Glory Jane (Philippine TV series)

Glory Jane is a 2016 Philippine romantic melodrama television series based on the 2011 Korean drama of the same title originally played by Park Min-young. Directed by Veronica B. Velasco and Paco Sta. Maria, it is topbilled by The Mall Princess Cherryz Mendoza, together with an ensemble cast. The series was aired on IBC's Kapinoy Primetime evening block and worldwide on Global IBC from January 18, 2016 to July 29, 2016, replacing I Luv for Christmas. This is Cherryz Mendoza's very first lead role after portraying a supporting role in Only Me and You and the promising role in Forever Barkada.

The series follows the romantic and academic trials of an aspiring classmate in school and two baseball players as they strive for their love and dreams. The local adaptation of Koreanovela received by the school-oriented storyline due to heartwarming and knowledge in the Philippine public grade school system through the development of teaching moral values, life lessons and basic education among the teenagers by encouraging their study.

This is the first Korean drama adaptation to air on IBC. It is also the first television series of IBC partnered with Secarats Talent Management Services.

It airs from Monday to Friday at 5:45 pm as a lead-in to the network's flagship national evening newscast Express Balita.

Origin
Glory Jane is a South Korean drama series broadcast on KBS2 in 2011 starring Park Min-young, Chun Jung-myung and Lee Jang-woo. It was a "national drama" after garnering high ratings, including topping 20.2% for its finale episode.

Tagalog dubbed version of Glory Jane was released in the Philippines which aired in a rival station ABS-CBN from.February 25, 2013 until May 24, 2013. Re-runs of Glory Jane were aired on IBC aired on primetime from September 30, 2013 to March 7, 2014.

Premise
A happy and determined classmate who struggles in school, family, friends, love, and more importantly her achieve, but ironically she had no memory of her past. She can remember that mom and dad from her family in order to learn some moral values and that her family asked her to not forget her name - Jane Yoon.

As she focused on the teenager lessons, Jane discovered that already has a family and see that Ryan Kwang, a former baseball player who will also fall in love with Jane.

Jane decided to learned under her family and friends, and she managed to her moral lessons, know her real identity and the man she sees as a love interest. Kristoff Alvarez is the classmate boy and future heir of a sports clothing company and also the clean-up hitter for a professional baseball team.

Synopsis
Jane (Cherryz Mendoza) is a happy and determined girl who became a high school teenager as she is. In fact she is the daughter of the mother Marie (Maricar Reyes) and Mark (Smokey Manaloto) who was the president of a trading company. Mark was killed in a car accident and orchestrated by Jane's dad Alvin (Christian Vasquez), to make sure that Jane's dad takes over control of the company. When Jane's mom Marie received news of her husband's accident she took Jane and drove to the hospital. However, due to heavy rain, they got into a car accident caused by dad's goons, which separated the mom and daughter. Marie and Alvin ordered Marco (Paolo Contis) who works as his chauffeur with Kim (Bettina Carlos) and send for Jane, who had lost all of her memories at the time, to an orphanage, where mom and dad told her.

At the age of 14, Jane discovered in school when mom and dad regained her memories that she is a classmate when she meet with their classmates like Kylie (Stephanie Bangcot) and Jenny (Franchesca Salcedo). She admired with Angela (Denise Canlas), who will pretend that unwarmed in classroom. Marco' son, Ryan (Rico dela Paz), is a baseball player and one of the league's most promising sluggers, but he's since been demoted to the minors. He had a fallout with his rival, Kristoff (Francis Magundayao), who not only comes from a rich family but is also currently the league's top star.

While injured, Ryan meets Jane, and she saves him with a blood transfusion. Under Jane's orders, Marco is chased and threat in an accident orchestrated by his goons, to prevent Jane's mom from revealing dad's dark secrets. Jane, together with mom and dad meet with her teenage brother Pablo (Hiro Volante) who began as their two children. Ryan decides to quit being a baseball player from high school and owning as a college student and his noodle shop. Jane has been a grade school level as a classmate to meet with Kristoff who meets with her new love interest Valerie (Keith Cruz) and their best friends Jenny and Angela. Ryan finds himself disowned by Marco and Kim, and their classmates apply for jobs at the principal in high school.

