If you want action that respects the story underneath it, China Beach is available in the US on The Roku Channel right now. The 4-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 34 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Dana Delany anchors the chaos with real screen presence. Put it on tonight on The Roku Channel and see for yourself.

China Beach arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. China Beach moves fast and earns its action sequences rather than just delivering them. Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach filled with wounded soldiers and one very lovely but damaged Army Nurse Colleen McMurphy. The physicality Dana Delany and Marg Helgenberger bring elevates every sequence. It ran for 4 seasons (1988–1991), and the writing holds up across every one of them. The geography of every set piece in China Beach is legible, which is rarer in the genre than it should be. It rarely drops the ball, and when it does, it recovers fast.

Action fans who want craft and story alongside the spectacle will find exactly that in China Beach. Viewers who responded to Tour of Duty will find a lot to like here too. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Dana Delany's performance is the throughline that holds the bigger action elements together. Give it twenty minutes and decide — most viewers do not stop there.

China Beach wrapped up in 1991, created by John Wells and John Sacret Young — and 4 seasons are available to watch from start to finish. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.