Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
2020 American musical comedy-drama television series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist is an American musical comedy-drama television series created by Austin Winsberg that premiered on January 7, 2020, on NBC. The series stars Jane Levy as Zoey Clarke, a software developer who discovers she has the ability to hear the innermost thoughts of people as songs. Each episode features multiple song-and-dance numbers that develop the storyline, with each cast member singing their own character's songs.[1] The series also stars Skylar Astin, Alex Newell, John Clarence Stewart, Peter Gallagher, Mary Steenburgen, Lauren Graham, Andrew Leeds, Alice Lee, Michael Thomas Grant and Kapil Talwalkar, and Bernadette Peters. In June 2020, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on January 5, 2021.[2][3] In June 2021, the series was canceled by NBC after two seasons.[4]
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Created by | Austin Winsberg |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 + film |
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Production location | Richmond, British Columbia |
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Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 43–44 minutes (season 1 and 2) 99 minutes (film) |
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Network | NBC |
Release | January 7, 2020 (2020-01-07) – May 16, 2021 (2021-05-16) |
In September 2021, it was announced that streaming service The Roku Channel officially commissioned a two-hour holiday film, which if successful, could lead to more episodes.[5][6] The film was released on December 1, 2021.[7] In addition to songs performed on Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas, a second original song for this series was composed — "North Star", written by Mary Steenburgen, Caitlyn Smith and Troy Verges and sung by Tori Kelly, and played during the end credit sequence.[8]