Salve Jorge is a Brazilian primetime telenovela created by Glória Perez and directed by Marcos Schechtman. It premiered on 22 October 2012 replacing Avenida Brasil and ended on 17 May 2013 on Rede Globo at the 9 p.m. timeslot, and being followed by Amor à Vida. A total of 179 episodes of 55 minutes were produced and aired Mondays to Saturdays. However, when syndicated and sold to other countries the telenovela got the number of episodes reduced to 140 and the duration fixed at 45 minutes.