Life Goes on: Season 1
Original Broadcast Date: September 21, 1989
Life Goes On centers around the Thatcher family: Drew (Bill Smitrovich), Libby (Patti LuPone), Becca (Kellie Martin), Paige (Tracy Needham) and Corky (Chris Burke, the first actor with Down Syndrome to star in a television series).
This heartwarming family drama broke ground by addressing difficult social issues including Down Syndrome and AIDS, and received four Emmy nominations during its four-season run, including an Emmy win for Chad Lowe as Becca’s boyfriend who contracts HIV.
Genre: Drama