The First and True Home of Asianovelas

Asian dramas have been popular in the Philippines since the 2000s. This demand from Filipino viewers prompted Philippine television stations to import Chinese and South Korean programs.[1]

In 2003, ABS-CBN first aired the Taiwanese drama Meteor Garden which later became a top-rating program. In 2004, the network introduced Korean dramas to Filipino viewers by acquiring distribution rights for The Truth, Four Sisters, and Lovers in Paris. For the past decade, ABS-CBN has aired several Korean dramas including Memories of Bali, Green Rose, Only You, My Girl, Princess Hours, Spring Waltz, Boys Over Flowers, He's Beautiful, Cinderella's Sister, My Girlfriend is a Gumiho, Pure Love, City Hunter, Dream High, Two Wives, To the Beautiful You, Missing You, The Love Story of Kang Chi, Crazy Love, and The Heirs.[2]

In 2015, ABS-CBN aired Fated to Love You, Unforgettable Love, Let's Get Married, and My Lovely Girl. The Asian drama block was discontinued in June 2015.

In 2016, ABS-CBN only aired one Korean drama, My Love Donna, which premiered on March 14, 2016 but was cancelled on April 8, 2016, making it the first Asian drama abruptly announced its "last two days" of airing. In the same year, ABS-CBN TV Plus' digital channel CineMo! began airing Korean dramas with Blood, You're All Surrounded, Blade Man, and Orange Marmalade.

In 2017, Korean dramas returned to ABS-CBN with Love in the Moonlight, Goblin, Legend of the Blue Sea, Weightlifting Fairy, and Hwarang.

In 2018, ABS-CBN continued airing several Korean drama such as Black, The King is in Love, I am Not a Robot, W, Doctor Crush, Go Back Couple, Hwayugi, My Time with You, and What's Wrong with Secretary Kim, together with the 2018 Chinese remake of Meteor Garden. ABS-CBN TV Plus also launched its digital channel Asianovela Channel on July 30, 2018, which aired more Korean dramas with Bubble Gum, High Society, On the Way to the Airport, Uncontrollably Fond, and Woman with a Suitcase.

In 2019, Encounter, Gangnam Beauty, Code Name: Terrius, 100 Days My Prince, I Have a Lover, Hotel del Luna, and Touch Your Heart were aired on ABS-CBN.

In 2020, ABS-CBN aired the final remaining Asian dramas on its main network: Flower Crew: Dating Agency, Story of Yanxi Palace, The Tale of Nokdu, and Love in Sadness. On May 5, 2020, both ABS-CBN and Asianovela Channel went off the air due to the NTC's cease-and-desist order following the expiration of the network's franchise; Love in Sadness and Story of Yanxi Palace were both stop aired as a result. On June 1, 2020, Asianovela Channel resumed its operations. However, the channel permanently ceased broadcasting on June 30, 2020 due to the NTC's alias cease-and-desist order (ACDO) against ABS-CBN TV Plus and all of its digital channels that are transmitted through Channel 43 frequency after NTC was pressured by the members of the House of Representatives (such as Sagip Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta and AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor) who were against the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN.[3] NTC then recalled all the frequencies and channels (including Asianovela Channel) assigned to ABS-CBN after the franchise renewal was rejected by the House Committee on Legislative Franchises.[4]

The programming block continues to air on other platforms operated by ABS-CBN Corporation. On June 15, 2020, Korean cable dramas Familiar Wife and The World of a Married Couple made their debut on pay cable and satellite via Kapamilya Channel. The Thai boys' love drama 2gether: The Series premiered online via iWantTFC on June 28, 2020 and it was the first Thai BL series to be aired in Philippine TV via Kapamilya Channel on July 27, 2020. Its sequel, Still 2gether, was also aired on August 2020. Meanwhile, the previously stopped airing Asian dramas Love in Sadness and Story of Yanxi Palace resumed airing on Kapamilya Channel with all complete episodes. Through a partnership agreement of ABS-CBN and GMMTV, more Thai series were introduced via iWantTFC such as Come to Me, I'm Tee, Me Too, Dark Blue Kiss, Theory of Love and The Shipper.[5]

In 2021, the programming block will continue to air more Asianovelas as ABS-CBN acquired the distribution rights of 2 series from China and Thailand which will be airing first in iWantTFC and that is Count Your Lucky Stars and A Tale of Thousand Stars.

Note: Titles are listed in alphabetical order.

Note: Titles are listed in alphabetical order, followed by the premiere date in parentheses.

Note: The following is a list of Asian dramas that originally aired first on each channels. Reruns are excluded in this section.

The success of Korean dramas prompted ABS-CBN to do teleserye remakes. The following Philippine adaptations are:

• My Girl (2008)
• Only You (2009)[7]
• Lovers in Paris (2009)[8]
• Green Rose (2011)[9]
• Pure Love (based on 49 Days) (2014)[10]
• Two Wives (2014–2015)[11]
• The World of a Married Couple
• Cinderella’s Sister
• Sky Castle

• List of programs broadcast by ABS-CBN
• List of programs broadcast by Asianovela Channel (defunct)
• List of programs aired by Asianovela Channel (defunct)
• List of programs broadcast by Jeepney TV
• List of programs broadcast by Kapamilya Channel
• List of programs aired by Studio 23 (defunct)
• List of iWantTFC original programming
• South Korean television dramas in the Philippines
• Korean drama
• Korean Wave
• Asianovela Channel (defunct)
• GMA The Heart of Asia
• Heart of Asia (TV channel)
• Hallypop (Philippine TV channel)