The 40 most popular 2010s chinese TV shows, ranked. Click any show for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.


Who's the Murderer
2016
country: China
The cast is introduced to the settings and suspects of a murder case for the new episode. The cast then chooses their role in the episode, as a particular suspect or the detective.


Keep Running
2014
country: China
Hurry Up, Brother! is a Chinese variety show based off the original Korean variety show, Running Man. It is created by SBS and co-produced with Zhejiang Television. It first aired on October 10, 2014. This show is classified as a game-variety show, where the MCs and guests complete missions in a landmark to win a race. In 2017, the show officially changed its name to "Keep Running".


Fights Break Sphere
2017
country: China
In a land where no magic is present. A land where the strong make the rules and weak have to obey. A land filled with alluring treasures and beauty, yet also filled with unforeseen danger. Three years ago, Xiao Yan, who had shown talents none had seen in decades, suddenly lost everything. His powers, his reputation, and his promise to his mother. What sorcery has caused him to lose all of his powers? And why has his fiancee suddenly shown up?


Martin Morning
2015
country: China
No overview available


Happy Toon
2010
country: China
No overview available


Mr. X and I
2015
country: China
Diverse real stories of boys who love boys and want to make it work.


Trump Card
2016
country: China
No overview available


Back to Field
2017
country: China
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.


Heart Signal
2018
country: China
A dating reality show about eight strangers, 4 men and 4 women, living together in the Signal House.


Voice
2012
country: China
No overview available


Great Escape
2019
country: China
Cast members work together to escape a secret room.


Joy of Life
2019
country: China
Zhang Qing, a present-day college student in culture and history major wants to study in professor Ye's postgraduate class, so he decides to write a historical fiction to elaborate his perspective of analyzing ancient literature history with modern concept. In the fiction, Zhang himself acts as a young man Fan Xian with mysterious life who lives in a remote seaside town of Kingdom Qing in his childhood, under the help of a mysterious mentor and a blindfolded watchman. Fan goes to the capital when he grows up, where he experiences plenty of ordeal and temper. Fan persists in adhering the rule of justice and goodness and lives his own glorious life.


Go Fighting
2015
country: China
Go Fighting! is classified as a game-variety-reality show, and the MCs and guests complete missions at a landmark to win the objective. Usually each episode will also have an over-arching theme or story. Each episode varies in the challenges and the instructions given to the MCs, and rules are not strictly enforced, resulting in a largely unscripted show.


Tales of Demons and Gods
2017
country: China
In his past life, although too weak to protect his home when it counted, out of grave determination Nie Li became the strongest Demon Spiritist and stood at the pinnacle of the martial world. However, he lost his life during the battle with the Sage Emperor and six deity-ranked beasts. His soul was then brought back to when he was still 13 years old. Although he's the weakest in his class with the lowest talent, having only a red soul realm and a weak one at that, with the aid of the vast knowledge which he accumulated from his previous life, he decided to train faster than anyone could expect. He also decided to help those who died nobly in his previous life to train faster as well. He aims to protect the city from the coming future of being devastated by demon beasts and the previous fate of ending up destroyed. He aims to protect his lover, friends, family and fellow citizens who died in the beast assault or its aftermath.


Spirit Sword Sovereign
2019
country: China
No overview available


Great Escape Super Version
2019
country: China
Great Escape · Super Versionis an official spin-off of Mango TV's large-scale escape room reality show, Great Escape. It invites skilled players into fully enclosed, unknown escape rooms to solve puzzles, unlock new spaces, uncover the story, and ultimately escape.


The Guardians of Carcosa
2013
country: China
The Guardians of Carcosa have made it their mission to protect all humans. Watch the battle for humanity ensue, and join adventures to the realms Carcosa Wonderland and beyond.


Divas Hit the Road
2014
country: China
No overview available


Fox Spirit Matchmaker
2015
country: China
As Bai Yue-Chu searches for a bride to foil his family's plans, a fox youkai falls through the roof.


Detective Academy
2019
country: China
"Detective College", as a derivative of the fifth season of "Who's the Murderer", is a star reasoning variety show where selected detective assistants launched by Mango TV. The star guests determine the number of advances by rolling the dice on the checkerboard. When the game is triggered, the corresponding game needs to be completed. The first guest to reach the end becomes the current No.1. The program combines the form of team battles and individual battles to inspire the star guests ’IQ and Contest of logical ability. No. 1 selected in the show will appear on the scene of the fifth season of "Who's the Murderer". "Detective College" consists of Pu Yixing, Zhou Junwei, Tang Jiuzhou, Qi Sijun, Shi Kai, Guo Wentao, Shao Mingming, etc., and premiered on November 3, 2019.


The Chinese Restaurant
2017
country: China
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.


