This Seems Estrange

I've been trying to come up with new ideas of late. I need to think of a 1 hour show. My process is I ride my bike to the strand, then I walk down close to the ocean, and then...magic happens. Actually, usually just shows about surfing and lifeguards happen. Pretty sure the creators of Baywatch had this same process.

And I'm sunburn. 

Anyway, I am trying to be very aware of any and all 1 hour shows that are on or are being developed or merely talked about. So today while perusing the internet I discovered that ABC Family has a new drama coming out called "Chasing Life". It was adapted from a Mexican TV show, because of course it was (IP!).

I checked the premise, and here's what it said: 

Chasing Life follows twenty-something April (Italia Ricci), a smart and quick witted aspiring journalist, who is trying to work her way up the ladder at a Boston newspaper by trying to impress her hard-nosed editor. When not pursuing the latest scoop, April tries to balance her ambitious career with her family – her widowed mom Sara, rebellious little sister Brenna and her grandmother. Just as things start to look up at work, home and on the romance front with co-worker Dominic, April gets the devastating news from an estranged uncle that she has cancer. 

I'm so confused by this. How does her estranged Uncle know she has cancer? Is he a doctor? Did he even examine her?!

Is it any of the cancers of the vagina? Because if she found out her gynecologist was also her estranged Uncle, that's a show I'd like to see. "You have ovarian cancer, and also, your dad is my bro". 

I'd like to add that we need a moratorium on all cancer inspired entertainment. I didn't watch 50/50. I didn't watch The Big C. The only thing I'm okay with is Breaking Bad, and that's only because the cancer made him do awesome things. If cancer's only gonna make you the next Woodward and/or Bernstein, that's not good enough. 

 Let's just hope the people who write these premise things aren't the same people who write the show.