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Summerland

2004–2005 · 2 seasons

A gentle, sunlit family drama about loss and rebuilding, easy to sink into with its beachy warmth and earnest teenage feelings.

Created by: Lori Loughlin, Stephen Tolkin
Genres: Drama
Starring: Lori Loughlin, Shawn Christian, Merrin Dungey

Overview: Bradin, Nikki and Derrick are three kids from an average normal Kansas household. Their whole life is thrown upside-down when their parents are tragically killed in a car accident. Ava Gregory, their aunt, gets custody of her niece and nephews, and they move into her Californian home, in Summerland.

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Created by: Lori Loughlin, Stephen Tolkin
Genres: Drama
Starring: Lori Loughlin, Shawn Christian, Merrin Dungey

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
family
found family
coming-of-age
healing
Places: big city
home
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	7
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Created by: Lori Loughlin, Stephen Tolkin
Written by: Shane Brennan, Remi Aubuchon, Linda McGibney, Rick Muirragui
Starring: Lori Loughlin, Shawn Christian, Merrin Dungey, Ryan Kwanten, Jesse McCartney, Taylor Cole, Kay Panabaker, Nick Benson
Music: Philip Giffin
Length: 2 seasons, 26 episodes, 42 min each
Network: The WB
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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