{ "id": "epf6hpspdd", "slug": "hold-a-court-now", "title": "Hold a Court Now (我们与法庭的距离)", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia", "label": "East Asian drama series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.chinese_modern_drama", "label": "Chinese modern and contemporary drama", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.chinese_modern_drama" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.chinese_modern_drama.yr-2024-2026", "label": "Premiered 2024 to 2026", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.chinese_modern_drama.yr-2024-2026" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.chinese_modern_drama", "label": "China · 2021 and later: Chinese modern and contemporary drama", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.chinese_modern_drama", "path": [ { "id": "geo.chn", "label": "China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021", "label": "China · 2021 and later", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.chinese_modern_drama", "label": "Chinese modern and contemporary drama", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.chinese_modern_drama" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Hold a Court Now (家事法庭, formerly 我们与法庭的距离) is a 2026 Chinese legal drama, 26 episodes on CCTV-1, Tencent Video, and iQiyi, starring Gong Jun and Ren Min as a family-court judge and lawyer; CVB rating 3.052%, Golden Eagle nomination.", "snippet": "Hold a Court Now (家事法庭, formerly 我们与法庭的距离) is a 2026 Chinese legal drama, 26 episodes on CCTV-1, Tencent Video, and iQiyi, starring Gong Jun and Ren Min as a family-court judge and lawyer; CVB rating 3.052%, Golden Eagle nomination.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.chinese_modern_drama.yr-2024-2026", "markdown": "# Hold a Court Now (我们与法庭的距离)\n\n**Hold a Court Now** (家事法庭; also known by its former title 我们与法庭的距离, Wo Men Yu Fa Ting De Ju Li) is a 2026 Chinese legal drama about a grassroots family court, starring [Gong Jun](https://www.edgepedia.org/gong-jun) as a young judge and [Ren Min](https://www.edgepedia.org/ren-min) as a lawyer who together handle marriage, custody, and elder-care disputes. It ran for 26 episodes from March 25 to April 14, 2026, premiering in the CCTV-1 prime-time slot with simultaneous streaming on [Tencent Video](https://www.edgepedia.org/tencent-video) and iQiyi.[1](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/513381.html)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Chinese title | 家事法庭 (Jia Shi Fa Ting, \"Family Court\"); formerly 我们与法庭的距离[2](https://m.sohu.com/a/1004979434_114941) |\n| Broadcast | 26 episodes, March 25 to April 14, 2026, CCTV-1 prime time; Tencent Video and iQiyi simulcast[1](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/513381.html) |\n| Lead cast | Gong Jun as judge Shen Xiezhi; Ren Min as lawyer Qin Rui; Huang Lu as deputy chief judge Shu Jing[3](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/495641.html) |\n| Creative team | Directed by Xie Dongshen; written by Zhang Qimin; Guan Hu as artistic supervisor[3](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/495641.html) |\n| Ratings | First-run average rating 3.052%, share 12.64%, 570 million total viewing person-times; first among legal dramas since CVB statistics began in 2019[4](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/509671.html) |\n| Recognition | Nominated for Outstanding TV Drama at the 33rd Golden Eagle Award; first court-themed drama honored at that award[1](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/513381.html) |\n| Source material | Adapted from real family court cases, with an episodic structure covering marriage disputes, child custody, elder support, inheritance, and domestic violence[3](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/495641.html) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Story and structure\n\nThe plot follows Shen Xiezhi (沈谢秩), a young judge transferred from the criminal division to the family division, who meets the lawyer Qin Rui (秦睿) and works with fellow judges including the deputy chief judge Shu Jing (舒静) to resolve parent-child conflicts, marital difficulties, and related social and family problems at the grassroots level.[7](https://www.iqiyi.com/a_dvu3vwu865.html) The series uses an episodic structure, with each case drawn from real family disputes and organized around topics such as marriage disputes, child custody, elder support, inheritance, and domestic violence.