‘A Love to Last’ has a new opponent.
Through 158 episodes (as of August 18, 2017), the ABS-CBN primetime series has overcome all challenges thrown at them. Initially pitted against ‘Alyas Robin Hood’ season 1 (10 episodes from January 9-20), ‘A Love to Last’ has since made mincemeat of fellow romantic comedy series ‘Meant to Be’ (108 episodes from January 23-June 23) and ‘I Heart Davao’ (40 episodes from June 27-August 18).
Now they look to claim another victim starting next week. However, their next opponent is no ordinary romantic comedy.
In the past several years, both GMA and ABS-CBN imported several successful Korean dramas to fill in programming hours. Now GMA takes over Korean cultures and landscapes in the form of ‘My Korean Jagiya’.
Leading the way for ‘My Korean Jagiya’ will be Heart Evangelista. Her character Gia is a Korean grade school tutor and a dedicated K-drama fan girl who was nonetheless teased that she is next in her family to become an old maid.
Gia’s dream is to meet her long-time crush and once-famous Korean superstar Kim Jun-ho, portrayed by top Korean star Alexander Lee. At first, Gia searched for Kim in Korea while on a scholarship training, but wound up returning to Manila to find Kim drunk and beaten by gangsters in a bar, beginning a seemingly fruitful friendship.
‘My Korean Jagiya’ will also star Janice de Belen, Ricky Davao, Iya Villania, Edgar Allan Guzman, Valeen Montenegro, Frances Makil Ignacio, Myke Solomon, Jinri Park, Divine Aucina, and Khane dela Cruz. Korean stars David Kim, Michelle Oh, and Jerry Lee will play special roles in the series as well.
Parts of ‘My Korean Jagiya’ were shot in South Korea, and featured several key spots that were made famous by several iconic Koreanovelas such as ‘Jewel in the Palace’, ‘My Name is Kim Sam Soon’, My Love from the Star’ and ‘Winter Sonata’. The Seoul Film Commission and Seoul Metropolitan Government assisted the series’ producers in the production process.
While ‘My Korean Jagiya’ is a uniquely wonderful series for both Filipinos and Koreans to enjoy, their biggest hurdle to success comes in the form of ‘A Love to Last’. Despite being perceived as ‘boring’ in the minds of critics, ‘A Love to Last’ continues to beat all comers, and this is something that should concern ‘My Korean Jagiya’ a lot.
One can only hope that ‘My Korean Jagiya’ will not be the short-lived drama that befell more recent romcoms ‘My Love from the Star’ and ‘I Heart Davao’. If the series can somehow go beyond 80 episodes, then that should be good enough for their morale.
Directed by Mark Reyes, ‘My Korean Jagiya’ airs weekdays after ‘Mulawin vs. Ravena’ on GMA Telebabad.
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This is such an interesting premise for a teleserye. This could attract K-drama fans who have long forgotten about our very own teleseryes.
Talk about returning the favor. After all, Filipinos need to give back what Korea gave to them.
This series reflects the scenario of the Filipinos who loved K Drama.
Not just K-drama, but also other aspects of Korean culture as well.
I’m really hoping that ALTL ends in September.
Be careful what you wish for. After all this time you still hate ALTL because it’s ‘boring’. If ABS announces its ending, I have a feeling that you will laugh and rejoice at this news, because you’ll be relieved that this ‘antokserye’ that you claim will be over. Good luck.
Bwhahahaha mag-paparty lang naman ako joke. I think wala pang ready na pamalit unless they go for TPOF kasi yung Victims of Love may problema sa casting. Si Angelica sana kaso scheduling conflicts tapos yung kapalit na si Isabelle Daza umayaw naman. Basta wag lang si Jessi na malas ang ipalit.
Just leave it to ABS for any possible replacements. But AFAIC, they might go back to romantic comedies once A Love to Last ends. Sobra na yung mga kabitserye; they need a lighter series to balance things out.