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- Oct 21, 202650% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Small Town Remedy (小城良方) Premieres
- 小城良方 ("Small Town Remedy") released its first trailer at iQIYI's iJOY conference on 23 September 2026, with Xiao Zhan (肖战) billed alone as the lead. It is reported as tentatively set for 21 October 2026 on CCTV-8 and iQIYI, but neither has announced a date[1][4]
- Filming began in Jinzhou, Liaoning on 18 October 2025 and wrapped there on 20 February 2026 after a 123-day shoot[1][6][7]
- Xiao Zhan plays Liu Zhengliang, a gifted neurosurgeon at a top Beijing hospital. Ni Dahong (倪大红) plays the old clinic head Long Dongdong and Jiang Yan (姜妍) the nurse Ai Chen, who runs a funeral shop at night; Shi Pengyuan, Jian Renzi and Zhang Guoqiang co-star, with Wang Yanlin (王彦霖) as a special guest star[2][4][5]
- After a medical accident leaves him with a trembling hand, Liu is sent back to the grassroots clinic of Qinghe, a small north-eastern town, where he and a band of "unreliable" colleagues make do with improvised fixes, from roasted sweet potatoes keeping vaccines warm to a hearse used to move patients[1][4]
- It adapts Liu Sanshu's (刘三叔) novel 飞刀, is written by Nie Chengshuai (聂成帅) and directed by Zhang Xiaobo (张晓波), and is produced by Linmon Media (柠萌影视) with iQIYI as co-producer. Reports give 28 episodes of 45 minutes, while Wikipedia lists 30[2][5][7]
- No air date has been announced. Zhang Xiaobo's earlier Linmon drama 三十而已 wrapped on 2 December 2019 and premiered on 17 July 2020, about 7.5 months later[3]; 小城良方 is already seven months past its February 2026 wrap
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- [1]50%k.sina.cn/article_7879923021_1d5ae154d06801lkbe.htmlk.sina.cn· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Oct 21, 2026 ✓· 18% of score
Estimated: filming ran from 18 October 2025 to 20 February 2026, and the first trailer came out at iQIYI's iJOY event on 23 September 2026. Entertainment reports say the drama is tentatively set for 21 October 2026 on CCTV-8 and iQIYI, with 26 October also mentioned; neither date has been confirmed by iQIYI or CCTV. Director Zhang Xiaobo's earlier Linmon drama 三十而已 premiered about 7.5 months after it wrapped (2 December 2019 to 17 July 2020), and this drama is already seven months past its wrap, so the rumoured 21 October slot is used. Re-date when iQIYI or CCTV-8 announces the date.
- [2]70%Small Town Remedy - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 18% of score
English page giving the English title Small Town Remedy, the cast, the Ningmeng (Linmon) and iQIYI production and a 30-episode count.[1]
- [3]80%三十而已 - 维基百科zh.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 18% of score
Zhang Xiaobo's earlier Linmon drama: filming began in Shanghai on 22 July 2019, wrapped on 2 December 2019, and it premiered on 17 July 2020. This roughly 7.5-month gap is the comparable for the estimate.[1]
- [4]70%《小城良方》即将上映！肖战不演霸总不演神医，演一个月薪三千的合同工 - 搜狐sohu.com· Published Sep 24, 2026· 17% of score
A Sohu column after the 23 September trailer that describes the characters and story and stresses that the CCTV-8 and iQIYI plan and the October dates are unconfirmed; the trailer stills used here are from it.
- [5]75%肖战主演医疗剧《小城良方》全阵容官宣 - 新浪新闻k.sina.com.cn· Published Sep 21, 2026· 17% of score
Lists the full cast and roles, the Linmon and iQIYI production, 28 episodes of 45 minutes, and an expected October 2026 airing on CCTV-8 and iQIYI.[1]
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