Lotte (TV series)

"Lotte" is a Dutch telenovela television series. The series is broadcast by the commercial station Tien, upon which it is shown every weekday at 6:30 pm.

The series is based on the Colombian telenovela "Betty La Fea" and centres around the protagonist, "Lotte Pronk", an business economics graduate who passed with honours and has trouble finding a job until she comes across a secretary job in an international fashion company called "Emoda", where at the same time a conflict is occurring in the business between two prospective CEOs.

She begins the series mocked by many of her fellow colleagues for being "ugly", and as the series progresses she develops confidence, moves up the ladder and explores romantic interests. The series also features on the fellow Emoda employees, and their relationships and career problems.

"Lotte" is written by a team of writers lead by Marciel Witteman, also known for the Dutch soap opera "Goudkust", and scripts for the drama series "Westenwind". The series was directed by Vincent Schuurman and Manin de Wilt.

"Lotte" is the first Dutch telenovela which in its original form was to consist of 200 episodes. On 11 December 2006, Tien officially announced that the series would get 35 extra episodes. [ [http://www.tien.tv/web/show/id=47920/langid=43/contentid=188799/dbid=746/typeofpage=47019 nl Tien.tv - Het sprookje gaat verder!] ("last accessed: 14-02-2007")] Marciel Witteman wanted the extra episodes to round off the storylines of some of the characters. In the final episode all the characters were present.

On 9 April 2007, "Lotte" ended its run on Tien with its finale.

Ratings

An average of between 250,000 and 300,000 people tuned in for each episode.

Cast

Trivia

* The US has since created its own "Lotte", in the form of the series "Ugly Betty", the lead character played by America Ferrera.

References

External links

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* [http://www.lotte.tv Official site]