Detective Kong: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In the period between the last days of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) and the early Republic of China (1912-1949), China is in turmoil. The forces of modernity and antiquity are slowly starting to come together, but the land is full to bursting point with sorcerers, conjurers, necromancers, and the like. Most of these, however, are nothing but charlatans and con artists. Enter Kong Xue Li, a budding young policeman, and Fang Dong, a keen-minded coroner. This duo has become myth-busting hoax detectives, using their wits and knowledge of contemporary science to expose scammers for what they really are and show that what many people mistakenly believe are supernatural spirits are actually smoke-and-mirror tricks from con artists.

Series details

• Title: Detective Kong
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Comedy, Romance, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2021-12-26
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-01-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Mango TV
• Network country: China
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 59884
• TVDB ID: 413949

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-12-26; final listed air date 2022-01-22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Detective Kong on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.