At the start of her career, Olivia Liang was “anti-martial arts.” To the Taiwanese American actor entering the entertainment industry in 2016, this was a box that Asian performers had been placed in for years—a form of typecasting she would go on to experience herself. “I had several people, the follow-up question to, ‘You’re an actor?’ was ‘Do you do martial arts?’” Liang, 27, says. And so she made a promise to herself: she was not going to learn martial arts unless someone paid her to. “I didn’t want that to be the only way in for me,” Liang explains. “And now, of course I’m on a show called Kung Fu and I’ve really done a 180.” read more…

The CW’s reboot of Kung Fu delivered a strong debut on April 7, scoring The CW’s highest total viewership number for a Wednesday debut in 7 years since The 100 debuted on March 19, 2014.

The reboot debuted to the tune of 1.4 million total viewers and a 0.2 in the 18-49 demographic.

In addition, Kung Fu delivered The CW’s largest audience in the time period in two and half years since Riverdale in October 2018 (0.1, 530,000).

This continues ratings traction for The CW as Kung Fu is the third best premiere of the season including returning series following the debuts of Walker and Superman & Lois. Following Kung Fu, Nancy Drew (0.1, 666,000) delivered its largest audience of the season and its best since December 11, 2019. read more…

A through Z with: Olivia Liang, Tzi Ma, Shannon Dang, Tony Chung, Eddie Liu, Gavin Stenhouse, Vanessa Kai, Yvonne Chapman, Kheng Hua Tan and Jon Prasida the stars of ‘Kung Fu.’ read more…

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A new spin on a classic television series is arriving on The CW Las Vegas this week.

“Kung Fu,” starring Olivia Liang and Tzi Ma, premiers Wednesday at 8 p.m.

The two stars joined us to talk about re-imagining the 1970s series and making it relevant to contemporary audiences. read more…