LOS ANGELES, California–“My Life Disoriented,” directed by Eric Byler and starring Asian Americans, premiered on PBS on December 26. The future of the show depends on audience response to the episode, which aired as part of the acclaimed series, “Independent Lens.”

            Before the broadcast, Byler, whose film credits include “charlotte sometimes,” and “AMERICANese,” appealed for community’s support by waging a letter-writing campaign to PBS. He stressed, “The future of the show is hanging in the balance right now, with PBS and a few other networks waiting to see how it does in its broadcast premiere. Our goal is to get the show ‘picked up’ as an on-going Asian Pacific American “high school” TV show.”

            The show’s impressive cast includes Karin Anna Cheung (“Better Luck Tomorrow”), Tamlyn Tomita (“The Joy Luck Club”), Dennis Dun (“Big Trouble In Little China”), Autumn Reeser “The O.C.”), and Di Quon (“Maid In Manhattan”). Actor Quon, and writer Claire Yorita Lee joined Byler in urging the community to contact local PBS station directly in support of Independent Lens.

The rest of Byler’s appeal follows: “Stations don’t always receive feedback from interested viewers. It helps them to know which programs their viewers want to see, even if the program has already been broadcast. If you're not sure which PBS station serves your city, you can search for your station by zip code on PBS's website: http://www.pbs.org/stationfinder/index.html

            “So please write to your local affiliate NOT to PBS network to thank them for programming "My Life Disoriented" on Independent Lens, or to ask them to program it if they have not yet done so, or to ask them to program it at a better time slot if it's playing at 3 a.m.where you live. And please copy us at: contact@mylifedisoriented.com”

Thanks as always, Eric www.MyLifeDisoriented.com”

            Find out when "My Life Disoriented" airs in your area by visiting the website: http://deerstudio.com/myspace.mld/ The show’s synopsis follows: Life gets turned upside down for San Francisco Bay Area teens Kimberlee and Aimee when their father loses his job and relocates the family to Bakersfield. Suddenly, Kimberlee and Aimee are two of only a handful of Asian American kids at their school.

In episode one, Kimberlee quickly makes friends with a street-smart outcast named Tisa, but the new friendship is strained when three “popular” girls take Kimberlee under their wing. Meanwhile, Aimee puts on a brave face for the sake of the family, but confides her secret suffering with her peculiar, mixed-race cousin, Phil.