Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane

Infobox Television
show_name = Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane


caption =
show_name_2 = "Zoe..."
genre = Sitcom
creator = Daniel Paige
Sue Paige
director = 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)
opentheme = "Charmed" by My Friend Steve (Season 1)
endtheme =
composer = Roger Boyce
country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 2
num_episodes = 26
list_episodes =
executive_producer = Michael Jacobs
Peter Aronson
co_exec = Michael Langworthy
producer = Jim Freedman
Mike Rowe
Morgan Sackett
Jean Zuhorski
sup_producer = Daniel Paige
Sue Paige
asst_producer = Sandi B. Hochman
Steven Mesner
runtime = 30 mins.
channel = The WB
first_aired = January 17, 1999
last_aired = 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..." (pronounced "Zoe Dot Dot Dot") 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".

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.

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

econd season

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..." 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. [cite web|url=http://www.michaelrosenbaum.com/soap.html|work=Soap Opera Digest|title=Lex Appeal|accessdate=2007-01-14]

"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.

Episode list

eason 1

eason 2

Notes

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