Zoey 101
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| Zoey 101 | |
 The official Zoey 101 logo |
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| Format | Teen Dramedy, Sitcom |
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| Created by | Dan Schneider |
| Starring | Jamie Lynn Spears see Cast |
| Opening theme | "Follow Me" by Jamie Lynn Spears |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 65 (including 4 TV movies) (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Dan Schneider |
| Location(s) | Los Angeles, California Santa Clarita, California |
| Camera setup | Single-camera setup |
| Running time | 23 minutes (approx.) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | USA/UK:Nickelodeon, The N India: Disney Channel: The Den Ireland |
| Original run | January 9, 2005 – May 2, 2008 |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Zoey 101 is an Emmy Award-nominated American live-action situation comedy television series starring Jamie Lynn Spears as title character Zoey. The series was originally run as a TEENick show on Nickelodeon started on January 9, 2005. The show airs on The N at various times depending on local time zone.
The show was initially filmed at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, then at stages in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California beginning Season 3. It was nominated for an "Outstanding Children's Program" Emmy in 2005. The theme song "Follow Me" was co-written by Britney Spears and songwriter Emily Bob and sung by Jamie Lynn Spears.
The future of the show came in question after Jamie Lynn Spears announced she was pregnant,[1] but Nickelodeon continued to air the series with its fourth season , which began on January 27, 2008 and ended on May 2, 2008.
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[edit] Synopsis
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[edit] Season 1
In the pilot episode, we meet the main characters of the show. The episode opens with Zoey Brooks (Jamie Lynn Spears), her little brother Dustin Brooks (Paul Butcher), and their father driving them to boarding school. When Zoey arrives at PCA, she meets Chase Matthews (Sean Flynn). Chase develops a crush on Zoey when he first sees her, causing him to crash his bike into a pole, and graze his arm. He offers to show her to her dormitory room, #101 (hence the show title, Zoey 101). Soon after she arrives at her dorm, she meets her new roommates and soon to be best friends, Nicole Bristow (Alexa Nikolas) and Dana Cruz (Kristin Herrera). Dana and Nicole fight constantly. Quinn Pensky (Erin Sanders), another character on the show, is a weird but an extremely intelligent girl. Soon afterward, Zoey comes across the boys' basketball team and, when she hears the coach talking about tryouts later that week, she tells him she is going to try out. After that, she says to the boys that she wants to try out. Then a boy named Logan Reese (Matthew Underwood) claims that girls cannot play basketball as well as boys. Angered, Zoey challenges them to a boys vs. girls game. In addition, Chase's best friend, Michael Barret (Christopher Massey), is introduced.
[edit] Season 2
It is a new year at PCA, and Dana has left for the European Exchange Program, so Zoey and Nicole get a new roommate, Lola Martinez (Victoria Justice). At the beginning of the season, both Zoey and Chase run for Class President (against their will). Chase and Michael get their own online show. The sushi restaurant burns down after an accident. This is the season in which the first ever Zoey 101 movie takes place, "Zoey 101: Spring Break-Up" and the only movie that Nicole appears in. Quinn's alpaca, Otis, also comes to visit PCA at the end of season 2.
[edit] Season 3
Zoey, Chase, Lola, Michael, Quinn, Logan, and Dustin return to PCA. Zoey and her friends are 15, and Dustin is 11-12. Nicole was sent to an all girls' school, after being diagnosed with Obsessive Male Gender Disorder (OMGD). This causes Quinn to become roommates with Zoey and Lola, after she was accidentally assigned to a room that did not exist on PCA campus by the girl's dorm adviser, Coco. Everyone "grows up" in this and the next season, looking older and having more mature personalities. At the end of this season, in the "Goodbye Zoey?" TV movie, Zoey moves to a boarding school in England. Due to a webcam malfunction, she finds out that Chase is in love her, and realizes that she loves him too. This season also features a new main cast. Originally, "Goodbye Zoey?" could have been the series finale, as the series had not yet been renewed for a fourth season, and thus an alternate ending that wrapped all story lines up was filmed. But the show was renewed, and the open ending was the one used.
