The Best TV Shows on CCTV-10

Every CCTV-10 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Showcasing over 20 shows from 2001 up until 2021, CCTV-10 stands as a beacon of television excellence. Among CCTV-10’s finest offerings are Lecture Room and Lecture Room, which debuted in 2001 and 2001, respectively. Peruse our comprehensive roster of CCTV-10’s top shows, encompassing over 20 distinct series as of June 2025.

  • Lecture Room
    Lecture Room (2001)10.0

  • 王立群读《史记》之秦始皇
    王立群读《史记》之秦始皇 (2008)10.0

  • 王阳明
    王阳明 (2021)10.0

  • 世纪战争
    世纪战争 (2005)9.0

  • Yi Zhongtian: Analysis of the Three Kingdoms
    Yi Zhongtian: Analysis of the Three Kingdoms (2006)9.0

    CCTV-10 Lecture Room series: Pin San Guo (品三国; Analysis of the Three Kingdoms). "Yi Zhongtian's Analysis of the Three Kingdoms" is a CCTV-10 historical broadcast program and one of the "Hundred Forums" series. The main speaker, Yi Zhongtian, restored the real Cao Cao, defended Zhou Yu's false accusations, spoke up about Zhuge Liang, and re-evaluated Sima Yi. When talking about the world, there are only three points of gossip. Discuss the merits and demerits carefully, and summarize the gains and losses of successes and failures. Professor Yi Zhongtian of Xiamen University will use stories to tell characters, characters to tell history, history to tell culture, and culture to tell human nature. Discuss the major events of the Three Kingdoms and carefully analyze the success and failure of the heroes. Professor Yi Zhongtian will explain it from a civilian perspective.

  • Chinese Idiom Congress
    Chinese Idiom Congress (2014)9.0

    The humanistic connotation carried by idioms is very rich and profound. A large number of idioms come from traditional classics, expressing the Chinese values of whether human relations are good or evil, and whether the realm is high or low. It can be called the "living fossil" of Chinese culture, it is worth promoting, and it is a precious cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. Compared with the "Chinese Characters Dictation Competition", the "Chinese Idiom Congress" has incorporated more unique and diverse innovative ideas on the basis of retaining similar competition forms, and invited many heavyweights such as Bi Shumin, Meng Man, and Li Bo to participate in the contest. Cultural celebrities serve as judges, hoping to show the beauty of the unique context of Chinese idioms in detail.

  • 神秘的西夏
    神秘的西夏 (2015)6.0

    The history and culture of the mysterious empire Western Xia based on the latest findings.

  • Lecture Room
    Lecture Room (2001)N/A

  • 第十放映室
    第十放映室 (2004)N/A

  • 斗转星移
    斗转星移 (2004)N/A

  • 百家讲坛:苏轼
    百家讲坛:苏轼 (2006)N/A

  • 王立群读史记之汉武帝
    王立群读史记之汉武帝 (2007)N/A

  • Broken Knife: Great Reversal of the Korean Battlefield
    Broken Knife: Great Reversal of the Korean Battlefield (2010)N/A

    To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, CCTV's 10th Science and Education Channel will soon broadcast "Broken Knife - Great Reversal of the Korean Battlefield", sounding the "rallying call" that leads the audience's attention. On the basis of abundant military history declassified archives and rich information exchanged with foreign parties, this film, through unique creativity, showcases a stirring and ironclad history of war.

  • 中国建设者
    中国建设者 (2015)N/A

  • Chinese Poetry Congress
    Chinese Poetry Congress (2016)N/A

  • 广府春秋
    广府春秋 (2016)N/A

  • Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains of China
    Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains of China (2017)N/A

    The sun and menstruation pass through the sky, and the rivers and rivers travel to the earth. The Chinese nation has always advocated the unity of nature and man, Taoism follows nature, respects nature, and conforms to nature. The program will use mountains, waters, forests, fields, lakes, and life as carriers to show the relationship between man and land, and to feel the country, nostalgia, and nostalgia. The program combines knowledge and fun, with shocking visual effects, witty competition forms, and interpretation and commentary from a unique perspective, to create a super geographical and humanistic feast that is uniquely charming and appeals to both refined and popular tastes. The program closely follows the theme of the times and aims to present a beautiful China, an ecological China, and a cultural China. With the excellent traditional Chinese culture as the carrier, it shows the relationship between man and land.

  • 太平洋战士
    太平洋战士 (2018)N/A

  • 跟着书本去旅行
    跟着书本去旅行 (2019)N/A

  • 家乡至味
    家乡至味 (2020)N/A