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 Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist is a show airing on NBC. It didn't have a thread, so I am making one. Season 1 aired in early 2020, and season 2 will be starting on January 5th. Here are all the rousing endorsements I could find from this forum: quote:I just got an ad on YouTube that, if not skipped, would auto-play the entire first episode of some new NBC show. It was 43 minutes long quote:the show is a network exec’s version of a Crazy Ex-Girlfriend knock off (in that it’s an hour long single-camera ensemble musical dramedy with a woman main character) but also with telepathy involved somehow quote:I was flabbergasted. a loving 43 minute ad, and they wonder why people install adblockers. And the standard description from the internet: quote:After an unusual event, Zoey Clarke, a whip-smart computer coder forging her way in San Francisco, suddenly starts to hear the innermost wants, thoughts and desires of the people around her through popular songs. The characters and cast (spoiler tagged for status at end of season 1) Zoey (Jane Levy)  The main character. She works as a coder as SPRQPoint, a tech company in the Bay Area, and is balancing work and family issues. She is charmingly awkward most of the time. Manager of Engineering for the 4th floor at SPRQPoint. Still in an unresolved love triangle. Mo (Alex Newell)  Zoey's vocally-inclined neighbor who is a DJ and also the building super (for the reduced rent). Back together with Eddie. Still Mo. Max (Skylar Astin)  Zoey's best friend. He is also a coder at SPRQPoint and started there five years ago at the same time as Zoey. Unemployed, looking for what to do next. Still in love with Zoey Simon (John Clarence Stewart)  Some sort of marketing executive at SPRQPoint. He wears a suit and only recently joined the company. He has a joie de vivre that many may never have. Not engaged anymore. Still wears a suit. Still attracted to Zoey Joan (Lauren Graham)  Zoey's boss at SPRQPoint. She is prickly. Getting promoted to acting CEO while Danny Michael Davis goes away. Divorced, and dropped Leif Tobin & Leif (Kapil Talwalkar & Michael Thomas Grant)  Rounding out the recurring characters from SPRQPoint, these two are also coders. You will probably want to punch them at various points. Leif: Heartbroken. Tobin: About the same, but with some character growth to be less punchworthy Maggie and Mitch (Mary Steenburgen & Peter Gallagher)  Zoey's parents. Mitch has progressive supranuclear palsy, and Maggie takes care of him full time. Their story is based on the family history of the creator, Austin Winsberg. Maggie: Was back to doing the flower thing, but now, who knows. Mitch: Dead. David & Emily (Andrew Leeds & Alice Lee)  Zoey's brother and pregnant sister-in-law, both lawyers. They exist and are in the show and there are no good Google image results that have them both in it. Still expecting a baby. The show is filled with well-choreographed song and dance, often done in continuous shots. There are usually 3+ songs per-episode. Not all the actors are professional singers, and while I'm sure there is a large amount of production done to make them sound pretty good, they do not seem to overproduce the songs to pitch-perfection. Regardless of questionable marketing tactics last February, if you like singing & dancing, or you can tolerate singing & dancing and like drama/comedy, you should give it a try. If you didn't catch it the first time around, the episodes are available on Hulu (subscription), NBC, and Peacock (free). Season 1 has 12 episodes, each an hour, so you are not too far behind! As mentioned previously, season 2 starts airing on January 5th on NBC, and who knows, maybe as a pre-roll ad on YouTube, as well. They must have some sort of software consultant on the show, because a lot of the software development technobabble is more accurate than I would expect of a show that uses a tech company as a setting, and not a main part of the story. Let me know if you want me to add something to the post, or change formatting. I don't think I've done an OP for a show before, so I know I've made mistakes. carticket fucked around with this message at 06:12 on Nov 27, 2020 |
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I discovered this show in the middle of pandemic lockdown, and it was really the first new show that I watched since lockdown started. Like many people, I spent a lot of time alone, and this show was a little bit of "normal" (as normal as a show about a woman who has people sing their feelings at her can be) making for a very nice break from reality. I have yet to come across anyone in the wild that has also watched this show, with the exception of two friends I introduced to the show (who both really enjoyed it). I don't know who is watching it, but there must have been enough since NBC renewed it.
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Nov 26, 2020 07:23
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this show had one of the most gorgeous women in the world singing Say My Name and I will always love it for that https://youtu.be/K8M_G8oHWkA
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Nov 26, 2020 08:40
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Escobarbarian posted:this show had one of the most gorgeous women in the world singing Say My Name and I will always love it for that Blocked in my country? I thought this was America! So now I looked it up on Hulu. Episode 6 at 28:25.
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Nov 26, 2020 19:41
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I updated some info in the OP (in spoiler tags). I figure this is kind of a thread for anyone who wants to watch Season 1 and then Season 2 when it arrives.
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Nov 27, 2020 06:14
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Season 2 promo: https://youtu.be/nQEJMBmS2ic
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Dec 12, 2020 17:22
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Never heard of this show. Looks kinda nice.
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Dec 13, 2020 07:32
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The season has premiered. I can't quite tune NBC so I must wait.
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Jan 6, 2021 03:21
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It's up on Hulu now. I'll probably watch it over the weekend. Unfortunately, my news feed already served me up some casting spoilers in their headlines. 
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Jan 6, 2021 21:13
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oh jay posted:It's up on Hulu now. I'll probably watch it over the weekend. Unfortunately, my news feed already served me up some casting spoilers in their headlines. Spoiler: can still make me tear up.
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Jan 7, 2021 03:47
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Good premiere but drat I hate that Jet song
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Jan 8, 2021 08:20
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I’m glad this show is back, especially for Mo calling out Zoey and her ‘problems’. Oh and the fact they were watching House Hunters. 