[edit] Season 4
Zoey hearing how Chase feels about her, returns to PCA but Chase knowing he loves Zoey, convinces his parents to transfer him to the London boarding school Zoey goes to, only to find out that she has transferred back to PCA to be with him. Chase must remain in England for one semester before returning to PCA, as part of the agreement he made with his parents to allow him to transfer. Chase and Zoey finally admit their love for each other. However, they decide to postpone their relationship until Chase comes back, due to the difficulties of a long distance relationship. Logan and Michael get a new roommate, James Garrett (Austin Butler). James and Zoey become a couple, which lasts almost completely through the season. Lola and Vince Blake, who returns to PCA as a better person, become a couple. Logan and Quinn also become a couple, after Mark Del Figgalo breaks up with her but, at first, Quinn and Logan keep it a secret, thinking they would not be able to handle the teasing if anyone should find out. They secretly date until the hour-long series finale, "Chasing Zoey", in which they admit their love for each other at the PCA Prom. Stacey (Logan's date, as selected by Quinn to keep their relationship a secret) gets hit by the car that Mark and Michael are in, and loses her lisp as a result. Also in this episode, James tells Zoey he loves her and not being able to return the feelings, she breaks up with him, and Chase returns to PCA, at which time Zoey kisses him passionately, and they eventually become a couple.
[edit] Cast
[edit] Main cast
In Order of Appearance:
| Cast | Character | Season(s) | Years credited | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
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| Jamie Lynn Spears | Zoey Brooks | 1-4 | 2005-20081 | Welcome to PCA | Chasing Zoey |
| Paul Butcher | Dustin Brooks | 1-4 | 2005-20082 | Welcome to PCA | Chasing Zoey |
| Sean Flynn | Chase Matthews | 1-3 | 2005-20073 | Welcome to PCA | (as regular)PCA Confidental (as guest)Chasing Zoey Part 2 |
| Alexa Nikolas | Nicole Bristow | 1-2 | 2005-2006 6 | Welcome to PCA | Quinn's Alpaca |
| Kristin Herrera | Dana Cruz | 1 | 20055 | Welcome to PCA | Little Beach Party |
| Christopher Massey | Michael Barrett | 1-4 | 2005-20081 | Welcome to PCA | Chasing Zoey |
| Matthew Underwood | Logan Reese | 1-4 | 2005-2008 | Welcome to PCA | Chasing Zoey |
| Erin Sanders | Quinn Pensky | 1-4 | 2005-2008 | Welcome to PCA | Chasing Zoey |
| Victoria Justice | Lola Martinez | 2-4 | 2006-2008 | Back to PCA | Chasing Zoey |
| Austin Butler | James Garrett | 4 | 20084 | Rumor of Love | Chasing Zoey Part 1 |
1Only members to appear in all regular episodes & TV Movies (with the exception of a clip show)
2 Butcher Credited, but is absent in 40 episodes
3 Flynn Appeared as a guest star in Season 4.
4 Butler Joins cast in fourth episode of Season 4.
5 Herrera Written off after Season 1.
6 Nikolas Written off after Season 2.
[edit] Recurring cast
| Cast | Character | Season(s) | Years credited | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
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| Jessica Chaffin | Coco Wexler | 1-4 | 2005-2008 | Defending Dustin | Chasing Zoey |
| Jack Salvatore Jr | Mark Del Figgalo | 1-4 | 2005-2008 | New Roomies | Chasing Zoey |
| Creagen Dow | Jeremiah Trottman | 2-4 | 2005-2008 | Election | Chasing Zoey |
| Lisa Tucker | Lisa Perkins | 3-4 | 2007-20081 | Michael Loves Lisa | Chasing Zoey |
| Miki Ishikawa | Vicky | 1 | 2005 | Welcome to PCA | Backpack |
| Daniella Monet | Rebecca | 3 | 2006-20072 | Surprise | Zoey's Baby |
| Abby Wilde | Stacey Dillsen | 3-4 | 2006-2008 | Chase's Girlfriend | Chasing Zoey |
1 Joins half-way in Season 3.
2Recurrs twice in Season 3.
