ABC Family’s ‘Chasing Life’ Gets Back Order Ahead Of Premiere
EXCLUSIVE: ABC Family‘s upcoming drama series Chasing Life has not been assigned a premiere date yet, but it just received a back order for seven episodes. The cast was given the good news today, just in time for Thanksgiving. The back order brings the first season of Chasing Life to 20 episodes, which is ABC Family’s standard for a full season. Chasing Life, from Kapital Entertainment, Lionsgate, Televisa and BV Family Prods, hails from the same pilot batch as ABC Family dramas The Fosters and Twisted. The other two had initial orders for 10 episodes and received back 10 orders after strong early ratings performance last summer. For Chasing Life, whose original order was for 13 episodes, the back order comes ahead of its premiere, slated for next year, representing a strong vote of confidence by the network.
An adaptation of the successful Televisa Spanish-language Mexican series Terminales, Chasing Life stars Italia Ricci as April, an ambitious young newspaper reporter who tries to balance her career aspirations with her family: her widowed mom Sara (Mary Page Keller), rebellious little sister Brenna (Haley Ramm), and her grandmother. Just as things start to look up at work, home and on the romance front with co-worker Dominic (Richard Brancatisano), April gets the devastating news from an estranged uncle that she has cancer. Aaron Kaplan, who spearheaded the project for two years, is executive producing alongside writers Susanna Fogel and Joni Lefkowitz. It has been a strong week for Kaplan, whose Nick comedy series Instant Mom last Friday received a 20-episode second season renewal plus a six-episode order for the series’ current first season, bringing its total to 26 episodes.
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