Soul Land
2018
country: China
Tang San spent his life in the Tang Outer Sect, dedicated to the creation and mastery of hidden weapons. Once he stole the secret lore of the Inner Sect to reach the pinnacle of his art, his only way out was death. But after throwing himself off the deadly Hell's Peak he was reborn in a different world, the world of Douluo Dalu, a world where every person has a spirit of their own, and those with powerful spirits can practice their spirit power to rise and become Spirit Masters. The spirit that awakens within Tang San is Blue Silver Grass, a useless spirit. Can he overcome the difficulties to reach the high ranks of Spirit Masters and bring the glory of the Tang Sect into this new world?


Detective Club
2017
country: China
No overview available


Sing! China
2012
country: China
Sing! China (Chinese: 中国好声音; pinyin: Zhōngguó Hǎo Shēngyīn; formerly Chinese: 中国新歌声; pinyin: Zhōngguó Xīn Gēshēng) is a Chinese singing competition television series broadcast on Zhejiang Television. It is produced by Star (CM) Holdings Ltd.[1] It premiered during the summer on 15 July 2016. It is a re-branded version of The Voice of China, a show based on the original The Voice of Holland. It has aired seven seasons and aims to find new singing talent (solo or duets, professional and amateur) contested by aspiring singers, aged 18 or older (16 or older in seasons one and two), drawn from public auditions. The winner is determined by live audience voting by SMS text. They receive a record deal with various labels for winning the competition.


Informal Talks
2015
country: China
No overview available


All Men Are Brothers
2011
country: China
Toward the end of Northern Song Dynasty, the government was deeply corrupted. The oppressed people finally rebelled. A hundred and eight men and women fought against the government and took their last stand in a place called Liangshan.


The Rap of China
2017
country: China
No overview available


Boonie Bears
2012
country: China
Starring two bears, Briar and Bramble, who continuously try to stop Logger Vick from cutting down trees in their forest. Vick constantly tries to carry out his job as a woodcutter, only to be hilariously outwitted by the bears.


Ever Night
2018
country: China
As the lone survivor of his kingdom, Ning Que joins a martial arts academy and must fight to protect his beloved, who's prophesied to bring about chaos.


Run for Time
2015
country: China
No overview available


Scissor Seven
2018
country: China
Seeking to recover his memory, a scissor-wielding, hairdressing, bungling quasi-assassin stumbles into a struggle for power among feuding factions.


SINGER
2013
country: China
SINGER, formerly known as I AM A SINGER, is a large-scale singing competition program co-produced by Hunan Broadcasting System (HBS) and Mango TV. The first four seasons were adapted from the Korean reality show I Am a Singer produced by MBC. Beginning with the 2017 season, the program was rebranded as SINGER. The series brings together established vocalists from the Chinese music industry as well as internationally renowned artists to compete on stage. In each episode, the results are determined by a panel of 500 in-studio audience judges who vote to decide the singers’ rankings and eliminations. Starting with the 2024 season, the show shifted from pre-recorded broadcasts to fully live performances and introduced an additional panel of 500 online international audience judges.


Drawing Jianghu: The Rangers
2014
country: China
Two martial artists are brutally killed by a team of assassins, leaving their wards, a young boy and girl, defenseless. A martial arts master dispatches of the assassins, sparing their lives, and decides to take them in. He raises them and teaches them martial arts.


Hitori No Shita - The Outcast
2016
country: China
Zhang Chulan leads a very common college student's life until he finds himself caught up in a terrible incident that happened in a small village. As he was walking through a graveyard, he is assaulted by zombies. Thinking that it was over for him, a mysterious girl carrying a sword suddenly saves him and disappears.


An Exciting Offer
2019
country: China
An Exciting Offer is the first career reality show in China. Five male students and three female students that graduated from well-known law schools will have internship for a month and complete the tasks under the guidance of four lawyers. After which they'll vie for two full-time positions. The celebrity group, including He Jiong, Guo Jingfei, Vin Zhou, Lan Yingying, Miss Papi, and a lawyer Yue Shenshan, will observe the interns' growth and learning in their work. The interns will learn professional and social skills of lawyers in the process.


When History Meows
2018
country: China
"When History Meows" is a historical cartoon based on the history of China, aiming to popularize knowledge of Chinese history to young audiences. 12 plump and cute cats reinterprets the historical events in humorous language.


Three Kingdoms
2010
country: China
A Chinese television series based on the events in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.


赛尔号
2012
country: China
No overview available


Ode to Joy
2016
country: China
Five independent, career-driven women living in the Ode to Joy apartment building navigate love, ambition, and personal growth as they chase fulfillment on their own terms. As they try to make it in the big city, each faces unique challenges and romantic entanglements while discovering who they truly want to be.


Viva La Romance
2018
country: China
Viva La Romance (妻子的浪漫旅行) Mango TV produced the Chinese observational reality show, which debuted on August 15, 2018. It depicts celebrity wives on vacation while their husbands observe, comment, and communicate from a studio, with the goal of understanding and emotional expression to heal and improve marriage dynamics.
The 2010s were television's abundance decade — streaming originals arrived at scale, prestige drama went mainstream, and 'too much TV' became a genuine complaint.
Chinese television is built around costume drama and wuxia serials running to substantial episode counts, with a production scale that has few equivalents anywhere.