Forevermore (TV series)

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Forevermore
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Title card
Genre
Created by ABS-CBN Studios
Jay Fernando
Developed byABS-CBN Studios
Written by
Directed by
Creative directorJohnny delos Santos
Starring
Theme music composer Side A
Opening theme"Forevermore" by Juris Fernandez and Jay Durias
ComposerJoey Generoso
Country of originPhilippines
Original languages
  • Filipino
  • Ilocano
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes148 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerEdlyn Tallada-Abuel
ProducersEdlyn Tallada-Abuel
Myleen Ongkiko
Des M. De Guzman
Production locations
Editors
  • Jay Mendoza
  • Jeric Hernandez
Running time28–40 minutes
Production company Star Creatives Television
Original release
Network ABS-CBN
ReleaseOctober 27, 2014 (2014-10-27) –
May 22, 2015 (2015-05-22)

Forevermore is a Philippine television drama romance series broadcast by ABS-CBN. Directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina, it stars Enrique Gil and Liza Soberano. It premiered on October 27, 2014 on the network's Primetime Bida line up, replacing Ikaw Lamang . The series concluded on May 22, 2015 with a total of 148 episodes. It was replaced by Pangako sa 'Yo in its timeslot. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Plot

This is the story of Alexander "Xander" Grande III (Enrique Gil), the rebellious, broken, only child of a hotel magnate, and Maria Agnes Calay (Liza Soberano), the humble, beautiful and hardworking daughter of a strawberry farmer in La Presa, Benguet. [5] They cross paths when Xander crashes into Agnes' strawberry truck while BASE jumping. After the incident, his parents force him to pay for the damages by living and working at the strawberry farm without comfortable amenities, alongside Agnes and her strawberry farm community. Xander's immersion in a different world is not easy for both, but Agnes and the La Presa community transform him from an entitled broken boy into a very charming, understanding, and caring man. Xander and Agnes fall deeply in love with each other. Meanwhile, Xander has unfinished business with his first love, Kate Saavedra (Sofia Andres), who is struggling with their break up. Xander and Agnes' love is further challenged when they get entangled in the strawberry farm land dispute between their families. A mature Xander makes the greatest sacrifice for Agnes, the woman he loves the most, and they part ways. As fate would have it, after two years of separation, they meet again.

Cast and characters

Main cast

CastCharacterCharacter information
Enrique Gil Alexander "Xander" Grande IIIThe rebellious son of Alexander and Bettina. He is Agnes's love interest and they become engaged at the end.
Liza Soberano Maria Agnes Calay-GrandeAgnes is a strong-willed farmer's daughter, who is in love with Xander.

Supporting cast

CastCharacterCharacter information
Sofia Andres Katherine "Kate" SaavedraXander's ex-girlfriend and first love, who initially refuses to move on from their relationship. Mentally unstable and emotionally dependent on Xander at the start of the series, she returns and tries to stand in between Agnes and Xander's relationship and does her best to win Xander back. The disastrous events in La Presa is due to her family's (mostly her father's) doing, injuring the strawberry farmers and hurting the Grande family's reputation. After two years of therapy in America, Kate shows self-growth and steadily improves, finally accepts Xander's love for Agnes and stands up against her menacing father.
Joey Marquez Buboy "Papang / Mang Bubs" CalayAgnes's supportive father
Lilet Bettina Rosales-GrandeSecond wife of Alex Grande Sr. and Xander's mother. Initially, Bettina is seen as a scheming woman who dislikes Agnes because of the disparity of their socio-economic backgrounds and tries to undermine her and Xander. [6] She eventually warms up to Agnes and recognizes her positive influence on her son. She has lived under the shadows of her domineering mother-in-law and a first wife.
Zoren Legaspi Alexander "Alex" Grande IIXander's strict father but eases up and becomes a good father.
Irma Adlawan Mirasol AmparoPapang's second wife and Agnes's stepmother.
Marissa Delgado Doña Soledad GrandeThe strong domineering grandmother of Xander, who dislikes Agnes.
Jason Francisco Orly CranberryXander's executive assistant and one of the heroes of the series.
Beverly Salviejo Margarita "Meg" GomezThe assistant of Doña Soledad Grande.
Diego Loyzaga Jay FernandezA friend of Agnes from college in Manila, who later falls in love with Agnes.
Yves Flores Andrew "Drew" FontanillaAgnes's friend who hates Xander at first but later becomes his friend.
Kit Thompson Julius San JuanSheri's brother.
Joj AgpanganClauie BernalesInitially, Clauie is a brat, jealous of Agnes and bullies her a lot but eventually she and Agnes become friends in La Presa community.
Jai AgpanganJudy BernalesAgnes's best friend and Clauie's twin sister.
Pinky Amador Sheri San Juan-Grande"The manipulative ex-wife", who tries to undermine Bettina in the inheritance fight after Alex dies. She is directly involved in sabotaging the main water supply in the forest.
Almira MuhlachMarites "Mamang" CalayPapang's ex-wife and Agnes' biological mother who left them to work abroad as an OFW.

