Life Sentence ( TV series ) - wikipedia Life Sentence ( TV series ) Life Sentence Genre Comedy - drama Family drama Created by Erin Cardillo Richard Keith Starring Lucy Hale Elliot Knight Jayson Blair Brooke Lyons Carlos PenaVega Gillian Vigman Dylan Walsh Nadej Bailey Narrated by Lucy Hale Composer ( s ) Waz - Jackson Country of origin United States No. of seasons No. of episodes 10 ( list of episodes ) Production Executive producer ( s ) Erin Cardillo Richard Keith Oliver Goldstick Bill Lawrence Jeff Ingold Lee Toland Krieger Producer ( s ) Liza Katzer Bonnie Weis Location ( s ) Atlanta, Georgia ( pilot ) Vancouver, British Columbia Cinematography Kamal Derkaoui Editor ( s ) Robert Meed Lise Johnson Melissa Gearhart Melissa McCoy Camera setup Single - camera Running time 40 - 42 minutes Production company ( s ) In Good Company Doozer CBS Television Studios Warner Bros. Television Distributor Warner Bros. Television Distribution Release Original network The CW Original release March 7, 2018 ( 2018 - 03 - 07 ) -- present External links Website Life Sentence ( stylized onscreen as L ! fe Sentence ) is an American comedy - drama series, created by Erin Cardillo & Richard Keith, which debuted on The CW as a midseason entry during the 2017 -- 18 television season. The series premiered on March 7, 2018, and will consist of 13 episodes. On May 8, 2018, star Lucy Hale announced that the series would not return for a second season ; it will end its run on June 15, 2018. Contents 1 Premise 2 Cast and characters 2.1 Main 2.2 Recurring 2.3 Guest 3 Episodes 4 Production 4.1 Casting 4.2 Filming 5 Reception 5.1 Critical response 5.2 Ratings 6 References 7 External links Premise When Stella finds out her terminal cancer is cured, she is going to have to learn to live with all the choices she made when she decided to `` live like she was dying ''. As she adjusts to her post-cancer world, she learns how her husband and family must also deal with the self - destructive choices they made to help Stella enjoy what they thought were her final years. Cast and characters Main Lucy Hale as Stella Abbott Elliot Knight as Wes Charles Jayson Blair as Aiden Abbott Brooke Lyons as Elizabeth Abbott Rojas Carlos PenaVega as Diego Rojas Gillian Vigman as Ida Abbott Dylan Walsh as Peter Abbott Nadej Bailey as Sadie Recurring Anna Enger as Helena Chang, Stella 's doctor. Claudia Rocafort as Poppy, Ida 's ex-girlfriend and Stella 's godmother. Dominique Lucky Martell as Fiona Abbott Rojas, Elizabeth and Diego 's daughter. Noor Anna Maher played the role in the pilot episode. Sebastian Vargas as Frank Abbott Rojas, Elizabeth and Diego 's son. Emanuel Eaton played the role in the pilot episode. Alyshia Ochse as Marlene Shannon Chan - Kent as Finley Lindsey Maxwell as Denise Riley Smith as Dr. Will Grant, an oncologist with a soft spot for his patients. Bre Blair as Lauren Rana Roy as Pippa, Wes ' ex-fiancée. Guest Alyssa Diaz as Kayla, Aiden 's friend and coworker. Valerie Cruz as Gina, Diego 's boss and Peter 's love interest. Episodes No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod. code U.S. viewers ( millions ) `` Pilot '' Lee Toland Krieger Erin Cardillo & Richard Keith March 7, 2018 ( 2018 - 03 - 07 ) T25. 10101 0.67 When Stella Abbott finds out her cancer is cured after several years of treatments, her life starts changing for the worse. First, she finds out her mother, Ida, is having an affair with her friend, who is also Stella 's godmother, Poppy. Then, while Stella babysits her sister Elizabeth 's children, she begins to feel like her husband, Wes, has been hiding things from her for the whole of their six - month marriage. To pile it all together, Stella 's brother, Aiden, has been guilt - tripping hot married women into sleeping with him by using Stella 's cancer, including Marlene, his latest conquest. As Stella hosts a thank - you party for her doctor, she figures it might be an easy way to fix all her family 's problems in one go, however everything seemingly continues to get worse. She returns to the hospital and looks at the view of the city from her old hospital bed. As she speaks to another cancer patient, Sadie, she realizes that Wes is always going to be there for her. The two reconcile and Stella starts to see her family become healthier. `` Re-Inventing the Abbotts '' John T. Kretchmer Erin Cardillo & Richard Keith March 14, 2018 ( 2018 - 03 - 14 ) T13. 