TV series

Beyond

2022 · 1 season

A warm, earnest underdog sports drama that takes its time building characters and community, with gentle emotional payoffs.

Overview: After Beijing won the bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics, former speed skater Zheng Kaixin builds the Qingdao speed skating team, searching for new talent. Passionate roller skater Chen Mian joins, determined to prove himself. As he rises through the ranks, past conflicts and Olympic dreams collide, shaping the future of China’s ice sports.
How it feels: Earnest, warm, uplifting and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Ambition, coming-of-age, family, sport
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
coming-of-age
family
sport
redemption
Places: small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Genres: drama
Created by: Zhang Xiaobo
Starring: Li Gengxi, Hu Jun, Sha Yi, Sa Rina, Tu Songyan, Ma Li, Mei Ting, Tong Yao
Music: Chen Xueran
Length: 1 seasons, 29 episodes, 45 min each
Network: CCTV-1, iQiyi, Tencent Video, Youku
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin