Will 2020 be the year of female ensemble dramas?

Zhou Xun, Kara Hui and Angie Chiu have already finished filming 24-episode webdrama The Imperfect Woman 不完美的她 (lit.), a remake of Japanese drama Mother.

It might have started in early 2018, when a tweet proposing a Chinese drama featuring female friends whose lives aren’t revolving around romance and kids got millions of retweets as women across China (and overseas) shared their wishes to see more female characters with diverse aspirations and female friendships not tied together by their common rivalry for a man.

In the year since then, companies seem to have picked up the hint as one after another modern female ensemble dramas began production this year. The dramas range from women fighting their place in college (Unfazed at Twenty ) to women dealing with mid-life crises to women seeking to find a new meaning in life in old age (Good Times).

Here’s a look at some of the announced upcoming female ensemble dramas, which one are you looking forward to the most?

First trailer for Jiang Shuying, Tong Yao, and Mao Xiaotong’s Nothing But Thirty
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Female ensemble drama Love in Shanghai releases teaser

One of the many female ensemble dramas scheduled to air in 2020, the latest teaser for Love in Shanghai introduces the show as a story that revolves around four women and eight men, with an overall theme of loving yourself. The series is currently filming, and stars Song Qian, Celina Jade, Zhang Jianing and Li Chun as leads.

 

Female-centric modern drama Love in Shanghai releases stills

Love in Shanghai stars Song Qian, Celina Jade, Zhang Jianing and Li Chun as a group of thirty-year-old women navigating love, work and life. Zheng Kai, Tony Yang and Wang Yaoqing play potential suitors. [Extended Synopsis]

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Song Qian, Zhang Jianing, Li Chun cast in modern romance drama

Song Qian (The Moon Knows Not My Heart), Zhang Jianing (From Survivor to Healer), Li Chun (Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace) and Celina Jade (Triple Threat) have been cast as the leads in romance drama Love in Shanghai 他其实没有那么爱你 (lit. He’s Just Not That Into You).

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