20952 0.56 Stella and Wes try to fix their quick six - month old marriage, when a U.S. Immigration agent stops by to find out if their marriage is fraudulent, warning the two that her determination could result in Wes being deported. The truth, that he married an American citizen who was expected to die within months anyway, does n't help. Peter and Ida get an offer on the heavily mortgaged ( to finance Stella 's `` final '' years ) house, which Peter is reluctant to take. As a result, Ida takes a sledgehammer to a wall and digs a hole in the backyard. Aiden hides from a newly pregnant Marlene despite Stella 's nagging him to deal with what he has caused. `` Clinical Trial and Error '' David Warren Margaret Easley & Laura Putney March 21, 2018 ( 2018 - 03 - 21 ) T13. 20954 0.49 Stella volunteers at the hospital, where she learns Sadie does n't have anyone on her side. She, and Sadie 's new oncologist, Dr. Grant, petition the wealthy private funder of the last clinical trial that unexpectedly saved Stella to restart that trial, but the funder reveals that the FDA shut it down because Stella was the only one who survived. Stella, who does n't bother thanking him for spending his millions to save her life, tells Sadie that they can try to get her into one of 17 other trials. Stella makes Wes babysit Diego and Elizabeth 's children on his own, but while he is babysitting, Fiona becomes ill and Wes asks Ida for help, however she over-reacts, flashing back to the dangers of Stella situation during her cancer years. Aiden takes his father on a lads night out to help him get over his breakup from Ida, which results in him sleeping with a recent divorcée named Lauren, whom Aiden has previously slept with. `` How Stella Got Her Groove On '' Roger Kumble Lisa Melamed, Erin Cardillo & Richard Keith March 28, 2018 ( 2018 - 03 - 28 ) T13. 20953 0.40 Stella finds out that she never graduated from high school. Aiden finds out Marlene is rich and moves in with her, and subsequently get engaged, until they find out Marlene 's baby is n't his. Stella catches Wes on video chat to a woman called Linda and mistakenly thinks he is giving her a strip tease. Diego takes Wes to kickball to work out his stress. Stella tries to get promoted to manager at the coffee shop, and her dad gets her a high school diploma from their principal. 5 `` Wes Side Story '' Arlene Sanford Oliver Goldstick April 8, 2018 ( 2018 - 04 - 08 ) T13. 20955 0.44 Stella and Dr. Grant find out about a new trial for Sadie, however Stella refuses to meet the composer due to her and Wes planning a ' love bubble ' to get back into a romantic rhythm. As Wes and Stella enter their love bubble, Pippa, Wes ' ex-fiancée from London, arrives at Stella 's door, giving Stella a lot of questions. Peter and Lauren grow closer, but Ida grows wary after she pressures him into taking drugs. She reveals to Peter that Aiden and Lauren slept together, and subsequently they find out about Aiden 's drug selling business. 6 `` Who Framed Stella Abbott ? '' Norman Buckley Nelson Soler April 27, 2018 ( 2018 - 04 - 27 ) T13. 20956 0.42 Stella has a sexual fantasy about Dr. Grant, then a second one in the middle of instigating sex with Wes, causing her to stop. Elizabeth returns from her writers ' retreat. Aiden gets a job at Finley 's coffee shop, and the two hit it off, however Aiden restarts selling his A.D.D. meds to soccer moms, and gets arrested as a result. The family decides he needs to learn by spending a night in jail, so Stella sells some of her possessions to bail him out after he explains to her how he began taking meds when rendered numb while worrying about her cancer. Wes ultimately bails him out, to support Stella, only to hear her telling Dr. Grant that she connects with him unlike anything she has with Wes. She tries to explain to Wes, but only makes it worse, causing Wes to tell her that he needs some time alone. Ida decides to give Elizabeth and Diego some space. 7 `` Our Father the Hero '' Viet Nguyen Tad Safran May 4, 2018 ( 2018 - 05 - 04 ) T13. 20957 0.37 8 `` Sleepless Near Seattle '' Ellen S. Pressman Zach Dodes May 11, 2018 ( 2018 - 05 - 11 ) T13. 20958 0.37 9 `` What To Expect When You 're Not Expecting '' John T. Kretchmer Louisa Levy May 18, 2018 ( 2018 - 05 - 18 ) T13. 