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The Best TV Shows on CCTV

Every CCTV Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Stay up-to-date with over 20 of CCTV’s elite series, with our list refreshed for April 2025. Leading the pack on CCTV are The Silk Road and CCTV Spring Festival Gala, with their initial broadcasts in 1980 and 1983. CCTV has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1980 and as recent as 2019.

  • A Son Of The Good Earth
    A Son Of The Good Earth (1995)10.0

  • AI Football GGO
    AI Football GGO (2010)10.0

    Artificial Intelligent Football GGO is made by Puzzle Animation studio Ltd. It's an animation series about football and future technology.

  • Dong bei yi jia ren
    Dong bei yi jia ren (2002)9.5

  • For the Sake of the Republic
    For the Sake of the Republic (2003)9.3

    Towards the Republic, also known as For the Sake of the Republic and Zou Xiang Gong He, is a Chinese historical television series first broadcast on CCTV in China from April to May 2003. The series is based on events that occurred in China between the late 19th century and early 20th century that led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and the founding of the Republic of China. Owing to its portrayal of historical issues deemed politically sensitive by the Chinese government, the series has been subject to censorship in mainland China.

  • Year After Year
    Year After Year (1999)9.0

  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms
    Romance of the Three Kingdoms (2009)9.0

    Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a 2009 animated television series joint produced by the Beijing Huihuang Animation Company of China and Future Planet of Japan. It was broadcast in Japan starting April 2010.

  • Journey to the West – Legends of the Monkey King
    Journey to the West – Legends of the Monkey King (1999)8.4

    Sun Wukong, who was born from a magic stone, has been imprisoned underneath a mountain for five centuries for his mischief in the heavens. One day, the Guanyin told Monkey that the Monk Tang Sanzang will set him free and Monkey will join him on a pilgrimage from China to India. The next day, Tripitaka came and set Monkey free, and the two started their Journey to the West. Along the way, they meet two new friends, Zhu Bajie and the Hermit Sha Wujing, who join them on the journey; together, they face many dangers and evil creatures and sorcerers and learn to get along.

  • Hongmao and Lantu: Martial Arts Series
    Hongmao and Lantu: Martial Arts Series (2006)8.3

    An animation series produced by Hongmeng Cartoon Communication Co., Ltd. There are two branches: martial arts series and preschool education series. And the martial arts series is China's first animation series on the theme of traditional Chinese martial arts.

  • The Return of the Condor Heroes
    The Return of the Condor Heroes (2006)6.2

    The Return of the Condor Heroes is a Chinese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It is the second installment of a trilogy produced by Zhang Jizhong, preceded by The Legend of the Condor Heroes and followed by The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. It was first broadcast on 17 March 2006 in China and subsequently broadcast in other Asian countries such as South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore.

  • A Soul Haunted by Painting
    A Soul Haunted by Painting (2003)6.0

    Pan Yuliang struggles as a courtesan to a concubine as she navigates her path to success in the art world as a painter.

  • CCTV Spring Festival Gala
    CCTV Spring Festival Gala (1983)5.8

  • The Silk Road
    The Silk Road (1980)N/A

  • Plain Clothes Police
    Plain Clothes Police (1987)N/A

  • Merry Go Round
    Merry Go Round (2003)N/A

    This drama follow the lives of two young sisters as they grow from children to adults. They each face many twists and turns before achieving true happiness.

  • Gindalai
    Gindalai (2008)N/A

  • 九死一生
    九死一生 (2013)N/A

  • Carrying Grandma Into Town
    Carrying Grandma Into Town (2015)N/A

  • Rose·Faith
    Rose·Faith (2017)N/A

  • 区小队
    区小队 (2018)N/A

  • 无名卫士
    无名卫士 (2019)N/A