The hot new trend in entertainment is trashy, (very) short-form soap operas on TikTok. It’s a weird business that has proven lucrative for the Chinese-owned ReelShort. The app specializes in junky ...

Vertical dramas such as 'How to Tame a Silver Fox' and 'Breaking the Ice' have garnered millions of views for ReelShort's ...

Made by the vertical streaming service ReelShort, which produces shows made to be viewed on a cell phone, The Prince’s First Love puts a gay — and royal — twist on the typical rom-com premise where ...

Popularized in China during the pandemic, ReelShort and other apps are hoping to bring minute-by-minute melodramas to the United States. By Claire Moses Reporting from Los Angeles When Albee Zhang ...

The show opens with a dramatic scene. A young woman stands alone in a bar, drinking away her bad memories: her fiancé demanding his engagement ring back in the wake of her family’s bankruptcy and her ...