Zoey 101 is an American comedy drama television series created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. It aired from January 9, 2005, to May 2, 2008.It focuses on the lives of Zoey Brooks (Jamie Lynn Spears), her brother Dustin (Paul Butcher), and her friends as they attend Pacific Coast Academy (PCA), a fictional boarding school in Southern California.It was initially filmed at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, then at stages in Valencia beginning in season 3.Zoey 101 Season 1-4 Download
It was nominated for an “Outstanding Children’s Program” Emmy in 2005.[2] Zoey 101 was the most expensive production ever for a Nickelodeon standard, as it was shot completely on location in Malibu.[3]The series won three Young Artist Awards, two Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards and a Neox Fan Award.Several soundtracks and video games based on the series have also been released.The series centers around Zoey Brooks as she enrolls in Pacific Coast Academy, a prestigious Southern California boarding school that previously only allowed boys to attend. Throughout the series, Zoey and her new friends navigate life as teenagers. As the series progresses, the group of friends grows closer together, some platonic while others not so much.In 2002, Dan Schneider first had Jamie Lynn Spears audition for him at the age of 11 years old, after an executive at Nickelodeon asked if he would like to meet with Britney Spears’ sister. At the time All That had just revamped its cast, and he knew that casting Britney’s younger sister “would bring a lot of attention to ‘All That,’ and it would be a good thing. [He] was just hoping she’d be good.”[4][5] On September 21, 2002, Jamie Spears, as she was originally credited, made her debut on Nickelodeon in the premiere of Season 8 of All That. Midway through Season 9, in late 2003, Schneider had a meeting with another executive at the network who wanted to know if Schneider had any ideas for a spin-off series that could be built around Spears, like how Kenan & Kel, The Amanda Show, and The Nick Cannon Show were built around their stars.[4][6] According to Schneider, the show was completely “custom made” for Jamie Lynn, and her mother Lynne, “had a lot of input.”