Wonderful Life which brings together Zhang Jia Yi and Li Xiao Ran in a melodramatic romance takes first and second place. Its simultaneous airings on Dragon TV and Beijing TV have broken past CSM52 ratings of 1.0% which is unsurprising for the collaboration between two seasoned veterans. Old Boy and Blade Attacking are neck and neck for third and fourth place. Nationwide rankings continue to sing a different tune as Liu Ye and Ariel Lin’s couple pairing win the ratings game with Old Boy.
The same primetime players dominate web rankings with the exception of Negotiator which ended more than a week ago. The popularity of The Flame’s Daughter’s cast seems to have served it well as it is the only web drama within the top 5. Dilraba Dilmurat climbs to the top spot in the weekly celeb rankings. After failing to make the list last week, Siege in Fog hangs on in tenth. Read this review if you will, the show’s pretty darn addictive.
TV Ratings (CSM52Cities and CSMNationwide are commonly used for TV ratings.)
CSM52 Cities
CSM Nationwide
*The above are mostly primetime shows that air at 19:30 while those highlighted in blue air at 22:00. **Rankings are overall rankings across the shows airing on the same night, regardless of air time. *** Reruns are not included. **** Dramas that air on CCTV (the state television broadcaster in China) are not included.
Web Rankings
Top Dramas (7-day)
2. Old Boy
4. Negotiator
10. Siege in Fog
Top Celebrities (7-day)
2. Yang Mi
3. Huang Zitao
4. Zhao Li Ying
6. Yang Yang
7. Sun Yi
10. Li Xiao Ran
*View count is based on the nine streaming sites (Youku, Tudou, iQiyi, QQ Tencent, LeTV, PPTV, Xunlei, Sohu, Mango) ** Star popularity is based on view count, weibo, douban, tieba, search results, etc
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Source: Xunyee
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Sunny
Happy for Ariel Lin OldBoy is doing great numbers. She looks so lovely too! I was just watching In Time With you and she's barely aged in 7 years.
Siege in Fog in the top 10 is impressive too considering they basically dumped this drama at short notice with no promo. Good to see Sun Yi on the most searched. She was one of the most promising young actresses for me.
AndreaK
FYI, Dramafever is airing Old Boy starting March 13.
Unknown
Just watching older dramas and managed to finish My Huckleberry Friends which had good acting from both the adult actress and the child actress. The plot of Wonderful Life sounds a bit ridiculous or maybe it should be viewed more as a fairy tale.
Unknown
Will watch Old Boy when it has subs. I noticed Old Boy has older actors and actresses so the acting should be good.