I like "囧"'s reply,you can learn many different knowledge and chinese history from there.Also I have some other suggetions. 《人间四月天》（the April in man's world）told the story of Xu Zhimo's pursuing love, freedom, and beauty all his life (Xu Zhimo is the most famous chinese poet in the world)... http://www.youku.com/playlist_show/id_1554314.html 《京华烟云》（A moment in Peking ）this TV serise come from Lin Yutang's famous novel (He is the most world- famous chinese novelist , He has written over 35 books in English)... http://video.baidu.com/v?ct=301989888&rn=20&pn=0&db=0&s=8&word=%BE%A9%BB%AA%D1%CC%D4%C6 Also you can find TV series from the chinese 4 classical novels ----- 《西游记》（Journey to the west）http://www.youku.com/playlist_show/id_1519695.html 《水浒传》（The water margin ） http://video.baidu.com/v?ct=301989888&rn=20&pn=0&db=0&s=8&word=%CB%AE%E4%B0%B4%AB 《三国演义》（Three Kingdoms）http://www.youku.com/playlist_show/id_1195179.html 《红楼梦》（A dream of red mansions）http://www.youku.com/playlist_show/id_1192577.html

For Chinese Army life, 士兵突击 http://www.youku.com/playlist_show/id_172169.html For love and affection of the older generation, 金婚 http://www.youku.com/playlist_show/id_1552066.html For family and kids, 家有儿女，1 and 2 http://www.youku.com/playlist_show/id_1932535.html For life in Hongkong, maybe 溏心风暴 I haven't found link for this one. Most TV sitcoms are available on www.tudou.com and www.youku.com Hope you like those. Simply browse by filling the keyword and then start the search. It is free to watch them online.

explore discovery探索发现 lecture room百家讲坛 Around China走遍中国 the rise of big power大国崛起 yuanmingyuan圆明园 etc r recommended

To tell the truth, China's most of the TV is make people crazy, the vast majority of Chinese young people are not watching television.Because it is full of false information and a large number of boring political propaganda, as well as the gross-out ads, and this trend is becoming more and more serious.

i think death note it a good anime tv series it cimes on t.v usually late @ nite