ZOEY 101 fans have been left in a spin after it was revealed that a reunion show could be on the cards.
The popular Nickelodeon series, which ran from 2005 to 2008, was released on Netflix in June 2020 as viewers fell back in love with the students at Pacific Coast Academy (PCA).
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Why did Zoey 101 end?
Lead cast member Jamie Lynn Spears spoke to Nylon in 2020 about the show's conclusion as she opened up on her acting career to date.
She said that the real reason Zoey 101 ended was because the show had simply run its course and it was the right time for the cast to move on to other projects.
She explained that, despite rumors the show ended after four seasons because she had fallen pregnant at the age of 16, the show had wrapped up filming two months before.
Jamie Lynn said: “In today's world, immediately I'd have my social media to post something, and it'd be cleared up. But even today, people still have their thoughts about it.
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"I didn't become pregnant until probably six months after we wrapped or something like that, but some of the episodes had not aired yet.”
She added: “I think that there was a conversation with Nickelodeon, rightfully so, of, ‘Do we air these episodes?’
“But the show had already wrapped and there was never a negotiation to go into any more seasons.
"We were too old. It was done.”
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But more than a decade after Zoey 101 wrapped up, Jamie Lynn announced that the show would receive a reboot treatment, but in the form of a film.
"I’m beyond thrilled to be back alongside my PCA family and continue the story of Zoey and all the characters fans know and love,” she said in a statement in 2023.
“As an executive producer, it’s been an exciting opportunity to work with such incredible talent as well as Paramount+ and Nickelodeon.”
In Zoey 102, Jamie Lynn returns to Malibu, along with Erin Sanders, Sean Flynn,Matthew Underwood, Christopher Massey,Abby Wilde,andJack Salvatore. Newcomers Thomas Lennon,Owen Thiele,andDean Geyer also star.
How did Zoey 101 end?
Nickelodeon fans said goodbye to the beloved series when the show aired its final episode in May 2008.
Viewers saw Zoey and Chase field questions from new PCA students ahead of their graduation.
The episode included several flashbacks to former episodes as the pair reflected on their formative years.
Many of the characters had already reunited and declared their love in the penultimate episode during the school's end-of-year prom.
Speaking to Huff Post in 2015, Jamie said the script was purposely left as a cliffhanger.
“The actual script, that was just it. It was supposed to be one of those things [where] you could make up your own ending."
Jamie said she always assumed that Zoey and Chase would end up together as the show's two main protagonists.
She added: “Everyone always asks me what I put in the time capsule [from the final season], and I’m like, ‘It’s a show, I didn’t put anything!’”
Where can I watch Zoey 101?
Fans were jubilant after it was announced that all four series of the show would be available on Netflix in the US.
Following its release on the platform in June 2022, the show quickly soared into the streaming service’s top 10 trending shows.
Reacting online, Jamie, alongside several pics of the cast over the years, said: “Umm, so Zoey is Top 10 on Netflix!!!!! This show, and the fans of this show mean the absolute world to me.”
Teasing a future reunion she said: “I know y’all have been patiently waiting, so all I’m gonna say is I PROMISE this story isn’t finished.”
How can I watch Zoey 102?
Zoey 102 premiered on July 27, 2023.
Fans can watch the film exclusively on Paramount+.
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Episodes of Zoey 101 are also available on the platform.
Per the network, Zoey 102 follows "the Pacific Coast Academy (PCA) gang returns to Malibu for an over-the-top wedding turned high school reunion for the books."
