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  Format Teen Drama
  Runtime Half hour (including commercials)
  Creator Thomas W Lynch
  Starring Gabrielle Christian<br>Chris Hunter<br>Danso Gordon<br>Mandy Musgrave<br>Austen Parros<br>Rob Moran<br> Maeve Quinlan <br>Valery Ortiz<br>Matt Cohen<br>
  Country United States
  Network The-N
  First Aired November 4 , 2005
  Last Aired New episodes return October 6, 2006
  Num Episodes 11 season one & 13 season two


''South of Nowhere'' an American Television Series that first aired on The N on November 4, 2005 with outstanding reviews from '' TV Guide '', ''The Boston Tribute'', '' New York Post '', '' New York Daily News '', '' Entertainment Weekly '', '' Variety ''. It is one of four original series on The N.


BACKGROUND

The show has so far tackled edgy subject matter for a teen soap like Homosexuality , Racism , and Religion . It also features a main character who is confused about her own sexuality. This created a bit of controversy before the show's airdate.

The-N initially ordered 11 episodes of the series. Many people thought that The-N cut the season into 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. There is also a big promotion push for the remaining episodes. Currently, interviews are being shown with stars, Gabrielle Christian and Matt Cohen, during commercial breaks on The-N . All these positive signs show support by The-N .

The network officially announced through The Futon Critic that "South of Nowhere" received a second season and 13 episodes have been ordered. {Link without Title}


COMPARISONS TO DEGRASSI

Some would say "South of Nowhere" has more realistic dialogue than most other teen dramas like '''' and even '' The O.C. '' This might be because of a more urban setting than ''Degrassi''. The show has a reputation of real issues in the life of teens, but it has yet to tackle many issues ''Degrassi'' already has accomplished. This can be attributed to the fact that the show is just getting started, while ''Degrassi'' is currently on year 5 of its run.

Something that has been complained time and time again about ''Degrassi'' is the lack of black characters, or at least somewhat "real" black teens. With seven noted black characters featured throughout the course of Degrassi's 5 year run (Jimmy, Hazel, Liberty, Danny, Chris, Chante, Towerz), few have dealt with street life as the black characters in ''South of Nowhere'' have from time to time but then again, unlike ''South of Nowhere'', ''Degrassi'' seems to have more of a middle class suburban setting.


CHARACTER BIOS

  • Spencer Carlin ( Gabrielle Christian )- Spencer Carlin and her family recently moved from a small town in Ohio to a suburb in Los Angeles . With her new best friend Ashley Davies, she is mostly focused on the issue of her own Sexual Orientation . She also seems to maintain an awkward semi-romantic relationship with Aiden Dennison. In the season finale, Spencer comes to the conclusion that she isn't straight. She and Ashley kiss.

  • Glen Carlin ( Chris Hunter )- Glen Carlin is the Athlete of the family. Glen plays basketball for the school team and maintains a rivalry with Aiden who was the former star of the team before Glen's arrival. He also began dating Madison after she broke up with Aiden.

  • Clay Carlin ( Danso Gordon )- Clay Carlin was eight when the Carlin family Adopted him. Clay is the only black kid in an all white family. After moving to Los Angeles Clay has been forced to deal with many issues concerning Race and Discrimination . He currently dates Chelsea.

  • Ashley Davies ( Mandy Musgrave )- Ashley Davies comes from a rich family, due to the fact that her father is a famous rock star. However she faces many family issues, mostly neglect. She formerly dated Aiden Dennison, however after ending that now "Ashley's mostly into girls." At first she became Spencer's best friend and helped her discover her Sexual Identity . At the end of the first season after Spencer comes to the conclusion that she is actually a lesbian, Ashley and Spencer kiss.

  • Aiden Dennison ( Matthew Cohen )- Aiden was the former star of the basketball team before Glen came along. At the time he was dating Madison, although he is not over his breakup with Ashley. Once Spencer came on the scene he became friends with Spencer and began hanging out with her and Ashley, causing Madison jealously to break up with him. Following his breakup with Madison he became primarily focused on Spencer. However after discovering that Spencer would rather be with Ashley than him he returned to dating Madison

  • Sean Miller ( Austen Parros )- Sean is Clay's best friend and helps him deal with many Race based issues. While being very smart he tends to sometimes hang out in the wrong areas or and get himself into trouble. Sometimes Clay wonders if Sean is just a reverse racist himself.

  • Arthur Carlin ( Rob Moran )- Arthur is the father of the Carlin family and was a "hero" social worker back in Ohio. However after moving to L.A. because of his wife's job he is having trouble adapting to big city life.

  • Paula Carlin ( Maeve Quinlan )- Paula is the main reason the Carlin family moved so that she could begin a new job in the E.R. in Los Angeles . Her new job has put a large strain on her family life as well as her marriage.

  • Madison Duarte ( Valery Ortiz )- Madison is the stereotypical popular cheerleader. At the start of the series she dated Aiden, however once Glen became the new basketball star she moved on and started dating Glen. However, after Glen injures his knee and loses any chance getting a scholorship to a nice college, she goes back to dating Aiden.

  • Chelsea Louis ( Aasha Davis )- Chelsea is currently dating Clay and helps him through many of the issues he faces following the move.




MUSIC AND MEDIA

Music:

''See Music From South Of Nowhere for a full itemizing of the songs in each episode.''

The show's theme song is "I Don't Want to Know (If You Don't Want Me)" by the female rock band The Donnas .

The song used in the trailers leading up to the show's airdate was "No Money Fun" by Oly.

The song used in a few of the recent promos for the show is "Perfect Vision" by Montag.

Media:

South of Nowhere is available to download online on the "Video Section" of Apple's ITunes Music Service and the episodes are formatted for use with Apple's Video IPod .


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