Extended cast

Guest cast

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 74October 27, 2014February 5, 2015
2 74February 6, 2015May 22, 2015

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipient(s)Result
2014Eastern Visayas State University Student's Choice Mass Media AwardsBest Primetime TV SeriesForevermoreWon
201513th Gawad Tanglaw AwardsBest TV SeriesForevermoreWon
29th PMPC Star Awards for Television Best Primetime TV SeriesForevermoreNominated
Best Supporting Actress Sofia Andres Nominated
ALTA Media Icon AwardsBest Drama SeriesForevermoreWon
201612th USTV Student's Choice AwardsStudent's Choice of Drama ProgramForevermoreNominated
47th GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards Most Popular Primetime DramaForevermoreWon
Most Popular Love Team of Movies and TV Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil Won
7th Northwestern Samar State University Student's Choice AwardsBest Primetime SeriesForevermoreWon
3rd Paragala Central Luzon Media AwardsBest TeleseryeForevermoreWon
Best TV Actor Enrique Gil Won
Philippine Pediatric Society Media Awards for Local Television Gawad DuyanGintong Kolong-Kolong AwardeeForevermoreWon

International broadcasts

International adaptation

Vermem Seni Ellere , a Turkish adaptation produced by AKN Film, aired on ATV from June 18, 2023, to August 13, 2023, for a total of nine episodes. It starred Buse Meral as Zeliş and Emre Bey as Mehmet. [11]

Reception

Ratings

KANTAR MEDIA NATIONAL TV RATINGS
(8:30PM PST)
PILOT EPISODEFINALE EPISODEPEAKAVERAGESOURCE
27.1%
39.3%
39.3%
TBA
 [12] [13]

Critical response

Forevermore largely received positive reviews from viewers. University of the Philippines film professor Ed Cabagnot attributed the program's success to "lightness and the wholesomeness of the love story." He said that "It is a relief from all the other teleserye saturating television prime time revolving around themes of infidelities and family troubles." [14] Former ABS-CBN president and CEO Charo Santos-Concio praised the series for it "acknowledged the goodness of the Filipino as seen through pakikipagkapwa-tao in a community." [15]

Cultural impact

For the first time in Philippine TV history, the series' principal setting Sitio Pungayan in Mount Cabuyao, Tuba, Benguet, coined as "La Presa", a strawberry farm home to Agnes and Xander, became a tourist phenomenon. [16] The City of Baguio has adopted a resolution commending the show's contribution in the promotion of the tourism in the city. [17]

According to Resolution Numbered 92, [18] the City of Baguio remarked:

"Due to the popularity of the said teleserye, tourists and visitors have been flocking to the City of Baguio to visit and get a glimpse of 'La Presa' which has become an instant tourist attraction for the City of Baguio and Tuba, Benguet."

While the remote place led to growth of businesses with more than 170 roadside stalls set up and became a source of livelihood, [19] the unprecedented influx of fans from across the country, and even abroad, caused traffic congestion and accumulation of garbage in the area. [20] This concern prompted the Supreme Court to issue a Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO) in September 2014. [21] In May 2015, two weeks before the soap ended, the Court of Appeals issued a Writ of Kalikasan and made a Permanent Environmental Protection Order (PEPO). [22] [23] In February 2019, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Cordillera Administrative Region reminded the public that the fictional community is still off-limits to visitors. [24]

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