HW 7: TV Stations Showing Korean TV Dramas

It's been a many years that the Philippine TV showing Korean dramas on daytime, afternoon and prime-time. And these are brought to us by the three largest stations which are the GMA Kapuso, ABS-CBN Kapamilya and TV5 Kapatid.

They are competing with each other to lunch a new and fascinating drama that the viewers will cherish and will get a high rating. GMA Kapuso started showing Korean dramas since 2003 until now.

List of Korean dramas GMA 7 aired:

As I see, they show Korean drama because since GMA 7 started to aired Dae Jang Geum, it's become click to the mass and they feel how Filipino viewers become attracted to K-dramas.

Dae Jang Geum is also known as Jewel in the Palace. The genre of this drama was Historical Fiction. It is about the tale of an orphaned kitchen cook who became the king's first female physician.

In a time when women held little influence in society, young apprentice cook Jang Geum strives to learn the secrets of Korean cooking and medicine in order to cure the King of his various ailments. This is based on the true story of Jang-Geum, the first female royal physician of the Joseon Dynasty.

It aired on Philippine TV by the said station from November 2005 until March 2006. It has the highest rated Korean drama showed in the Philippines. During April, it was returned after the show ended because of its popularity with the mass and again got higher ratings.

The Tagalog version of the theme song of this drama was sung by Faith Cuneta, which is entitled "Pangarap na Bituin".

According to the Article I've read which is entitled The Charm of Dae Jang Geum, this article discusses about, how a woman overcomes a hardship to become a high ranking member of the king's kitchen staff and, later become a doctor who helped plenty of people and chosen as the king's physician in a time when there is no model yet, responsible position for women.

While ABS-CBN started showing Koreanovelas since 2004 and they have four Korean dramas.

Here are the lists of Korean dramas showed by ABS-CBN:

Then again, when ABS-CBN aired Lovers in Paris it became hit in the mass, broke the ratings record of "Dae Jang Geum" and became the rival of GMA 7.

Lovers in Paris is a Korean drama that first aired in 2004 on SBS with actress Kim Jung-Eun in the title role, Park Shin-Yang as Carlo and Lee Dong-Gun as Martin. The series had a total of 20 episodes.

It also has a Filipino Version, it is considered the first teleserye of KC Concepcion, who played the role of Vivian Viscarra, a young woman who dreams to become a director in Paris. And this is her first team-up with the Philippine heartthrob Piolo Pascual who plays Carlo Aranaz.

The theme song entitled "Wag na Wag Mong Sasabihen" was sung by KC Concepcion used for commercial purpose and the other is a duet by KC with Piolo, used in the show

As I had read the article of Lovers in Paris - reviews, it gave me the knowledge that this show became hit to the mass and break the ratings record of Dae Jang Geum, reaching a 57% rating as its peak. But for me, Lovers in Paris still not completely get my sense of wanting a drama with a good story.

Last, but not the least, TV5 the former ABC-5 also aired some Korean dramas. It's just the beginning of it to show k-drama on their prime. That's why it only has few k-dramas showed.

The list of Asianovelas aired by TV5:

The present Korean drama that really captivates the viewers with many stories, such stories about love, betrayal and relationships.

These are the big time Korean drama aired on TV5. White Lies, Love You a Thousand Times, and Pink Lipstick.

According to the article I had read which is entitled Big Time Korean Dramas Premiere on TV5. These are the reason why the viewers around the Philippine love to watch this big time Korean drama.

• White Lies the story of this was a very interesting one, unlike from any Korean drama before, the ending part was stunning.

• Love You A Thousand Times tackles this story was quite fascinating, something different yet not too far unreliable. 

• In Pink Lipstick, this drama is good but I guess it puzzles the viewers because of the schemes of the characters in it and it gets so confusing on who hates and who cheats.

As you can see in the list of the shows that the three stations showed, GMA has the lot of Koreanovelas aired since 2003, next to it was ABS-CBN, and still following TV5. They still show and adapting the dramas of Korean, and making a Filipino version of it.

For me, through this three large stations we view this kind of drama. And that is why we are now influenced by their culture. Without this choice of entertainment we could not be attached to this kind of drama. But we can't blame the said station in this case, it is all what we want and what we select.