After he quit a baseball player in high school, Ryan attend as a college student and meet their best friends like Manolo (Arvic Tan) and Christian (John Manalo). However, Ryan did well with Adrian (Kristofer Martin) putted against each other in everything they want. In Jane's school, Kristoff continue to learned for Jane's affections that is bound to happen for the classes. Cecil (Mymy Davao) also enters their lives; his lover is Kim, who happens to be Ryan's runaway sister. Then, Jane who fall in love with Ryan.

Main Cast

 * Cherryz Mendoza as Jane Yoon - A happy and determined girl known as an aspiring classmate in school. In the series, she develops a crush on her boyfriend Ryan.
 * Rico dela Paz as Ryan Kwang - Jane's love interest.
 * Francis Magundayao as Kristoff Alvarez - Ryan's bestfriend but later have feelings for Valerie.
 * Maricar Reyes as Marie Yoon - Jane's mom.
 * Christian Vasquez as Alvin Yoon - Jane's dad.
 * Hiro Volante as Pablo Yoon - the teenage brother of Jane.
 * Keith Cruz as Valerie dela Cruz - Jane's friend in school and Kristoff's girlfriend.

Supporting Cast

 * Coleen Garcia as Jasmine Ortega - Jane's bestfriend and Rico’s friend in college.
 * Justin Ward as Edward Alvarez - Kristoff's brother and Jane's bestfriend in school.
 * Denise Canlas as Angela Santos - Jane's mean girl and teen kontrabida in Jane's school.
 * Paolo Contis as Marco Kwang - Ryan's foster father.
 * Bettina Carlos as Kim Kwang - Ryan's runaway sister.
 * Joy Viado as Medie Avlarez - The nanny of Mike and Kristoff.
 * Justin Quirino as Paolo Obrera - Alvin's friend and Jasmine’s brother.
 * Mymy Davao as Cecil dela Cruz - Valerie's mother.
 * Ace Espinosa as Tomas dela Cruz - Valerie's father.
 * Stephanie Bangcot as Kylie Garcia - Jane's classmate/friend.
 * Franchesca Salcedo as Jenny Topas - Jane's classmate/friend.
 * Michael Tañeca as Carlo Mendoza - Pablo's classmate/friend.
 * Neri Naig as Teacher Jung Neri - High school teacher.
 * John Wayne Sace as Jake - the coach in high school.
 * Kristofer Martin as Adrian Martin - the male bida-kontrabida in the series. He is Ryan's half-brother.
 * Arvic Tan as Manolo Perez - Ryan's friend from college.
 * John Manalo as Christian Rodrigo - Ryan's friend, later as Jasmine's childhood friend in college.

Extended Cast

 * Raven Villanueva as Director of nursing service
 * Mike Advincula as Rayver Uytingco - Ryan's adviser in college.
 * Fernando Suarez as Father Fernando - Filipino Catholic priest in church

Guest Cast

 * Neil Coleta as Robin Gonzaga - Jasmine's boyfriend.
 * Chienna Filomeno as Bianca Santos - Edward's semi-serious girlfriend.
 * Carlo Lacana as Rico Romualdez - Valerie's semi-boyfriend.
 * Via Saroca as Leslie Garcia - Jane's classmate/friend and Carlo's girlfriend,
 * Manolo Pedrosa as Miguel de Guzman - Jane's new love.

Special Participation

 * Carleen Sky Aclan as young Jane Yoon
 * Lance Lucido as young Ryan Kwang
 * Francyss "Kiko" Abuan as young Kristoff Alvarez
 * Smokey Manaloto as Mark Yoon
 * Crissel Ignacio as young Valerie dela Cruz
 * Jedrik Yamio as young Edward Alvarez
 * Alessandra Sophia as young Angela Santos

Production
At December 2013 trade launch to potential advertisers, IBC announced it had acquired the Philippine adaptation rights to the drama. Glory Jane was revealed as one of two Korean drama adaptations (along with My Princess) as part of the network's program line-up for 2014.

