Can’t Miss Episode of the Week: ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas’
The first piece ever for this column was on the Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Season 2 finale, with a plea to NBC not to cancel the show. Now it’s about half a year later and the cancellation has happened, but so has a TV movie called Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas, 2021Sneakers which dropped on December 1 on Roku (don’t worry, it’s a free app!), as a response to a campaign by fans to save this beloved show. The series, about a computer programmer named Zoey Clarke (Jane Levy) who experiences people’s thoughts and feelings through big musical numbers, left off on a major cliffhanger, and that is exactly where the movie picks up.
Season 2 ended with Zoey and Max (Skylar Astin, Pitch Perfect), thankfully (sorry Zoey and Simon shippers!), getting back together, but also with Max receiving ...