The Best TV Shows on CCTV-9

Every CCTV-9 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from August 2025 that includes over 20 unique series. Highlighting CCTV-9’s quality programming, 三星堆·大开眼界 and 曾国藩 stand out, premiering in N/A and 2002. With its programming history stretching from N/A to 2022, CCTV-9 offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows.

  • 遇见最极致的中国
    遇见最极致的中国 (2022)10.0

  • HeXi Corridor
    HeXi Corridor (2015)9.5

  • Two Hundred Years of Surgery
    Two Hundred Years of Surgery (2019)9.0

    A documentary on the history of surgery.

  • 寻味顺德
    寻味顺德 (2016)8.5

  • A Bite of China
    A Bite of China (2012)8.4

    This series explores the history, traditions and culture of Chinese food. Filmed at over 160 locations across China, this series truly is a feast for the senses. The seven-episode documentary series introduces the history and story behind foods of various kinds in more than 160 locations in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The documentary has also been actively encouraged as a means of introducing Chinese food culture to those unfamiliar with local cuisine.

  • Life Force
    Life Force (2010)8.3

    Extraordinary show that reveals how forces of nature through sheer power of evolution shaped life in all it's unexpected and glorious forms, and filled our planet with amazing diversity of animals and plants.

  • The Forbidden City 100
    The Forbidden City 100 (2012)8.0

    100 timeless images of the Forbidden City

  • 历史的拐点
    历史的拐点 (2016)8.0

  • Every Treasure Tells a Story
    Every Treasure Tells a Story (2018)8.0

    "Every Treasure Tells a Story" has a total of 100 episodes, divided into four seasons. To shoot this documentary, the film crew traveled all over the country, filming nearly a hundred museums and archaeological institutes and more than 50 archaeological sites.

  • From Qin Shihuang to Han Wudi
    From Qin Shihuang to Han Wudi (2016)7.5

  • China's Mega Projects
    China's Mega Projects (2012)7.0

  • 大足石刻:石头上的世界
    大足石刻:石头上的世界 (2021)7.0

  • 三星堆·大开眼界
    三星堆·大开眼界 (N/A)N/A

  • 曾国藩
    曾国藩 (2002)N/A

  • 中国队长
    中国队长 (N/A)N/A

  • 楚国八百年
    楚国八百年 (2014)N/A

  • 长城:中国的故事
    长城:中国的故事 (2015)N/A

    长城.中国的故事 documented the history of the great wall of China

  • 台湾·1945
    台湾·1945 (2015)N/A

  • 过台湾
    过台湾 (2017)N/A

  • 了不起的冬天
    了不起的冬天 (2022)N/A

    Why are the Olympic Games divided into winter and summer? The fastest runner and the fastest skater, who is faster? As the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is about to open, the 10-episode documentary "The Great Winter" produced by the Central Radio and Television Film and Television Documentary Center will be broadcast on CCTV-9 from February 1st. An interesting and scientific documentary about the popular science of the Winter Olympics, focusing on the relevant knowledge of the various events of the Winter Olympic Games and the highlights of the construction of the Beijing Winter Olympics venue, using the interesting method of "animation + popular science expert explanation", multi-angle and in-depth Showcasing the unique charm of the Winter Olympics.