| My Dear Heart | |
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| Developed by | ABS-CBN Studios |
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| Music by | Jessie Lasaten |
| Opening theme | "Sa'yo Lamang" byErik Santos |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
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| No. of episodes | 103(list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer | Cathy Magdael-Abarrondo |
| Producer | Carlina dela Merced |
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| Running time | 28–46 minutes |
| Production company | Dreamscape Entertainment Television |
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| Network | ABS-CBN |
| Release | January 23 (2017-01-23) – June 16, 2017 (2017-06-16) |
My Dear Heart is a 2017Philippine television drama series broadcast byABS-CBN. Directed by Jerome C. Pobocan and Jojo A. Saguin, it stars Heart Ramos,Coney Reyes,Zanjoe Marudo,Bela Padilla andRia Atayde. It aired on the network's Primetime Bida line up and worldwide onTFC from January 23 to June 16, 2017, replacingTill I Met You and was replaced byLa Luna Sangre.[1][2][3]
The series is streaming online onYouTube.[4]
The story revolves around Heart de Jesus (Nayomi Ramos), who grew up not knowing her biological parents because of her biological grandmother, and under the care of Jude (Zanjoe Marudo) and Clara de Jesus (Bela Padilla). She lives happily despite being poor and having a rare heart condition. Heart will then be put into a coma, which causes her soul to become visible to her doctor, Margaret Divinagracia (Coney Reyes). They then learn to love each other. Along the way, Heart will eventually know that Margaret is her grandmother, and Margaret's daughter Gia (Ria Atayde) is her birth mother. Jude will then discover that the little girl he is taking care of is the fruit of his affair with Gia.
| Pilot Episode | Finale Episode | Peak | Average |
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| 29.2% January 23, 2017 | 34% June 16, 2017[5] | 34% June 16, 2017[5] | 27.5% |
My Dear Heart was remade by Myanmar's partly state-owned broadcasterMRTV-4 asChit Hla Swar Thaw (ချစ်လှစွာသော), which began airing on September 19, 2023. Despite the Philippine government's role inABS-CBN's loss of its broadcasting franchise, Philippine Embassy in Yangon Chargé d’Affaires Enrique Voltaire Pingol attended the press launch of the adaptation and portrayed it as “part of people-to-people diplomacy and soft-power approach.”[6]