Status: Cancelled
Aired: 2021-23, 3 Seasons Totaling 39 Episodes
Series Premiere: April 7, 2021
Network: CW
Starring: Olivia Liang, Kheng Hua Tan, Eddie Liu, Shannon Dang, Jon Prasida
Series Website: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/kung-fu
Description: 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 (Tzi Ma and Kheng Hua Tan) are at the mercy of a powerful Triad. Nicky will rely on her tech-savvy sister (Shannon Dang), pre-med brother (Jon Prasida), Assistant District Attorney and ex-boyfriend (Gavin Stenhouse), and new love interest (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 (Gwendoline Yeo) who killed her Shaolin mentor and is now targeting her. CWTV.com
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Status: The ratings for this show dropped in its third season, but that was not the driving force behind its cancellation. The new ownership under Nexstar Media Group has plans to shift focus to lower-cost programming which appeals to an older demographic and the younger-skewing Kung Fu did not fit into that. The prior regime would have certainly given the show at least a fourth season, but the new owners decided to cut it short. There were attempts to shop it around, but a new home could not be found. If fans were to make a strong Call to Action on the social networks, though, perhaps one of the networks or streamers would consider taking a flyer on the show.
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