Scripted series · CCTV-1
Wonderful Times
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Wonderful Times actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Wonderful Times reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
In the late 1970s, Zhuang Xianjin and Su Xiaoman marry, blending their families and facing decades of love, challenges, and hidden secrets. As eldest daughter Zhuang Haohao becomes the family's anchor, the children navigate personal struggles, missed connections, and changing times, shaping their destinies in an evolving world.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Liu JiachengDirector
Where to watch
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