Summerland (TV series)

Summerland is an American television series which airs on The WB. The series ran from June 1, 2004 to July 18 2005.

Premise

Fashion designer Ava lives in a California beach town with her three best friends: her former boyfriend Johnny, Australian surf shop owner Jay, and her business partner Susannah. Their life, it seems, is perfect.

Related Topics:
California - Beach - Australian

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Then, Ava's sister and brother-and-law are killed in an accident, and their three children must make the move from rural Kansas, to Ava's home.

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Sixteen-year-old Bradin has his own adolescent angst to deal with, but he does his best to help his younger siblings. Twelve-year-old Nikki has always adored her aunt but sometimes resents Ava's attempts to fill her late sister's shoes. Eight-year-old Derrick has enough on his hands just trying to understand the big issues of life, death and family.

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Ava ends up turning to her friends for help in raising her new surrogate children: Susannah's level-headedness, Johnny's abilities as a father figure, and Jay's boyishness. And while Nikki begins puberty, and Derrick deals with the big changes in his life, Bradin is discovering sex and women - particularly in surfing instructor Erica.

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