Free key: real listings for yesterday and today, 500 calls a day, no card148 countriesGet yours in 30 seconds
tvguideapi

Last 30 days

API uptimefrom the monitorIncidentsfrom the monitor
All systems

Working normally

Checked every minute from outside our own servers.

Channels/China/CGTN Documentary

CGTN Documentary TV guide

CGTN Documentary today, and every day back to November 2024.

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
Sun 11 Oct52 programmes
Listings fromNov 2024
CategoryDocumentary
On now on CGTN Documentary12:26 CST
On now
Musée Hoangho Paiho 1 / Timeless Ancient Structures:The Temple of Heaven
12:00 to 12:56 CST
30 minutes left
12:56Promos
13:00Restaging Chinese Opera 3/4
13:27Promos
13:30In Search of Ancient China · Tales of the Xia Dynasty 2
ScheduleCGTN Documentary schedule

All times Asia/Shanghai. The same day from the API: GET /v1/channels/ch_rkx8fh22/schedule?date=2026-10-11&tz=Asia/Shanghai

Open in the docs
TimeProgrammeEpisodeCategoryLength
00:00General Guan Yu 4General Guan Yu 4.56m
00:56PromosPromos.4m
01:00The History of Vision 6The History of Vision 6.27m
01:27PromosPromos.3m
01:30The Brilliance of Linchuan 3The Brilliance of Linchuan 3.27m
01:57PromosPromos.3m
02:00In Search of Shunde 3In Search of Shunde 3.56m
02:56PromosPromos.4m
03:00Xizang Rhapsody II 2Xizang Rhapsody II 2.27m
03:27PromosPromos.3m
03:30Pixel CollagePixel Collage.27m
03:57PromosPromos.3m
04:00The Great Wall 1The Great Wall 1.56m
04:56PromosPromos.4m
05:00The Great Wall 2The Great Wall 2.56m
05:56PromosPromos.4m
06:00The Great Wall 3The Great Wall 3.56m
06:56PromosPromos.4m
07:00The Great Wall 4The Great Wall 4.56m
07:56PromosPromos.4m
08:00The Great Wall 5The Great Wall 5.56m
08:56PromosPromos.4m
09:00The Great Wall 6The Great Wall 6.56m
09:56PromosPromos.4m
10:00The Great Wall 1The Great Wall 1.56m
10:56PromosPromos.4m
11:00The Great Wall 2The Great Wall 2.56m
11:56PromosPromos.4m
12:00The Great Wall 3The Great Wall 3.56m
12:56PromosPromos.4m
13:00The Great Wall 4The Great Wall 4.56m
13:56PromosPromos.4m
14:00The Great Wall 5The Great Wall 5.56m
14:56PromosPromos.4m
15:00The Great Wall 6The Great Wall 6.56m
15:56PromosPromos.4m
16:00The Great Wall 1The Great Wall 1.56m
16:56PromosPromos.4m
17:00The Great Wall 2The Great Wall 2.56m
17:56PromosPromos.4m
18:00The Great Wall 3The Great Wall 3.56m
18:56PromosPromos.4m
19:00The Great Wall 4The Great Wall 4.56m
19:56PromosPromos.4m
20:00The Great Wall 5The Great Wall 5.56m
20:56PromosPromos.4m
21:00The Great Wall 6The Great Wall 6.56m
21:56PromosPromos.4m
22:00The Great Wall 1The Great Wall 1.56m
22:56PromosPromos.4m
23:00The Great Wall 2The Great Wall 2.56m
23:56PromosPromos.4m
In your appThis schedule, in four languages

Copy, add your key, run. The free key reads yesterday and today on every channel, 500 calls a day.

Get a free key
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_rkx8fh22/schedule?date=2026-10-11&tz=Asia/Shanghai"

# what is on now, and next
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_rkx8fh22/now"

# any past day (Archive plan)
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_rkx8fh22/history?from=2025-10-13T00:00:00Z&to=2025-10-14T00:00:00Z"
Free keyEvery time in UTCIds that never change
// GET /v1/channels/ch_rkx8fh22/schedule?date=2026-10-11, the first programme
{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "ls_2wgg2gx2",
            "channel": "ch_rkx8fh22",
            "start": "2026-10-10T16:00:00Z",
            "stop": "2026-10-10T16:56:00Z",
            "title": "General Guan Yu 4",
            "sub_title": null,
            "description": "General Guan Yu 4.",
            "category": [],
            "flags": {
                "new": false,
                "live": false
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "count": 52,
        "date": "2026-10-11",
        "tz": "Asia/Shanghai"
    }
}
Live and new flagsEpisodes joined on paid plansReal data
Search back in timeAny day on CGTN Documentary, back to 18 November 2024

What was on, on any date we hold: for research, catch-up, clip finding or proving a broadcast. Any window up to 31 days with /v1/channels/{id}/history on the Archive plan.

Listings held for CGTN Documentary
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
Nothing held for that day. Try another date.
Endpoints for this channelEverything the API knows about CGTN Documentary

8 calls cover a channel from its details to its past. Each one opens in the documentation with Try it.

GETFree keyFind a channelFind a TV channel by its name, an alias or a call sign, in any country, and get the id every other endpoint takes./v1/channels/search?q=cgtn documentaryGETFree keyGet a channelOne TV channel in full: its names, owner, country, languages, categories, logo, website, launch year and the guide feeds behind it./v1/channels/ch_rkx8fh22GETFree keyA channel's scheduleA TV channel's day slot by slot: start and stop in UTC, title, description, category, and the series and episode where we matched it./v1/channels/ch_rkx8fh22/scheduleGETFree keyOn a channel nowWhat is on a TV channel right now and what comes next, with how far through the current programme it is./v1/channels/ch_rkx8fh22/nowGETFree keyNext on a channelThe next programmes on a TV channel, as many as you ask for, each with its times in UTC and its episode where matched./v1/channels/ch_rkx8fh22/nextGETFree keyWatch a channel freeThe official free ways to watch a TV channel: the broadcaster's own player, or the FAST service (Pluto TV, Samsung TV Plus, Plex, Roku) that carries it, with the watch page and the country./v1/channels/ch_rkx8fh22/free-viewGETPaid plansA channel's past schedulesPast schedules for a TV channel from the archive, slot by slot over any window of up to 31 days, with the same fields as today./v1/channels/ch_rkx8fh22/historyGETPaid plansXMLTV exportA country or a set of channels as a standard XMLTV file, up to 14 days ahead, for media centres and IPTV players./v1/xmltv?channels=ch_rkx8fh22
PlansToday on the free key, the archive when you need it
Free key$0 for everReal listings for yesterday and today.
  • Listings, now and next, channels
  • Every country
  • MCP on your key
Get a free key
LiveMost chosen$39 a monthEvery endpoint today and ahead, for live products.
  • Everything in Free key
  • Shows, episodes and films
  • Sport, live told apart from repeats
  • XMLTV exports
Choose Live
Archive$79 a monthPast schedules and the episode archive.
  • Everything in Live
  • Listings back to 2010
  • Episodes back to 1908
  • 2 keys
Choose Archive
Complete$249 a monthEverything, in bulk, for products built on it.
  • Everything in Archive
  • XMLTV and CSV exports
  • 5 keys
  • Highest limits
Choose Complete
More in ChinaChannels like CGTN Documentary
The full guide
Get CGTN Documentary in your app today

A free key in a minute, with Google. No card. Yesterday and today on every channel in 150 countries.