I Love My Family

*I Love My Family*
I Love My Family
	我わが爱我家か
Genre	Sitcom/Drama/Soap opera
Written by	Liang Zuo; Wang Shuo
Directed by	Ying Da; Lin Cong
Starring	Wen Xingyu; Song Dandan; Yang Lixin; Guan Ling; Li Yunqiao; Liang Tian; Shen Chang
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	120
Original release
Release	1993 –; 1994

I Love My Family (simplified Chinese: 我わが爱我家か; traditional Chinese: 我わが愛あい我家わがや; 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 Lin Cong and written primarily by Liang Zuo and Wang Shuo.^[4] It was produced by Beijing Red Green Blue TV and Commercials Center.

I Love My Family is notable for being the first and one of the very few Chinese multi-camera sitcoms to be performed in front of a live audience, with the other being 1998's Chinese Restaurant, also helmed by Ying.

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 sitcoms", and "China's Norman Lear" by foreigners. Primarily a sitcom, each scene plays like a skit, combining humour and emotional content.

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.

Director Ying Da would later helm several multi-camera comedies and dramas, including the 2013 spiritual successor We Are a Family (我わが们一家人かじん).

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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