Lately, primetime seems to be dominated by either spies or cops with Lost in 1949, Patriot and Fire airing concurrently. It had seemed like Lost in 1949 would make a big splash after hitting CSM52 ratings of 1.0% on its first day, but the show has slipped back to 0.9%. Love Won’t Wait continues to be one of the leading dramas. It competes with Lost in 1949 in CSM52 ratings, leads by a huge margin in CSMNationwide and tops web rankings with the most online views. The show has just crossed another milestone to hit 3 billion online.
There’s been a few more changes in terms of internet rankings with the newer premieres edging out shows like Demon Catcher Zhong Kui which are also fairly new. It’s always nice to see newcomers finding success and Xiao Zhan of the Chinese boyband X NINE eases into ninth place in the weekly celeb list.
TV Ratings (CSM52Cities and CSMNationwide are common tv metrics.)
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)
4. Hero’s Dream
6. Lost in 1949
10. Patriot
Top Celebrities (7-day)
2. Yang Mi
3. Johnny Huang
4. Zhao Liying
8. Tong Liya
9. Xiao Zhan
10. Cecilia Cheung
*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
Sunny
Thanks for the ratings. Do you know why Tong Liya is trending? Does she have a drama at the moment?
Sunny
Nevermind! Just realised she is in 'Patriot'