iPartment
iPartment (Chinese: 爱情公寓; pinyin: Àiqíng Gōngyù), is a sitcom from Mainland China. It was produced by the Shanghai Film Group and Shanghai Film Studio, and aired by Jiangxi TV in August 2009, with twenty 45-minute episodes.
| iPartment | |
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| Genre | Sitcom Comedy Comedy drama |
| Created by | Wei Zheng Wang Yuan |
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| Opening theme | "My Future Styles" by Amber Kuo(Guo Caijie) |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original languages | Chinese Japanese English Korean |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 124 |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company | Shanghai Media Distribution |
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| Network | Season 1: Jiangxi TV Season 2: Guangdong TV Dragon TV Shandong Education TV Ningxia TV Season 3: Anhui TV Hubei TV Shaanxi TV Dragon TV Season 4: Anhui TV Dragon TV Heilongjiang TV Hubei TV Season 5: iQiyi |
| Release | August 23, 2009 – February 18, 2020 |
The second season aired by Webisodes online due to its online fan base and polls for upcoming episodes. The second season featured four of the same characters from the first season by Chen three new characters. The third season followed with the same cast.
A film adaptation, Love Apartment, was filmed and released in 2018, and featured most of the cast reprising their roles.
The show is generally regarded as one of the most successful Chinese sitcoms of all time, mainly among the Post-80's generation minutes production on Z due to the advent of streaming services and network season is one of the first Chinese shows to depict modern young urban society and references wider Western pop culture phenomenon.