About: Lifestories

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Lifestories (originally Signs of Life) is an American medical drama television series that premiered August 20, 1990, on NBC. Done in a documentary style with off-screen narration by Robert Prosky, Lifestories was an attempt to make an extremely realistic medical drama answering questions like, "What is it like to be told that you have advanced colon cancer?", and "Exactly what goes on during the first 45 minutes of a heart attack?", such as in the show's first and third episodes, starring Richard Masur as the character Don Chapin, and Michael Murphy as the character Frank Roberts, respectively.

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  • 45.0
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  • Lifestories (originally Signs of Life) is an American medical drama television series that premiered August 20, 1990, on NBC. Done in a documentary style with off-screen narration by Robert Prosky, Lifestories was an attempt to make an extremely realistic medical drama answering questions like, "What is it like to be told that you have advanced colon cancer?", and "Exactly what goes on during the first 45 minutes of a heart attack?", such as in the show's first and third episodes, starring Richard Masur as the character Don Chapin, and Michael Murphy as the character Frank Roberts, respectively. (en)
  • Lifestories é um drama médico exibido originalmente pela rede de televisão estadunidense NBC. Lifestories foi uma tentativa de produzir e exibir um drama médico realístico, tentando responder perguntas como: "O que acontece nos 45 minutos após um ataque cardíaco?". O realismo do show acabou por se tornar uma barreira para a audiência, segundo o instituto Nielsen Media Research, a série tinha índices baixíssimos de audiência e foi cancelada com menos de 4 meses no ar. (pt)
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  • 1991-07-14 (xsd:date)
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  • 0098847
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  • 1 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
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  • 1990-08-20 (xsd:date)
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  • United States (en)
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  • 1 (xsd:integer)
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  • Jeffrey Lewis (en)
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  • 1990-08-20 (xsd:date)
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dbp:language
  • English (en)
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  • 1991-07-14 (xsd:date)
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  • 1 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1990-08-20 (xsd:date)
  • 1990-09-30 (xsd:date)
  • 1990-10-07 (xsd:date)
  • 1990-10-14 (xsd:date)
  • 1990-10-28 (xsd:date)
  • 1990-11-04 (xsd:date)
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  • 1991-07-14 (xsd:date)
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  • 2700.0
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  • 40.0
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  • Don Chapin , an executive in the construction industry, is diagnosed with colon cancer. (en)
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  • A husband stages an intervention to save his wife from alcoholism. (en)
  • Following a heart attack, efforts to save retired Naval officer Frank Brody's life are counted, on-screen, and in real time. (en)
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  • dbr:Steve_Burdick
  • Art Conforti (en)
  • Darryl Tevis (en)
  • Don Chapin (en)
  • Frank Brody (en)
  • Jerry Forchette (en)
  • Beverly Whitestone, Dan Drabowski, Sadie Maxwell, Lois Barnes (en)
  • Rebecca McManus and Steve Arnold (en)
  • The Hawkins Family (en)
  • Wes, Laurie, Georgia (en)
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  • Lifestories (originally Signs of Life) is an American medical drama television series that premiered August 20, 1990, on NBC. Done in a documentary style with off-screen narration by Robert Prosky, Lifestories was an attempt to make an extremely realistic medical drama answering questions like, "What is it like to be told that you have advanced colon cancer?", and "Exactly what goes on during the first 45 minutes of a heart attack?", such as in the show's first and third episodes, starring Richard Masur as the character Don Chapin, and Michael Murphy as the character Frank Roberts, respectively. (en)
  • Lifestories é um drama médico exibido originalmente pela rede de televisão estadunidense NBC. Lifestories foi uma tentativa de produzir e exibir um drama médico realístico, tentando responder perguntas como: "O que acontece nos 45 minutos após um ataque cardíaco?". O realismo do show acabou por se tornar uma barreira para a audiência, segundo o instituto Nielsen Media Research, a série tinha índices baixíssimos de audiência e foi cancelada com menos de 4 meses no ar. (pt)
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  • Lifestories (en)
  • Lifestories (pt)
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