Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane

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Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane
Format sitcom
Created by Daniel Paige
Sue Paige
Starring Selma Blair
David Moscow
Michael Rosenbaum
Azura Skye
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of episodes 26
Production
Running time 30 min
Broadcast
Original channel The WB
Original run January 17, 1999 – June 1, 2000
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane is a U.S. teen sitcom starring Selma Blair, David Moscow, Michael Rosenbaum, and Azura Skye that premiered in 1999 on The WB network (now known as CW).

It was later retitled Zoe... (pronounced "Zoe Dot Dot Dot") during the show's second season.

The series ran for 26 episodes (13 each season).

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[edit] Main characters

The series centered on four eccentric high school friends in New York City.

  • Zoe Bean: A coy, boy-crazy daydreamer.
  • Duncan Milch: An anxious oddball. A Woody Allen type.
  • Jack Cooper: Handsome, but egotistical and selfish.
  • Jane Cooper: Jack's twin sister. Sarcastic and cynical.

The show also starred Mary Page Keller as Zoe's single mother Iris during the first season.

[edit] First season

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-bound bully, Will Friedle as a charming stoner who dated Zoe, and Jacinda Barrett as a girl who liked both Duncan and Jack.

[edit] Second season

When the show returned for a second season, it had been retooled heavily. 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... out of fear that the former title was turning off potential viewers.

[edit] Seinfeld connection

The series molded itself after the popular 1990s sitcom Seinfeld rather than other teen-oriented sitcoms such as Saved by the Bell or Boy Meets World. When the show was retooled during the second season, however, it took on a less cerebral tone.

[edit] Behind the scenes

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  • The first season theme song was "Charmed" by My Friend Steve.
  • 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.
  • 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]

[edit] Cast

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Lex Appeal. Soap Opera Digest. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.