
Martial Law is an American/Canadian crime drama that aired on CBS from 1998 to 2000, and was created by Carlton Cuse. The title character, Sammo Law, portrayed by Sammo Hung, was a Chinese law officer and martial arts expert who came to Los Angeles in search of a colleague and remains in the US. The show was a surprise hit, making Hung the only East Asian headlining a prime-time network series in the United States. At the time, Hung was not fluent in English, and he reportedly recited some of his dialogue phonetically. In many scenes, Hung did not speak at all, making Martial Law perhaps the only US television series in history that featured so little dialogue from the lead character.
Title | Martial Law |
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First Air Date | September 26th, 1998 |
Last Air Date | May 13th, 2000 |
Genres | Action & Adventure, Comedy, Crime |
Network | CBS |
Production Companies | Carlton Cuse Productions, Ruddy Morgan Productions, 20th Century Fox Television, CBS Productions |
Producers | Carlton Cuse, Oley Sassone, Greg Beeman, Whitney Ransick, Stanley Tong, Bruce Seth Green, Deran Sarafian |
Number of Seasons | 2 Seasons |
Number of Episodes | 44 Episodes |
Plot Keywords | martial arts, police, los angeles, california, interracial friendship, lapd, chinese man |

Sammo Hung
Sammo Law
Kelly Hu
Chen Pei Pei
Arsenio Hall
Terrell Parker
Louis Mandylor
Det. Louis Malone
Tom Wright
Capt. Benjamin Winship
Tammy Lauren
Det. Dana Dickson
Johnny Trí Nguyễn
Street Thug Китайский городовой