The end of 2017 is nearing, so it’s time to take a look back at this year’s dramas. While the TV ratings and online ratings tell you how popular a drama was, they don’t necessarily tell you anything about the quality. Douban is China’s most used website where viewers can rate dramas, and the Douban ratings are said to reflect quality rather than popularity. So let’s see which are the highest and lowest rated dramas in Douban this year.
Here are the online ratings for October (views in million):
1 Nothing Gold Can Stay 4397
2 Delicious Destiny 3949
3 A Chinese Odyssey: Love of Eternity 3728
4 Day and Night 2394
5 Season Love 2105
6 The Times We Had 1635
7 Detective Dee 1559
8 Line Walker: The Prelude 1553
9 Peacekeeping Infantry Battalion 1435
10 The Starry Night, The Starry Sea Second 1415
Source: Xunyee
Here are the online ratings for Week 43, October 23 – October 29 (views in million):
1 A Chinese Odyssey: Love of Eternity 946
2 Special Duty Elite 706
3 The Times We Had 667
4 Peacekeeping Infantry Battalion 575
5 Day and Night 489
6 Full House 412
7 Detective Dee 407
8 The Starry Night, The Starry Sea Second 395
9 Oh My General 347
10 The Legendary Tycoon 343
Source: Xunyee
Here are the online ratings for Week 42, October 16 – October 22 (views in million):
1 A Chinese Odyssey: Love of Eternity 823
2 Delicious Destiny 739
3 Day and Night 619
4 Nothing Gold Can Stay 606
5 The Times We Had 502
6 Peacekeeping Infantry Battalion 475
7 Line Walker: The Prelude 429
8 Detective Dee 399
9 Special Duty Elite 393
10 The Starry Night, The Starry Sea Second 367
Source: Calculated myself.
Here are the TV ratings for Week 41, October 9 – October 15 (including reruns, average numbers in %):
1 The Times We Had (Dragon TV) 1.044
2 Delicious Destiny (Hunan TV) 1.03
3 Peacekeeping Infantry Battalion (JSTV) 0.982
4 The Times We Had (ZJSTV) 0.811
5 Full House (BTV) 0.803
6 The Peach Blossom (Tianjin TV) 0.544
7 The Flowers and Distant Place (Anhui TV) 0.513
8 The Starry Night, The Starry Sea Second (Hunan TV) 0.494
9 The Flowers and Distant Place (Shandong TV) 0.493
10 Detective Dee (BTV) 0.45
Source: Tvtv
Here are the online ratings for Week 41, October 9 – October 15 (views in million):
1 Delicious Destiny 1534
2 Nothing Gold Can Stay 1096
3 A Chinese Odyssey: Love of Eternity 774
4 Day and Night 634
5 Season Love 486
6 Line Walker: The Prelude 462
7 OCTB 419
8 Detective Dee 333
9 The Starry Night, The Starry Sea Second 328
10 Dear Prince 325
Source: Xunyee
Here are the TV ratings for Week 40, October 2 – October 8 (including reruns, average numbers in %):
1 Nothing Gold Can Stay (Dragon TV) 3.137
2 Nothing Gold Can Stay (JSTV) 1.994
3 Delicious Destiny (Hunan TV) 0.936
4 Season Love (ZJSTV) 0.86
5 The King’s Woman (ZJSTV) 0.83
6 Xuan Yuan Sword: Han Cloud (Dragon TV) 0.773
7 The Starry Night, The Starry Sea Second (Hunan TV) 0.668
8 Ordinary Years (BTV) 0.659
9 Tian Jie La Mei (Shandong TV) 0.549
10 Ordinary Years (Anhui TV) 0.466
Source: Tvtv
Here are the online ratings for Week 40, October 2 – October 8 (views in million):
1 Nothing Gold Can Stay 2337
2 Delicious Destiny 1286
3 Season Love 1130
4 A Chinese Odyssey: Love of Eternity 947
5 Day and Night 565
6 Lost Love In Times 462
7 Line Walker: The Prelude 415
8 The King’s Woman 379
9 Detective Dee 337
10 OCTB 311
Source: Xunyee
Here are the TV ratings for Week 39, September 25 – October 1 (including reruns, average numbers in %):
1 Nothing Gold Can Stay (Dragon TV) 2.845
2 Nothing Gold Can Stay (JSTV) 1.953
3 Season Love (ZJSTV) 0.827
4 Delicious Destiny (Hunan TV) 0.731
5 Ordinary Years (BTV) 0.721
6 Lost Love In Times (Dragon TV) 0.708
7 The King’s Woman (ZJSTV) 0.644
8 Xuan Yuan Sword: Han Cloud (Dragon TV) 0.581
9 Tian Jie La Mei (Shandong TV) 0.522
10 Lightning (Hunan TV) 0.504
Source: Calculated myself since the official numbers still haven’t been released (probably delayed due to Golden Week holiday).
Here are the online ratings for Week 39, September 25 – October 1 (views in million):
1 Nothing Gold Can Stay 2143
2 Season Love 1074
3 Delicious Destiny 917
4 Lost Love In Times 855
5 A Chinese Odyssey: Love of Eternity 499
6 Day and Night 472
7 The King’s Woman 393
8 Detective Dee 387
9 Line Walker: The Prelude 375
10 Dear Prince 335
Source: Xunyee