Esperanza is a Filipino primetime television drama that was aired by ABS-CBN from February 17, 1997 to July 30, 1999 replacing the 4-year run Mara Clara. It was re-aired in Studio 23 and Kapamilya Channel, which are both an ABS-CBN subsidiaries. The show posted the country's highest rating of a single episode in a TV series which is 67%. Its finale episode rating of 59.8% is the second highest rated finale episode of all time, behind the 2002 finale episode of Pangako Sa 'Yo (also aired by ABS-CBN). A film adaptation was subsequently made in 1999 by Star Cinema with the same title.