07 May GMA Network Premieres Heartful Café
GMA Network premiered its latest romantic-comedy series Heartful Café on primetime last April 26, 2021. It stars the fresh team-up of Julie Anne San Jose (My Guitar Princess, Family Jewels, Envy) as Heart and David Licauco (Broken Hearts) as Ace. Based on Nielsen Philippines TAM NUTAM People Ratings, the series earned an average rating of 20.4% and was in the top 3 most-watched programs during its pilot week.
Julie Anne San Jose
The series revolves around the not-so-ordinary Heartful Café. The quaint café is where online romance novelist and owner, Heart Fulgencio meets a string of characters whom she matches based on their profiles and personalities. Despite playing cupid to people around her, Heart is very careful when dealing with matters involving her heart. She is brokenhearted after Uno, played by EA Guzman (My Crown Princess), her ex-boyfriend, who was her co-owner in the café, left for New York to study.
(L to R) Julie Anne San Jose and David Licauco
When her business starts to decline, a handsome young man named Ace Nobleza comes to her rescue and invests in her cafe. Ace uses his investment in the cafe as an opportunity to prove his worth as an entrepreneur. But Heart and Ace’s views on business are very different. They are constantly at odds and do not meet eye to eye. As they both work hard to improve the café, love starts to brew between them.
(L to R) Julie Anne San Jose and EA Guzman
As Heart and Ace begin to fall in love, Uno returns unexpectedly, and tries to fight his way back into Heart’s life and into the business he helped build.