Popular TV series focuses on family fault lines
China DailyPoster of Islands Islands, one of the most popular TV series at the start of the Year of the Dragon, concluded with a peak rating of 3.402 percent, surpassing the 1 percent threshold index, according to the industry information tracer CSM Media Research. Focusing on three female generations in a single family, the final episodes aired on CCTV-1 on March 7, earning a rating of 7.3 out of 10 on the popular review aggregator Douban. Xia Xiaohui, deputy head of the China Media Group's center for movies, TV shows and documentaries, said during a recent seminar in Beijing that topics related to the drama have racked up over 260 million views on Xiaohongshu, a social media online platform particularly popular with young women. Yang Xiaopei, the show's executive producer, said that Chinese people often have a traditional mindset which dictates that family troubles should not be aired out to outsiders.