October Road is a
television drama that debuted on
ABC on March 15, 2007 following
Grey's Anatomy.
[ABC Announces the Premiere of "October Road" and the Return of "Six Degrees", The Futon Critic, February 22, 2007] It follows
Nick Garrett (played by former
One Tree Hill star
Bryan Greenberg), who after a decade returns to his hometown of
Knights Ridge,
Massachusetts.
The series is produced by
ABC Studios and
GroupM Entertainment; the latter is a partnership of
media agencies within
WPP Group that financed the series in exchange for ABC network-wide advertising time.
['October' Surprise: GroupM Produces New ABC Series, Assumes Some Risk, from Media Daily News] The show was
created by André Nemec,
Scott Rosenberg and
Josh Applebaum, who also serve as the series'
executive producers.
The second season of
October Road premiered on Thursday, November 22, 2007 at 10:00PM Eastern/9:00PM Central.