American television series with Asian leads

American television series with Asian leads/co-leads means a scripted American television series that features an actor of Asian ancestry as the series' leading actor portraying the series' protagonist or a main character. One of the earliest examples 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] Typically, the characters portrayed are Asian American, although the actor or actress may sometimes be Canadian, British, or Australian.

List of television series

1950s

The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong (Protagonist portrayed by Anna May Wong)

1960s

Hawaii Five-O (Esemble cast with Kam Fong, Gilbert Lani Kauhi)

1970s

The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (Protagonist portrayed by Keye Luke)
Mr. T and Tina (Protagonist portrayed by Pat Morita)[2][3]

1980s

Ohara (Protagonist portrayed by Pat Morita)
Sidekicks (Protagonist portrayed Ernie Reyes Jr.)
21 Jumpstreet (Esemble cast with Dustin Nguyen playing one of the main characters)
Gung Ho (Protagonist portrayed by Gedde Watanabe)

1990s

All American Girl (Protagonist portrayed by Margaret Cho)[4][5][6]
Vanishing Son (Protagonist portrayed by Russell Wong)
Martial Law (Protagonist portrayed by Sammo Hung)[7]
The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo (protagonist portrayed by Irene Ng)
Mortal Kombat: Conquest (protagonist portrayed by Paolo Montalbán)
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Ensemble co-lead played by Thuy Trang)

2000s

Black Sash (Protagonist portrayed by Russell Wong)
Relic Hunter (Protagonist portrayed by Tia Carrere)
American Dragon: Jake Long (Protagonist portrayed by Dante Basco)[8]
Jackie Chan Adventures (Protagonist portrayed by James Sie)
Aliens in America (Co-Lead portrayed by Adhir Kalyan)
Inconceivable (Protagonist portrayed by Ming-Na Wen)
Cashmere Mafia (Ensemble co-lead played by portrayed by Lucy Liu)
Lipstick Jungle (Ensemble co-lead played by portrayed by Lindsay Price)
Eastwick (Ensemble co-lead played by portrayed by Lindsay Price)
Samurai Girl (Protagonist portrayed by Jamie Chung)
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (Protagonist portrayed by Lara Jill Miller)
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (Major starring character portrayed by Brenda Song)

2010s

Warrior (Ensemble co-leads played by Andrew Koji, Olivia Cheng, Jason Tobin, Dianne Doan, and Hoon Lee)
Origin (Protagonist portrayed by Sen Mitsuji)
The Good Place (Ensemble co-leads played by Manny Jacinto and Jameela Jamil)
The Man in the High Castle (Ensemble co-leads played by Joel de la Fuente and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa)
Killing Eve (Protagonist portrayed by Sandra Oh)
Selfie (Protagonist portrayed by John Cho)
Sunnyside (Ensemble co-leads played by Kal Penn, Joel Kim Booster, and Poppy Liu)
Fresh Off the Boat (Ensemble co-leads played by Hudson Yang, Constance Wu, Randall Park, Forrest Wheeler, and Ian Chen)[9]
Nikita (Protagonist portrayed by Maggie Q)[10]
Marry Me (Protagonist portrayed by Lucy Liu)
Outsourced (Majority of cast is Asian)
Supah Ninjas (Protagonist portrayed by Ryan Potter)[11]
Sullivan & Son (Protagonist portrayed by Steve Byrne)
Beauty & the Beast (Protagonist portrayed by Kristin Kreuk)[12]
The Mindy Project (Protagonist portrayed by Mindy Kaling)[13]
Twisted (Protagonist portrayed by Avan Jogia)
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 (Protagonists portrayed by Daniel Wu and Aramis Knight)[16]
Brown Nation (Majority of the cast)[17]
Andi Mack (Protagonist portrayed by Peyton Elizabeth Lee)
The Night Of (Protagonist portrayed by Riz Ahmed)
I Feel Bad (Protagonist portrayed by Sarayu Blue)
PEN15 (Protagonist portrayed by Maya Erskine)
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Ensemble co-leads are portrayed by Chloe Bennet and Ming-Na Wen)
Alex, Inc. (Protagonist portrayed by Tiya Sircar)
Claws (Ensemble co-lead played by Karrueche Tran)
Five Points (Protagonist portrayed by Hayley Kiyoko)
Runaways (Ensemble co-lead played by Lyrica Okano)

2020s

Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (Protagonist portrayed by Awkwafina)
Never Have I Ever (Protagonist portrayed by Maitreyi Ramakrishnan)

gollark: But it says "when provoked".

gollark: Or that style of villager.

gollark: I've never seen villagers command llamas to spit, though.

gollark: Really? Huh. I guess I just don't interact with villagers.

gollark: What's the second one? Is this some sort of 1.15 joke I'm too 1.12.2 to understand?

