Beijing TV, Dragon TV

Ancient China is being torn apart by a bitter feudal that pits the Northern Wei dynasty against the Southern Liang. With help from the Liang general and his formidable 19-year-old son Lin Shu (Hu Ge), the Liang secure a famous victory over the Wei. But treachery – rather than rewards – await the Lin family. A treacherous plot undermines the family, and many members are ruthlessly massacred.

Lin Shu escapes, but is poisoned. With his life in danger, a healer gives him an antidote that radically reduces his strength and robs him of his fighting powers. The antidote also leaves him looking very different. He assumes the name Mei Chang Su and begins on the long path to revenge. The journey brings him into contact with the Emperor’s son and unfavored Prince Jing (Wang Kai), whose brothers are locked in a vicious battle for the Imperial throne. He is also reunited with Mu Ni Huang (Liu Tao), a fearsome female general who does not want to be married off to a controlling husband. Will Lin Shu get what he is after? And will the truth of his identity ever come to light?

“Nirvana in Fire” is a 2015 Chinese drama series that was directed by Kong Sheng and Li Xue.

Nirvana in Fire

Lang Ya Bang

Sohu

Getting inside the head of a violent criminal is not easy. 

But Simon Bo (Wallace Huo), a brilliant criminal psychologist, has the ability to get into the minds of even the most mysterious and violent criminals. He’s a professor at The University of Maryland and works as an analyst and advisor on the police department’s most violent or difficult cases. 

With the help of his young assistant, Jenny Jian (Sandra Ma), Simon delves into the thoughts and intentions of the criminal mind. As the daughter of a veteran police investigator with a deep sense of justice, can Jenny help Simon open up emotionally as they work together to solve crimes? 

“Love Me, If You Dare” is a 2015 Chinese drama series directed by Zhang Kai Zhou. It is based on the novel Close Your Eyes, Stay Close to Me by Ding Mo.

Love Me If You Dare

Gone with the Shirt Team

Hunan TV

In a time of great unrest at the end of the Warring States period, Jing Ke (Le Geng) attempts to assassinate King Zheng of Qin and fails. Now on the run from Qin’s soldiers, Jing hires Gai Nie (Lu Yi), the world’s best swordsman, to protect his son, Jing Tian Ming (Jiang Jin Fu; Wu Zu Jin Xi as the child Tian Ming). When Gai single-handedly defeats 300 armed soldiers at the Qin border, the angry King Zheng orders that both Gai and Tian Ming be killed at any cost. The king’s ministers hire Wei Zhuang (Sun Yi Zhou), a brilliant swordsman who studied under the same master as Gai, to go after them. Gai and Tiang Ming, meanwhile, meet a group of Mohist swordsman and a young girl named Gao Yue (Hu Bing Qing) and are taken to the Mohist Fortress, a secret place nestled between towering mountain peaks that houses the Mohist School, a final stronghold of anti-Qin forces. Among them is Rong Duan Mu (Michelle Chen), the skilled Mohist doctor and Gao Yue’s older sister, with whom Gai falls in love. But when King Zheng sends a massive group of elite troops and Wei brings his own tram of swordsmen assassins, the epic battle that ensues at Mohist Fortress will determine the next king. “The Legend of Qin” is a 2015 Chinese historical drama series directed by Zheng Wei Wen. It is adapted from China’s No.1 martial arts animation film by the same title.

The Legend of Qin

The Moonlighting Team

SETTV

Could anyone be more excited to reach her 26th birthday? Pi Ya Nuo (Megan Lai) had an inauspicious start to her life. When she was born 25 years ago, her parents and extended family – along with their fortuneteller – eagerly awaited her arrival in the delivery room so that they could bless the beginning of the Pi family’s heir. Upon hearing her first cry, the fortuneteller predicted on the spot that the baby boy would be a great success and a natural-born leader. But when the nurses announce that the baby is a girl, the stunned fortuneteller immediately announces that the girl would not survive her childhood unless she lives as a boy for the first 25 years of her life. Only then can Ya Nuo change her bad fate and bring prosperity to her family. On her 26th birthday, Ya Nuo can go back to her true gender without any repercussions. Doomed to live her life as a boy, Ya Nuo is shy and always tries to keep her distance to people to hide her true identity, and the mysterious aloofness makes her irresistible to the girls around her. One day, she accidentally helps out Du Zi Feng (Baron Chen), who happens to be a triad leader, and his sister, Du Zi Han (Mandy Tao). While Zi Han falls in love with Ya Nuo, Zi Feng becomes Ya Nuo’s “sworn brother” and best friend. With her 26th birthday fast approaching, will Ya Nuo find her much-anticipated return to being a female will be as easy as she had hoped? “Bromance” is a 2015 Taiwanese drama series directed by Chen Rong Hui.

Bromance

The B-romantic Triad

In the same family and the same class all at once?! Bai Luo Yin (Timmy Xu) grew up living with his grandmother and divorced father, Bai Han Qi (Song Tao). When he is 16 years old, Luo Yin finds out that his mother, Jiang Yuan (Liu Xiao Hua), remarries the high-ranking government official Gu Wei Ting (Wang Dong). 

Luo Yin suddenly finds himself with a new stepbrother in Wei Ting’s son, Gu Hai (Johnny Huang), who also happens to be in his same class at school! 

With their classmates You Qi (Lin Feng Song) and Yang Meng (Chen Wen) playing intermediary, will Luo Yin and Gu Hai discover a different kind of bond than just brothers? 

“Addicted” is a 2016 Chinese drama series directed by Ding Wei. It is based on a novel by Zhu Wen Jiao (Chai Ji Dan).

Addicted

The Addicted Team

What would you do if you had to choose between becoming a nun or becoming a vocalist in a popular boy band? Gao Mei Nu (Cheng Yu Xi) is suddenly faced with that decision when her brother needs her help. Gao Mei Nan (also played by Cheng Yu Xi) is chosen to join the popular boy band A.N.JELL as its newest member, but he is forced to go to the United States to fix a botched eye plastic surgery after being signed. Mei Nan’s agent comes up with the brilliant idea to have Mei Nu, who is in training to become a nun, to stand in for her brother and pretend to a be a male idol singer. Can she keep her true identity from the other band members, lead vocalist Huang Tai Jing (Jiro Wang), guitarist Jiang Xin Yu (Hwang In Deok) and rapper Jeremy (Evan Yo)? “Fabulous Boys” is a 2013 Taiwanese drama series. It is a remake of the popular 2009 Korean drama “You’re Beautiful.”

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