I Love My Family

I Love My Family
我爱我家
I Love My Family; 我爱我家
Genre	Sitcom/Drama/Soap Opera
Written by	; Wang Shuo
Directed by	Ying Da;
Starring	Wen Xingyu; Song Dandan; ; ; ;
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin Chinese
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	120
Release
Original release	1993 –; 1994

I Love My Family (simplified Chinese: 我爱我家; traditional Chinese: 我愛我家; pinyin: Wǒ Ài Wǒ Jiā) is a Chinese sitcom.^[1] It was China's first multi-camera sitcom and it originally aired from 1993 to 1994^[2] with a total of 120 episodes.^[3] It is also the first Mandarin-language sitcom. It was directed by Ying Da and and written primarily by and Wang Shuo.^[4] It was produced by Beijing Red Green Blue TV and Commercials Center.

It was inspired by the popularity of Mandarin-dubbed episodes of Growing Pains as well as the family-centered premise. It is regarded as a "milestone of Chinese TV comedy", and its director, Ying Da, is acclaimed as the "godfather of Chinese sitcom", and "China's Norman Lear" by foreigners. Although it is a sitcom, each scene plays like a skit, combining humour and emotional content. It is notable for having a theatre-experienced cast.

Wen Xingyu (The sole senior of the cast) was regarded as the central star of the show due to his relaxing personality and screen presence.

References[]

^ Lu Wang. Natural Language Processing and Chinese Computing: 10th CCF International Conference, NLPCC 2021, Qingdao, China, October 13–17, 2021, Proceedings, Part I. Springer Nature. pp. 621–. ISBN 978-3-03-088480-2.
^ Simone Knox; Kai Hanno Schwind (16 September 2019). Friends: A Reading of the Sitcom. Springer Nature. pp. 274–. ISBN 978-3-03-025429-2.
^ Wu Weiping (26 May 2020). Language Teaching and Research in the Internet Age. The Commercial Press (Hong Kong) Limited. pp. 109–. ISBN 9789620773754.
^ Paul Condon (15 February 2018). 1001 TV Series: You Must Watch Before You Die. Cassell. ISBN 978-1-78840-046-6.

External links[]

I Love My Family at the Internet Movie Database.

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[Wang-1] Lu Wang. Natural Language Processing and Chinese Computing: 10th CCF International Conference, NLPCC 2021, Qingdao, China, October 13–17, 2021, Proceedings, Part I. Springer Nature. pp. 621–. ISBN 978-3-03-088480-2.

[KnoxSchwind2019-2] Simone Knox; Kai Hanno Schwind (16 September 2019). Friends: A Reading of the Sitcom. Springer Nature. pp. 274–. ISBN 978-3-03-025429-2.

[Wu_Weiping2020-3] Wu Weiping (26 May 2020). Language Teaching and Research in the Internet Age. The Commercial Press (Hong Kong) Limited. pp. 109–. ISBN 9789620773754.

[Condon2018-4] Paul Condon (15 February 2018). 1001 TV Series: You Must Watch Before You Die. Cassell. ISBN 978-1-78840-046-6.

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