Superstar Circle grand winner and Friends 4Ever star Liza Soberano was initially reported to be the lead role, but later became part of the supporting role in Janella: A Teen Princess on September 22, 2014 instead. On September 2014, a story published in the Journal group of daily tabloids reported that IBC was interested in IBC talent Sue Ramirez for Glory Jane in which she would star with Khalil Ramos and Rico dela Paz. However, IBC decided to cancel and shelved the series in 2014..

There would be no news about the project until November 2015 when IBC brought back the local adaptation of Koreanovela for the network and this time, began a partnership with Secarats Talent Management Services, an official talent provider and production unit of the sequestered network announed that Glory Jane will be the school-themed drama that premiered on January 18, 2016. It was announced that The Mall Princess and STMS premier talent Cherryz Mendoza who signed a contract with IBC, leads the cast in a title role, contrary to what had been reported. IBC talent Soberano admitted to being "hurt" after learning she did not been cast on the series because she currently star in the primetime drama series Before I Fall in Love. Along with Cherryz, other teen actors of IBC to star include Forever Barkada onscreen team-up partner Rico dela Paz and teen idol Francis Magundayao who marks the fourh project after the supporting role in 5 Girls and Daddy, the main role of Friends 4Ever and the supporting role in Princess Charm, and he collobated with Secarats. Maricar Reyes and Christian Vasquez were announced to be the parents of Mendoza's character. They are joined by comedian-actor Paolo Contis and Bettina Carlos, who will be making her first primetime project of IBC through the show played as Rico's runaway sister.

Other cast announced include comedienne Joy Viado who marks her return to IBC after 2 years, Mymy Davao, Ace Espinosa also return to acting after 5 years, Franchesca Salcedo, Neri Naig and John Wayne Sace, plus the young artists of Secarats are their acting debuts, including Hiro Volante, Keith Cruz, Justin Ward, Stephanie Bangcot, Denise Canlas and Michael Tañeca. Filming of the series began in early November 2015.

IBC Entertainment TV head Wilma Galvante and Secarats founder and head honcho Francisco Abuan, Jr. said the Filipino adaptation recommended by the curriculum of the Department of Education (DepEd), which will return requirement of students by wear uniforms and particularly aims to capture the high school students using a school uniforms (Filipino: uniporme or kasuotang pang-paaralan; Literally: school attire) as well as a uniform required in physical education classes (PE) in an effort to study and learn in school among the teenagers by teaching moral values and life lessons through participating their classmates in a classroom setting.

Before the airing of the first episode, Dyogi knows that their enthusiasm on the opportunity for curriculum-based in the education by teaching values in the series. They also remaked that there are the school-oriented storyline with a heartwarming scenes where the classmate by targeting for teenagers, valuable lessons and moral values about basic education, by giving a lesson in school.

In February 8, 2016, Kristofer Martin would also be joining the cast as the main male bida-kontrabida and Ryan's half-brother. As of February 29, 2016, it was announced that Coleen Garcia became a guest star. However, her guesting eventually turned into a regular supporting cast as Jane's bestfriend.

This was the last TV appearance of Joy Viado before her death on September 10, 2016 after returned to Kapinoy Network for her comeback and her only project after 2 years. It was also the last appearance of Kristofer Martin after 2 years of staying the same network.

Scheduling
As part of Kapinoy Primetime evening block, Glory Jane was originally planned to replace Kumander Bawang at 7:45pm on January 2016. However, the school-themed drama does not allowed to put the 7:45pm timeslot due to fantaserye genre of IBC and decided to put it on a pre-primeime slot and premiered on January 18, 2016, replacing I Luv for Christmas//. It aired as the lead-in to the network's flagship national evening newscast, [[Express Balita.

Marketing
On December 25, 2015, during commercial gap of the romantic drama series Before I Fall in Love, IBC released the first teaser trailer for the series on YouTube, featuring Cherryz. Another teaser followed on December 30, and once again featuring Cherryz. Later that month, IBC and Secarats released a series of exclusive posters and cast portraits on the show's website and Twitter. The full trailer premiered on January 8, 2016. Soon after, the trailer became a top trending topic nationwide on Twitter. Two days later, the official poster was released.

