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Chasing Life

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2014 | 2 seasons | 60 min | Drama, Family

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a small audience and a quick end and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for families. If you loved Everwood or Anne with an E, start here.
The mood
Feel-good.
The pace
2 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, hour-long episodes, about 34 hours in all.
What might put you off
  • Rated TV-14: a parent's death or loss. Probably too much for younger kids.
  • It was cancelled, so the story may not get a proper ending.

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsSolid

    75% on Rotten Tomatoes, 59 on Metacritic

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsWeak

    0 wins and 5 nominations from smaller awards and festivals

  • Reach & staying powerWeak

    Ran for 2 seasons and reached a small audience so far; interest faded quickly after launch

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 24K people sought it out in the past year

Season by season

The show overall is a Monday Morning Maybe. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 1 is the high point.

  1. Friday Night Flick
    Season 12014 · 21 episodes · 8.3 out of 10
    Friday
  2. Monday Morning Maybe
    Season 22015 · 13 episodes · 5.9 out of 10
    Monday

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Cast & crew

Created by Susanna Fogel, Joni Lefkowitz

  • Italia RicciApril Carver
  • Mary Page KellerSara Carver
  • Haley RammBrenna Carver
  • Richard BrancatisanoDominic Russo
  • Aisha DeeBeth Kingston