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CCTV-3 TV guide

CCTV-3 today, and every day back to April 2023.

The full schedule in Asia/Shanghai time, what is on now and next, and the same data in your app with one call. Search any past day on the Archive plan.

CountryChina
Thu 15 Oct24 programmes
Listings fromApr 2023
CategoryEntertainment
On now on CCTV-309:45 CST
On now
影视留声机-2026-98-经典电影欣赏《霓虹灯下的哨兵》
09:10 to 11:15 CST
90 minutes left
11:15全民畅舞-23
12:32第二届丝路之星国际音乐大赛-3
14:17文化十分-2026-205
14:38星光艺起唱-2
ScheduleCCTV-3 schedule

All times Asia/Shanghai. The same day from the API: GET /v1/channels/ch_1xape982/schedule?date=2026-10-15&tz=Asia/Shanghai

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TimeProgrammeEpisodeCategoryLength
23:27星光大道-2026-391h 32m
00:59综艺喜乐汇1h 3m
02:02开门大吉-2026-411h 28m
03:30越战越勇-2026-401h 23m
04:53国音正青春-21h 5m
05:58我的艺术清单-2026-555m
06:53综艺喜乐汇46m
07:39综艺喜乐汇46m
08:25综艺喜乐汇46m
09:11影视留声机-2026-96-经典电影欣赏《庐山恋》1h 32m
10:43戏韵风华 星耀合肥-中央广播电视总台首届戏曲知音大会(盛典)-111h 50m
12:33你好时光(第二季)-11h 17m
13:50综艺喜乐汇36m
14:26综艺喜乐汇6m
14:32文化十分-2026-20720m
14:52我的艺术清单-2026-454m
15:46民歌·中国-2026-261h 6m
16:52精彩音乐汇-我的爱对你说-2026-5201h 9m
18:01星光大道-2026-371h 27m
19:28越战越勇-2026-401h 32m
21:00文化十分-2026-20822m
21:22第二届丝路之星国际音乐大赛-31h 54m
23:16综艺喜乐汇34m
23:50跟着春晚游中国(宜宾篇)-11h 15m
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curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_1xape982/schedule?date=2026-10-15&tz=Asia/Shanghai"

# what is on now, and next
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_1xape982/now"

# any past day (Archive plan)
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_1xape982/history?from=2025-10-13T00:00:00Z&to=2025-10-14T00:00:00Z"
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// GET /v1/channels/ch_1xape982/schedule?date=2026-10-15, the first programme
{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "ls_rj3mjy5h",
            "channel": "ch_1xape982",
            "start": "2026-10-14T15:27:00Z",
            "stop": "2026-10-14T16:59:00Z",
            "title": "星光大道-2026-39",
            "sub_title": null,
            "description": null,
            "category": [],
            "flags": {
                "new": false,
                "live": false
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "count": 24,
        "date": "2026-10-15",
        "tz": "Asia/Shanghai"
    }
}
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The first three programmes of any past day show here. The whole day, and the API, are on Archive.See Archive
TimeMonday 13 October 2025Category
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