MANILA, Philippines - From Rosalinda, Maria Mercedes, Rubi, El Cuerpo, Mirada de Mujer, Gata Salvaje to Pasion De Amor, ABS-CBN proves to be the home of hit telenovelas in the country. Beginning today, ABS-CBN introduces yet a new breed of soap operas that will captivate Filipino viewers with the launch of Ana Manuela.
Ana Manuela not only marks the return of telenovelas in the country, it also marks ABS-CBN’s partnership with globally-recognized Brazilian broadcast group TV, making the internationally acclaimed and award-winning program the first Brazilian series to air on Philippine TV.
Follow how fate tests the bonds of sisterhood between Ana and Manuela. Ana is a successful and popular tennis player who will temporarily leave her career when she carried her boyfriend Rodrigo’s child. For a woman who will do anything for love, she couldn’t care less just as long as she is with the man she loves.
Her life takes a sudden twist when she met an accident that put her on comatose for many years. When she wakes up, everything she owns now belongs to Manuela, including Rodrigo and their daughter Julia. How will Ana fight for a man that was truly hers all along? How will she make up for the lost times with her daughter? Who will Rodrigo choose?
Also premiering today on the Kapamilya Network is the Korean romantic comedy Pretty Man topbilled by Korean sweetheart and Kpop star IU and Asian Prince Jang Geun Suk.
Pretty Man tells the story of Marty, a good-looking guy who gets girls going head-over-heels in love with him. But behind his pretty face is a sad young man in search of himself and his biological father.
Amidst all his struggles comes Bettina Kim who volunteers to help him out. Bettina, apparently, has been in love with him for 10 years. Can she help Marty and win his heart?
Pretty Man features Kathryn Bernardo’s single Ikaw Na Nga Yata as the theme song.
Ana Manuela airs after It’s Showtime and Pretty Man, after Bistado.