''Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane'' is an American teen

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created by Daniel and Sue Paige, starring

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, and

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that premiered on

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network from January 17, 1999 and ended on June 11, 2000. During development, the show was initially known as ''Zoe Bean'' and was later retitled ''Zoe...'' during its second season. The series aired a total of 26 episodes over its two seasons.

Characters

The series centered on four eccentric

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friends in

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. The foursome attended (fictional) Fielding-Mellish Prep, which gets its name from Woody Allen's character in the movie ''

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''. *Zoe Bean (

): A coy, boy-crazy daydreamer. *Duncan Milch (

): An anxious oddball. A

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type. *Jack Cooper (

): Handsome, but egotistical and selfish. *Jane Cooper (

): Jack's twin sister. Sarcastic and cynical. (Although playing twins, Skye was nine years younger than Rosenbaum in real life.) The show also starred Mary Page Keller as Zoe's single mother Iris during the first season.

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, fresh from ''

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'', 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''.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (1999)

During the first season, the show centered on the four teenagers as high school students.

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originally played Jack in the original pilot episode but was replaced by Michael Rosenbaum. The first season included guest stars such as

as a college boy Zoe had a crush on, Sara Rue as a wheelchair-using bully,

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as a charming stoner who dated Zoe, and

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as a girl who liked both Duncan and Jack. The first season theme song was "Charmed" by My Friend Steve.

Season 2 (2000)

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.

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