Sunshine Avenue on TV3
In a bid to promote local content, TV3 last Tuesday, added yet another TV series to its repertoire. The brand new drama series, Sunshine Avenue, joins the likes of Chorkor Trotro, Bongo Bar, Barber And Shoe Shine, Mobile Phone Shop, and Beauty which air on the station.
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The 26-episode TV programme is a satirical drama filled with a combination of twists, comedy, suspense and fun while teaching life lessons.
The comedy-drama series follows the antics of a group of friends who live in an upmarket neighbourhood in an African city as they interact with one another and get themselves in all types of funny situations.
The series feature characters such as Mama Shee, an attractive Madam of the Shee Beauty Spa who is unlucky with men, yet has a lively passion for life.
Osofo Joseph, who leads a church, Tabernacle of Confessions, specialises in counselling and receiving confessions.
Sunshine Avenue is produced by InGenius Africa, a media organisation which has been involved in some well-known Ghanaian television series such as Ultimate Paradise, Taxi Driver, No.5 Kotokuraba Street, and Sun City, in collaboration with Advantage Productions and Investkom Global Advisors
In an interview with Kwame Boadi, the director and producer of Sunshine Avenue, he said although the show was an entirely Ghanaian production, negotiations were advanced to export the series to other African countries, namely Kenya and South Africa.
He disclosed that the series would focus on unearthing new talent in the entertainment scene instead of known faces all the time.
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“ There will be a number of seasoned actors in the series, each episode will focus on revealing new talent.
“Ghana is a well-resourced country with a lot of talented individuals who only need to be given the exposure for them to shine,” he said.
He assured viewers that unlike other Ghanaian television series, which were usually discontinued halfway through production, Sunshine Avenue would go the distance.
He attributed this to the fact that most Ghanaian productions lacked the needed resources to sustain them for long periods.
“You can just look at our track record with some of the series we have produced. We produced Sun City, which run for eight years and we hope to go even longer with Sunshine Avenue.
“We have the resources and a strong team which will enable us to continually show the series as well as maintain a high level of quality throughout the production,” he added.