Kung Fu
Wednesdays at 8P A quarter-life crisis causes a young Chinese American woman, Nicky Shen (Olivia Liang), to drop out of college and go on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China. But when she returns to San Francisco, she finds her hometown is overrun with crime and corruption and her own parents Jin (Tzi Ma) and Mei-Li (Kheng Hua Tan) are at the mercy of a powerful Triad. Nicky will rely on her tech-savvy sister Althea (Shannon Dang) and Althea’s fiancé Dennis (Tony Chung), pre-med brother Ryan (Jon Prasida), Assistant District Attorney and ex-boyfriend Evan (Gavin Stenhouse), and new love interest Henry (Eddie Liu) as well as her martial arts skills and Shaolin values to protect her community and bring criminals to justice…all while searching for the ruthless assassin who killed her Shaolin mentor Pei-Ling (Vanessa Kai) and is now targeting her.KUNG FU stars Olivia Liang as Nicky Shen, Kheng Hua Tan as Mei-Li Shen,
Shannon Dang as Althea Shen, Eddie Liu as Henry Yan, Gavin Stenhouse as Evan
Hartley, Vanessa Kai as Pei-Ling Zhang, Tony Chung as Dennis Soong and Tzi Ma as
Jin Shen.
Christina M. Kim wrote the pilot episode and serves as executive producer/coshowrunner of the series with Robert Berens. Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Martin
Gero and David Madden also serve as executive producers. Hanelle Culpepper is
directing and co-executive producing the pilot episode. KUNG FU is produced by Berlanti
Productions and Quinn’s House in association with Warner Bros. Television and is
inspired by the original series created by Ed Spielman.
Videos
CW Spotlight with the cast of Kung Fu
Celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage month with the cast of Kung Fu! In this exclusive interview, see how they honor their hertiage throughout the show by working to make it as accurate and authentic as possible.
Watch Kung Fu Wednesdays at 8P on CW26.
