Who knew that the day will come when I’ll applaud Chinese censors:
http://www.dramapanda.com/2019/09/nrta-considers-capping-episode-count-to.html

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    This seems both good and bad to me. There are definitely dramas out there that should never have been as long as they are (The Legends a prime example) but then there are other dramas that I think worked perfectly well with the longer episodes (Like Story of Yanxi Palace at 70 episodes). When a drama is done well I like that they are longer running, but I can definitely see their reasoning. There are a lot of cdramas that I start losing interest in at about halfway or towards the end because of being dragged out unnecessarily. If they do reduce the episode count it will definitely require smarter writing.

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      I loved Yanxi Palace but if they would cut the episodes it wouldn’t hurt the show that much in my opinion, thye wanted to tell the story that went through decades but didn’t change the actors or even aged them through make up or special effects and it was confusing at the end, no way Xu Kai would pass as 50yrs old man 😉

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