I Can I BB

I Can I BB (also known as You Can You BB from the first to the seventh season) is an online debate variety show in China. It was produced by IQIYI and MEWE. The first season was released in 2014. In total, there are seven seasons until 2021. The show host is Ma Dong. Many famous people in different fields in China were invited to the show. These guests could be an economist (e.g. Zhaofeng Xue)，a businessman (e.g. Zhengyu Luo), or a talk show performer (e.g. Dan Li and Jin Xing), etc. I Can I BB reached 780 million viewers in its fourth season.  It is one of the most popular shows in China, especially on social media such as the Chinese TikTok. Meaning of “BB” “BB” is in Beijing and Northeastern dialect, originally coming with a slang “You can you up, No can no BB” (“你行你上，不行就别BB”）. This slang means that “if you are better than who you criticize, you go and do it; if not, then shut up”. “BB” means “to talk nonsense”. Topics and contestants Topics Topics and resolutions are collected from online platforms such as Weibo and in IQIYI PaoPao. The resolutions in the show are from day to day topics, including relationships, family, ideology, trends, careers, friendship, etc. Everyone can come up resolutions and hashtag a specific hashtag requested by IQIYI. Then IQIYI and MEWE sort the suggestions and open public poll to finalize the resolution list.