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Jan 8, 2021 09:25
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Andrew_1985 posted:I’m glad this show is back, especially for Mo calling out Zoey and her ‘problems’. What you don't get 6 weeks off when your father dies then get offered a huge promotion upon your return? It seems odd she is even doing well at work considering she seemingly spends most of her time having office relationship drama.
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Jan 8, 2021 13:00
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Seeing the dad in those videos hosed me up real good.
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Jan 10, 2021 04:52
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I had a paragraph typed down about how I like this show, but feel like Zoe is a bit too flawless for my taste, but than my browser ate it up. Can't really bother to retype it. Anyway, the music renditions of this show are quite good.
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Jan 10, 2021 11:00
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cant cook creole bream posted:I had a paragraph typed down about how I like this show, but feel like Zoe is a bit too flawless for my taste, but than my browser ate it up. Can't really bother to retype it. I'm a shy nerdy girl who hates people, but also wakes up looking flawless and has tons of friends and a constant stream of hot guys going after me, I also get constant promotions at work. I do like how they called that out a little bit this episode.
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Jan 10, 2021 16:54
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Honestly, my favorite episode was definitely the one where she temporarily snaps and involuntarily starts singing all the time. On the one hand it was cool that Jane Levy had a chance to sing for a change, rather than just standing around as the straight person and they stole the good Crazy Ex-Girlfriend joke, where, her actual singing voice is way worse than what's in her head. But mostly, that lapse of insanity made her a bit less perfect for a while. I don't really watch shows to follow some sort of idealized character, who keeps making everyone around them slightly more of a better person by sheer virtue and a literal magic power. It even extends to her family. The show goes out of it's way to establish what a good person her brother is, since he's a public defense lawyer. But at the same time, he's also loaded, because his hot wife earns the big money defending companies. At least he had some character flaws. I wonder where the overall arc of this show is going this season, because the dad was quite of a central plot point and I imagine that would have to be reduced at some point now. I hope they have planned something more substantial than just deciding which boy she likes.
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Jan 11, 2021 00:18
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I really liked the first season of this. Didnt know it had started again so thanks for that!
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Jan 11, 2021 15:47
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There was an episode tonight. I suspect 95% of all posters in this thread (which rounds up to 100%) watch it on streaming.
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Jan 13, 2021 04:16
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The most glaring issue with Season 1 was that when they finally sang The Boy Is Mine, it was Renee Elise Goldsberry and Lauren Graham and that is quite the vocal talent disparity..
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Jan 13, 2021 10:19
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there’s a musical scene in this episode that is the funniest poo poo
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Jan 13, 2021 11:06
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Escobarbarian posted:there’s a musical scene in this episode that is the funniest poo poo That was pretty hilarious.
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Jan 13, 2021 15:58
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I'm not into music like, at all, so this probably isn't the show for me, but if I was any T.V. network I'd be immediately sending the people behind this show a note saying that they need to make their high-concept telepathy thing not involve paying music licensing fees on basically every episode. I imagine it's just lots of covers/the actor's voice singing songs?
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Jan 13, 2021 16:07
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So, what you're saying is that you'd immediately cancel the show?
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Jan 13, 2021 16:32
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NowonSA posted:I'm not into music like, at all, so this probably isn't the show for me, but if I was any T.V. network I'd be immediately sending the people behind this show a note saying that they need to make their high-concept telepathy thing not involve paying music licensing fees on basically every episode. I imagine it's just lots of covers/the actor's voice singing songs? I guess it's good that you're not in charge then.
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Jan 13, 2021 17:18
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Anyway it's more empathy than telepathy, really.
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Jan 13, 2021 23:48
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I'm trying to come up with a good baseball analogy for XMen meets The Voice superpowers, but I'm at a loss.
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Jan 14, 2021 03:14
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I’m not sure where they’re going with the Aiden character but that grungy cover of Sex & Candy was hot, and I like it better than the original. I want to hear the whole song now.
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Jan 28, 2021 05:56
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It didn't sound too far off from the original to me, but I also haven't heard the original in however many years.
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Jan 28, 2021 13:38
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Since the last post we’ve had a pretty bad drug trip episode and a pretty good race episode. Loved Tightrope at the end of the latest.
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Feb 10, 2021 12:22
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I haven't watched the last two. Watching stuff week to week versus on demand (not even necessarily binge) results in a very different experience.
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Feb 10, 2021 13:38
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Caught up. I was surprised that Aiden wasn't a love interest, just some guy for Zoey to get high with. And yes, Tightrope was good.
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Mar 15, 2021 07:14
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Just doing a monthly check in to verify that this show still exists. This past week's episode was good.
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Apr 14, 2021 21:11
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I'm a few episodes behind. I actually took a break to finish the last season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Skylar Astin is better in Zoey.
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Apr 14, 2021 22:05
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I’ve listened to that little song the Australian guy sang about wanting to gently caress Zoey at her birthday party so many times
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Apr 18, 2021 12:58
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I just really enjoyed how awkward I knew it was going to end up once her brother realized what was going on.
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Apr 18, 2021 23:17
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Incidentally, they have the songs up on at least some of the streaming services. (Apple Music at least.) They aren’t extended versions or anything though so an episode might have five songs for a total of eight minutes. But still neat.
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Apr 22, 2021 16:38
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Finished up the season. Interesting cliffhanger that could mean that Jane Levy gets to participate in more numbers going forward. The first day at Sprq Point episode was a highlight. Mo is exhausting to watch in half the episodes. Hopefully we get another season.
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May 31, 2021 02:22
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Ratings were slightly up on season 1, so I’m hoping for a renewal too. The twist was good and hopefully we’re done with the fuckin love triangle bullshit now
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May 31, 2021 07:42
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Never mind! Cancelled. Being shopped around so we’ll see
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