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Chasing Life

2014–2015 · 2 seasons

A heartfelt, tear-jerking ride that balances the weight of illness with warmth, romance, and family bonds.

Created by: Joni Lefkowitz, Susanna Fogel
Genres: Drama, Family
Starring: Italia Ricci, Mary Page Keller, Haley Ramm

Tagline: Cancer sucks.
Overview: April, an aspiring journalist, is balancing her ambitious career with her family and a new office romance. In an unexpected twist of fate, April learns that she has leukemia.

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Created by: Joni Lefkowitz, Susanna Fogel
Genres: Drama, Family
Starring: Italia Ricci, Mary Page Keller, Haley Ramm

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
love
grief
identity
survival
Places: big city
hospital
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	4
Realism	7
Romance	6
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, family
Created by: Joni Lefkowitz, Susanna Fogel
Written by: Jared Frieder, Carrie Rosen, Patrick Sean Smith, Aaron Fullerton
Starring: Italia Ricci, Mary Page Keller, Haley Ramm, Richard Brancatisano, Aisha Dee, Rebecca Schull, Susan Garfield, Ed Asner
Length: 2 seasons, 34 episodes, 60 min each
Network: ABC Family
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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