Season 1 • Episode 236
LatestJustice 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.
Acting
Jin Chao-chun's iconic forehead moon and death stare.
Production
NICAM tech pioneer — booming guzheng hits different.
Writing
Case-of-the-week format that somehow never gets old.
Creator
Chao Ta-shen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show's explosive popularity forced rival networks TVB and ATV to air identical episodes simultaneously — a broadcasting war so petty it became legend.
Justice Bao transformed Bao Zheng from historical figure to folk superhero; Jin Chao-chun played him in over 700 episodes across multiple series, essentially becoming the character for an entire generation.
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