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Created by | Rondel P. Lindayag |
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Opening theme | "Mahal Ko o Mahal Ako" by Regine Velasquez-Alcasid |
Composer | Edwin Marollano |
Country of origin | Philippines |
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No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 95 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Dreamscape Entertainment |
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Network | ABS-CBN |
Release | February 10 – March 20, 2020 |
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Release | June 15 – September 11, 2020 |
Love Thy Woman is a 2020 Philippine drama television series broadcast by ABS-CBN. Directed by Jeffrey Jeturian and Jerry Lopez Sineneng, it stars Kim Chiu, Yam Concepcion and Xian Lim. The series aired on Kapamilya Channel's Kapamilya Gold afternoon block, along with A2Z (during ABS-CBN shutdown), and worldwide via The Filipino Channel from February 10 to September 11, 2020, replacing Kadenang Ginto and it was replaced by Bagong Umaga .
Jia Wong and Dana Wong are half-sisters and daughters of Chinese Filipino self-made billionaire Adam Wong with two different women. Jia's mother is Kai Estrella, Adam's mistress, and Dana's mother is Lucy Gongsu-Wong, Adam's legal wife. The Wong daughters are beautiful, charming and intelligent, groomed to lead and head Dragon Empire Builders, a multi-million peso real estate business established by Adam.
Adam acknowledges his relationship with Kai and his daughter Jia, who form part of the Wong immediate family, attending all family and social events. Adam's wife, Lucy, is not happy about this but swallows her resentment and accepts their constant presence in their lives.
Lucy comes from a wealthy Singaporean family, her Filipino mother was one of her father's wives. Her mother leaves and Lucy is raised by her Chinese Singaporean father who hates and mistrusts those of Filipino descent. So when Lucy falls in love with Adam, her father disowns and curses her. Lucy never sees her family again. After Adam's indiscretion with Kai, Lucy sees it as the unravelling of her father's curse. Forced to accept her husband's mistress, the two families coexist under Adam's care. Because Adam is a prominent businessman, society accepts Kai as Adam's consort with a place in the social structure.
Jia is an interior designer who remained in Manila for her studies, working at her father's company. Dana finished her degree in architecture in Singapore where she meets and falls in love with David Chao.
Dana becomes pregnant with David and the couple plans to marry. As part of a pre-wedding ritual, the families have the couple's fortune read. The seer warns them of the curse and urges them to stop the wedding. Despite Lucy's apprehensions, Adam does not believe in the curse and the wedding follows. The "Wedding of the Year" that begins like a fairy tale, ends in a tragic car accident, leaving Dana in a deep coma. Medical experts from different countries step in with modern treatments but nobody can induce Dana out of her comatose state. The Wongs and the Chaos watch over Dana for over a year. Lucy believes that the curse is at work.
It was during this emotional time that Jia and David's shared grief of possibly losing Dana, blossoms into an illicit affair which results in chaos within the family. Harsh condemnation by Adam and Lucy and Jia's regret over betraying her older sister, drive Kai and Jia to leave the Wong family to start a new life on their own in Singapore. Jia discovers she is pregnant with David's son and finds success as a furniture designer, opening a furniture store with her boss, Richie Tan. But despite her success, the curse follows her as she suffers from breast cancer and loses her son.
Meanwhile in Manila, Dana comes out of her coma. As she recovers, she is curious about what happened during the 18 months she was asleep. No one can give her a straight answer on why Jia and Kai left. Not believing that her father banished Jia for venturing out on her own, Dana becomes suspicious of David having an affair and that Jia's disappearance is related to David's emotional distance.
While David tries to make up for his indiscretion by sticking to their marriage, Dana's obsession to get the truth drives her to maltreat David. He considers filing for an annulment. Adam and Lucy are happy about this because they have not forgiven David for his betrayal of Dana.
Amidst the turmoil in their marriage, it is revealed that Jia's son did not die. Kai's brother Harry kidnapped the baby and was given to Lucy in exchange for money for Jia's cancer treatment. Unbeknownst to everyone except Lucy, the infant is left at the gate of the Wong residence and adopted by David and Dana.
In Singapore, Jia recovers from her illness and together with Richie, opens RJ&E Design, a furniture design and manufacturing company that becomes the most sought out furniture maker in Asia.
In Manila, Dana is in line to become the next CEO of Dragon Empire Builders once Adam announces his retirement. Motivated to expand and increase their sales as VP of Operations, Dana is set on a brand alliance with RJ&E Design. After several attempts for a meeting to submit a proposal, Lucy and Dana fly to Singapore and discover that Jia is the owner. Jia turns down their proposal. After advising Adam of their unsuccessful proposal, Adam makes some inquiries of his own and discovers Jia is the owner. He flies to Singapore and they have a happy reunion. Flushed with emotions after being separated for a decade, he convinces Jia to return to Manila with the promise to protect her from Lucy and Dana. Jia admits her indiscretion to Dana, hoping to be free of the curse.
From keeping Chinese traditions and Filipino values alive to adapt with the changing times, Love Thy Woman, a family saga spanning two generations, explores love's dark side and the duplicitous polarity of betrayal. A family's journey to heal the mistakes and wounds of the past.
Erich Gonzales was originally cast to play the role of Dana Wong, but she backed out because of creative differences. [1] [8] [9] Yam Concepcion took over the role. [3]
The series aired on ABS-CBN's Kapamilya Gold afternoon block and worldwide on The Filipino Channel.
Due to the community quarantine being imposed in the country as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, the series temporarily stopped filming new episodes in compliance with the guidelines set by the country's govenrment. Despite this, the series aired 5 of its fresh, new episodes from March 16–20, 2020, along with Sandugo's finale week. [10]
However, as the series ran out of pre-taped episodes during the said health crsis, it temporarily stopped airing the week after and its timeslot was temporarily taken over by reruns of Walang Hanggan , The Legal Wife , and Got to Believe on March 23, 2020. [11] [12]
Prior to the series being put on hiatus, series star Christopher de Leon tested positive for COVID-19. [13] This caused select members of the cast to place themselves in self-quarantine. [14]
Thereafter, the series' future would be placed in doubt after the shutdown of ABS-CBN's analog free-to-air stations following the cease and desist order issued by the National Telecommunications Commission on account of its franchise expiration. [15] However, on June 4, 2020, it was announced that the show would make its return on June 15, 2020 on cable-and-satellite channel Kapamilya Channel. [16]
The series began airing reruns on Kapamilya Channel's Kapamilya Gold afternoon block and TV5's Hapon Champion from November 15, 2021 to March 25, 2022. replacing the reruns of Dolce Amore and was replaced by the reruns of Init sa Magdamag .
Pilot Episode | Finale Episode | Peak | Average |
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14.2% February 10, 2020 [17] | N/A September 11, 2020 | N/A | N/A |
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