Ratings
According to data from Kantar Media Philippines, the Pinoy version of the hit Korean drama series Glory Jane  successfully conquered the early primetime viewing habit of TV viewers as it reigned in its timeslot with a pilot national rating of 25.8% beating its rival programs like ABS-CBN's Pasión de Amor and GMA's The Producers which only got 19.3% and 9.9%. It soared high on its 2nd day garnering a 24.4% national rating versus the 19.8% and 10.2% rating of its rivals. It also dominated its time slot on January 29, 2016 with 24.7% versus Pasión de Amor with a national TV rating of 22.3%, and The Producers, which concluded its run with only 9.5%.

In February 1, Glory Jane registered 25.6% rating versus its competitors like Pasión de Amor with 18.9% and Wowowin which is returned for weeknights with 14.8%. In February 29, it also registered with 27.8% versus its newest competitors like ABS-CBN's We Will Survive (16.7%) and Wowowin (14.4%).

Glory Jane hit an all-time high national TV rating of 29.6% on March 17, 2016, beating its rival programs We Will Survive and Wowowin with only 15.1% and 14.8%.

Music
Due to the success of the series, the soundtrack for the teleserye was released on January 17, 2016 under IBC and Secarats Talent Management Services and distributed by PolyEast Records. The physical copy of soundtrack is available in leading music stores and digitally via iTunes.

All the songs from the official soundtrack album of the series are performed by Cherryz Mendoza, led by the show's theme song One Day.

The album reached Gold status selling more than 15,000 copies nationwide.

Track listing

 * 1) One Day (composer: Agatha Obar-Morallos, arranger: Paulo Zarate) - Cherryz Mendoza
 * 2) Siguro (composer: Jessa Mae Gabon, arranger: Jun Tamayo) - Cherryz Mendoza
 * 3) Points of View (composer: Vehnee Saturno) - Cherryz Mendoza and Keith Cruz
 * 4) Lihim (composer: Vehnee Saturno) - Cherryz Mendoza
 * 5) Ang Pag-Ibig (composer: Melchora Mabilog) - Cherryz Mendoza and Hiro Volante
 * 6) One More Try (composer: Vehnee Saturno,producer: Jimmy Antiporda) - Cherryz Mendoza
 * 7) Tonight I Celebrate My Love for You (compsoer: Tito Cayamanda) - Cherryz Mendoza and Rico dela Paz
 * 8) Sa Puso'y Ikaw (composer: Vehnee Saturno) - Cherryz Mendoza
 * 9) Just Say You Love Me (composers: Jim Cosme and Homer Flores) - Cherryz Mendoza

Awards and nominations

 * 30th PMPC Star Awards for Television (Best New Female TV Personality) - Won (Keith Cruz)
 * 30th PMPC Star Awards for Television (Best New Male TV Personality) - Won (Hiro Volante)
 * 30th PMPC Star Awards for Television (Best Drama Actor) - Won (Rico dela Paz)

Trivia

 * The local version of Glory Jane marks the first primetime teleserye of Cherryz Mendoza under IBC where she starred in their three projects are the supporting role in Only Me and You and the main role in Forever Barkada. She is a contract star under Secarats Talent Management Services, she will be one her fourth Primetime Princess of IBC (like Janella Salvador, Sue Ramirez and Liza Soberano).
 * This is a third time of Cherryz and Rico dela Paz to appear on the series, since Only Me and You in 2014 and Forever Barkada in 2015.
 * It is the fourth project of Francis Magundayao under IBC after the supporting role in 5 Girls and Daddy, the main role of Friends 4Ever and the supporting role in Princess Charm.
 * Also, the first ever teleserye of Hiro Volante on IBC to be team-up with Cherryz.
 * This is also the first Korean drama adaptation to air on IBC.
 * The series is also became the fourth primetime drama franchise of IBC after Carita de Angel from Mexico and Hayate the Combat Butler and Fall In Love With Me from Taiwan.