n the familiar teen-hooker TV movie genre, Fighting for My Daughter could have been just another flavor of the month. It doesn't have the shock value of such pioneering films as NBC's Dawn: Portrait of A Teenage Runaway (1976) and ABC's own Little Ladies of the Night (1977), the all-time ratings blockbuster for the genre. Nor does it have the dramatic punch of the genre's best -- ABC's Off the Minnesota Strip (1980), which won an Emmy for writer-producer David H. Chase.

Eric Blakeney's teleplay deals with the gradual "disconnection" of 16-year-old Jessie (Renee Humphrey) from nearly all the safe, secure moorings that tether her to a normal life.

The only reason for watching Fighting for My Daughter is to explore the barren territory of 1990s teen morality as one soul- dead youngster, played forcefully by [Chad Lowe], works on the spirited Jessie, trying to break down her distaste for the idea of prostitution by convincing her the acts she'll perform will mean nothing to her emotionally, but lots for them both financially.