I Know My First Name is Steven: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This is the true story of a little boy lost - and found. And of the horrors that happened in between. Seven-year-old Steven Stayner was taken on his way home from school by a degenerate who convinced the boy his parents had abandoned him. Subjected to years of lies and sexual abuse, Steven was numbed into submission. Then, when Steven was 14, his abductor brought home five-year-old Timmy - and Steven found the courage to escape with the child, whose tragic future he could foresee only too well. Could he find his real family? And, if he did, could they ever be a family again? I Know My First Name is Steven will break your heart, then heal it.

Series details

• Title: I Know My First Name is Steven
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime
• Premiere date: 1989-05-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 1989-05-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 65 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 28614
• IMDb ID: tt0097553
• TVDB ID: 304934

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1989-05-22; final listed air date 1989-05-29; episode order: 2.

Source and licence

Adapted from I Know My First Name is Steven on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.