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The Best TV Shows on Hunan Television

Every Hunan Television Show Ranked From Best To Worst

From 2011 through to 2023, Hunan Television has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows. Icons of Hunan Television, Palace and Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties made their debut in 2011 and 2012, setting industry standards. Dive into our updated selection of Hunan Television’s finest, featuring more than 20 series as of April 2025.

  • Green Porcelain
    Green Porcelain (2012)8.5

  • The Rise of Phoenixes
    The Rise of Phoenixes (2018)8.1

    When a secret from the past rears its head, respected warrior Feng Zhiwei is forced to choose between revenge and her loyalty to ruling prince Ning Yi.

  • Back to Field
    Back to Field (2017)8.0

    The show documents the simplistic lifestyle of living away from the bustling city centers. Each season takes place in a different rural part of China. The cast members are only provided with the basic life necessities and have to take care of everything else such as cooking their own meals and building their own furniture. To "buy" different cooking ingredients and other tools, they have to complete certain tasks assigned by the production crew, such as planting and harvesting crops. Different guests join the cast in each episode and help out with the daily chores. The goal of the program is to bring the audience along on a slower pace of life and to illustrate the joys of a simple lifestyle.

  • Fireworks of My Heart
    Fireworks of My Heart (2023)7.7

    Fire chief Song Yan and emergency doctor Xu Qin were separated by family opposition when they were younger. Now ten years later, they meet again due to their professions. After experiencing life and death together, they manage to find their way back, working together and encouraging each other. They acknowledge each other's individual growth after years apart, but will they be able to overcome the obstacles in their path this time to stay together?

  • Princess Agents
    Princess Agents (2017)7.5

    During the Warring Period, slave girl Chu Qiao survives a deadly hunting game and is drawn into the ruthless power struggles of the Yuwen family. Trained by Yuwen Yue and bonded with Prince Yan Xun, she faces betrayal and war. As Yan Xun becomes consumed by revenge, Chu Qiao forges her own path, rising as a military strategist and fighting to end slavery.

  • Sisters Who Make Waves
    Sisters Who Make Waves (2020)7.4

    A chinese variety show which features 30 female celebrities all over 30 years old who must compete to debut in a seven-member girlsband.

  • The Story of Ming Lan
    The Story of Ming Lan (2018)7.2

    The Story of Ming Lan, based on the novel written by Guan Xin Ze Luan, follows our heroine through her youth, into her adulthood, and well into her marriage life as well. She’s the 6th child of the Sheng household. Though she is an intelligent and beautiful child, she was not loved by her family (her dad, her sisters, her mom dies early.) She has to hide her intelligence and suffers through the years, hoping to avenge for her mom. During this process she will meet many friends and foes, one of which is our male lead, Gu’s second son, Gu Ting Ye. He has helped and mistreated her before, but also the one to witness her sharp wits and lonely soul. After they get married, they will work together as a power couple, managing the new King’s regime as well as harvesting a world of happiness on their own.

  • Hello Saturday
    Hello Saturday (2022)7.2

    "Hello, Saturday" is the rebranding of popular Chinese show "Happy Camp", hosted by He Jiong and with a fixed group of regular celebrity members. The program showcases the talent of various stars as well as social topics through creative and diverse content and games. It aims to spread positive energy whilst keeping up with the current trends and leading youth culture.

  • Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties
    Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties (2012)7.0

    Heroes emerged in large numbers during the tumultuous and short-lived Sui to early Tang dynasty period. Most famous among them are Qin Qiong, Luo Cheng, Cheng Yao Jin, Shan Xiong Xin and Wei Chi Gong, known as the "Five Tigers of Sui and Tang", who would help Li Shi Min defeat rebels and rivals and pacify the land. The drama will start with the establishment of the Sui dynasty and end with Li Shi Min's ascension to the throne.

  • The Chinese Restaurant
    The Chinese Restaurant (2017)7.0

    Chinese Restaurant is a Chinese celebrity reality show broadcast by Hunan Television.It's Vicky Zhao's first reality/variety show as a regular guest.

  • Twenty Your Life On
    Twenty Your Life On (2020)6.8

    Four university students—Jiang Xiaoguo, Duan Jiabao, Luo Yan, and Liang Shuang—navigate the challenges and complexities of life after high school as they transition into adulthood.

  • Swords of Legends
    Swords of Legends (2014)6.7

    Set during the Tang Dynasty, a young and quiet swordsman name Baili Tusu is infected by the aura of an ancient demonic sword known as the Sword of Burning Solitude. Living with the dark energy, he grew up without family. Until one day, he meets a friendly girl Feng Qingxue along with a group of heroes, and together they wander the land to seek out destiny and bring balance to the world.

  • Infinity and Beyond
    Infinity and Beyond (2022)6.7

  • Love of Aurora
    Love of Aurora (2017)6.5

    It tells the love story between acting student Han Xing Zi and the heir of a media group, Li Jun Tai. Xing Zi is a gifted young aspiring actress whose dream is to spread love and hope to the world through her acting. To make this dream come true, she goes to study abroad in America and performs on all kinds of big and small stages, always putting her whole heart into her roles. There she meets the young rebel Jun Tai, who came to America to escape from the strings of his strict family.

  • Song of Phoenix
    Song of Phoenix (2017)6.2

    There are some relationships that are doomed from the start. During the Warring States period, Qu Yuan is born into a prominent family and grows up to be a prodigy scholar. But Qu Yuan bucks convention when he falls in love with Mo Chou Nu, a slave. Society forbids such class-breaking relationships, so the lovers decide to elope so that they can be together. Despite their efforts to lead a quiet life, Qu Yuan and Chou Nu become entangled in the political struggles of the power elites within the palace. Can their relationship survive the many obstacles?

  • Swordsman
    Swordsman (2013)6.0

    Swordsman is a Chinese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. The series is written and produced by Yu Zheng, and directed by Hu Yijuan, starring Wallace Huo and Yuan Shanshan in the leading roles. Shooting started on 24 March 2012 in Xiandu, Jinyun County, Lishui, Zhejiang. It was aired in China on Hunan Television from 6 February to 4 March 2013.

  • Pretty Li Hui Zhen
    Pretty Li Hui Zhen (2017)5.5

    Li Huizhen used to be gorgeous, but years of declining family fortune added much pain to her life, and her looks slowly drifted away. Her friend Bai Haoyu, on the other hand, was once an ordinary looking guy and grew up to be suave, successful, and immensely likable. So when she comes across him years later and witnesses their reversal of fortune, Li Huizhen is too embarrassed to even meet him and instead asks her stylish friend and roommate Xia Qiao to assume her identity. But when Huizhen lands an internship at a company that she has been trying to break into, she is shocked to find out that Haoyu is her new boss.

  • Palace
    Palace (2011)5.4

    A series that follows different women and their stories during the Qing Dynasty

  • River Flows To You
    River Flows To You (2019)3.8

    The love story of childhood friends Yi Yao and Qi Ming.

  • New Mad Monk
    New Mad Monk (2014)N/A