Recommendations TVs
Transamazonica: A Highway to the Past (pt)
The Transamazon highway was a gigantic saga, the greatest example of the pharaonic works of the Brazilian military government. But the road that would promote national integration was best known for linking the famine of the Northeast with the misery of the Amazon. This haunting docuseries follows the story of the construction of this highway and its morbid consequences.
Princess Maison (ja)
A story revolves around a 26-year-old single woman Sachi who lives in Tokyo working for a pub. She frequents a show house alone as she plans to buy a home of her own. She looks around the room seriously and asks incisive questions to the attendants. Through her house hunt, we can catch a glimpse of what the modern Japanese women truly want.
Crash Zone (en)
Crash Zone is an Australian children's science fiction television series which aired on the Seven Network from 1999 to 2001. It was produced by Australian Children's Television Foundation, in association with the Disney Channel, and ran for 26 episodes. The series starred five high school students, "high-tech whiz kids" of varied backgrounds, who are hired by the president of the Catalyst software company to save her failing business. The premise of the series was unique in that it was one of the first series to examine the early use of the internet as well as the video game industry and artificial intelligence.
Food Court Wars (en)
Each week, two teams of aspiring food entrepreneurs battle to win their own food court restaurant, rent-free for a year.
New Century Legend Mars (ja)
Mars is discovered on a forming volcano island, Heisei; a man with no memory. In reality, Mars is from outer space, and is supposed to gather information to decide whether Earth should be destroyed or not. Along with the giant robot Gaia, and his mysterious images of a woman urging him not to destroy the world, Mars decides to fight for Earth rather than destroy it, even if it means fighting his own kind. But if Mars is killed, Gaia will explode, destroying Earth along with it.
The King of Snooker (cn)
The King of Snooker is a TVB television drama miniseries revolving around the sport of snooker in Hong Kong. It was originally broadcast by the network in 2009, from 30 March through 24 April, and subsequently re-released on DVD in several translations.
Love in the Crossfire (zh)
After Sheng’s defeat in war, Princess Sheng Leling is ambushed and dies, leaving her physician, A Yue, to pose as her and infiltrate the Yu royal family. Meanwhile, Prince Chu Ruheng, shamed by his mother’s mysterious death, seeks answers. Amid palace intrigue and betrayal, the fake princess and disgraced prince form a fragile bond to fight for justice, peace, and survival.
Mars: Zero's Revolution (ja)
Zero Mishima is a mysterious 19-year-old transfer student who incites dropout high school students to "destroy this world with me." Although he is a mysterious person, he is adept at controlling people's hearts, and has the charisma to slip into the gaps in people's hearts and manipulate them with his skillful words. Instigated and guided by Zero, high school students eventually form a video group called Mars, and attempt to destroy the society created by adults then rebuild it...
Mr. Bodyguard (zh)
Some assignments end up with some fringe benefits. Lin Yi (Li Chung Lin) is a wushu master who is offered a great deal of money by a billionaire to protect his daughter, Chu Meng Yao (Cao Xi Yue), who happens to be the most beautiful, popular girl at her university. Lin Yi enrolls at the same university and becomes Meng Yao’s personal bodyguard and finds himself surrounded by many beautiful co-eds. While at first, Lin Yi is annoyed by the spoiled Meng Yao, but will he find himself falling under her irresistible charms as time passes? “School Beauty’s Personal Bodyguard” is a 2015 Taiwanese drama series directed by Wu Jian Xin.
The Losers (en)
The Losers is a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1978. Written by Alan Coren, it stars Leonard Rossiter and Alfred Molina. The Losers was made for ITV by ATV and was produced and directed by Joe McGrath. In The Losers, Rossiter plays Sydney Foskett, a wrestling promoter who discovers a young new wrestler called "The Butcher", played by Molina, who Foskett ensures loses to get the public's love.
Jim Henson's Animal Show with Stinky and Jake (en)
The show was hosted by Jake, a jovial polar bear, and Stinky, his skunk friend. Other main characters included Armstrong the Chicken Hawk, Ollie the Tapir, Bunnie Bear, Tizzy the Bee, Yves St. La Roache, Rhonda Rat, and Dullard the Aardvark. Structured as a talk show, the hosts interviewed two guest animals in each episode. The animals talked about themselves and showed clips of their real-life counterparts.