20959 0.45 10 `` The Way We Work '' Janice Cooke Laura Putney & Margaret Easley May 25, 2018 ( 2018 - 05 - 25 ) TBA 0.36 11 `` Frisky Business '' Tessa Blake Nelson Soler & Erin Cardillo & Richard Keith June 1, 2018 ( 2018 - 06 - 01 ) TBA TBD 12 `` Love Factually '' Michael Grossman Oliver Goldstick June 8, 2018 ( 2018 - 06 - 08 ) TBA TBD 13 `` Then and Now '' John T. Kretchmer Erin Cardillo & Richard Keith June 15, 2018 ( 2018 - 06 - 15 ) TBA TBD Production The series was created by Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith for The CW as a midseason entry during the 2017 -- 18 television season. They are also executive producers on the series along with Oliver Goldstick, Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold, and director Lee Toland Krieger. The show is produced by In Good Company, Doozer Productions, CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television and filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The series is set in the fictional town of Nashville, Oregon. The CW officially ordered Life Sentence to series on May 10, 2017. In August 2017, star Lucy Hale announced that the series was set to premiere in January 2018. However, a later announcement of the network 's winter premieres revealed that the series had been pushed back to March 7, 2018. On March 30, 2018, the CW announced that Life Sentence would move to Fridays at 9pm, which began with the sixth episode. Casting In late January 2017, Lucy Hale was cast as Stella Abbott, followed in February by the casting of Jayson Blair as her older brother, Aiden and Dylan Walsh as her father, Paul. On February 24, 2017, Gillian Vigman and Brooke Lyons were cast as Ida and Elizabeth, Abbott 's mother and sister, respectively. During March 2017, it was announced that Elliot Knight and Carlos PenaVega had joined the cast as Wes, Abbott 's husband, and Diego, her brother - in - law, respectively. During September 2017, Riley Smith was cast in the recurring role of Dr. Will Grant, a rough - around - the - edges oncologist with a secret soft spot for his patients. Filming Production on the pilot took place from March 15 to March 31, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. Filming moved to Vancouver, British Columbia after being picked up to series. Production began on August 9, 2017, and concluded on January 12, 2018. Reception Critical response On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 37 % based on 19 reviews, and an average rating of 4.47 / 10. Its critical consensus reads, `` Life Sentence avoids asking tough questions about serious issues, settling instead for a cloying sweetness. '' On Metacritic, which assigns normalized rating to reviews, the series has a weighted average score of 49 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating `` mixed or average reviews ''. Ratings No. Title Air date Rating / share ( 18 -- 49 ) Viewers ( millions ) DVR ( 18 -- 49 ) DVR viewers ( millions ) Total ( 18 -- 49 ) Total viewers ( millions ) `` Pilot '' March 7, 2018 0.2 / 1 0.67 0.2 0.51 0.4 1.19 `` Re-Inventing the Abbotts '' March 14, 2018 0.2 / 1 0.56 N / A 0.35 N / A 0.91 `` Clinical Trial and Error '' March 21, 2018 0.2 / 1 0.49 N / A 0.31 N / A 0.79 `` How Stella Got Her Groove On '' March 28, 2018 0.1 / 1 0.40 0.1 0.26 0.2 0.66 5 `` Wes Side Story '' April 4, 2018 0.1 / 1 0.44 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.69 6 `` Who Framed Stella Abbott ? '' April 27, 2018 0.1 / 1 0.42 0.1 0.27 0.2 0.69 7 `` Our Father the Hero '' May 4, 2018 0.1 / 1 0.37 N / A N / A N / A N / A 8 `` Sleepless Near Seattle '' May 11, 2018 0.1 / 1 0.37 0.1 N / A 0.2 N / A 9 `` What To Expect When You 're Not Expecting '' May 18, 2018 0.1 / 1 0.45 TBD TBD TBD TBD 10 `` The Way We Work '' May 25, 2018 0.1 / 1 0.36 TBD TBD TBD TBD References ^ Jump up to : `` Shows A-Z - life sentence on cw ''. The Futon Critic. Retrieved April 2, 2018. Jump up ^ `` ' Life Sentence ' Canceled, Star Lucy Hale Says ''. Variety. May 8, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018. ^ Jump up to : Porter, Rick ( March 8, 2018 ). `` ' The Goldbergs ' and ' Riverdale ' adjust up, ' Chicago PD ' and ' Life Sentence ' down : Wednesday final ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 8, 2018. ^ Jump up to : Porter, Rick ( March 15, 2018 ). `` ' The X-Files ' adjusts down : Wednesday final ratings ''. TV by the Numbers. 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Question: when did the first episode of life sentence come out
Answer: March 7, 2018