CSM59 Cities + Online
With the recent trend of patriotic dramas coming to an end, there’s now room for more themes on Chinese television. Family drama Love is Beautiful finally takes the lead on primetime as it hits CSM59 ratings of 2.802% and garners a weekly average close to 2.5%!! A Ba Yi Jia Ren ends its run averaging over 2% this week. Victoria Song Qian and Leo Luo Yunxi’s modern romance Broker premieres in the slot and also averages over 2%. The female-centric Love is True starring Tamia Liu Tao and Du Chun premieres with an average around 1.8%
Ancient Love Poetry continues to lead online. The new television dramas Broker and Love is True land in 7th and 8th. Meanwhile, Zhou Yutong and Ren Suxi’s new drama Remembrance of Things Past, which tells the story of young men and women born in the 80’s and 90’s going through their own struggles is the newest minidrama on Hunan TV’s 10pm slot. It has an average of 1.29% in CSM59 ratings and makes the top online dramas in 9th place.
With two dramas currently on air, Lover or Stranger and Broker actress Victoria Song places first in this week’s celebrity rankings followed by The Flaming Heart actor Simon Gong Jun and Never Say Goodbye actor Allen Ren Jialun.
TV Ratings
CSM59 Cities
*The table includes primetime shows that air at 19:30, those highlighted in blue air at 22:00. **Overall rankings are for 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)
1. Ancient Love Poetry
2. Crossroad Bistro
3. Tears in Heaven
4. Decisive Victory
5. Love is Beautiful
6. Falling Into Your Smile
7. Broker
8. Love is True
9. Remembrance of Things Past
10. Never Say Goodbye
Top Celebrities (7-Day)
1. Victoria Song Qian
2. Simon Gong Jun
3. Allen Ren Jialun
4. Xiao Zhan
5. Xu Kai
6. Wang Yibo
7. Li Qin
8. Zhu Yilong
9. Shawn Dou
10. Zhang Zhehan
*Vlinkage Daily Views Index is based on view count, iQIYI Popularity, Youku Popularity, community and media discussions and Baidu search. The 7-day rankings is the calculated average from the daily index. ** Vlinkage Star Popularity is based on view count, weibo, douban, tieba, search results, etc
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