GMA’s New Rival to Sana Dalawa ang Puso and Till My Heartaches End Premieres Monday

March 9, 2018

GMA has a new series coming up to counter Sana Dalawa ang Puso and Till My Heartaches End.

After over a month of staying away from the dreaded love team that is Jodi Sta. Maria and Richard Yap (with some sprinkling of Robin Padilla in between) and Jasmine Curtis-Smith and Fred Lo (with some sprinkling of Martin Escudero in between), GMA will once again look to defeat the two popular tandems. This time, however, they will not have the benefit of TAPE Inc. as a blocktimer and production partner.

Instead, the new series Ang Forever Ko’y Ikaw will be self-produced by the network, the first time they have done that in a pre-noontime show since Cielo de Angelina in 2012. But unlike the latter which is more of a tear-jerker, Ang Forever Ko’y Ikaw will be done in the same way as Sana Dalawa ang Puso and Till My Heartaches End: a romantic comedy.

Ang Forever Ko’y Ikaw will be headlined by Camille Prats, Neil Ryan Sese, Ayra Mariano and Bruno Gabriel. Camille (as Ginny) and Neil (as Lance) are single parents still attached to their past, but with some common ground between them (e.g. living in the same condo, enjoy the same brand of coffee), it seems like a relationship is about to bloom.

Their lives will also intertwine with that of their children. Ginny’s daughter Marione (Ayra) and Lance’s son Benjie (Bruno) are also on the verge of falling in love, but it remains to be seen if either or both of their relationships will flourish.

GMA is no stranger to morning romantic series, having aired With a Smile and Dangwa in years past. Unfortunately, the presence of TAPE’s pre-noontime shows prevented GMA from seriously challenging ABS-CBN and IBC’s popular late-morning dramas, which led to both shows’ failure to make an impact.

The curse of JoChard has become a long-standing dilemma for GMA ever since Be Careful with My Heart premiered in 2012 and JasFred has gained popularity. That said, GMA can only hope for the best with Ang Forever Ko’y Ikaw, as this could be their last-ditch attempt to overcome the problem.

If they fail on this objective, it will not be a surprise to see the network return to a pupal state and fill the airtime with Kapuso Movie Festival. It is either all-out or stay out as far as GMA is concerned.

Directed by Tata Betita and Jojo Nones, Ang Forever Ko’y Ikaw airs weekdays before Eat Bulaga on GMA.