本季节目将带领观众走进充满人文情怀和戏剧艺术魅力的“向往的生活”。从蘑菇屋家人到追梦的戏剧青年，大家因“戏”结缘，用戏剧照亮平凡梦想、映照执着人生的真实生活，展现向往的生活新境界。

由东方卫视、合心传媒最新倾力打造的大型生活服务纪实节目《向往的生活》将于四季度起每周五晚播出。节目形式与《三时三餐》相同。

在龙山土生土长的包家文大学毕业后以未来“驸马爷”的身份进入贺川的龙头企业梁氏集团做业务总监，不料未婚妻梁佳宜的父亲因交通事故突然离世。在接任梁氏集团总裁后，梁佳宜与包家文的经营理念发生冲突，包家文回到龙山村，开始了披荆斩棘的创业路。

阿梅尔·贝尔哈吉和巴基斯坦小伙马什是一对年轻情侣，然而巴基斯坦向来有不与外族通婚的传统，这让他们的结合面临巨大挑战。在马什还没向父母挑明关系时，其父母就为他包办了婚姻。 努尔是马什父亲亲族的成员，同时也是阿梅尔的好朋友。阿梅尔知晓努尔在婚前就和别人发生关系的秘密，并帮她隐瞒。努尔本想成全阿梅尔和马什这对情侣，选择嫁给别人，可父母却逼迫她嫁给马什。绝望的阿梅尔无奈之下说出了努尔的秘密，努尔羞愧难当选择自杀。所幸努尔被抢救过来，但所有人都把这一切不幸归咎于阿梅尔。阿梅尔和父亲大吵一架，怒斥生活的残酷以及父权主义的霸道。不过，最终马什决定勇敢站出来，保护孤立无援的爱人，二人在街头相拥，拥抱他们向往的生活。

在这个颜值即正义，三观跟着五官走的社会，让其貌不扬的吴靓处处碰壁，在种种外来压力之下，她的外貌焦虑日渐深重，内心极度渴望有一个变美的机会，能让…

Kaewsai just graduated from Faculty of Communications and started working at a broadcast station owned by Mutthana, who is her father's lover. Her parents got divorced when she was a child and she was raised by her grandparents. Mutthana had only one son, Siwa, who is arrogant and hates Kaewsai's father because he thinks that he stole his mother's love. Siwa came back to Thailand after studying abroad for many years and meets Kaewsai in a party. He's impressed with her strong and smart personality, but starts to hate her after he found out who her dad is. Kaewsai has to prove herselft to everyone who thinks she only got work at the station because of her connections, while facing many mean and selfish people. Other executives at the station have a grudge against Siwa's mother so he also has to prove himself when he's cast as the main actor in a lakorn directed by Kaewsai. He starts to fall in love with her unexpectedly, and she also falls for him after they get close.

《向往的生活3》将落户于神秘秀美的湘西土家族苗族自治州古丈县默戎镇翁草村。刘宪华因工作安排暂时告别，张子枫与黄磊、何炅、彭昱畅共同组成新一季的常…

《向往的生活老友记》来芒果TV跟何炅、黄磊、刘宪华一起享受向往的慢生活。

《向往的生活》第七季将讲述蘑菇屋与森林的故事，蘑菇屋的家人们将去到森林深处，体验极致简单、朴素的原生态生活。本季蘑菇屋除了迎来更多的新朋友，还会和曾经留下过美好回忆、经典名场面的老朋友们重逢，一起开启新一季的故事。

是湖南卫视、芒果TV推出的生活服务纪实节目，2025年10月28日，该节目入选2025芒果秋季招商大会2026综艺片单。