References

"Film reveals real-life struggles of an onscreen 'Dragon Lady' Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine."
"Pat Morita - Mr. T and Tina cast". Sitcoms Online. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
"Mr. T and Tina". The New York Times.
Du Brow, Rick (September 4, 1994). "COVER STORY : True Tales of TV Trauma: 3 Comics Chase Roseanne-dom : Margaret Cho : She's the freshman. But the 25-year-old Korean American has another role to play besides the 'All-American Girl.' Cho is hoping to be a groundbreaker". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
Braxton, Greg (September 14, 1994). "It's All in the (Ground-Breaking) Family : Television: As a sitcom centered on Asian Americans, 'All-American Girl' is being monitored by advocacy groups concerned about racial stereotypes. Welcome to the pressure cooker". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
...Open. "Watch Full Episodes Online of Pioneers of Television on PBS | Margaret Cho on "All-American Girl"". Video.pbs.org. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
McDonald, William (1998-09-26). "Kung Fu Show Adds Star, Hoping For a Hit". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
Talia Baugnon (30 September 2014). "Dante Basco talks Hollywood at LMU". Los Angeles Loyolan. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
Yang, Jeff (May 2, 2014). "Why the 'Fresh Off the Boat' TV Series Could Change the Game". WSJ Blogs - Speakeasy. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
Yuan, Jada (August 22, 2010). "Hong Kong's Hit Girl". New York. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
"Supah Ninja's Ryan Potter – My Day My Life". Alloy TV. September 16, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
"The CW Finds Its Beauty: 'Smallville's Kristin Kreuk To Star In 'Beauty & The Beast' Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/09/26/like_it_or_not_the_mindy_project_is_historic.html Retrieved: September 26, 2012
Cain, Rob (1 October 2015). "Priyanka Chopra Breaks New Ground For Indian Actors In America". Forbes. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
J. Maureen Henderson. "Is Aziz Ansari's 'Master Of None' The Show That Aging Millennials Have Been Waiting For?". Forbes. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
Maureen Ryan. "'Into the Badlands' Review: Daniel Wu brings charisma to action drama — Variety". Variety. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
Sowmya Rajendran. "Coming soon on Netflix: Brown Nation, an Indian American sitcom directed by Abi Varghese". The News Minute. Retrieved January 14, 2017.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "Film reveals real-life struggles of an onscreen 'Dragon Lady' Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine."

[2] "Pat Morita - Mr. T and Tina cast". Sitcoms Online. Retrieved 2016-04-22.

[3] "Mr. T and Tina". The New York Times.

[4] Du Brow, Rick (September 4, 1994). "COVER STORY : True Tales of TV Trauma: 3 Comics Chase Roseanne-dom : Margaret Cho : She's the freshman. But the 25-year-old Korean American has another role to play besides the 'All-American Girl.' Cho is hoping to be a groundbreaker". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-01-14.

[5] Braxton, Greg (September 14, 1994). "It's All in the (Ground-Breaking) Family : Television: As a sitcom centered on Asian Americans, 'All-American Girl' is being monitored by advocacy groups concerned about racial stereotypes. Welcome to the pressure cooker". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-01-14.

[6] ...Open. "Watch Full Episodes Online of Pioneers of Television on PBS | Margaret Cho on "All-American Girl"". Video.pbs.org. Retrieved 2016-03-11.

[7] McDonald, William (1998-09-26). "Kung Fu Show Adds Star, Hoping For a Hit". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-26.

[8] Talia Baugnon (30 September 2014). "Dante Basco talks Hollywood at LMU". Los Angeles Loyolan. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

[wsj-9] Yang, Jeff (May 2, 2014). "Why the 'Fresh Off the Boat' TV Series Could Change the Game". WSJ Blogs - Speakeasy. Retrieved May 14, 2014.

[10] Yuan, Jada (August 22, 2010). "Hong Kong's Hit Girl". New York. Retrieved August 24, 2010.

[11] "Supah Ninja's Ryan Potter – My Day My Life". Alloy TV. September 16, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2013.

[12] "The CW Finds Its Beauty: 'Smallville's Kristin Kreuk To Star In 'Beauty & The Beast' Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2012-02-19.

[Slate-13] ttp://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/09/26/like_it_or_not_the_mindy_project_is_historic.html Retrieved: September 26, 2012

[14] Cain, Rob (1 October 2015). "Priyanka Chopra Breaks New Ground For Indian Actors In America". Forbes. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

[15] J. Maureen Henderson. "Is Aziz Ansari's 'Master Of None' The Show That Aging Millennials Have Been Waiting For?". Forbes. Retrieved 22 April 2016.

[16] Maureen Ryan. "'Into the Badlands' Review: Daniel Wu brings charisma to action drama — Variety". Variety. Retrieved April 22, 2016.

[17] Sowmya Rajendran. "Coming soon on Netflix: Brown Nation, an Indian American sitcom directed by Abi Varghese". The News Minute. Retrieved January 14, 2017.