episodes: 48

Recap Grade: D
First Impression: N/A

The Heir | Open Thread

A businesswoman saves her family's ink business. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Han Dong Jun: Luo Wen Qian

Yang Zi: Li Zhen

Director

Hui Kai Dong

Chinese Title

家業

Family Business

Genres: Era, Romance, Family, Era Romance

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2026
Episodes: 42

Love Story in the 1970s | Recap and Review

A 1970s marriage-first-love-second romance with the Fang siblings.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Chen Fei Yu: Fang Mu Yang

Sun Qian: Fei Ni

Director

Chen Chang

Screenwriter

Guo Shuang

Chinese Title

純真年代的愛情

The Love of a Pure Era

Genres: Era, Romance, Era Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2026
Episodes: 29/29

Recap Grade: A/B
First Impression: 3.8/5

Legend of the Magnate | Review

A brilliant merchant navigates power and politics, tea and salt, and tangled (family) relationships.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Chen Xiao: Gu Ping Yuan

Sun Qian: Chang Yu Er

Director

Zhang Ting

Screenwriter

Zhang Ting

Chinese Title

大生意人

Big Business Man

Genres: Era, Romance, Palace

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2025
Episodes: 40

Footprints of Change | Review

A sisterhood of the traveling pocket watch.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Tong Yao: Yi Yi

Cheng Lei: Cheng Ao

Liu Yi Jun: Wen Pu

Lin Yun: Lin Si Yun

Chinese Title

足跡
Footprints

Genres: Era, Slight Romance, Suspense

Network: iQIYI (Tencent Video)

Year: 2025
Episodes: 30

Be Not Meant to Be | Review

A woman enlists her cruel stepson's help to avenge her daughter's death.
Notable Actors/Actresses

Dai Gao Zheng: Lu Zhuo

Li Mo Zhi: Ye Nan Zhao

Chinese Title
君非良人

Your Lord Ain't Good

Genres: Era, Romance, Era Romance

Network:  Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 24 (Mini)

Your Sunshine | Review

A girl avenges her dead sister by training with her sister's husband to become an assassin. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wu Xi Ze: Yin Zhuo Feng

Jiang Zhi Nan:  Lu Ye

Wang Ze Xuan: Yin Huan Yuan

Director:

Du Hao

Chinese Title

你的太陽

Your Sun

Genres: Era, Romance, Era Romance

Network: iQIYI

Year: 2025
Episodes: 27 (Mini)

Rose Finch | Review

A neurodiverse ML coroner and a stone-faced triad FL boss are forced to work together when her girls turn up dead one after another. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wan Qian: Gao Ying

Qin Jun Jie: Xia Mo

Chinese Title

朱雀堂

Rosefinch Hall

Genres: Era, No Romance, Team, Mystery

Network: iQIYI, Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 30 (Mini)

Romance in the Alley | Review

A 1970s family saga that's generally free of angst.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Yan Ni: Huang Ling

Li Guang Jie: Lin Wu Feng

Jiang Xin: Song Ying

Fan Cheng Cheng: Zhuang Tu Nan

Guan Xiao Tong: Zhuang Xiao Ting

Wang An Yu: Lin Dong Zhe

Lu Yu Xiao: Li Jia

Director

Zhang Kai Zhou, Wang Guang

Chinese Title

小巷人家

Small Households in the Alley

Genres: Era, Romance, Family, Era Romance

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2024
Episodes: 40

Be Your Knight | Recap and Review

A woman hires her "brother-in-law" to be her husband.
Notable Actors/Actresses

Fan Zhi Xin: Ye Ran / Xiang Ting Dong 

Yang Yu Xi: Cheng Che 

Director

Du Hao

Screenwriter

Zhao Lin

Chinese Title
他似火

He Resembles Fire

Genres: Era, Romance, Era Romance 

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2024
Episodes: 29 (Mini)

Recap Grade: D
First Impression: 2.99/5

Nagatan to Ao to: Ichika no Ryourijou | Review

A gourmet (marriage-first) love story set in 1951 where she's 34 and he's 19.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Sakuma Ryuto: Yamaguchi Amane

Kadowaki Mugi: Kuwanoki Ichika

Japanese Title

ながたんと青と -いちかの料理帖-

Kitchen Knife and Green Chilies Pepper: Ichika's Restaurant

Genres: Era, Romcom, OWYM, Era Romcom

Year: 2023
Episodes: 10

Snowfall | Open Thread

A blind girl abused by her family and a vampire abandoned by his family save each other. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Gao Wei Guang: Shen Zhi Heng

Ouyang Na Na: Mi Lan

Director

Li Mu Ge

Screenwriter

Wang Hong (Author Ni Luo)

Chinese Title

冰雪謠

Ice and Snow Ballad

Genres: Era, Romcom, Fantasy, Era Romcom

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2024
Episodes: 24