Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane

Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane is an American teen sitcom created by Daniel and Sue Paige, starring Selma Blair, David Moscow, Michael Rosenbaum, and Azura Skye that premiered on The WB on 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 was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions and Touchstone Television and aired a total of 26 episodes over its two seasons.

Characters

The series centered on four eccentric high school friends in New York City. The foursome attended Fielding-Mellish Prep, which gets its name from Woody Allen's character in the movie Bananas.

Zoe Bean : A coy, boy-crazy daydreamer.
Duncan Milch : An anxious oddball. A Woody Allen type.
Jack Cooper : Jane's older fraternal twin brother. Handsome, but egotistical and selfish.
Jane Cooper : Jack's younger fraternal 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.

Episode Cast

Selma Blair as Zoe Bean, the leader of the Foursome
Michael Rosenbaum as Jack Cooper, Jane's older fraternal twin brother and the member of the Foursome
Azura Skye as Jane Cooper, Jack's younger fraternal twin sister and the member of the Foursome
David Moscow as Duncan Milch, the member of the Foursome
Mary Page Keller as Iris Bean, Zoe's single mother
Omar Gooding as Doug Anderson, the friend of Foursome

Episodes

Season 1 (1999)

During the first season, the show centered on the four teenagers as high school students. Jeremy Renner originally played Jack in the original pilot episode, but was replaced by Michael Rosenbaum. The first season included guest stars such as Scott Foley as a college boy Zoe had a crush on, Sara Rue as a wheelchair-using 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.

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 during the second season from Maine. 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.