Dark Night and Dawn - pictures and production details

[above:  my Gif from posters and snippets of shooting, some from CZY Instagram reposts,  recut and put together, to illustrate DNAD]

 Feb.2024,  Chinese New Year good wishes in the form of DNAD snippet  (GIF from post on Weibo) featuring child actress Niè Ziyī 聂子一 as Lù Fēiháng  路飞航, daughter of Lù Zhèngyáng (played by her father Niè Yuǎn 聂远)

 DARK NIGHT AND DAWN   

暗夜与黎明

Aired 2024, Sept.18 to Oct.4 (7 for non express subscribers) on CCTV8 + iQiyi.  (September 18 is an important date in Chinese History, since in marks the beginning of the "War of Aggression by the Japanese" through the Mukden incident in 1931).

[shooting dates  2023.07.10- 2023.08.23 in Shanghai, i.e.  43 days July-August ; CZY joined the cast on April 28, 2023, before the booting ceremony on May 21].   Cast lineup released in July 2023 on Weibo, starring :

• Chén Zhéyuǎn as Lín Shàobái 林少白,  
• Xíng Fēi 邢菲  as Jīn Yán 金妍,                     
• Niè Yuǎn 聂远 as Lù Zhèngyáng 陆正阳, 
• Annabel Yao / Yáo Sīwè i 姚思为 as Cén Xiǎomǎn 岑小满
• Sūn Yán  孙岩 as Xú Wèi 徐魏
• Wáng Zhìwén  王志文 as Zhèng Lántíng 郑兰亭

Story :  Lù Zhèngyáng, a member of the Communist underground, and Lín Shàobái, a policeman, first met after an explosion in 1943 in Shanghai. After 1949, Lù Zhèngyáng now on the city public security bureau recruits Lín Shàobái. They team up to crack cases involving enemy agents. 

Crew:   

• Directors: Lǐ Cái  李才 (dir. of  2024 The Last Immortal; 2021 Ancient Love Poetry ; 2018 Legend of Fuyao; 2017 Princess Agents) and Huang Nan 黄楠  ; 
• Screenwriter: Mr Wēng Liángpíng  翁良平 (who specializes in revolutionary era dramas); 
• Producer: "Jane" Zhào Jie 赵洁 ; 
• Cinematographer: Zhāng Wén Jié  张文杰; 
• Art Director:  Liú  Jīng Píng 刘京平; 
• Stylist: Chén Tóng Xūn 陈同勋; 
• Company: TH Entertainment, Bodi Media 

The series has its own Weibo page.  Release license was for 39 episodes, but 1 was cut.

 Snippets in Chinese on Weibo (3'20)  2023.08.23  (BTS pictures and wrap incl. 3'20)

Trailer  on Weibo  (1'04)  2023.09.21  and, together with a message by Chen Zheyuan announcing the upcoming drama,  a new Trailer on Youtube (1'20) 2023.12.15  --  (excerpts in GIF below).

Above : Trailer posted to YT on Sept.14, 2024, with English subtitles.

breaking 100 million reservations on Sept14

Popularity (iQIYI heat index, monitored by Dreams)

Highest peak: 8 480

• 09/25 -> 8 000
• 09/21 -> 7 500
• 09/19 -> 7 000
• 09/19 -> 6 500
• 09/19 -> 6 000

Among the 10 most viewed TV shows of the week ending as reported by Marcus Here! :

• 09/23 -> #8
• 09/30 -> #2
• 10/07 -> #1  (519 points)
• 10/14  -> #1 (497 points)
• 10/21 -> #3
• 10/28 -> #4
• 11/04->  #6

Opening Douban rating of October 23 : 7.0 from 28780 ratings. Click on picture to left to check current standing, as it may go up later.