Zoey 101

Zoey 101
Format	Teen sitcom Comedy-drama
Created by	Dan Schneider
Starring	Jamie Lynn Spears Paul Butcher Sean Flynn (seasons 1-3 regular, season 4 recurring) Austin Butler (season 4) Kristin Herrera (season 1) Victoria Justice (seasons 2-4) Christopher Massey Alexa Nikolas (seasons 1-2) Erin Sanders Matthew Underwood
Theme music composer	Britney Spears, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg & Henrik Jonback
Opening theme	"Follow Me", performed by Jamie Lynn Spears
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	65 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Dan Schneider Bill O'Dowd (both; entire run) Jan Korbelin (episodes 1-15) Jörg Westerkamp (episodes 15-65) George Doty IV (season 4)
Producer(s)	Joe Catania (entire run) Bryan Spears (co-producer, entire run) Robin Weiner (supervising producer, seasons 1-3; consulting producer, season 4) Tom Keniston (season 4)
Location(s)	Los Angeles, California Santa Clarita, California (filming locations)
Camera setup	Film; Single-camera
Running time	approx. 23-25 minutes
Production company(s)	Schneider's Bakery Apollo ProMovie Nickelodeon Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	Nickelodeon
Picture format	480i (SDTV) (presented in letterbox format)
Original run	January 9, 2005 (2005-01-09) – May 2, 2008 (2008-05-02)
External links
Website

Zoey 101 is an American television series that ran from January 9, 2005 to May 2, 2008. It was created by Dan Schneider, produced for Nickelodeon and syndicated worldwide. The show stars Jamie Lynn Spears as teenager Zoey Brooks. It was initially filmed at Pepperdine University in Malibu, then at stages in Valencia beginning in season 3. It was nominated for an "Outstanding Children's Program" Emmy in 2005., it is his first single camera series.

Plot

In season one, Zoey Brooks and her little brother Dustin arrive at Pacific Coast Academy, a school which recently went co-educational after being a boys' school since its founding. Zoey meets her first friend Chase Matthews (Sean Flynn), who, after meeting her, realizes that he has a crush on her. Zoey then meets her roommates, tomboy Dana Cruz (Kristin Herrera) and boy-obsessed, girly-girl Nicole Bristow (Alexa Nikolas). She also meets other friends aspiring scientist/inventor Quinn Pensky (Erin Sanders) and humorous Michael Barret (Christopher Massey), and rich, spoiled and obnoxious frenemy Logan Reese (Matthew Underwood).

In season two, it's a new year at PCA, and Dana has left for the European exchange network. Zoey and Nicole get a new roommate, Lola Martinez (Victoria Justice). Lola, being a remarkable actress, tricks Zoey and Nicole into thinking she's someone else. At first, they are not happy about getting a new roommate. They go to the housing office and try to talk the lady into letting them chose their new roommate but then Nicole knocks down her shelf of antique perfume bottles breaking them to pieces. They are then told to never come back again. Worried, the next day their new roommate Lola Martinez tricks them into thinking she is a goth voodoo punk freak ( she even tried piercing her tongue in their dorm) and they try to find away for her to leave. However, they catch Lola talking on the phone to her friend telling her how well her little Scheme has worked so well- she's been caught. Zoey and Nicole confront her and she admits to it and confesses that it was an acting exercise. Zoey and Nicole forgive her and they become the best of friends and are so thankful they've been together. Their affection can also be seen in the next two seasons.

In season three, Zoey and the rest of the gang return to PCA. She and her friends are 15 and Dustin is 12. Nicole has been enrolled in an all-girls' school because of a condition she has, called Obsessive Male Gender Disorder (OMGD). This causes Zoey and Lola--much to their dismay--to become roommates with Quinn, after she's accidentally assigned to a dorm that doesn't exist by Coco. At the end of the season, in the "Goodbye, Zoey?" TV film, Zoey transfers to Covington (a new boarding school) in England. After a webcam malfunction, she finds out that Chase loves her. She finds out when Chase left his video camera on when he was video chatting with Zoey when he was unaware he was telling his roommates about how he doesn't just miss Zoey, but loves her...

