7 /10 1 Votes
6.8/10 TV Country of origin United States No. of seasons 2 First episode date 1 August 1992 Network HBO | 7.3/10 IMDb Genre Teen drama
Soap opera Original language(s) English Running time 30 minutes Final episode date 8 February 1996 Writers Bruce Harmon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Executive producer(s) Eve Silverman,
Francine Lefrak Awards Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children/Youth/Family Special Similar ABC Afterschool Special, CBS Schoolbreak Special, Law & Order, Brooklyn 11223, Party of Five | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lifestories: Families in Crisis is an American drama television series that premiered on HBO on August 1, 1992.
The show
Lifestories: Families in Crisis deals with major issues involving individuals, mostly teenagers and young adults. The stories usually ended with the real person on which the story is based providing helpful information for others in a similar situation. Issues include a child molesting priest (played by Craig Wasson) terrorizing families, a college student with bulimia (played by Calista Flockhart) trying to deal with her problems, a football player addicted to steroids (played by Ben Affleck), substance abuse by a teenager, homosexuality and bi-sexuality involving teenagers, a teenage girl who has an illegal abortion and dies, a young man who is ultimately convicted of vehicular homicide after crashing into a young woman's (played by Jorja Fox) car while drunk, a boy (Joey DiPaolo) who contracts AIDS and has to live with the disease, homelessness in Philadelphia and the major impact it has on a teenager (Trevor Ferrell) and the depression and suicide of one popular athletic teenager and its lasting effect on his best friend.