Chasing Life

59
Metascore
2014-2015
2 seasons
ABC Family
Drama, Family
TV-14

April Carver, whose world has just started to look up, is diagnosed with leukemia. With the support of her family and best friend, she might just be able to fight it.

59
Metascore
2014-2015
2 seasons
ABC Family
Drama, Family
TV-14

April Carver, whose world has just started to look up, is diagnosed with leukemia. With the support of her family and best friend, she might just be able to fight it.

Chasing Life Canceled After Two Seasons

Will you miss the Italia Ricci drama?

Fri, Oct 2, 2015

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Wed, Dec 17, 2014

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Mega Buzz: Blacklist's Explosive Super Bowl Episode, a Once Return and Castle's Two-Parter

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Wed, Dec 10, 2014

Mega Buzz: Blacklist's Explosive Super Bowl Episode, a Once Return and Castle's Two-Parter

Hot Topics: Can TV Still Tackle Real Issues?

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Wed, Dec 10, 2014

Hot Topics: Can TV Still Tackle Real Issues?

Chasing Life Renewed for Second Season

The prognosis is good for Chasing Life. The freshman drama, about a young woman (Italia Ricci) battling leukemia, has been...

Thu, Nov 6, 2014

Robbie Amell and Italia Ricci Are Engaged

Former Tomorrow Person and future Flash star Robbie Amell is officially off the market! The 26-year-old actor is engaged to his girlfriend of six years, Chasing Life star Italia Ricci.

Wed, Aug 20, 2014

Robbie Amell and Italia Ricci Are Engaged

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Fri, Aug 15, 2014

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Chasing Life Postmortem: Showrunner on April's Fear, Leo's Voicemail and Natalie's Return

[WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from the summer finale of ABC Family's Chasing Life. Read at your own risk.] When April Carver (Italia Ricci) first discovered she had leukemia on Chasing Life, she refused to let her diagnosis stop her from living her life. So it was only fitting that in the summer finale of the ABC Family drama, April's life refused to come to a standstill while she started chemotherapy treatment. Although she was...

Wed, Aug 13, 2014

Chasing Life Postmortem: Showrunner on April's Fear, Leo's Voicemail and Natalie's Return

NCIS: New Orleans Adds New Forensic Scientist, Announces Crossovers

NCIS: New Orleans is filling out its ranks. Chasing Life's Rob Kerkovich has been tapped to play...

Thu, Jul 17, 2014

NCIS: New Orleans Adds New Forensic Scientist, Announces Crossovers

Chasing Life Promises to Not Shy Away From the "Ugly" Aspects of Cancer

Nose bleeds. Fatigue. Fainting spells. Chasing Life has already started to dive into the dark physical and emotional side effects of cancer in its first several episodes, and the executive producers behind the ABC Family drama say they're just getting started. "There is hair loss and physical repercussions of this poison that she's putting in her body. To ABC Family's credit, they have not...

Tue, Jul 15, 2014

Chasing Life Promises to Not Shy Away From the "Ugly" Aspects of Cancer

Chasing Life: Does April Have to Die?

It's the elephant in the room on Chasing Life and so many other TV shows, movies, novels and plays: Is the character with cancer going to die? Showrunner Patrick Sean Smith admits he had the same question when he was first approached to join the ABC Family drama (Tuesdays, 9/8c) about a young journalist April Carver (Italia Ricci) who learns that she has cancer. "One of my first reactions was, 'Well, how do you keep this show going?' For me, the show is...

Mon, Jul 14, 2014

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Fri, Jul 11, 2014

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Watch My Show: Chasing Life's Patrick Sean Smith Answers Our Showrunner Survey

In ABC Family's new drama Chasing Life, everything's going right for aspiring journalist April (Italia Ricci): She's got a great job and a hot office romance. Then her estranged uncle, an oncologist (Steven Weber), diagnoses her with cancer. Executive producer Patrick Sean Smith, whose credits include Greek and Everwood, filled out our TV Guide Magazine showrunner survey to explain why we should chase...

Tue, Jul 8, 2014

Watch My Show: Chasing Life's Patrick Sean Smith Answers Our Showrunner Survey

ABC Family's Chasing Life Knocks Cancer Down to Size

When actress Italia Ricci auditioned for the ABC Family pilot Chasing Life in late 2012, she was very unfamiliar with the subject matter at the heart of the show. "[I] was like, 'Do I even have a right to be telling this story?'" she tells TVGuide.com of playing a twentysomething diagnosed with cancer. "I had doubts about if I was going to be able to do it justice as an actor. I've never had a personal experience with cancer. So, when I auditioned it was sort of like 'the C-word.' I was intimated by the whole idea of cancer and...

Tue, Jun 10, 2014

ABC Family's Chasing Life Knocks Cancer Down to Size

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Tue, Mar 11, 2014

ABC Family Sets Pretty Little Liars' Return, Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth Comedy Premiere

TV's Top Studio Bosses Forecast the New TV Season

It's sink or swim time for the studios behind this fall's crop of new TV shows. For the past year, executives have been pitching, developing, casting and producing what they hope will be the next big hits. Now it's all out of their hands, as viewers determine whether those series will go the distance or end up on the cancellation heap.

Wed, Sep 18, 2013

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