American TV shows with an Asian Lead
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American TV shows with an Asian Lead means a scripted American television series that features an actor of Asian descent/heritage as the series' leading actor portraying the series' protagonist. The first example dates back to 1951 with Anna May Wong a classic Hollywood era movie star with her TV show The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong.[1]
Contents
Examples
1950's
- The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong (Protagonist portrayed by Anna May Wong)
1970's
- The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (Protagonist portrayed by Keye Luke)
- Mr. T and Tina (Protagonist portrayed by Pat Morita)[2][3]
1980's
- Ohara (Protagonist portrayed by Pat Morita)
1990's
- All American Girl (Protagonist portrayed by Margaret Cho)[4][5][6]
- Vanishing Son (Protagonist portrayed by Russell Wong)
- Jackie Chan Adventures (Protagonist portrayed by James Sie)
- Martial Law (Protagonist portrayed by Sammo Hung)[7]
- The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo (protagonist portrayed by Irene Ng)
2000's
- American Dragon: Jake Long (Protagonist portrayed by Dante Basco)[8]
- Inconceivable (Protagonist portrayed by Ming-Na Wen)
- Cashmere Mafia (Protagonist portrayed by Lucy Liu)
- Samurai Girl (Protagonist portrayed by Jamie Chung)
2010's
- Nikita (Protagonist portrayed by Maggie Q)[9]
- Supah Ninjas (Protagonist portrayed by Ryan Potter)[10]
- Sullivan & Son (Protagonist portrayed by Steve Byrne)
- Beauty & the Beast (Protagonist portrayed by Kristin Kreuk)[11]
- The Mindy Project (Protagonist portrayed by Mindy Kaling)[12]
- Sanjay and Craig (Protagonist portrayed by Maulik Pancholy)
- Fresh Off the Boat (Majority of the Cast)[13]
- Quantico (Protagonist portrayed by Priyanka Chopra)[14]
- Dr. Ken (Protagonist portrayed by Ken Jeong)
- Master of None (Protagonist portrayed by Aziz Ansari)[15]
- Into the Badlands (Protagonist portrayed by Daniel Wu)[16]
See also
Asian Americans in Arts and entertainment
References
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