Year 2003 Since ABS-CBN (one of the large TV station/network in the Philippines) aired METEOR GARDEN (TV Series from Taiwan featured the 4 famous boy group called F4) was became a big success, Filipino people start to divert theyre attention in watching ASIANOVELAS (dubbed South Korean, Japanese and Chinese/Taiwanese TV series) from watching Television dramas from Mexico. A year later GMA-7 (another big television network in the Philippines) started to air Bright Girl, Endless Love: Autumn in my heart, and Stairway to Heaven (TV Series from Korea). It is Endless Love & Stairway to Heaven gained the most popular of korean drama at that time.  Followed by Full House (also aired in GMA Network).

ABS-CBN, as a #1 competitor of GMA Network also aired Koreanovelas such as Lovers in Paris. This is the Korean Drama that beat Stairway to Heaven in ratings.

Jan 18, 2005- Jan 22, 2005

    * Lovers In Paris 35.6%  vs. Stairway To Heaven 21.3%    * Lovers In Paris 33.4%  vs. Stairway To Heaven 22.9%    * Lovers In Paris 36.6%  vs. Stairway To Heaven 20.8%    * Lovers In Paris 37.5%  vs. Stairway To Heaven 24.5%    * Lovers In Paris 36.6%  vs. Stairway To Heaven 23.3% 

However, after Lovers in Paris had finished, Stairway to Heaven started to become a major hit in the Philippines, beating all its counterpart. Stairway to Heaven, after the ending of Lovers in Paris, once reached 50% level.

The Next year was became the Big Success for Dae Jang Geum also known as Jewel in the Palace (also televised in GMA Network).

Jewel in the Palace fever surely has swept the land, The popularity of Jewel in the Palace made Mi-Kyung Yang (who plays Lady Han) and Jeong-Eun Cho (who plays the young Jang Geum), visit Manila last March 22, 2006 to give thanks for all the supporter/audience of this drama.

Jewel in the Palace, Followed by MY NAME IS KIM SAM SOON (a.k.a. My Lovely Sam Soon) was also aired in GMA Network. A korean drama garnered many awards.

    * 42ND THE PAEKSANG AWARDS for:

    - Best Drama, My Lovely Sam-Soon    - Best Screenplay, Kim Do Woo    - Most Popular Couple, Hyun Bin, and Kim Sun Ah    - Best Cast, My Lovely Sam-Soon

    * MBC AWARDS 2005 for:

    - New Actor Award, Daniel Henney    - Popularity Award, The Main Couple Hyun Bin and Kim Sun Ah    - Best Couple Award,Hyun Bin and Kim Sun Ah    - Excellence Award , Jeong Ryeo Won    - Top Excellence Award/ Male: Hyun Bin    - Top Excellence Award/ Female: Kim Sun Ah    - Greatest Award, Kim Sun Ah

    * (SDA) SEOUL DRAMA AWARDS 2006 for:

    - Best Mini Series, My Lovely Sam-Soon

 

December 18, 2006, PRINCESS HOURS premiered on ABS-CBN in the Philippines.The character names were changed for them to appeal more to Filipino audiences: Chae-kyeong was changed to Janelle, Lee Shin to Gian, Lee Yool to Troy and Min Hyo-rin to Monique. As with other Koreanovelas, the show was dubbed in Filipino.

January 2007, another big korean drama project hit the attraction of many audience in the Philippines. It was JUMONG aired in GMA Network and became the competitor show of Princess Hours. Jumong is a historical drama which aired on South Korea's MBC television network as a 45th Anniversary Special Drama. Originally set to be 60, But MBC decided to extend it to 81 episodes due to its popularity.

 It portrays the life of Jumong Taewang, (founder of the kingdom of Goguryeo).and the rest is History... TRIVIA from http://www.answers.com/topic/asianovela asianovela is a popular slang in the Philippines for dubbed South Korean, Japanese and Chinese/Taiwanese TV series.

The word Asianovela comes from the words "Asia" or "Asian" and "Novela" from the word "Telenovela". This term was created to define the difference of a normal telenovela to Asian-produced telenovelas. The slang was first used on local internet forums, then became widely used by Filipino people.

The very first Asianovela shown in the Philippines was Amazing Twins, a Taiwanese TV series in July 2002 on IBC-13, but it gained no popularity in the Philippines despite that it was dubbed into Tagalog language.

The term Asianovela was the common word for Asian TV dramas. However, for the sake of exact definition, Asianovela fans created 3 more slangs:

    * Chinovela - for Chinese and Taiwanese TV dramas.    * Koreanovela - for Korean TV dramas.    * Japanovela/JDorama - for Japanese TV dramas.

    * First Asianovela - Amazing Twins (Taiwan)(Philippine airdate: July 2002 on IBC-13)    * First Chinovela - Meteor Garden (Taiwan) (Philippine airdate: May 5, 2003 on ABS-CBN)     * First Koreanovela - Bright Girl (South Korea) (Philippine airdate: August 2003 on GMA Network)    * Highest rating achieved by an Asianovela (all in all) - Meteor Garden (Taiwan) (57.4%)    * Highest rated Chinovela - Meteor Garden (Taiwan) (57.4% peak rating, 42.9% overall)    * Highest rated Koreanovela - Full House (South Korea) (51.0% peak rating, 42.3% overall)    * First Asianovela sequel - Meteor Garden II (Taiwan) (Philippine airdate: September 2003)    * First Asianovela special - Lovers in Paris (special farewell episode for Lovers in Paris hosted by Sandara Park and Hero Angeles)    * Most replayed Asianovela - Autumn in my Heart (Endless Love in Philippine release) (South Korea) replayed 4x    * First Asianovela with two endings showed locally - Lovers in Paris (South Korea)    * Lowest rated Asianovela - Eternal Love (Taiwan) (5.0%)    * First Asianovela axed on air due to low ratings - My Strange Family (South Korea)

Highest rated Asianovelas

by Peak rating

    * 1) Meteor Garden (ABS-CBN, 2003) 57.4%    * 2) Full House (GMA, 2005) 51.0%    * 3) Lovers in Paris (ABS-CBN, 2004) 50.6%    * 4) Meteor Rain (ABS-CBN, 2003) 49.9%    * 5) Meteor Garden II (ABS-CBN, 2003) (49.5%)    * 6) Stairway to Heaven (GMA, 2005) (45.1%)    * 7) Jewel in the Palace (GMA, 2006) (40.3%)    * 8) My Name is Kim Sam Soon (GMA, 2006) (40.1%)    * 9) Autumn in my Heart (GMA, 2003) (39.7%)    * 10) Only You (ABS-CBN, 2006) (38.2%)

by Average

    * 1) Meteor Garden (ABS-CBN, 2003) 42.9%    * 2) Full House (GMA, 2005) 42.3%    * 3) Meteor Rain (ABS-CBN, 2003) 39.9%    * 4) Meteor Garden II (ABS-CBN, 2003) 38.5%    * 5) Stairway to Heaven (GMA, 2005) 36.1%    * 6) Jewel in the Palace (GMA, 2006) 35.4%    * 7) My Name is Kim Sam Soon (GMA, 2006) 34.9%    * 8) Lovers in Paris (ABS-CBN, 2004) 34.4%    * 9) Only You (ABS-CBN, 2006) 33.6%    * 10) Autumn in my Heart (GMA, 2003) 33.4%

Source: AGB Nielsen