Chasing Life

Chasing Life is an American television drama series that premiered June 10, 2014, on ABC Family.^[2][3] The series is adapted from the Televisa Spanish-language Mexican television series Terminales.^[4][5] Initially ordered for 13 episodes, on November 27, 2013, an additional seven episodes were added to the series order, bringing the season to 20 episodes.^[6] On July 15, 2014, ABC Family ordered another episode which will air as a Christmas special, bringing the episode order to 21.^[7]

On November 6, 2014, the series was renewed for a second season.^[8] The second season is set to premiere during the Summer of 2015.^[9]

Premise

Chasing Life follows 24-year-old April, who is a smart and quick-witted aspiring journalist that is trying to work her way up the ladder at a Boston newspaper by trying to impress her hard-nosed editor. When not pursuing the latest scoop, April tries to balance her ambitious career with her family – her widowed mom Sara, rebellious little sister Brenna, and her sweet grandmother. Just as things start to look up at work, home, and on the romance front with co-worker Dominic, April gets the devastating news from an estranged uncle that she has leukemia.

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Italia Ricci as April Carver, a junior reporter at (the fictional) The Boston Post newspaper whose life takes a turn when she is diagnosed with leukemia
• Mary Page Keller as Sara Carver, April and Brenna's mother. A therapist whose training has not helped her better relate to people outside the office
• Richard Brancatisano as Dominic Russo, an arts reporter at The Boston Post and April's love interest
• Haley Ramm as Brenna Carver, April's rebellious teenage sister, who went into a bad place after her father's death. In addition to struggling with the changes in April's life, she also deals with the attraction she feels toward two people, fellow tattoo parlor employee Kieran and classmate Greer. She is dating both Kieren and Greer but after they both made her choose, she chose Greer only to have Greer's parents disapprove of her and forbid them to see each other. In the Christmas special, Brenna came out as bisexual
• Aisha Dee as Beth Kingston, April's best friend, who is the first person April tells about her cancer and April's most steadfast supporter
• Scott Michael Foster as Leo Hendrie, the son of a famous politician, who also has cancer. Also a love interest of April.

Recurring cast

• Abhi Sinha as Danny Gupta, April's hilarious co-worker, who irritates her on a daily basis
• Steven Weber as Dr. George Carver, April and Brenna's paternal uncle, who has a romantic interest in Sara
• Rebecca Schull as Emma, Sara's mother and April and Brenna's grandmother
• Augusto Aguilera as Kieran, Brenna's older ex-boyfriend who is also her boss at an art gallery/tattoo parlor
• Vondie Curtis-Hall as Lawrence, April and Danny's boss at The Boston Post
• Dylan Gelula as Ford, Brenna's friend who disapproves of Greer and feels she is losing her best friend when she finds out Brenna is dating Greer
• Gracie Dzienny as Greer Danville, a popular girl from Brenna's school, who is Brenna's girlfriend.
• Shi Ne Nielson as Raquel Avila, April's supervisor turned rival
• Jessica Meraz as Natalie Ortiz, April and Brenna's paternal half-sister. She is younger than April, but older than Brenna. Her mother had an affair with Thomas many years ago, which Sara and George knew about
• Todd Waring as Bruce Hendrie, Leo's father and Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate
• Rob Kerkovich as Graham, Dominic's roommate and Beth's boyfriend
• Merrin Dungey as Dr. Susan Hamburg, April's doctor
• Andy Mientus as Jackson, a fellow cancer patient from April and Leo's cancer support group
• Tom Irwin as Thomas Carver, April, Brenna and Natalie's father and George's brother, who wasn't who everyone thought he was
• Laura Harring as Olivia Ortiz, Natalie's mother and Thomas' mistress
• Stephen Schneider as Aaron, April and Danny's boss at The Boston Post, who replaced Lawrence
• Bob Gebert as Dr. Stibler, Leo's doctor

Broadcast

Chasing Life premiered on June 10, 2014, running ten episodes out of an already ordered twenty. On July 15, 2014, an additional episode for the first season functioning as a Christmas special was ordered, and aired on December 9, 2014.^[10] The season returned on January 19, 2015. On November 6, 2014, Chasing Life was renewed for a second season.^[11] The second season is set to premiere during the Summer of 2015.^[9]

Episodes

U.S. ratings

Awards and nominations

International broadcasting

Country / Region	Channel	Premiere	Title	Ref.
United States	ABC Family	June 10, 2014	Chasing Life	[2]
Canada	ABC Spark			[13]
Australia	Fox8	July 21, 2014		[14]
Turkey	Dizimax Drama	October 22, 2014		[15]
Germany	Disney Channel	January 13, 2015		[16]
Latin America	Fox Life	October 14, 2014		[17]

References

External links

• Official website
• Chasing Life at the Internet Movie Database