{"id":1965673,"date":"2025-08-17T20:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T20:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1965673"},"modified":"2025-08-17T20:01:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T20:01:17","slug":"china-beach-one-of-tvline-readers-top-10-unstreamed-shows-is-finally-available-4-fan-favorites-still-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/china-beach-one-of-tvline-readers-top-10-unstreamed-shows-is-finally-available-4-fan-favorites-still-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"China Beach, One of TVLine Readers\u2019 Top 10 Unstreamed Shows, Is Finally Available \u2014 4 Fan Favorites Still Missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The ABC classic <em>China Beach<\/em>, which ran for four seasons between 1988 and 1991, has long been one of TVLine readers\u2019 most sought-after titles not available to stream. Up until now, the only way to relive the Vietnam War-era medical drama was on DVD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But as of this week, Howdy, Roku\u2019s newly launched, ad-free streaming service \u2014 which costs just $2.99\/month \u2014 is the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/therokuchannel.roku.com\/details\/3a2eb208677b5d2188ea2d9ac1489aa9\/china-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:exclusive online home;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">exclusive online home <\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/therokuchannel.roku.com\/details\/3a2eb208677b5d2188ea2d9ac1489aa9\/china-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:t;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">t<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/therokuchannel.roku.com\/details\/3a2eb208677b5d2188ea2d9ac1489aa9\/china-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:o;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">o<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/therokuchannel.roku.com\/details\/3a2eb208677b5d2188ea2d9ac1489aa9\/china-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:all 61 episodes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> all 61 episodes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from TVLine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For the uninitiated: <em>China Beach<\/em> takes place during the Vietnam War, as \u201cthree women fight to maintain their sanity amid the carnage,\u201d according to the official logline. Dana Delany (<em>Body of Proof, Desperate Housewives<\/em>, <em>Tulsa King<\/em>) won a pair of Emmys for her turn as First Lieutenant (and later Captain) Colleen McMurphy, while the cast also included Michael Boatman (as Pvt. Samuel Beckett), Robert Picardo (as Dr. Dick Richard), Concetta Tomei (as Maj. Lila Garreau), Marg Helgenberger (as K.C. Kolowski), Brian Wimmer (as Cpl. Boonie Lanier), Oliver Theess (as The Soldier), Jeff Kober (as Sgt. Evan \u201cDodger\u201d Winslow), Nancy Giles (as Pvt. Frankie Bunsen), Troy Evans (as Sgt. Pepper), Megan Gallagher (as Wayloo Marie Holmes), Michael J. Henderson (as Beetle), Nan Woods (as Cherry White), Marcia Magus (as Nurse Jody Kass), Ned Vaughn (as Jeff Hyers) and Ricki Lake (as Holly Pelegrino).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>China Beach<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It was two years ago when TVLine ran a list of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tvline.com\/lists\/tv-shows-not-streaming-watch-homicide-moonlighting-knots-landing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:10 Most Requested TV Shows Not Available on a Major Streaming Service;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">10 Most Requested TV Shows Not Available on a Major Streaming Service<\/a>. Since then, <em>China Beach<\/em>, along with <em>Homicide: Life on the Street,<\/em> <em>Knots Landing<\/em>, <em>Moonlighting, Northern Exposure<\/em> and <em>Sisters<\/em>, have all been made available on streaming platforms. As of press time, the four fan favorites that remain homeless are <em>Boston Public, Chicago Hope, Ed<\/em> and <em>Murphy Brown<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Will you be subscribing to Howdy to watch (or rewatch) <em>China Beach<\/em>? Leave a comment and let us know.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Murphy Brown, Chicago Hope &amp; Boston Public\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"650\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/6CvI8KkwBo4D1BlhOlPvlA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY1MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/tvline.com\/d6d814e1534779157e8ca2f40c2e013c\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Murphy Brown, Chicago Hope &amp; Boston Public<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">10 Most Requested TV Shows Not Streaming<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/tvline.com\/lists\/tv-shows-not-streaming-watch-homicide-moonlighting-knots-landing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:View List;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><span>View List<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of TVLine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.tvline.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TVLine's Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TVLine&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/31XsHSx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2TkcoeG\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2TntOHq\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ABC classic China Beach, which ran for four seasons between 1988 and 1991, has long been one of TVLine readers\u2019 most sought-after titles not available to stream. Up until now, the only way to relive the Vietnam War-era medical drama was on DVD. But as of this week, Howdy, Roku\u2019s newly launched, ad-free streaming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1965674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[347695,347694,347691,347692,347693,344432,319150,347696],"class_list":["post-1965673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-brian-wimmer","tag-concetta-tomei","tag-dana-delany","tag-michael-boatman","tag-robert-picardo","tag-tulsa-king","tag-tvline","tag-wayloo-marie-holmes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/China-Beach-One-of-TVLine-Readers-Top-10-Unstreamed-Shows.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1965673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1965674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1965673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1965673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1965673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}