China Exclusive: Young Chinese embrace foreign TV series (2)

Gossip Girl, about the lives of privileged young adults on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York City, is not the first foreign TV show to capture the hearts of Chinese youngsters.

In the early 1990s, wanting to improve their language skills, Chinese began to watch American TV series such as Growing Pains, which was broadcast in the United States from the late 1980s to the early 1990s.

With the development of the Internet, more Chinese people have easier access to episodes, not only for language learning but for their own general interest.

Yan Han, a postgraduate student at Beijing Foreign Studies University, instantly lists a couple of U.S. dramas when asked what she is currently watching for entertainment. Homeland, Dexter, 2 Broke Girls, and Grey's Anatomy trip off her tongue.

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