In season four, the final season, Zoey returns to PCA, only to find that Chase transferred to Covington since he thought Zoey was there. Zoey and Chase reveal their love for each other and want to be together. Chase has to stay a full semester at Covington, though. When they finally had their first date over web chat, it didn't go well, so they decided to put off their relationship until Chase's return. Meanwhile, Logan and Michael get a new roommate named James Garrett (Austin Butler), who eventually becomes Zoey's boyfriend. Quinn and Logan begin to date, but they hide their relationship from their friends. In series finale, entitled "Chasing Zoey", the kids get ready for the prom. Zoey and James end their relationship, and Chase surprises Zoey once he returns home to PCA. They finally have their long awaited first kiss and begin to date.

Cast

See also: List of Zoey 101 characters

Main cast

Actor	Character	Episodes	Seasons
			1	2	3	4
Jamie Lynn Spears	Zoey Brooks	65	Main
Paul Butcher	Dustin Brooks	25	Main
Sean Flynn	Chase Matthews	55	Main			Recurring
Austin Butler	James Garrett	9				Main
Kristin Herrera	Dana Cruz	13	Main
Victoria Justice	Lola Martinez	50		Main
Christopher Massey	Michael Barret	64	Main
Alexa Nikolas	Nicole Bristow	26	Main
Erin Sanders	Quinn Pensky	62	Main
Matthew Underwood	Logan Reese	60	Main

Notes:

• Unless otherwise stated, all characters appeared in every season as a regular character.
• Jamie Lynn Spears is the only cast member to appear in every episode.

Guest stars

• Allison Scagliotti - Stacy
• Jennette McCurdy - Trisha Kirby
• Madison Riley - Gretchen
• Stephen Lunsford - Greg
• Miranda Cosgrove - Paige Howard
• Doug Brochu - Blatzberg
• Daniella Monet- Rebecca
• Drake Bell- himself

Episodes

Main article: List of Zoey 101 episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			Season premiere	Season finale
	1	13	January 9, 2005	May 1, 2005
	2	13	September 11, 2005	April 16, 2006
	3	25	September 24, 2006	January 4, 2008
	4	14	January 27, 2008	May 2, 2008

TV films

Film	Airdate
Zoey 101: Spring Break-Up	March 10, 2006
Zoey 101: The Curse of PCA	October 13, 2007
Zoey 101: Goodbye Zoey?	January 4, 2008
Zoey 101: Chasing Zoey	May 2, 2008

Reruns/syndication

After the series aired its final episode in 2008, it was shown in reruns on Nickelodeon until November 23, 2008, though the last official airing of Zoey 101 on Nickelodeon aired on January 4, 2009 with the rebroadcast of the Chasing Zoey movie. After splitting from Noggin (now Nick Jr.) and becoming its own 24-hour cable TV channel, The N ran the series from December 31, 2007 to September 25, 2009, and continued to air on the channel after The N rebranded as TeenNick where it ran from September 28 to November 27, 2009. The channel aired the episode "Back to PCA", along with the Nickelodeon original movie Spectacular!, the iCarly TV special "iFight Shelby Marx", and the True Jackson, VP episode "True Crush", as part of the special programming block on Nickelodeon, "A Very Victoria Night", featuring Nickelodeon originals starring Victoria Justice, on October 10, 2009.^{[citation needed]} Jamie Lynn Spears planned to do 7 seasons.

The series returned to TeenNick with a six-hour Memorial Day marathon on May 31, 2010, and currently airs in a three episode block on weekdays and a four episode block on weekends, with the last episode of the block replaying the following day; from May 31-July 25, 2010, TeenNick aired only the final three seasons of Zoey 101 (with the exceptions of the season three episode "The Favor Chain", which the channel omits from the show's entire broadcast cycle for reasons unknown, and the season two episode "Haunted House", which the channel will only air during special Halloween-themed programming), but on July 26, 2010 TeenNick began airing episodes from the first season as well. In Canada, reruns of the series air on Family weeknights at 11:30 P.M EST, as that series originally debuted on that channel on March 25, 2005 and the series finale aired on September 12, 2009 due to a late schedule. The episode "PCA Confidential" aired on December 14, 2007 because it was part of Season 3. The series has aired in Canada alongside Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, which originally aired on Family as well. Unlike Nickelodeon, Family aired the series in the 4:3 pan and scan format. In Latin America, the series is still airing (2012).

