South of Nowhere South of Nowhere is an American teen drama television series created by Thomas W. Lynch. Aimed primarily at teenagers, it first aired on November 4, 2005 and was one of six original series on The N. The second half of the third and final season aired October 10, 2008 and the final episode aired on December 12, 2008. Live webisodes were also created to accompany each episode in the season 2 storyline, and were seen exclusively through The N's website on the Click. The show follows the lives of the members of the Carlin family (Paula, Arthur, Glen, Clay, and Spencer) as they adjust to moving from Ohio to Los Angeles, California. One of the main focuses include the relationship between Spencer Carlin (Gabrielle Christian) and her bisexual friend, Ashley Davies (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 the primary characters. South of Nowhere was positively reviewed by Variety, Boston Globe, The New York Times, among others. The series was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 2006, 2007 and 2009. Overview Like many of the other shows on TeenNick, such as Degrassi: The Next Generation, this show tackled edgy and realistic subject matters for a teen drama like homosexuality, racism, abortion, adoption, homophobia, drugs, teen drinking, drug dealing, sexual identity, teen pregnancy, death, hate crimes, arrest, infidelity, contraception, college, domestic violence, stress, stepfamilies, peer pressure, sex, military and religion, love, and relationship, romance, friendship and high school. Episodes Cast Gabrielle Christian as Spencer Carlin Mandy Musgrave as Ashley Davies Matt Cohen as Aiden Dennison Chris Hunter as Glen Carlin Danso Gordon as Clay Carlin (seasons 1–2; guest star in season 3) Rob Moran as Arthur Carlin Maeve Quinlan as Paula Carlin Austen Parros as Sean Miller (seasons 1–2; recurring in season 3) Valery Ortiz as Madison Duarte Aasha Davis as Chelsea Lewis (recurring in season 1; main in seasons 2–3) Eileen April Boylan as Kyla Woods (seasons 2–3) Production 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. The network officially renewed South of Nowhere for a third season, and 16 episodes had been ordered. Eight episodes aired from August 10, 2007 to September 21, 2007. On February 27, 2008, it was officially announced on the N'sider podcast that South of Nowhere was to be canceled after the end of season 3. On February 28, an official announcement was made at the show's website that this will be the last season. Promos began airing in March 2008 stating the show would be returning April 11. However, on March 21, it was announced that the final half of the third season