CCTV-8

CCTV-8 is the television drama channel of the CCTV (China Central Television) in the People's Republic of China. The channel specializes in dramas.

The channel also airs international drama series. On 19 December 2005, it started airing Desperate Housewives. Negotiations with Disney took place in the summer and was expected to air in September, but got delayed due to unknown reasons. It aired as part of , a programming block produced by Zone Vision. In August 2010, it acquired TV Globo's Mulher, the first Brazilian series seen in mainland China in approximately 25 years, since Escrava Isaura. Later that year, it acquired A Casa das Sete Mulheres.