The Best TV Shows on CTS

Every CTS Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Discover the best of CTS with our list of over 20 series, meticulously updated for July 2026. A broadcaster of distinction, CTS has aired more than 20 shows between 1962 and 2023. For top-tier entertainment, CTS delivered Golden Horse Awards and Lovers Under the Rain in 1962 and 1986.

  • The Sword and the Chess of Death
    The Sword and the Chess of Death (2007)10.0

    An unfinished game of Chess of Death from five hundred years ago was said to hold the clue to a buried treasure and Lin Shuang Sword was the key to the game. Anyone who could finish this game would obtain enough wealth to take over the world. Five hundred years later, Ren Qian Xin was ordered to find Lin Shuang Sword. Ren was madly in love with Liu Yi Yi. But the woman's heart was on his honorary brother, Yan Cang Feng. The despaired Ren challenged Yan to the Chess of Death.

  • Uncle
    Uncle (2023)10.0

    Uncle is a heartwarming, healing comedy about a carpenter searching for himself and repairing emotions. After all, a person’s life is akin to this drama, with many regrets that need mending. Emotions can be restored just like objects.

  • Control by Zhen Guan
    Control by Zhen Guan (2006)9.7

  • Golden Horse Awards
    Golden Horse Awards (1962)9.0

    The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times

  • Justice Pao
    Justice Pao (1993)8.4

    Justice Bao is a 236-episode television series from Taiwan, first airing on Chinese Television System from February 1993 to January 1994. The show stars Jin Chao-chun as the Chinese official Bao Zheng in the Song Dynasty. It was hugely popular in Greater China as well as many other countries in the Far East. The series was originally scheduled for just 15 episodes. However, the show garnered high ratings when the initial episodes aired. Due to its popularity, CTS expanded the show to 236 episodes. The TVB and ATV Home networks in Hong Kong both bought the series in an attempt to gain viewers. Competition between the two networks during the showing of the series was so severe that identical episodes were shown on both channels on the same night. It was also one of the first dramas that used NICAM technology.

  • Lovers Under the Rain
    Lovers Under the Rain (1986)8.0

  • Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre
    Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre (2003)7.8

    Based on the popular novel by Jin Yong Kam Yung. He also wrote Legend of the Condor Heroes and Return of the Condor Heroes. The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre takes place during 14th Century China during the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, roughly 100 years after the events of Return of the Condor Heroes. After decades of struggles, famine, and bitterness which the Chinese citizens blamed on the Yuan Dynasty's misgovernment, the Martial Arts sects have begun to rebel. Prince Ruyong asks Cheng Kun, a Shaolin monk with an ulterior motive, for a plan on how to deal with the rebels. "The wielder of Heavenly Sword and/or Dragon Sabre rules the world." This well known legend in the Martial Arts community is the impetus for the tale of Zhang Wuji. The story begins with how his parents met (episodes 1-3), then tells his trials as an adolescent (episodes 4-8), proceeds to relate his rise to prominence (episodes 9-23) and reveals the secret behind Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre (episode 23), and ends with the confluence of Wuji's love life, the Martial Arts sects' long standing grudges, and cruel fate.

  • Meteor Garden
    Meteor Garden (2001)7.1

    Shan Cai, whose parents are far from wealthy, attends Ying De University, the private school established exclusively for rich students. Besides being looked down by rich classmates, she has angered the leader of F4, Dao Ming Si.

  • Eternity: A Chinese Ghost Story
    Eternity: A Chinese Ghost Story (2003)7.0

    In the Tang Dynasty, a prophecy of the Seven Lifetimes of Cursed Lovers threatens the world. Years after the demon lord Liudao’s defeat, scholar Ning Caichen arrives in the haunted town of Nanguo, where he meets the mischievous fox spirit Nie Xiaoqian, the mysterious Ma Hongye, and the relentless swordsman Zhuge Liuyun. As their destinies entwine, a tragic yet enchanting love story unfolds between the human and spirit realms.

  • 家有仙妻
    家有仙妻 (1991)6.5

  • The Seven Heroes And Five Gallants
    The Seven Heroes And Five Gallants (1994)6.5

    The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants” is a classic wuxia historical drama based on a Chinese folk novel. Set in the Song dynasty, it follows Justice Bao and a band of heroic knights as they confront treacherous officials, unravel conspiracies, and uphold righteousness with loyalty, courage, and martial skill.

  • 乞丐皇帝传奇
    乞丐皇帝传奇 (1998)6.0

  • Legend of Dagger Li
    Legend of Dagger Li (1999)6.0

  • Princess Huai-yu
    Princess Huai-yu (2000)6.0

  • Mars
    Mars (2004)6.0

    Chen Ling, a rebellious racer, and Chi-luo, a quiet artist, cross paths and form a deep connection, helping each other heal from past wounds. As Chi-luo struggles with intimacy, Chen Ling patiently stands by her, and their love becomes a journey of growth, healing, and transformation.

  • The Duke of Mount Deer
    The Duke of Mount Deer (2000)5.6

    The Duke of Mount Deer 2000 is a television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Deer and the Cauldron. It was first broadcast in 2000 in Hong Kong and followed by subsequent broadcasts in other Asian countries.

  • New My Fair Princess
    New My Fair Princess (2011)3.8

  • Magic 18
    Magic 18 (2009)1.0

    Jia Jia and Jing Jing are from a magic family. They spend their lives looking for their missing younger sister, Liang Liang, who was taken in by a nice Zhu family. But, they soon realize that under the loving, caring facade, the family is on the verge of breaking apart. So the sisters decide to repay the family's kindness by using their magical powers to help the family get back together.

  • The Strange Cases of Lord Shih
    The Strange Cases of Lord Shih (1997)N/A

    During Qing dynasty, the honest and upright official Shih Shih Lun investigates and solves many mysterious cases.

  • Arbiter of Kaifeng Mystery
    Arbiter of Kaifeng Mystery (2012)N/A