[3](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/495641.html)\n\nThe sources differ on how many real cases underlie the script: the Supreme People's Court's newspaper describes the material as drawn from more than a hundred real cases,[4](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/509671.html) while a Sina Entertainment report on the premiere date says the drama took more than 400 real family disputes as its creative basis.[8](https://ent.sina.cn/2026-03-19/detail-inhrpfxw4706554.d.html?oid=%E8%B0%B7%E6%AD%8C%E6%8E%A8%E5%B9%BF%E5%BC%95%E6%B5%81%E3%80%90%E7%94%B5%E6%8A%A5e10838%E3%80%91google%E5%BC%95%E6%B5%81%E4%BC%98%E5%8C%96.zfl.1207&vt=4)\n\n**Recurring case types.** Reviews highlight cases that mirror contemporary Chinese social issues. A widely discussed storyline concerns influencer parents who monetize their daughter's short videos and fight over custody after separating, with the grandmother asking the court to let her raise the child and pleading that she no longer be used to make money; Beijing High People's Court commentary used the case to explain the [Civil Code](https://www.edgepedia.org/civil-code)'s best-interests-of-the-child standard for custody.[9](https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_32885568) Other noted cases include a multi-sibling dispute over unequal sharing of elder-care obligations, a middle-aged family pushed into poverty by illness, and an elderly guardianship dispute.[10](https://app.xinhuanet.com/news/article.html?articleId=20260416145ae1c1d664495a8494251de8ffd32d)\n\n## Title change and production\n\nThe series was announced and filmed under the title 我们与法庭的距离 (\"Our Distance from the Court\"). In the March 2026 filing round of China's television drama administration, it was officially renamed 家事法庭, and its episode count was cut from 30 to 26 as part of a batch of title and length adjustments.[2](https://m.sohu.com/a/1004979434_114941) A broadcast license record from the National Radio and Television Administration confirms the rename and the change to 26 episodes, with the license issued on November 25, 2025.[5](https://www.nrta.gov.cn/module/download/downfile.jsp?classid=0&filename=50486c7c8a6147a1a6f362c11fcd690d.pdf&showname=2026%E5%B9%B41-3%E6%9C%88%E5%85%A8%E5%9B%BD%E3%80%8A%E5%9B%BD%E4%BA%A7%E7%94%B5%E8%A7%86%E5%89%A7%E5%8F%91%E8%A1%8C%E8%AE%B8%E5%8F%AF%E8%AF%81%E3%80%8B%E7%9B%AE%E5%BD%95.pdf)\n\n**Institutional backing.** The drama was produced with unusually direct judicial involvement. It was guided by the Supreme People's Court's news bureau, jointly produced by China Media Group, the Supreme People's Court Film and Television Center, Shanghai Tencent Penguin Film, and Seven Impressions (Xiamen), and co-produced by the People's Court News Media. Director Xie Dongshen led the team on repeated research visits to intermediate and basic-level courts in Beijing, Tianjin, and Jiangsu to gather material and learn courtroom procedure. Filming began in December 2023 in Wuxi, Jiangsu, and lasted four months, with support from the Jiangsu provincial radio and television bureau and the Jiangsu High People's Court.[3](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/495641.html) The project was the first judicial-themed production launched after the Supreme People's Court Film and Television Center opened its creation and filming base in Wuxi in December 2023.[6](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/419752.html)\n\n## Reception\n\nThe drama became what the People's Court Daily called the first hit legal-themed work of 2026. According to China Audio-Visual Big Data (CVB), the state system for television audience measurement in use since 2019, its first-run average rating was 3.052% with an average share of 12.64% and 570 million total viewing person-times, the highest for a legal-themed drama since that system began.[4](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/509671.html) During its run, each episode averaged above 3% and its share exceeded 12%, ranking first among dramas premiering in the same period; the Weibo main topic exceeded 230 million reads and the Douyin topic surpassed 1.4 billion plays.[11](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/497131.html) On Douban it opened at 7.2 and rose to 7.4.[1](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/513381.html)\n\n**Awards.** In August 2026 the drama was nominated for Outstanding TV Drama at the 33rd Golden Eagle Award, chosen from 203 dramas that passed initial review; the court's newspaper described this as the first time a court-themed drama had received a Golden Eagle honor.