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11-15-2022, 09:36 PM
https://www.nickiswift.com/1103817/what-the-cast-of-summerland-is-doing-today/
BY ERIC LANGBERG/NOV. 15, 2022 6:51 PM UTC
Back before The WB became The CW, they aired a show called "Summerland." The show was about three siblings — Bradin, Nikki, and Derrick — who are taken in by their aunt Ava after they lose their parents in a car crash. To their surprise, their aunt lives in a crowded beach house in California, meaning they will need to adjust their Midwestern upbringing to live in a world of surf, sun, and sand.
When "Summerland" premiered in the summer of 2004, it was an instant hit. The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/2004/06/27/lori-loughlins-designer-role/f5c6902b-9840-47e9-ad83-8f75a86202d0/) noted that the series premiere won its time slot with teens, and that the audience held up across successive episodes. Unfortunately, though, the second season fared poorly, and the show was canceled in 2005. "I think it's a shame, because it certainly had a place it the marketplace of television," star Shawn Christian later reflected to WeLoveSoaps (https://www.welovesoaps.net/2010/04/shawn-christian-interview-2.html). "It was family drama. An unconventional family on the beach."
Still, though, the small but devoted fanbase around "Summerland" has lived on. The "Summerland" board on FanForums (https://www.fanforum.com/f176/) was active well into 2015, a decade after the show went off air; fans continued to make fan art of their favorite characters, follow their favorite stars' careers, and rewatch their favorite episodes long after the series was canceled. If you, too, were a devoted fan of the beachy antics of a young Jesse McCartney, read on to see what he and the rest of the cast of "Summerland" are doing today.
BY ERIC LANGBERG/NOV. 15, 2022 6:51 PM UTC
Back before The WB became The CW, they aired a show called "Summerland." The show was about three siblings — Bradin, Nikki, and Derrick — who are taken in by their aunt Ava after they lose their parents in a car crash. To their surprise, their aunt lives in a crowded beach house in California, meaning they will need to adjust their Midwestern upbringing to live in a world of surf, sun, and sand.
When "Summerland" premiered in the summer of 2004, it was an instant hit. The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/2004/06/27/lori-loughlins-designer-role/f5c6902b-9840-47e9-ad83-8f75a86202d0/) noted that the series premiere won its time slot with teens, and that the audience held up across successive episodes. Unfortunately, though, the second season fared poorly, and the show was canceled in 2005. "I think it's a shame, because it certainly had a place it the marketplace of television," star Shawn Christian later reflected to WeLoveSoaps (https://www.welovesoaps.net/2010/04/shawn-christian-interview-2.html). "It was family drama. An unconventional family on the beach."
Still, though, the small but devoted fanbase around "Summerland" has lived on. The "Summerland" board on FanForums (https://www.fanforum.com/f176/) was active well into 2015, a decade after the show went off air; fans continued to make fan art of their favorite characters, follow their favorite stars' careers, and rewatch their favorite episodes long after the series was canceled. If you, too, were a devoted fan of the beachy antics of a young Jesse McCartney, read on to see what he and the rest of the cast of "Summerland" are doing today.