Chasing Life: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

April is a smart, charismatic and quick witted twenty-something aspiring journalist. When not pursuing the latest scoop, April tries to balance her ambitious career with her family, which includes her widowed mom Sara rebellious little sister Brenna and her grandmother We meet April at a pivotal moment in her life: she's landed a fantastic opportunity to impress her hard-nosed Boston newspaper editor and an office romance with her super-sexy co-worker Dominic is just beginning to blossom. In an unexpected twist of fate, April lands in the hospital where her estranged uncle, George works as an oncologist, and she learns the devastating news that she has cancer. The series follows April through her journey in the face of this daunting revelation, during a time in her life when the challenges of finding love and success would be enough to keep any girl occupied. But April is determined to fight and refuses to give up her dreams and goals. Along the way, she'll find new reserves of strength and passion within and discover that facing death may really be the only way to truly live.

Series details

• Title: Chasing Life
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Romance, Medical
• Premiere date: 2014-06-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-09-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Freeform
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 298

Cast and credited roles

• Haley Ramm — Brenna
• Italia Ricci — April Carver
• Mary Page Keller — Sara Carver
• Aisha Dee — Beth
• Richard Brancatisano — Dominic
• Abhi Sinha — Danny Gupta
• Vondie Curtis-Hall — Lawrence
• Scott Michael Foster — Leo Hendrie

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-06-10; final listed air date 2015-03-23; episode order: 21.
• Season 2: premiered 2015-07-06; final listed air date 2015-09-28; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

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