December Dramas

Period: December

Picture Details: Natural High S3 | Bai Jing Ting & Wang An Yu

All Rise | Open Thread

A bunch of lawyers grinding.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Hu Xian Xu: Jiang Chen

Zhou Yi Ran: Ren Jia Tong

He Lan Dou: Guo Xiao Yu

Director

Deng Ke

Screenwriter

Zhang Wei

Chinese Title

即刻上場

Time to Perform

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Team, Contemporary Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 24

Second Chance Romance | Review

A ballerina reunites with her vintner ex and rediscover their love enemies.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wallace Chung: Feng Rui

Qin Lan: Tan Si Ting

Director

Liu Jun Jie

Chinese Title

亦舞之城

A City That Also Dances

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Family, Contemporary Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 28

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

Love on the Turquoise Land | Review

An eerie mystery-romance between a bird-hunter and a bird-hostage.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Dilraba Dilmurat: Nie Jiu Luo

Chen Xing Xu: Yan Tuo

Director

Tian Li

Screenwriter

Wei Yu

Chinese Title

梟起青壤

The Owl Rises Over the Green Earth

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Team, Fantasy, Contemporary Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 32

Why Is He Still Single | Review

A human/medical hazard of a ML meets a doctor destined to keep his weirdness alive.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Wallace Huo: Yu Yu

Zhu Zhu: Gu Ye Jia

Director

Qie Guo Wei

Chinese Title

他為什麼依然單身

Why Is He Still Single?

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Sismance, Contemporary Romance

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 16

Love & Crown | Open Thread

An emperor forces a girl to marry him.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Ren Jia Lun: Xiao Huan

Peng Xiao Ran: Ling Cang Cang

Director

Lin Feng

Screenwriter

Miu Wen Jing

Chinese Title

鳳凰台上

On the Phoenix Terrace

Genres: Period, Romance, Palace, Period Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2025
Episodes: 35

Verticals

Verticals are short dramas designed for mobile viewing (drama fits your phone upright).

Blemish Flaw | Open Thread

A detective-blogger investigates his ex-girlfriend's missing case.

Notable Actors/Actresses

Qin Jun Jie: Yang Zheng Hui

Huang Meng Ying: Bai Xiao Ling

Wang Duo: Zeng Jie

Fu Jing: Liu Wei

Director

Wei Li Zhou

Screenwriter

Bai Yi Cong

Chinese Title

棕眼之謎

The Mystery of the Brown Eyes

Genres: Contemporary, (Romance /Slight Romance), Suspense, 

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 16

Triple Echo of Time | Open Thread

[Coming soon]

Notable Actors/Actresses

Ma Tian Yu: Xun Wei Lai / Zhao Zuo You

Xie Xing Yang: Zhao Zuo You

Chinese Title

三人行

Three People Walking 

Fig. There's Always Something to Learn From Others

Genres: Contemporary, Slight Romance, Family, Fantasy

Network: Tencent Video

Year: 2025
Episodes: 24