Keep Running (2014)
Original title: 奔跑吧
Keep Running is a 2014 Chinese-language comedy series created by Yitian Yao and Cen Jun Yi. It stars Jerry Lee, Ryan Zheng Kai and AngelaBaby.
A Chinese take on the Korean hit Running Man, first aired in 2014 as Hurry Up, Brother and renamed Keep Running in 2017. Each episode drops a fixed cast plus celebrity guests into a landmark city or venue to chase through elaborate missions, foot races, and tag-style eliminations. Broadcast on Zhejiang Television, the show leans on physical challenges, shifting alliances, and the running gag of tearing name tags off backs to knock rivals out of the game. Regulars including Deng Chao and Angelababy set the comic rhythm as the teams scramble for the win.
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What is Keep Running about?
A Chinese take on the Korean hit Running Man, first aired in 2014 as Hurry Up, Brother and renamed Keep Running in 2017. Each episode drops a fixed cast plus celebrity guests into a landmark city or venue to chase through elaborate missions, foot races, and tag-style eliminations. Broadcast on Zhejiang Television, the show leans on physical challenges, shifting alliances, and the running gag of tearing name tags off backs to knock rivals out of the game. Regulars including Deng Chao and Angelababy set the comic rhythm as the teams scramble for the win.
When was Keep Running released?
Keep Running was released on 10 October 2014.
How many episodes does Keep Running have?
Keep Running has 173 episodes across 14 seasons.
Who made Keep Running?
Keep Running was created by Yitian Yao and Cen Jun Yi.
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A few thoughts on Keep Running
This one lives on its cast chemistry and location stunts, so the closest companion is simply its South Korean parent, Running Man, which invented the missions-and-name-tags format it runs on.
Team missions, tag-eliminations, and the same format worldwide
Keep Running borrows its whole format, the missions, the tag-offs, the eliminations, straight from Running Man, so the family resemblance runs wide. The original Korean Running Man and its own Running Man Philippines spinoff run the identical premise in different cities, MXC turns the same physical-chaos formula into absurd dubbed comedy, and Fortnite Battle Royale keeps that last-one-standing thrill going in an entirely different medium.
Big personalities carrying the whole show on charisma
Deng Chao and Angelababy give Keep Running its comic rhythm the same way a strong ensemble anchors any variety show. Back to Field and Great Escape put Chinese celebrities through their own unscripted paces, Wild 'N Out and Key & Peele build entire shows around quick, charismatic banter, and Sherman's Showcase keeps that same big-cast energy front and center.