Chinese Variety Shows - Currently Watching & Plan to Watch

currently watching

Super fun episodes:
- ep6 (2026-02-07) with Wang Xingyue and Bai Lu
- ep7 (2026-02-14) with Zeng Shunxi, Zhang Hao, Guo Junchen

boring/drw: ep12 (2026-03-21)

currently watching

(For my own reference, recording started towards end of July.)

currently watching
I feel like this is a show I would only recommend if you're a superfan of someone in the cast.  Otherwise, it's not very well produced. A lot of the activities are not well thought out and not entertaining, and it's obvious the producers did not play test them beforehand.
(watching for Liu Yaowen)

currently watching

currently watching
This is a very fun show.  Cast is hilarious.  Lots of great and entertaining performances.

currently watching
(can't find a version with English subtitles, unfortunately, but easy enough to understand still)
Season 3 seems like it was better thought out/produced than this season....

currently watching
(watching for Zhang Chenxiao)
This show is extremely similar to The Chinese Restaurant, just in a different setting.  (Though Chinese Restaurant was way more entertaining.)

Ep6 was fun to watch.

currently watching

currently watching
Watched ep0 & 6 for Zhang Youhao, ep3 & 4 for Chen Zheyuan, ep7 for Lai Weiming.  This is such a slow show...

currently watching

currently watching
This is kinda boring, and super similar to other shows that I don't like.  To give you an idea of how horribly produced this show is: in the middle of ep7, they ran out of content so rather than end the episode they put in stuff recorded from 2 days ago with completely different guests.  LOL.

(watched ep4 for Wang Xingyue, ep6-8 for Mu Zhichen)

currently watching

Only watching episodes with Jun (ep3-5).

plan to watch; airing April 24

currently watching, ongoing series

currently watching, ongoing series

A lot of fun games.

currently watching / on hold - There were subtitles for ep1 and ep2, but then they stopped adding subtitles.....

currently watching / on hold

might watch

plan to watch - Qin Xiaoxian!

plan to watch

(For future reference, filming started April 1, 2026.)

plan to watch when it airs

(For future reference, filming started Feb 23, 2026.)

plan to watch (reluctantly)
makes me sad that Ding Chengxin joined the show because now I have to watch this snoozefest

(For future reference, filming started March 24, 2026.)

might watch, depending on cast

(For future reference, filming started March 18, 2026.)

plan to watch if/when it airs