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The Best TV Shows on Youku

Every Youku Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Highlighting Youku’s quality programming, Liu Lao Gen and Love Stories in the Countryside stand out, premiering in 2002 and 2006. Boasting a rich catalog, Youku features more than 20 shows, with broadcasting dates ranging from 2002 to 2025. Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from April 2025 that includes over 20 unique series.

  • Morning Call
    Morning Call (2012)9.5

  • Cute Little Chicken Squad
    Cute Little Chicken Squad (2017)9.5

    Educational series about four baby chicks growing up in the nature under their mom’s tender love. On each adventure, Mother Flora encourages kids to help each other, to raise awareness of the environment, their curiosity, and imagination. The little chicks explore how to live with other animals and how to provide them with some help.

  • Big White Duel
    Big White Duel (2019)9.0

    Healthcare reform in Hong Kong is a controversial topic. The government plans to privatize public hospitals and raise funds to maintain operations. Marshall Paxton, a leading public hospital, has become a pilot for reform. This drama focuses on the everyday workings of medical professionals and the politics behind the healthcare industry in Hong Kong.

  • Apotheosis
    Apotheosis (2022)8.6

    Luo Zheng is at the bottom of the Luo Clan hierarchy, despite his family being the founders of a power refining technique that could instantly defeat any opponent. One night, enraged by unfair treatment from a family steward, Luo Zheng burns the family records. In doing so, the hidden magic in the book engulfs him and Luo Zheng becomes a new skilled fighter. Fleeing his home and despicable clan, Luo Zheng must learn to harness his powers to rescue his younger sister while his own cousins are on his pursuit.(novelupdate)

  • The First Frost
    The First Frost (2025)8.5

    Wen Yifan, by chance, ends up living with her high school classmate Sang Yan, whom she once rejected. They keep their distance until Wen Yifan learns from Sang Yan that she sleepwalks, intertwining their lives once more.

  • Legend of Xianwu
    Legend of Xianwu (2023)8.4

    As a loyal disciple, Ye Chen dedicated himself to guard the spiritual medicine field for his sect. But, during a fight with enemies, the spiritual field was destroyed. His loyalty and dedication to the sect could not save him. The loyalty he thought he had obtained from his peers and lover, could not save him from betrayal. Thus, he was shamelessly banished from the sect. With the help of a flame falling from heaven, Ye Chen began to develop himself into a stronger cultivator. Battled against his opponents, unfolded his legendary life and rewrote his own story…

  • The Advisors Alliance
    The Advisors Alliance (2017)8.3

    The story of Sima Yi, a great politician and strategist who lived during the Three Kingdoms era. By his side, Sima Yi has his politically-astute distaff members of his household, and pitted against them are the formidable Cao Cao and his heirs. After defending the Kingdom of Wei from Kongming formidable talents, who will end up with the ultimate power?

  • GG Bond
    GG Bond (2006)8.2

  • 赛尔号
    赛尔号 (2012)8.0

  • Happy Toon
    Happy Toon (2010)7.8

  • Le Coup de Foudre
    Le Coup de Foudre (2019)7.8

    Story about a pair of lovers from high school that span across their union, separation, misunderstanding and eventual reunion.

  • We Get Married
    We Get Married (2013)7.5

    32-year-old Yang Tao is a beautiful single lady who works as a hotel manager. Yang Tao's mother is anxious for her to settle down to start a family and constantly sets her up on outrageous blind dates much to her despair. Guo Ran is a 35-year-old bachelor who settles divorce cases at the national registry of marriage. Due to the ugly scenarios that he consistently witnesses at work, he adopts a cynical view of marriage. One day, Guo Ran's buddy, Xi Feng, decides to set him up on a blind date with his cousin-in-law who happens to be Yang Tao. The pair start off on bad terms but grow closer as they learn to come to terms with their past failed romances.

  • 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.

  • iPartment
    iPartment (2009)6.5

  • The Magical Chef of Ice and Fire
    The Magical Chef of Ice and Fire (2021)6.3

    Nian Bing is the son of a fire mage and an ice mage. After both of his parents were killed by the Ice Lord, Nian Bing received both of his parents' magic gems. When Nian Bing was trying to escape from the Ice Lord's followers, he managed to cast both fire and ice magic at the same time. An impossible feat for a mage. He fell from the cliff, unconscious, and was saved by an oldman. After he woke up, the oldman gave him a food so delicious he never tasted before. It turned out that the oldman was a genius chef, once called a spirit chef. And he wants Nian Bing to be his disciple no matter what! Is Nian Bing able to seek vengeance while aiming to become the greatest chef?

  • Love Stories in the Countryside
    Love Stories in the Countryside (2006)5.4

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

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

  • Liu Lao Gen
    Liu Lao Gen (2002)N/A

  • Game of True Love
    Game of True Love (2025)N/A

    Xu Nuo, the heiress to the Yuanfei Group, returns from studying abroad to find her family in disarray. Her mother has lost everything, and her foster brother, Shen Jiahe, is poised to take control of the family business. To make matters worse, her father's fiancée is Bai Xia, her old rival. Determined to reclaim her place and expose Shen Jiahe's true intentions, Xu Nuo devises a bold plan, setting off a high-stakes game of love and betrayal.

  • Fight for Beauty
    Fight for Beauty (2025)N/A

    Qiao Yang, an associate chief physician, and Zhou Jingwen, a successful plastic surgeon, were once classmates but became estranged due to a past misunderstanding. Ten years later, they reunite at Gemu Plastic Surgery Hospital, where their professional rivalry turns into a partnership. Despite frequent clashes, their shared dedication to medicine leads them to work together to tackle complex surgical challenges and save lives.