SnoopyStyle
The Pacific Coast Academy was an all boys boarding school. Zoey Brooks (Jamie Lynn Spears) is one of the first girls attending joining her little brother Dustin. The bushy-haired Chase Matthews is immediately taken with the new girl. Her room 101 is shared with Dana Cruz and boy-crazy Nicole Bristow. In the second season, Lola Martinez (Victoria Justice) is Zoey and Nicole's new roommate. Quinn Pensky is the brainy girl. Logan Reese is the rich arrogant jerk. Michael Barret is Logan and Chase's nice roommate.This is one of those sunny, bright, wacky Nickelodeon kids TV shows created by Dan Schneider. For little kids, there is nothing particularly offensive. It's got a nice group of young photogenic friends. There is nothing real or substantive. These kids are mostly good child actor types. The biggest question is Spears. She is probably the least child actor of the group. She's a little stiff. I can only surmise that she got the lead for being Britney's little sister. She's able to grow into the lead role. The friendships and the support cast are the best parts of this show.
isabella_HRH_2009
I know most of the people thinks this Show is bad, but do you know the reason why they say this? ''Because is not funny at all'', ''because is so cheesy and dumb'' ''I hate Jamie Lynn Spears'' ''Because is unrealistic and Zoey is always PERFECT'' ''Simply crap'', etc, well, what I have to say is: First, Zoey 101 is not focused into the whole ''funny'' thing, know what I mean? Most of the time isn't funny, but that's because is more drama. Teen drama, right? Besides, did you noticed that it hasn't the annoying laugh track as others TV Shows like iCarly, Drake and Show and Victorious? I think is more focused into the drama thing, and that's why is ''boring''. Second, is true that Zoey 101 is cheesy, but only sometimes; When something focused in the main couple (Zoey & Chase) happens, and it's not like they're all the time snogging or saying' things like: ''I love you, you're the reason why I'm living today, etc'', because first, they're not an official couple till the last season, and sooner of this, Zoey didn't notice about Chase's feelings, so what's with that? Maybe when they talk about Zoey 101 being corny is when Logan and Quinn are together, but that's the point; That happens in the last season, so they can't say that Zoey 101 is cheesy all the time. I have to admit that is dumb sometimes, but the jokes aren't crap like in Sonny With a Chance, Hannah Montana, etc where the majority of the time they're making jokes about snot or farts; Zoey 101 hasn't too much jokes anyways. A lot of people hate Jamie Spears, but that's not a reason to say ''this TV Show is crap, I hate it , I hate it, I HATE IT!'' Third, maybe is unrealistic, but it doesn't have to be exactly like the real life, actually I think most of the teenagers between the age of 13-16 can identify with this, most of the situations are actually things that happens in a random teenager life. Fourth, Zoey isn't perfect all the time, if you look closely, you see that she's overprotective, impulsive and almost all the time she thinks she's right. That's perfect?? I don't think so, and also the other characters aren't perfect. In conclusion, all those reasons why people thinks Zoey 101 is bad are stupid, what I think is that is a good TV Show, the characters are well developed and all those situations are really good. So, I gave it 7/10, I really like this TV Show, more than iCarly, Drake and Josh and Victorious.
splishsplash333
First of all, I will say that this isn't a terrible show. This is coming from an 18 year old girl who never liked watching Nickelodeon or The Disney Channel, no matter what age I was. But I do agree with what another reviewer said about it in terms of Jamie Lynn Spears. My big qualm about it was that I see it as a ploy to give people an impression of what Jamie Lynn Spears is like in real life: popular, beautiful, nice, stylish, liked by guys. Jamie Lynn is your basic, generic looking teenage girl who's safe enough for a mainstream audience, but so safe that she and her performance as Zoey are bland. The real acting highlights of the show are Christopher Massey (who plays Mike), Sean Flynn (who plays Chase), and in early seasons, Alexa Nikolas (who plays Nicole). Jamie Lynn is bland and lacks the quirkiness of some of the other characters. I think she's the weakest actor and plays the least interesting character. I don't think seeing a girl have things handed to them the way Zoey does sends a good message to girls: she just re-enforces a stereotype about what it means to fit in and be accepted by society. The premise of the show is catchy, especially towards the pre-teen crowd: going to a glamorous boarding school in California, how fun is that? It's a fantasy life that young girls would love to live, and that's part of what watching TV is in the first place: an escape from our daily lives. The script and many of the plot lines seem contrived and predictable, it could use some creativity and personality. It also often does not have the real, relatable element that other children's/pre-teen shows have (ex: Lizzie McGuire). It doesn't really tap into adolescent insecurity or pressure because these characters have these near perfect lives. Yes, there is the exception of boyfriend/girlfriend drama, but that is usually the height of real-life problems featured in the show.Overall, it isn't bad. It's just hard to watch because it could have been so much better. I say take away the main character and even that would improve the show drastically. Jamie Lynn just feels like a marketing tool for Nickelodeon to compete with Disney Stars of that time such as Hilary Duff or Raven Simone. I think fame was handed to Jamie because of her older sister Britney Spears, and had the show gone to an unknown public figure, I don't think it would have been as anticipated.
OffTheLeft
This was another one of those shows that I watched to root out the positive elements, and because I've been a Nick fan for years. Some of those would be the stage sets, B-plots, guest stars, and a few of the main actors that were good. I dabbled in the show through high school as I quickly grew to despise Jamie Spears, along with the other chicks in the show that can't act. The only characters I seemed to like were Dustin, Quinn, Stacey, Michael & Logan. Quinn is a perfect outcast that eventually started to fit in; Stacey is a complete oddball; Dustin gets put through a bunch of strange, random situations; and Michael is kind of the comic relief right-hand man of Logan. There's a remarkable difference between the execution & acting quality of the B-plots that involve them, and the A-plots that showcased a bunch of screeching girls and an iconic "Miss Perfect," repeating bad lines and obsessing over guys. This show would have been great if the main plots contained the quality of the side plots, but the main plots just don't deliver anything. When it recently came back in reruns, and I tried to watch it again, I was more calloused towards the girls' abysmal acting and had to change the channel. However, I will give the previously listed characters credit because they did make the show more or less worth my time.