| True Jackson, VP | |
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 True Jackson, VP title card, Season 1 |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Andy Gordon |
| Starring | Keke Palmer Ashley Argota Matt Shively Danielle Bisutti Robbie Amell Ron Butler Greg Proops |
| Theme music composer | Toby Gad |
| Opening theme | performed by Keke Palmer |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 30 (aired) [1] (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Andy Gordon |
| Location(s) | New York City, New York Filmed at Nickelodeon on Sunset in Hollywood, California |
| Camera setup | multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes (including commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Nickelodeon (U.S.) YTV (Canada) |
| Picture format | 16:9 (HDTV) |
| Original run | November 8, 2008[1] – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
True Jackson, VP is an American television series aimed at teenagers, which premiered on November 8, 2008 and is currently being aired on Nickelodeon. The theme song is written by Toby Gad and Keke Palmer and performed by Keke Palmer. The show premiered following the iCarly TV movie iGo to Japan. This show also premiered on YTV on March 5, 2009 and after shows every Thursday, but recently changed to Friday to accommodate with iCarly & Big Fun Fridays. The show's second season premiered on November 14, 2009. The series is shot in front of a live studio audience, which is mentioned at the start of each episode.
The series stars Keke Palmer as title character True Jackson, who becomes the vice president of youth apparel at the fashion house MadStyle. Ashley Argota and Matt Shively play Lulu and Ryan, True's best friends. Danielle Bisutti plays Amanda, the cranky vice president of women's wear, and often works against True. Many episodes include the ways she tries to get True fired, so she can once again shine at MadStyle (or use her office as a personal gym). As the series has progressed however her demeanor has lightened around True, though both remain competitive with each other.
The pilot episode garnered 4.8 million viewers on its first airing and set network records among kids 6-11, adolescents 9-14 and several other demos.[2] The show premiered on Nickelodeon UK on May 25, 2009 and on Nickelodeon Latin America on August 3, 2009.
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Plot
Fifteen-year-old True Jackson was selling sandwiches with her friend Ryan in the fashion district in New York City. When she is complimented by fashion designer Max Madigan, founder and CEO of MadStyle, Max realizes the clothes True is wearing are his designs, but True had altered them to suit her own purposes. Max likes the altered design, and hires True to be the vice president of his fashion house's youth apparel division.Amanda did not want her to work there.
True hires her best (but extremely unfocused) friend, Lulu, to be her assistant. With Lulu's and Ryan's help, True works to be the best she can be despite various obstacles such as co-worker Amanda, who is less than enthusiastic to be working with a child.
Cast
| Character | Actor/Actress | Info |
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| True Jackson | Keke Palmer | True is the Vice President of youth fashion at MadStyle, where she works, and gets into mishaps and has a lot of fun with her friends. |
| Louise "Lulu" Johnson | Ashley Argota | Lulu is the best friend and secretary–assistant of True. She tends to be very crazy, loud, and clueless. She is easily distracted as seen in every episode. Although not many people believe it, she is very intelligent and loves math. She is very wealthy due to her stock investments (though she actually has no idea how economics works, and invests in companies because they have funny names, such as Glartock and Bickles) |
| Ryan Laserbeam | Matt Shively | Ryan Laserbeam is another best friend of True. Though he does not have an official job at MadStyle, he always is there to hang out with True and Lulu. Until, he gets a job to work as their website designer (a person who designs and updates the MadStyle web site). |
| Amanda Cantwell | Danielle Bisutti | Amanda is the Vice President of women's fashion. She's a frenemy of True and her friends. They are friends in real life, but enemies during fashion designs and competitions, usually trying to get True in trouble but rarely succeeding. Even though she hides it she thinks True is a fashion expert. |
| Jimmy Madigan | Robbie Amell | Jimmy works the mail cart and is the love interest of True. He is the nephew of Max. Becomes main character in Season 2. |
| Oscar | Ron Butler | Oscar is the main secretary and operator for MadStyle, and works in the lobby of the building. He tends to act and speak in a campy manner. He becomes a main character in season 2 |
| Max Madigan | Greg Proops | Max is the boss and CEO of MadStyle and holds all the meetings and other social events, often glorifying True. He becomes a main character in season 2 |
| Kopelman | Dan Kopelman | It is unknown what his position is at Mad Style, but it is hinted in the episode, Keeping Tabs, he's an executive and he is always thrown out of meetings and treated nastily by Max, whether what he is doing is bad or not. He does not talk on screen. His name is a reference to the show's writer, Dan Kopelman, who also plays the character. He has a nephew that shows a lot of similarities to Kopelman, and he is friends with True, Lulu, and Ryan. |
Special guest stars
- Ryan Sheckler as Himself
- Kelly Perine as Larry Jackson (True's Dad)
- Jennette McCurdy as Pinky Turzo
- Taylor Parks as True's Friend, Shelly
- Yvette Nicole Brown as Coral
- Nathalia Ramos as Dakota North
- Suzy Nakamura as Cricket
- Andy Richter as Simon Christini
- David Anthony Higgins as Dave
- Julie Bowen as Claire Underwood
- Julie Warner as Rose Pinchbinder
- Stephen Dunham as Chad Brackett
- Willow Smith as Young True
- Arden Myrin as Big TV Star
- Gail O'Grady as Sophie Girard
- Ian Gomez as Jobi Castanueva
- Tyler James Williams as Justin
- Janel Parrish as Kyla, Justin's Bodygaurd
- Victoria Justice as Vivian
- Nicole Sullivan as Kreuftlva (pronounced KROFTA)
- Natasha Bedingfield as Herself
- Justin Bieber as Himself
- Care Bears on Fire as Themselves [3][4]
Episodes
DVD releases
- True Jackson, VP: Season 1, Vol. 1 was released in a 2-Disc Set on September 8, 2009. Running time is 321 minutes, presented in full screen video, and English Stereo audio. The set also includes behind-the-scenes, Cast's screen tests, bloopers and, 13 episodes.
Clothing Line
In August 2009, a line of clothing inspired by the show called "MadStyle by True Jackson" was released. The line was aimed at children and teens, the department that True Jackson works in in True Jackson, VP. This was the first line of clothing for the show and was a first for Nickelodeon, releasing a line of clothing from one of their television shows. It is unknown if Nickelodeon plans to release another line of clothing from True Jackson, VP.
Commercials, advertising the clothing line can be seen on Nickelodeon and TeenNick. Featured in the commercials, is an instrumental version of the show's theme song.
References
- ^ a b {{cite web|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/keke-palmer-stars-new-nickelodeon/story.aspx?guid={6F27AD38-1894-427E-A3E3-57A8BC2B71D6}&dist=hppr|title=Victoria Justice Stars in New Nickelodeon Series True Jackson, VP|author=|publisher=Market Watch|date=2008-07-28|accessdate=2008-07-28}}
- ^ 'ICARLY' BREAKS RECORDS
- ^ "Justin Bieber to Guest Star on True Jackson VP!". http://www.jsyk.com/2009/10/02/justin-bieber-to-guest-star-on-true-jackson-vp/.
- ^ "Justin Bieber to guest star on 'True Jackson, VP'". http://teenblips.dailyradar.com/story/true-jackson-vp-guest-star-justin-bieber/.
External links
- True Jackson Official Nickelodeon Site
- True Jackson, VP Official TURBONick Channel
- True Jackson, VP at the Internet Movie Database
- True Jackson, VP at TV.com
- True Jackson, VP at YTV.com
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