South of Nowhere

South of Nowhere
Created by	Thomas W. Lynch
Starring	Gabrielle Christian Mandy Musgrave Matt Cohen Danso Gordon Chris Hunter Eileen April Boylan (Season 2-) Rob Moran Maeve Quinlan Austen Parros Valery Ortiz Aasha Davis Brooke Vallone (Season 3-)
Opening theme	"I Don't Want to Know (If You Don't Want Me)" The Donnas (Season 1) "Wasted" L.P. (Season 2)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	40 (24 aired to date) (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	Half hour (with commercials) 22 Minutes (without commercials) 1 Hour (two-part episodes/with commercials) 44 minutes (two-part episodes/without commercials)
Original release
Network	The N
Release	November 4 2005 – present

South of Nowhere is an American television series created by Thomas W. Lynch. Aimed primarily at teenagers, it first aired on November 4, 2005 and is one of six original series on The N. Two seasons have aired while a third season was greenlighted by The N. Live webisodes were also created to accompany each episode in the season 2 storyline, and they can be seen exclusively through The N's website.

The show follows the lives of the members of the Carlin family as they adjust to moving from Ohio to Los Angeles, California. One of the main focuses include the relationship between Spencer Carlin and her new friend Ashley Davies who openly states her newfound preference for girls. The close friendship between the girls eventually led Spencer to question her own sexual orientation, a subject which created some controversy before the show's airdate. It was the first series on The N to deal with such a subject relating to the main characters. While the characters they play are homosexual, both Gabrielle Christian and Mandy Musgrave are heterosexual.

South of Nowhere has received outstanding reviews from TV Guide, The Boston Tribute, New York Post, New York Daily News, Entertainment Weekly, and Variety.

Season 1 tagline: "It's not where you've been, it's where you're going."

Season 2 tagline: Temperature's Rising...

Season 3 tagline: Got it all figured out? Think again...

Background

Like other shows on The N, such as Degrassi: The Next Generation, this show has tackled edgy and realistic subject matters for a teen drama like homosexuality, racism, abortion, adoption, homophobia, drugs, teen drinking, drug dealing, teen pregnancy, erectile dysfunction, death, hate crimes, arrest, infidelity, condoms, college, stress, stepfamilies, peer pressure, sex, military and religion.

Each episode of South of Nowhere is half an hour in length with commercials (23–25 minutes of actual program); the pilot episode was one hour (approximately 46 minutes of actual program). The N initially ordered 11 episodes of the series. Many people thought that The N cut the season in half, but all they did was give South of Nowhere a four week break. The show returned to The N's lineup in January 2006 with the remaining episodes from the original order to air. During the break between episodes, interviews were shown with two of the stars, Gabrielle Christian and Matt Cohen, during commercial breaks.

The second season was originally set to begin on October 6, 2006, but was pushed up to September 29, 2006. Its season premiere followed the sixth season premiere of Degrassi: The Next Generation. Ratings for the second season are up by 35% from season 1 and on November 17, the series reached a high among teens with a 2.16 rating.

The network has officially announced the renewal of South of Nowhere for a third season, and 16 episodes have been ordered. According to the first season 3 promo that aired on The N, it was set to premiere on August 3, 2007. However, The N's South of Nowhere page states the season will premiere on August 10, 2007. It has since been confirmed that it will be airing on August 10th with the newest season 3 promo now airing.

Season synopsis

See also: List of South of Nowhere episodes and Characters of South of Nowhere

Season 1 premiered on November 4, 2005. It introduces us to the Carlin family, primarily Spencer who is the main character. It focuses on her adjustments to life in Los Angeles as opposed to her old home in Ohio. She makes new friends at her new high school, and her two best new friends quickly turn out to be Aiden and Ashley. By the end of the season, Spencer has developed a relationship with Ashley so deep that they will most likely be in a relationship beyond friendship into the second season.

Season 2 premiered on September 29, 2006. As stated above, 12 episodes were ordered by The N. Season two focuses on Ashley's relationship with her half-sister she just found out about, Spencer coming out to her parents, Clay and his pregnant girlfriend, and Glen being addicted to pain killers. At the end of Season 2, injured students are seen wheeled away in covered gurneys, but, it was left as a cliffhanger as a phone rings in what appears to be the Carlin's living room. Season 3 will pick up from the prom.

Season 3 premieres on Friday August 10, 2007. It will take place shortly after the prom shooting. Brooke Vallone joins the cast as Spencer's new love interest, Carmen, suggesting that Spencer and Ashley have broken up. Although Mandy Musgrave (Ashley) says that fans will love it, they will really hate the idea of Spencer and Ashley being broken up and the idea of Ashley and Aiden trying to rekindle their love. Sources say that though Spencer and Ashley will go through tough times, hope for their relationship to overcome it all, should not stop.

Trivia

• South of Nowhere is the first original The N series that has lesbian main characters.
• South of Nowhere is the first N series that began live webisodes.
• The series is slightly similar to Degrassi: The Next Generation since both series deal with realistic issues.
• The series is a half an hour with commercials, though usually the season premieres are one hour with commercials.
• Though Spencer and Ashley's characters are both lesbians, both actresses Mandy Musgrave and *Gabrielle Christian are straight.
• During the first season, everyone used Motorola i835 series cell phones. During the second season, everyone used Nokia phones. Except for Paula, who used the Motorola i835 phone that Sean originally had.
• Ashley's mom's name is Christine.
• Kyla's mom's name is Ann.
• Kyla's bedroom is right across from Ashley's.
• The same house that is used as Ashley's house in the series,was recently used as one in a Burger King commercial.
• During the second season, everyone used Nokia phones.

Music and media

Music: See Music from South of Nowhere for a full itemizing of the songs in each episode.

• The show's first season theme song was "I Don't Want to Know (If You Don't Want Me)" by the female rock band The Donnas.
• The show's second season theme song is "Wasted" by L.P.
• The song used in the trailers leading up to the show's airdate was "No Money Fun" by Oly.
• The song used in early promos for season 2 is "Perfect Vision" by Montag.
• The song used in the first promo for season 3 is "Deep" by Ben Broussard.

Media: South of Nowhere is available to download online on the "TV Shows" section of Apple's iTunes Music Store (not available in Canada) and the episodes are formatted for use with the Apple iPod Video. Season 1 is also available for download on Amazon Unbox™ and viewable on a compatible PC, TV, or portable video player.

Some episodes can be streamed on The N's video service "The Click" from their official website. However, this service is only available in select countries. It is not available in Canada.

External links

• South of Nowhere official site