Jamie Lynn Spears, Star of Nick Hit ‘Zoey 101,’ Pregnant at 16
Nickelodeon Executives Won’t Say Whether Series Will Return
By Steve Donohue -- Multichannel News, 12/19/2007 9:11:00 AM
Nickelodeon executives wouldn’t say Wednesday whether Jamie Lynn Spears, the 16-year-old star of Nick teen hit series Zoey 101, would return to the network after news broke that the younger sister of pop star Britney Spears was pregnant.
“We respect Jamie Lynn’s decision to take responsibility in this sensitive and personal situation. We know this is a very difficult time for her and her family, and our primary concern right now is for Jamie Lynn’s well being,” Nickelodeon said in prepared statement released Thursday.
Officials at Nickelodeon didn’t return telephone calls Wednesday afternoon. The season finale episode of Zoey 101 is scheduled to debut Jan. 4. Nickelodeon has already shot the fourth season – which was set to debut in February, but it’s not clear whether the network will go forward with the series as scheduled.
Word that 16-year-old Spears is pregnant is a major public relations challenge for Nickdelodeon. Zoey 101, which debuted in January 2005, is one of the most popular series on the channel. The Dec. 13 telecast of Zoey 101 on Nick pulled a 4.6 rating and 2.4 million households, making 28th most popular TV show on basic cable last week.
Sixteen-year-old Spears stars as Zoey on the program in which her character is one of the first girls at the fictitious Pacific Coast Academy, an all-boys boarding school.
While Nickelodeon executives were mum about the fate of the show Wednesday, sister network MTV covered the news as a major story on its Web site.
“If nothing else, the news just seemed to confuse some young fans, who weren’t sure what to make of the fact that Spears would be a mother before she can legally vote with a boyfriend, Casey Aldridge, whom she reportedly broke up with earlier this year,” reporter Gil Kaufman wrote on MTV.com. ‘I think that she’s too young to be having a child when she’s one herself, but everything happens for a reason,’ wrote Neshia, 20, of Fort Lauderdale,” Kaufman said in his report.
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shes still a graet role model she just let life and hormones get to her dont hate her for that
kayatha moone vincente - 1/27/2008 4:09:00 PM EST -
hey zoey i love ur show but y didi u let him do this to u ur so preety and younge to have a baby you could die well hope everything is well toodles take care i will watch ur show tonight.
yoyo samer - 1/27/2008 1:42:00 PM EST -
dont give zoey such a hard time shes gonna make a great money she has everything she needs for the baby i mean shes a freakin celebrity she has to have a lot of money shes only 16 she made a mistake and she already feels terrrible dont make it any harder on her
kennedy smith - 1/8/2008 7:29:00 PM EST -
zoey all i have to say is why did you let him you your a beutiful girl
dont let anyone try to get in bed with you and yes i am a boy dont let
boys go in bed with you because there can be another good looking boy
like me i am just kidding all im saying is your show is great and i watch it
when ever it comes on i am not trieng to make you feel bad but whenyou
stop being pregnant to start new episodes i am not saying to have a
devorce with him this comes from the heart i mean it i will dye if i dont
see knew episodes and that will tell me that you do not want to be in the
show one more thing i am a boy and i dont mean to be a question asker
but if you have time can you tell me what and who is your husband send
it to me on email addres dont have
martin bastida - 1/7/2008 7:04:00 PM EST -
she is just like her sister TRAMPY WHORE BITCH
DSSTYKSDFYK - 1/4/2008 10:22:00 PM EST
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