Despite appearances, yes we are still here and active! No, we are not just a “Happy Birthday” site for our fans.

Since the fantastic news from TNT that SouthLAnd has been renewed for a third season a lot has been going on, both in the world of SouthLAnd and in my own personal world.

Personally, to put it simply, I have been totally and completely swamped. Business has completely overloaded me with a project that I can’t talk about (yet) but has been both extremely frustrating and extremely rewarding. Unfortunately, it has also had me working literally 60-80 hours a week to meet some very unrealistic deadlines. Needless to say, since this is what generates my paycheck (and by extension, pays for this website and pretty much everything related to it) that takes priority over everything else including site updates, new posts, or anything like that. With luck, and a little hard work, this will change in the near future and I’ll be back to regular updates again.

However, you don’t need to go without your SouthLAnd fix!

We have launched the brand new SouthLAnd Forums as a companion site to SouthlandTvFans.com, to give everyone a place to gather and discuss our favorite television show as a community. Chock full of great features and goodies, registration is open to anyone and everyone with a love of SouthLAnd. You can join in on the discussion about your favorite cast member, favorite episode, contribute some Fan Fiction, even chit chat with friends in the off topic forums. Conduct polls to find out what others think, upload a picture, emphasize your point with a huge selection of smilies – the possibilities are unlimited and new features are being added all the time (as time permits, of course) as new suggestions are made by the users.

Of course, I can’t mention the Forums without giving a huge Shout Out to our very active forum hostesses and moderators Hinako, Carefree, Smithart102 and JennNoe13. While I have not been able to get online and post recently, they have stepped in and done an amazing job keeping things active (and civil) on the forums. They have also gone above & beyond, planning and coordinating the Forum Friday parties and other activities to help keep the SouthLAnd spirit alive during this hiatus, for which we should all be very grateful. So if you haven’t been to the Forums yet, make sure you pay them a visit, and while you are there make sure you say Hi to the moderators and give them a well deserved pat on the back!

Obviously, SouthLAnd has been renewed. While we can’t take ALL the credit for it, it is worth noting that Ann Biderman acknowledged our petition in at least one interview that she gave after the show’s renewal was announced. Clearly we had an impact if the show’s creator was aware of it! Thanks to donations made by some dedicated fans, we were able to purchase advertising that got us exposure to over 4 million people on Facebook and other major sites on the internet, with over 3100 signatures on the ballot by the time the renewal was announced. To me, that’s an unqualified success. Great job, fans!

In other SouthLAnd news, many of the cast members have been active during the wait for filming to resume. There is also a lot of buzz going around Hollywood about possible Emmy® nominations for SouthLAnd this fall, both for the show and for the actors, which would be fantastic for everyone. I think we all agree that the show, and the actors, all deserve the recognition! For all of the latest news and stories, check out the News, Articles and Press Releases forum over at SouthlandForums.com. The users have been very diligent about keeping everyone updated on all the happenings there, so if it’s SouthLAnd related, you can be sure it’ll be posted there!

As always, your help is needed! As you can see, maintaining this site is more than a one person job. If you love SouthLAnd, have experience with WordPress and want to help by contributing content to this site on a regular or semi-regular basis, then please contact me.

Of course, we also always need contributions of the monetary kind. I’m not going to beg (at least not on my knees), but running the site, registering the domain names, paying for the servers, bandwidth and everything else involved is not exactly cheap. Even small amounts help in the long run. If you find it in your heart to help out, please click on the Donate button on the right side of the page.

That’s about it for this update. Thank you to all dedicated SouthLAnd fans out there – without you, this site wouldn’t exist. Without you, in all likelihood, Season 3 of SouthLAnd would not be happening. Heck, Season 2 probably wouldn’t have happened! Let’s keep the momentum going, keep the interest up over the summer and fall and get even more fans for Season 3 – SouthLAnd style!