Zoey 101
Zoey 101 is an American television series. It was on Nickelodeon from 9 January 2005 until 2 May 2008. It is about on the lives of teenagers at a boarding school, Pacific Coast Academy (PCA). The main character is Zoey Brooks, played by Jamie Lynn Spears. The series was created by Dan Schneider. It was nominated for an "Outstanding Children's Program" Emmy Award in 2005.[2] Zoey 101 was the most expensive production ever for Nickelodeon series. It was shot completely on location in Malibu.[3] It was also Nickelodeon's best performance for a series premiere in almost eight years.[3] However, many critics have made negative comments about the show. Jamie Lynn Spears has been playing Zoey for 3 years from 2005 till 2008.
| Zoey 101 | |
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| Genre | Teen sitcom Comedy-drama |
| Created by | Dan Schneider |
| Starring | Jamie Lynn Spears Paul Butcher Sean Flynn Kristin Herrera Christopher Massey Alexa Nikolas Erin Sanders Matthew Underwood Victoria Justice Austin Butler |
| Narrated by | Jamie Lynn Spears |
| Theme music composer | Britney Spears, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback |
| 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 producers | Dan Schneider Bill O'Dowd (both; entire run) Jan Korbelin (episodes 1-15) Jörg Westerkamp (episodes 15-65) George Doty IV (season 4) |
| Producers | 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) |
| Production location | Pepperdine University[1] |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | approx. 23-25 minutes |
| Production companies | Schneider's Bakery Apollo ProMovie Nickelodeon Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nickelodeon, TeenNick in re-runs |
| Release | January 9, 2005 – May 2, 2008 |
Plot
changeZoey Brooks goes to a once all-boys boarding school in California, where she must fit in, even though she is a girl. She faces BOY bullies and also the challenge of making friends.
Characters
change- Zoey Brooks is a 14-year-old freshman student, and the main character of the show. She is the best friend of Nicole and very good at the school. Since the first day is Chase in love with Zoey. She is also in love with Chase, her best friend.
- Dustin Brooks is Zoey's younger 11-year-old brother. He doesn't like it, if Zoey mothered him. He is still childish. He is afraid of frogs and squirrels. HAHA
- Chase Matthews is Zoey's best friend. He has a crush on her.
- Michael Barett is another good friend of Chase and Logan. He is a comedian.
- Logan Reese is an inconsiderate, self-centered popular boy. All the girls have a crush on him, except Zoey and her friends.
- Dana Cruz is Zoey's former best and headstrong and straightforward friend from season one. She does not like to be told what to do and can easily get into an argument.
- Nicole Bristow is a hyper girl from Kansas from seasons 1-2 and is Zoey's primary best friend. She has OMGD (Obsessive Male Gender Disorder) and has to go to an all girls school later on in season 3.
- Quinn Pensky is a smart, yet strange girl who is very interested in science who bunks with Zoey.
- Lola Martinez joins in season 2, replacing Dana. She is fashionable and wants to be an actress
Video game
changeSeveral video games based on the television series were developed by THQ. They were published by Barking Lizards.
The original was released on 2 March 2007 for Gameboy Advance. Players play mini-games in trios for three semesters (levels), with a final game at the end. Players must successfully complete each mini-game, then a dare, and then a challenge. Dares and challenges are randomly chosen from three games. Players can choose to play mini-games freely in the main menu. Mini-games can only be unlocked in story mode. The game received negative reviews from sites such as Nintendo World Report and Common Sense. Game Rankings had a percent of 40% based on 2 reviews.
Zoey 101: Field Trip Fiasco was released for Nintendo DS. It was released in the U.S. on September 11, 2007. The plot involves Zoey wanting to do a documentary movie about the local national park. The player controls Zoey. The player has to go around the Pacific Coast Academy delivering things to people, or collect objects scattered around the school before time runs out. A map can be pulled out to help. After finishing fetch quests, the player plays a Minigame. Minigames require Scribbling on the touch screen to hose off cars or picking up Frisbees. Minigames last about 2 minutes. This game also received bad reviews. Metacritic had a score of 31/100 and Game Rankings had a score of 41.25% both based on 4 critics.[4]
References
change- ↑ "The Graphic - What Pepperdine learned in "Zoey 101"". Archived from the original on 2013-04-20. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
- ↑ emmys television gold. "Primetime Emmy Award nominations for 2005". Retrieved 2012-03-26.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 March 9, 2011 (2011-03-09). "Zoey 101". Dolphinentertainment.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
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- Review on IGN http://ds.ign.com/articles/823/823599p1.html Archived 2011-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Review on GameZone http://nds.gamezone.com/reviews/item/zoey_101_gba_review Archived 2012-07-13 at Archive.today
- Review on Digital Entertainment News http://www.dignews.com/platforms/ds/ds-reviews/zoey-101-field-trip-fiasco-review/[permanent dead link]
- Review on Worth Playing http://worthplaying.com/article/2008/11/8/reviews/56467/
- Review on Game Vortex http://www.gamevortex.com/gamevortex/soft_rev.php/3737/zoey-101-field-trip-fiasco-ds.html