[1](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/513381.html) Earlier, at the sixth New Era International Television Festival's Banjiluo Awards in Macau in June 2026, screenwriter Zhang Qimin was named Best Screenwriter and lead actress Ren Min received the Most Influential Actress honor.[4](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/509671.html)\n\n## Themes and critical discussion\n\nCommentary in Chinese state and legal media centered on the drama's treatment of the tension between legal principle and human feeling in family cases. The National Radio and Television Administration's deputy director of the television drama department, Zhu Zhengwen, framed it as an example of everyday rather than spectacle-driven legal storytelling, one that breaks the stereotype of the distant judge while holding to legal bottom lines amid changing balances of law, reason, and sentiment.[11](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/497131.html) A Xinhua-syndicated review argued that the show's hardest cases are not black-and-white disputes but knots of kinship, debt, and unspoken expectation, and that its finale's reconciliation of the two leads avoided the usual self-sacrifice tropes of Chinese romance plots.[10](https://app.xinhuanet.com/news/article.html?articleId=20260416145ae1c1d664495a8494251de8ffd32d)\n\nThe series' tagline, \"our distance from the court is sometimes only the distance of the human heart,\" was used in official promotion to summarize its aim of showing judicial warmth in ordinary family matters.[12](https://www.fujian.gov.cn/zwgk/ztzl/sxzygwzxsgzx/sdjj/wvjj/202603/t20260325_7115392.htm) After the broadcast, the Supreme People's Court held a symposium for family-court judges in April 2026, where judges from several provinces discussed the show's realism; one judge from [Chongqing](https://www.edgepedia.org/chongqing) said watching it felt like working overtime because the cases resembled his own docket.[11](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/497131.html) The drama was later rebroadcast on CCTV-8 and Dragon TV.[1](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/513381.html)\n\n## References\n\n1. [第33届中国电视金鹰奖提名表彰颁授典礼举行 《家事法庭》获优秀电视剧作品提名, 人民法院报 via Supreme People's Court](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/513381.html)\n2. [一批剧集调整集数与更名，龚俊张凌赫张一山刘佩琦作品在列, 搜狐娱乐](https://m.sohu.com/a/1004979434_114941)\n3. [电视连续剧《家事法庭》将于3月25日开播, 人民法院报 via Supreme People's Court](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/495641.html)\n4. [《家事法庭》获中国电视金鹰奖电视剧作品提名, 人民法院报 via Supreme People's Court](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/509671.html)\n5. [2026年1-3月全国《国产电视剧发行许可证》目录, 国家广播电视总局](https://www.nrta.gov.cn/module/download/downfile.jsp?classid=0&filename=50486c7c8a6147a1a6f362c11fcd690d.pdf&showname=2026%E5%B9%B41-3%E6%9C%88%E5%85%A8%E5%9B%BD%E3%80%8A%E5%9B%BD%E4%BA%A7%E7%94%B5%E8%A7%86%E5%89%A7%E5%8F%91%E8%A1%8C%E8%AE%B8%E5%8F%AF%E8%AF%81%E3%80%8B%E7%9B%AE%E5%BD%95.pdf)\n6. [\"最高人民法院影视中心创作拍制基地\"无锡揭牌 电视剧《我们与法庭的距离》同时开机, Supreme People's Court](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/419752.html)\n7. [家事法庭-电视剧-全集高清正版视频在线观看, 爱奇艺](https://www.iqiyi.com/a_dvu3vwu865.html)\n8. [《家事法庭》定档3月25日，聚焦家事纠纷，彰显法治温情, 新浪娱乐](https://ent.sina.cn/2026-03-19/detail-inhrpfxw4706554.d.html?oid=%E8%B0%B7%E6%AD%8C%E6%8E%A8%E5%B9%BF%E5%BC%95%E6%B5%81%E3%80%90%E7%94%B5%E6%8A%A5e10838%E3%80%91google%E5%BC%95%E6%B5%81%E4%BC%98%E5%8C%96.zfl.1207&vt=4)\n9. [《家事法庭》：流量绑架亲情，婚内藏裂痕，法理如何解家事困局？｜法眼看剧, 京法网事 via The Paper](https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_32885568)\n10. [法理人情之间慢慢炖出生活的鲜 电视剧《家事法庭》于寻常家事里书写法治温度, 新民晚报 via Xinhua](https://app.xinhuanet.com/news/article.html?articleId=20260416145ae1c1d664495a8494251de8ffd32d)\n11. [电视剧《家事法庭》为何越看越上头？, 人民法院报 via Supreme People's Court](https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/497131.html)\n12. [福建电视剧《家事法庭》今日开播, 福建省人民政府门户网站](https://www.fujian.gov.cn/zwgk/ztzl/sxzygwzxsgzx/sdjj/wvjj/202603/t20260325_7115392.htm)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › International serial drama and telenovelas › East Asian drama series › Chinese modern and contemporary drama › Premiered 2024 to 2026*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/hold-a-court-now", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/hold-a-court-now.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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