DVD releases

Nickelodeon has released all 4 seasons on DVD in Region 1 (US only). Seasons 2, 3 and 4 are manufacture-on-demand (MOD) releases and are available only through Amazon.com.

Alliance Home Entertainment has released the first three seasons on DVD in Canada only. Season 3 was released on March 8, 2011.

In Region 4, Madman Entertainment has released the first two seasons on DVD in Australia.

DVD Name	Ep #	Release dates
		Region 1 (US)	Region 1 (CAN)	Region 4
The Complete 1st Season	13	February 13, 2007	November 23, 2010	July 25, 2006
The Complete 2nd Season	13	August 29, 2008	January 11, 2011	September 11, 2008
The Complete 3rd Season	25	July 1, 2008	March 8, 2011	N/A
The Complete 4th Season	14	November 11, 2008	TBA	N/A

Soundtrack

Zoey 101: Music Mix
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	March 7, 2006
Recorded	2005-2006
Genre	Pop rock
Label	Nick Records/Columbia Records

Zoey 101: Music Mix is the soundtrack album for the Nickelodeon television series, Zoey 101, it was released on March 7, 2006. The album features music of the pop and rock genres.

Track listing

Songs	Artist
1. "Follow Me" (Zoey 101 theme song)	(Instrumental version)
2. "Predictable"	Good Charlotte
3. "Louder"	The Piper Downs
4. "Calling All Angels"	Train
5. "Mandy"	Jonas Brothers
6. "Vacation"	The Go-Go's
7. "Permanent Midnite"	Saucy Monky
8. "Beautiful Girl"	JoJo
9. "Found Out About You"	Gin Blossoms
10. "I Wanna Go"	Britney Spears
11. "Highway to Nowhere"	Drake Bell
12. "All I Want"	Toad the Wet Sprocket
13. "It's True"	Odds Against Tomorrow
14. "Okay"	Backhouse Mike

Video game

Zoey 101 was released in March 02, 2007 for Game Boy Advance. Another game called "Zoey 101: Field Trip Fiasco" was released on September 11, 2007 for Nintendo DS. Both video games were published by THQ and developed by Barking Lizards and had received poor reception and negative reviews from sites such as IGN and Common Sense.

Zoey 101 is a mini-game collection. Players must successfully complete each mini-game, then a dare, and then a final challenge. Dares and challenges are randomly chosen from three games in the level. Players can choose to play Mini-games freely in the main menu. GameZone awarded the game 4 out of 10, stating that the game was either "boring, frustrating, just plain unfun, or some combination of all three." Game Ratio lists this as the second worst GBA game of all time.

Field Trip Fiasco is about Zoey and her friends taking a field trip to a Park. The player controls Zoey by using the D-pad or touch screen to walk or run. The player runs around the Pacific Coast Academy (Zoey's School) completing fetch quests. They involve delivering things to people or collecting objects scattered around the school before time runs out. After finishing a fetch quest, the player plays a mini-game involving hosing off cars or picking up Frisbees. Zoey researches around the national park and talks to the camping club about Native Americans, goes to the library to learn about the park and takes a quiz about a national park.

Jack DeVries of IGN gave the game a 3.5/10 and criticized the game's boring gameplay, bland music and sound, and awkward controls. jkdmedia reviewed the game for GameZone on October 8, 2007 and gave the game a 2.8. It was criticized for it’s graphics and controls.

Awards

The show did a considerable success at ratings and was well received by the public and critics.

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

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External links

• Zoey 101 at the Internet Movie Database
• Zoey 101 at TV.com
• Zoey 101 Wiki