C-drama Ratings and Celeb Rankings (week starting July 5)

CSM59 Cities + Online

Just like last week, Ancient Love Poetry takes the lead online followed by My Dear Guardian in second. In spite of being on the hot seat lately due to old controversies alleging that the novel has taken material from real people in Chinese e-sports, Falling Into Your Smile has moved up a few spots to 3rd place. The newly-premiered The Flaming Heart which brings back Simon Gong Jun to the small screens opposite Zhang Huiwen as firefighter and doctor respectively lands in 6th place.

Refinement of Faith continues to lead on TV and makes it back to this week’s top online dramas in 10th place. The rest of shows on TV are mainly averaging at over 1% in CSM59 ratings with Han-Tibetan family drama A Ba Yi Jia Ren landing in second place. Actress Li Qin continues to take the number one spot in this week’s celebrity rankings.

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. My Dear Guardian 
3. Falling Into Your Smile
4. Tears in Heaven
5. Decisive Victory
6. The Flaming Heart
7. The Rebel
8. Never Say Goodbye 
9. The Day of Becoming You
10. Refinement of Faith

Top Celebrities (7-Day)
1. Li Qin
2. Zhu Yilong 
3. Xu Kai 
4. Allen Ren Jialun
5. Johnny Huang Jingyu
6. Simon Gong Jun
7. Xiao Zhan
8. Zhang Zhehan
9. Wang Yibo
10. Shawn Dou


*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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