October Road is a television drama that debuted on ABC on March 15, 2007 immediately following the popular Grey's Anatomy. 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. 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. In Canada, the first season was available to cable clients, on the ABC network. However, CTV has recently picked up Canadian rights to the show, airing an hour earlier than the ABC's broadcast. It was recently sent down to A-Channel, CTV's secondary channel, for undisclosed reasons. Canadian viewers with cable TV can still watch it on ABC also, at the same time than American viewers.
October Road has completed airing its second season on ABC, and it is currently unknown whether or not the show will return for a third season.
The title of Nick Garrett's novel is "Turtle on a Snare Drum".
