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Zoey 101

American comedy-drama television series (2005–2008)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 19, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Zoey 101 is an American teen situational dramedy television series created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. It aired from January 9, 2005, to May 2, 2008, spanning a total of 61 episodes across four seasons.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Zoey 101” as american comedy-drama television series (2005–2008). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Zoey, American and comedy-drama.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2005, 2008—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Zoey, American and comedy-drama providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Zoey 101”, the useful work is to connect “american comedy-drama television series (2005–2008)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The first chronological checks are 2005 and 2008.

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This entry incorporates text from “Zoey 101” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.