Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane
| Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Zoe... |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by |
Daniel Paige Sue Paige |
| Directed by |
Robert Berlinger Gil Junger Jeff McCracken Brian K. Roberts Jonathan Weiss Dana DeVally Piazza Craig Zisk |
| Starring |
Selma Blair David Moscow Michael Rosenbaum Azura Skye |
| Theme music composer | Steven R. Burry (Season 1) |
| Opening theme | "Charmed" by My Friend Steve (Season 1) |
| Composer(s) | Roger Boyce |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Michael Jacobs Peter Aronson |
| Producer(s) |
Jim Freedman Mike Rowe Morgan Sackett Jean Zuhorski |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Michael Jacobs Productions Touchstone Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | The WB |
| Original release | January 17, 1999 – June 1, 2000 |
Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane is an American teen sitcom starring Selma Blair, David Moscow, Michael Rosenbaum, and Azura Skye that premiered in 1999 on The WB network (now known as CW). During development, the show was initially known as Zoe Bean and was later retitled Zoe... during its second season.
The series ran for a total of 26 episodes (13 each season).
Main characters
The series centered on four eccentric high school friends in New York City.
- Zoe Bean (Selma Blair): A coy, boy-crazy daydreamer.
- Duncan Milch (David Moscow): An anxious oddball. A Woody Allen type.
- Jack Cooper (Michael Rosenbaum): Handsome, but egotistical and selfish.
- Jane Cooper (Azura Skye): Jack's twin sister. Sarcastic and cynical.
The show also starred Mary Page Keller as Zoe's single mother Iris during the first season. Scott Foley, fresh from Dawson's Creek, appeared in the pilot with the intention of having him star in the series as Zoe's love interest. But once the pilot finally got picked up, Foley had already moved on to Felicity.
Episode list
Season 1
During the first season, the show centered on the four teenagers as high school students and included guests such as Scott Foley as a college boy Zoe had a crush on, Sara Rue as a wheelchair-using bully, Will Friedle as a charming stoner who dated Zoe, and Jacinda Barrett as a girl who liked both Duncan and Jack.
Jeremy Renner played Jack in the pilot episode.
The first season theme song was "Charmed" by My Friend Steve.
| Episode # | Production Code | Episode Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 516-T | Pilot | January 17, 1999 |
| 2 | J-406 | "Everything You Wanted to Know About Zoe" | January 24, 1999 |
| 3 | J-404 | "When Zoe Met Johnny" | February 7, 1999 |
| 4 | J-409 | "To Jack, from Zoe" | February 14, 1999 |
| 5 | J-411 | "Sympathy for Jack" | February 21, 1999 |
| 6 | J-403 | "Hard Cheese on Zoe" | February 28, 1999 |
| 7 | J-410 | "The Trouble with Jane" | March 7, 1999 |
| 8 | J-412 | "A Good Man is Hard to Find" | March 10, 1999 |
| 9 | J-413 | "The Advice" | March 14, 1999 |
| 10 | J-408 | "Under Mom's Thumb" | April 11, 1999 |
| 11 | J-402 | "Down and Out at Bleecker and Houston" | May 2, 1999 |
| 12 | J-407 | "Zoe Under the Influence" | May 9, 1999 |
| 13 | J-405 | "Run, Man Ray, Run" | May 16, 1999 |
Season 2
When the show returned for a second season, it had been heavily retooled. The friendship between the four friends remained intact, but now they were adult college students. Gone was Keller as Zoe's mom, while Omar Gooding joined the cast as the foursome's friend Doug Anderson. The title had also been shortened to simply Zoe... (pronounced on-air as Zoe Dot Dot Dot) out of fear that the former title was turning off potential viewers.
After the series was cancelled, Michael Rosenbaum expressed disappointment with the fact that the network had cut his character's name out of the title for the second season.[1]
| Episode # | Production Code | Episode Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 226052 | "Three Years Later (aka No Good Deed)" | January 31, 2000 |
| 15 | 226054 | "The Customer is Always Vic" | February 7, 2000 |
| 16 | 226056 | "I Don't Feel So Good" | February 14, 2000 |
| 17 | 226057 | "Kiss of Death" | April 2, 2000 |
| 18 | 226062 | "The Feud" | April 9, 2000 |
| 19 | 226063 | "A Midsummer Night's Nightmare" | April 16, 2000 |
| 20 | 226060 | "Crossing the Line" | April 23, 2000 |
| 21 | 226058 | "Desperately Seeking Zoe" | April 30, 2000 |
| 22 | 226055 | "Tall, Dark and Duncan's Boss" | May 14, 2000 |
| 23 | 226059 | "My Dinner with Andy" | May 21, 2000 |
| 24 | 226061 | "Too Much Pressure" | May 28, 2000 |
| 25 | 226053 | "Party Girls" | June 4, 2000 |
| 26 | 226051 | "Three Years Later" | June 11, 2000 |
Notes
- ↑ "Lex Appeal". Soap Opera Digest. Retrieved 2007-01-14.