Nowadays it is easy for white-collar office workers who usually
work overtime to miss the daily serialized TV dramas. But they
don't care much because most intrigue-filled historical dramas,
romances and family dramas no longer interest them after a hard day
at the office.
This may well change with a lively 100-episode TV sitcom "I Love
My Job" - more like a Chinese counterpart to the popular British
sitcom "The Office."
The daily comedy series by veteran mainland director Shang Jing
has just finished filming in the city of Shanghai and is likely to
be aired by the end of this year; the station has not been
decided.
And there's also "Nine to None," another daily comedy-drama,
which has completed filming and will air by the end of the year on
Dragon TV.
"I Love My Job" is set in the lively and chaotic editorial
office of a weekly magazine. It follows the lives of five young
white-collar workers with distinctive personalities and their tough
female editor.
"I don't want to compare this comic TV sitcom to a sumptuous
dinner," director Shang says. "It is more like 'chicken soup,' a
refreshing drink for today's fatigued office workers."
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(Shanghai Daily August 21, 2007)