South of Nowhere | |
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Season one title card | |
Format |
Teen Drama |
Created by |
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Produced by |
Thomas W. Lynch |
Starring |
Gabrielle Christian |
Opening theme |
"I Don't Want to Know (If You Don't Want Me)" |
No. of seasons |
3 |
No. of episodes |
40 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Cinematography |
Tobias Datum |
Editing by |
Lindsay Mofford |
Running time |
22 minutes |
Broadcast | |
Original channel |
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Original run |
November 4, 2005–December 12, 2008 |
Status |
Ended |
South of Nowhere is an American teen drama series created by Thomas W. Lynch for Noggin's teen block, The N. It was produced and owned by Noggin LLC. The series lasted for three seasons, with forty episodes and thirty webisodes produced. The two-part premiere, Secret Truths, aired on November 4, 2005, and the series finale, On the Precipice, aired on December 12, 2008.
Rare for a teen series, but fitting with Noggin/The N's goals as a "thinking channel," the show was created with loose educational goals in mind. Parent discussion guides were available for each episode on The N's website.
Overview
The show followed 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 (Gabrielle Christian) and her bisexual friend, Ashley (Mandy Musgrave). The close friendship between Ashley and Spencer led Spencer to question her own sexuality, a subject which created controversy before the show first aired. It was the first series on The N to deal with such a subject relating to any main characters, and the first television show ever to have gay teenagers as the top-billed characters. South of Nowhere received outstanding reviews from TV Guide, The Boston Tribute, New York Post, New York Daily News, Entertainment Weekly, and Variety.[1]
Live webisodes were also created to accompany each episode starting during the season 2 storylines, and were seen exclusively through The N's website on the Click.