Zoey 101

Zoey 101
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Created by	Dan Schneider
Starring	Jamie Lynn Spears Paul Butcher Sean Flynn (seasons 1-3) Alexa Nikolas (seasons 1-2) Victoria Justice (seasons 2-4) Christopher Massey Matthew Underwood Erin Sanders Kristin Herrera (season 1) Austin Butler (season 4)
Opening theme	"Follow Me" by Jamie Lynn Spears
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	65 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Dan Schneider
Production locations	Los Angeles, California Santa Clarita, California
Camera setup	Single-camera setup
Running time	23-25 minutes
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon
Release	January 9, 2005 (2005-01-09) – May 2, 2008 (2008-05-02)

Zoey 101 is an American live-action situation comedy television series starring Jamie Lynn Spears. The series originally ran as a TEENick show on Nickelodeon, beginning on January 9, 2005.

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.

Synopsis

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.

Season 2

It is a new year at PCA, and Dana has left for the European Exchange Program. Zoey and Nicole are assigned 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 film takes place, "Zoey 101: Spring Break-Up" and the only film that Nicole appears in. Quinn's alpaca, Otis, also comes to visit PCA at the end of season 2.

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 has been enrolled in an all-girls' school after being diagnosed with Obsessive Male Gender Disorder (OMGD). This causes Quinn to become roommates with Zoey and Lola (who don't really want to live with Quinn), after she's accidentally assigned to a room that doesn't exist by Coco, the girls' dorm adviser. Everyone "grows up" in this and the next season, looking older and having more mature personalities. At the end of the season, in the "Goodbye, Zoey?" TV film, Zoey transfers to a boarding school in England. Due to a webcam malfunction, she finds out that Chase is in love with 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.

Season 4

Zoey returns to PCA, but Chase has recently transferred to Covington to be with her. Chase must stay in England for at least one semester. Coco is fired as the dorm advisor and hired as a bathroom attendant. A new girl, Mira, is hired as Coco's replacement. Michael and Logan get a new roommate James. Quinn and Mark's relationship becomes rocky, and Quinn secretly begins dating Logan, with the two still trying to convince everyone they still hate each other. The school bully, Vince Blake returns. Zoey attempts to date with James, but they get caught up at Vaccaro with Quinn and Logan, who struggle to cover up their relationship as they do not want anybody to know, as the couple of Michael and Lola join them. In the TV Movie Zoey 101: Chasing Zoey, the prom approaches, and Zoey questions her feelings for James as Michael learns how to drive a stickshift. Quinn and Logan try to pick dates for each other to keep their relationship a secret. This is the series finale of Zoey 101, but one more episode, titled "PCA Confidential" is produced, where Zoey, Chase and Stacey answer questions for students thinking of attending PCA, while Coco supervises. This is a clip show of the series.

Cast

See also: List of characters in Zoey 101

Main cast

Cast	Character	Season(s)	Years credited	First Appearance	Final Appearance
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, 4	2005–20083	"Welcome to PCA"	"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	"Quarantine"	"Chasing Zoey"

¹ Only members to appear in all regular episodes & TV films (with the exception of a clip show)
² Butcher was credited, but is absent in 40 episodes
³ Flynn appeared as a guest star in Season 4.
⁴ Butler joined cast in fourth episode of Season 4.
⁵ Herrera was written off after Season 1.
⁶ Nikolas was written off after Season 2.

Recurring cast

Cast	Character	Season(s)	Years credited	First Appearance	Final Appearance
Jessica Chaffin	Coco Wexler	1-4	2005–2008	"Defending Dustin"	"PCA Confidential"
Jack Salvatore Jr.	Mark Del Figgalo	1-4	2005–2008	"New Roomies"	"PCA Confidential"
Creagen Dow	Jeremiah Trottman	2-4	2005–2008	"Election"	"PCA Confidential"
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 Martin	3	2006-20072	"Surprise"	"Zoey's Balloon"
Abby Wilde	Stacey Dillsen	3-4	2006–2008	"Chase's Girlfriend"	"PCA Confidential"
Brando Eaton	Vince Blake	3-4	2006–2008	"The Great Vince Blake"	"Chasing Zoey"

¹ Joins half-way in Season 3.
² Recurs three times in Season 3.

Episodes

Main article: List of Zoey 101 episodes

Season	Episodes	First airdate	Last airdate
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

TV films

Film	Airdate	Episode #
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

DVD releases

Title	Release date	Episodes
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 (USA) September 10, 2008 (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), Matthew Underwood (Logan) and Paul Butcher (Dustin) do not feature on the cover. (AUS) This two-disc release includes all thirteen episodes from the second season. Released by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand (Region 4).
Title	Release date	Episodes
The Complete 3rd Season	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.
Title	Release date	Episodes
The Complete 4th Season	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.

Soundtrack

Main article: Zoey 101: Music Mix

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

External links

• Zoey 101 at IMDb
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