Given its melodramatics, it probably makes sense that ABC’s hit drama Grey’s Anatomy will be reversioned into a telenovela of sorts. A Latin American version of Grey’s, called A Corazón Abierto (An Open Heart), has started production in Bogotá for airing in the Colombian market. The reversioned script was written by Fernando Gaitán, who also wrote Colombia’s Yo Soy Betty, La Fea, the original Ugly Betty.
A Corazón Abierto is being produced as a limited-run “super series” of 80 original episodes that will air daily, and includes over 40 replicated hospital sets from the original Grey’s. Rafael Novoa, Carolina Gómez, Jorge Enrique Abello and Jorge Cao are among the main cast of the drama, which looks to stay faithful to the history of the original characters while also adapting to the reality of the cultural characteristics of Latin America, particularly Bogotá.
This is not ABC’s first foray into international brand extension. Previously they had aired limited-run Latin American versions of Desperate Housewives (Amas de Casa Desesperadas), which were seen in Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico and in the U.S. Hispanic market.
