Summerland - Season 1 - Eps 1: Pilot (1)
Ava was exactly where she wanted to be in life. In her thirties, with a close-knit circle of friends, a great house in a beautiful California beach town and a growing career as a fashion designer, the last thing on her mind was settling down and starting a family,but that all changed the day Ava's sister and brother-in-law were killed in an accident, leaving Ava to raise their three children.
About Summerland

Title: Summerland
First Air Date: 2004-06-01
Last Air Date: 2005-07-18
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.7/10 (from 28 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 3
Total Episodes: 26
Network: The WB
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Spelling Television
Synopsis
Bradin, Nikki and Derrick are 3 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). Ava, a struggling clothes designer, lives with her best friend and business partner, Susannah Rexford, her friend, an ex- pro.surfer, Jay Robertson and her ex-boyfriend, real estate agent, Johnny Durrant. All four of them are highly unequipped to handle children and are not use to including them in their everyday lives.
Cast

Jesse McCartney
Bradin Westerly

Taylor Cole
Erika Spalding

Lori Loughlin
Ava Gregory

Merrin Dungey
Susannah Rexford

Nick Benson
Derrick Westerly

Ryan Kwanten
Jay Robertson

Shawn Christian
Johnny Durant

Kay Panabaker
Nikki Westerly