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True Jackson, VP
File:TJVPTitlecard.jpg
True Jackson, VP title card, Season 1
Created byAndy Gordon
StarringKeke Palmer
Ashley Argota
Matt Shively
Danielle Bisutti
Robbie Amell
Greg Proops
Ron Butler
Theme music composerToby Gad
Opening themeTheme song performed by Keke Palmer
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes42 (aired) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersAndy Gordon (all episodes)
Dan Kopelman (season 2-present)
Production locationsNew York City, New York (setting)
Taping locations:
Nickelodeon On Sunset, Hollywood, California (season 1)
Paramount Studio Stage 25, Hollywood, California (season 2-present)
Camera setupVideotape (filmized); Multi-camera
Running time23 minutes
Original release
NetworkNickelodeon (U.S.)
YTV (Canada)
ReleaseNovember 8, 2008 –
present

True Jackson, VP is an American television sitcom, the series premiered on November 8, 2008 and is currently being broadcasted on Nickelodeon. The series stars Keke Palmer, Ashley Argota, Matt Shively, Danielle Bisutti, Greg Proops, Robbie Amell and Ron Butler.

The pilot episode garnered 4.8 million viewers on its first airing and set network records among kids 6-11, adolescents 9-14 and several other demos.[1] The show premiered on Nickelodeon UK on May 25, 2009 and on Nickelodeon Latin America on August 3, 2009. The show's second season premiered on November 14, 2009 in the U.S.

The theme song was written by Toby Gad and Keke Palmer and performed by Palmer. The series is shot in front of a live studio audience, which is mentioned at the start of each episode.

Premise

Fifteen-year-old True Jackson was selling sandwiches with her friend Ryan in the fashion district in New York City. When she is complimented by fashion designer Max Madigan, founder and CEO of MadStyle, Max realizes the clothes True is wearing are his designs, but True had altered them to suit her own purposes. Max likes the altered design, and hires True to be the Vice President of his fashion company's youth apparel division. True hires her best friend Lulu to be her assistant after firing Cricket, her former assistant who was pretty bitter about being passed in the business by a kid. With Lulu's and Ryan's help, True works to be the best she can be despite various obstacles such as her self-centered co-worker Amanda, who is less than enthusiastic to be working with a child, but the truth is that she is jealous of True because of how successful she is.

Cast

Main article: List of True Jackson, VP characters
  • Keke Palmer as True Jackson, a teen who serves as the Vice President of youth fashion at MadStyle, where she works, and gets into mishaps and has a lot of fun with her friends. She is fairly intelligent and has an odd family.
  • Ashley Argota as Lulu Johnson, the best friend and secretary–assistant of True. She tends to be very crazy, loud, and clueless. She is easily distracted as seen in every episode. Although not many people believe it, she is very intelligent and loves math.
  • Matt Shively as Ryan Laserbeam, the other best friend of True. Though he does not have an official job at MadStyle, he always is there to hang out with True and Lulu. He is not very smart and is very clumsy. Ryan's middle name is Leslie, but he dislikes it. Oscar is not sure if Laserbeam is Ryan's real lastname, but according to Ryan's big brother, he got the name when one of his ancestors got named "Laserbeam" by his crew captain while he was working on a ship.
  • Danielle Bisutti as Amanda Cantwell, one of the many workers at MadStyle. She is the Vice President of Women's Fashion. Through the beginning of the series, Amanda is seen as True's rival as they often fought/disagreed with each other, but Amanda is slowly becoming True's friend.
  • Robbie Amell as Jimmy Madigan, is a mail deliverer at MadStyle and is the boy of True's affection. He has feelings towards True but, due to a recent job rule, can't date her. He is also Max Madigan's nephew.
  • Greg Proops as Max Madigan, the boss and CEO of MadStyle and holds all the meetings and other social events, often glorifying True. He is somewhat odd and is Jimmy's uncle.
  • Ron Butler as Oscar, the main secretary and operator for MadStyle, and works behind the reception desk on the floor where MadStyle offices are. He is often shown taking calls on his headset or delivering messages to Amanda. Known to crack jokes, he tends to speak in a campy manner.

Guest stars

Episodes

Main article: List of True Jackson, VP episodes
Season Episodes Premiere Finale
1 26 November 8, 2008 (2008-11-08) October 17, 2009 (2009-10-17)
2 34[2] November 14, 2009 (2009-11-14) TBA (TBA)

Broadcast history

The show premiered following the iCarly TV movie iGo to Japan. The show also premiered on YTV on March 5, 2009 and after shows every Thursday, but recently changed to Friday to accommodate with iCarly & Big Fun Fridays. Then, the show moved again to Mondays at 6:30pm.

DVD releases

  • True Jackson, VP: Season 1, Vol. 1 was released in a 2Disc Set on September 8, 2009. Running time is 321 minutes, presented in full screen video, and English Stereo audio. The set also includes behind-the-scenes, Cast's screen tests, bloopers and, 13 episodes.
  • True Jackson, VP: Season 1, Vol. 2 is planning a release for summer 2010.

Clothing line

In August 2009, a line of clothing inspired by the show called "MadStyle by True Jackson" was released. The line is available exclusively at Wal-Mart. The line was aimed at children and teens, the department that True Jackson works in in True Jackson, VP. This was the first line of clothing for the show and was a first for Nickelodeon, releasing a line of clothing from one of their television shows. It is unknown if Nickelodeon plans to release another line of clothing from True Jackson, VP Host By Nickelodeon Stars. Commercials advertising the clothing line can be seen on Nickelodeon and TeenNick. Featured in the show and commercials is an instrumental version of the show's theme song.

Book series

A set of novels based on the show are released, via Amazon.com[3]

References

Note: numbers in [brackets] and superscript following text denotes reference linked to the text.

  1. ^ 'ICARLY' BREAKS RECORDS
  2. ^ Keke Palmer's official Twitter account confirming 34 episodes for season 2.
  3. ^ True Jackson, VP book series at Amazon.com


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