[edit] Episodes
| Season | Episodes | First airdate | Last airdate |
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| Season 1 | 13 | January 9, 2005 | May 1, 2005 |
| Season 2 | 13 | September 11, 2005 | April 16, 2006 |
| Season 3 | 26 | September 24, 2006 | January 4, 2008 |
| Season 4 | 13 | January 27, 2008 | May 2, 2008 |
[edit] TV movies
| Movie | Airdate | Episode # |
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| Zoey 101: Spring Break-Up | March 10, 2006 | Ep 23-24 |
| Zoey 101: The Curse of PCA | October 13, 2007 | Ep 43-44 |
| Zoey 101: Goodbye Zoey? | January 4, 2008 | Ep 51-52 |
| Zoey 101: Chasing Zoey | May 2, 2008 | Ep 64-65 |
[edit] DVD releases
| Title | Release date | Episodes |
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| Zoey 101: Spring Break-Up | May 19, 2006 (USA) | 8,13, 23-24 |
| Bonus features include season one bloopers, behind-the-scenes tours and two bonus episodes from the first season, "Quinn's Date" and "Little Beach Party". | ||
| Title | Release date | Episodes |
| The Complete 1st Season | February 13, 2007 (USA) | 1-13, 36 |
| This two-disc release includes all thirteen episodes from the first season. Bonus features include bloopers, original cast member audition tapes, and a bonus episode, "Quarantine", from the third season. Alexa Nikolas (Nicole) and Kristin Herrera (Dana) do not appear on the cover. | ||
| Title | Release date | Episodes |
| The Complete 2nd Season | August 29, 2008[2] (USA) September 10, 2008[3] (AUS) |
14-26 |
| (USA) Three-disc release, all 13 episodes, available just in Amazon.com, as a "CreateSpace" program of "Burn-On-Demand" DVDs. Alexa Nikolas (Nicole) and Paul Butcher do not feature on the cover.[4] (AUS) This two-disc release includes all thirteen episodes from the second season. Released by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand (Region 4).[3] |
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| Title | Release date | Episodes |
| The Complete 3rd Season[5] | June 14, 2009 (USA) | 27-52 |
| (USA) Five-disc release, all 24 episodes, available just in Amazon.com, as a "CreateSpace" program of "Burn-On-Demand" DVDs.
This disc is expected to play back in DVD Video "play only" devices, and may not play in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives. |
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| Title | Release date | Episodes |
| The Complete 4th Season[6] | June 16, 2009 (USA) | 53-65 |
| (USA) Three-disc release, all 13 episodes, available just in Amazon.com, as a "CreateSpace" program of "Burn-On-Demand" DVDs.
This disc is expected to play back in DVD Video "play only" devices, and may not play in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives. |
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[edit] Soundtrack
[edit] Awards
Won
- 2006 Kids' Choice Awards: Jamie Lynn Spears (Favorite TV Actress)
- 2007 Kids' Choice Awards (in Germany): Jamie Lynn Spears (Favorite TV Actress)
Nominated
- 2005 Primetime Emmy Award: Outstanding Children's Program
- 2007 Kids' Choice Awards: Jamie Lynn Spears (Favorite TV Actress)
- 2008 Kids' Choice Awards: Jamie Lynn Spears (Favorite TV Actress)
- 2009 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite TV Show
[edit] References
- ^ "Jamie Lynn's show 'axed'". News24.com. 2008-01-03. http://www.news24.com/News24/Entertainment/Abroad/0,,2-1225-1243_2246073,00.html. Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EHDSPC/
- ^ a b Zoey 101 Season 2
- ^ http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Site-News-Nickelodeon-Amazon-CreateSpace/10375
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Zoey-101-Complete-Season-Disc/dp/B001JAHSO6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1241282050&sr=1-3
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Zoey-101-Complete-Season-Disc/dp/B001JAHSOG/ref=pd_sim_d_7
[edit] External links
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Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Zoey 101 |
- Zoey 101 at the Internet Movie Database
- Zoey 101 at TV.com
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