Series synopsis
True Jackson, VP is an American comedy kids family television series that premiered on Nickelodeon on November 8, 2008. It ended on August 20, 2011. It was created by Andy Gordon. It stars Keke Palmer, Danielle Bisutti, Matt Shively and Ashley Argota.
A 15-year-old fashionista lands the opportunity of a lifetime when the CEO of Mad Style hires her as the vice president of its youth apparel division.
Premise
A 15-year-old fashionista lands the opportunity of a lifetime when the CEO of Mad Style hires her as the vice president of its youth apparel division.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Keke Palmer as True Jackson
- Danielle Bisutti as Amanda Cantwell
- Matt Shively as Ryan Leslie Laserbeam
- Ashley Argota as Lulu
- Ron Butler as Oscar
- Greg Proops as Max Madigan
- Robbie Amell as Jimmy Madigan
Guest cast
- Nathalia Ramos
- Ryan Sheckler
- Christina Ulloa
- Andy Richter as Simon Christini
- Julie Warner as Rose Pinchbinder
- Vivica A. Fox as Mrs. Jackson
- Todd Sherry as Todd
- Noah Crawford as Stan
- Nicole Sullivan as Kreuftlva
- Nick Palatas as Skeet
- Tristin Mays as Hailey
- Christine Scott Bennett as Emily
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 62 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 2 | ||
| Season 1 | 26 | November 8, 2008 | October 24, 2009 |
| Season 2 | 20 | November 14, 2009 | August 20, 2011 |
| Season 3 | 14 | September 11, 2010 | August 20, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Behind the Scenes | |
| 2 | Screen Tests |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot True Jackson, a 15 year old sandwich salesgirl with a flare for fashion, gets a job as the Vice President of the fashion magazine "Mad Style." She is joined by her friends, Ryan and Lulu, to help her with her new job. |
November 8, 2008 |
| 2 |
Firing Lulu When Lulu makes a serious mistake on one of True's projects, True must decide whether or not to fire her friend. Meanwhile, Ryan tries to come up with an awesome online video that will be an internet sensation. |
November 15, 2008 |
| 3 |
Babysitting Dakota When True is put in charge of a high-maintenence fashion model named Dakota, she quickly loses her patience with her. Meanwhile, Ryan falls for a new worker at "Happy Berry Yum Yum" and enlists Lulu's help to win her over. |
November 22, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
True Concert True is determined to save her school's design department from budget cuts and decides to hold a fundraising concert. As she searches for a big performer to headline the concert, Lulu offers little help as she is more focused on trying to find alone time with Mikey J. Just when it looks as though Ryan's mediocre magic act is her only option for a headliner, pop sensation Justin Bieber agrees to perform. All seems fine until last minute problems have the students scrambling to save the show and their school's design department. Brooklyn tween punk rock band Care Bears on Fire also make an appearance in the episode and perform their hit song "Everybody Else." |
November 14, 2009 |
| 2 |
The New Kid (Flirting with Fame part 1) True's crushing on a new boy at school named Justin (Tyler James Williams), but when she finally gets the courage to ask him out, he turns her down. True and Lulu suspect he's dating someone until True discovers his big secret. In an attempt to show True his romantic side, Justin enlists the help of superstar Natasha Bedingfield to perform "These Words" for the duo. Back at the office, Mr. Madigan takes casual dress day too far and Amanda can't handle it. Meanwhile, a statistics class has uncovered a special connection between Mikey J and Kelsey (Jordan Monaghan) that has Lulu and Ryan seething with jealousy. |
November 21, 2009 |
| 3 |
Little Shakespeare (Flirting with Fame part 2) True's crushing on a new boy at school named Justin (Tyler James Williams), but when she finally gets the courage to ask him out, he turns her down. True and Lulu suspect he's dating someone until True discovers his big secret. In an attempt to show True his romantic side, Justin enlists the help of superstar Natasha Bedingfield to perform "These Words" for the duo. Back at the office, Mr. Madigan takes casual dress day too far and Amanda can't handle it. Meanwhile, a statistics class has uncovered a special connection between Mikey J and Kelsey (Jordan Monaghan) that has Lulu and Ryan seething with jealousy. |
November 21, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
True Luck True's Uncle Troy who has a history of bad luck takes over as the receptionist at Mad Style, but after True touches him, She now believes that she has inherited his bad luck in exchange of Uncle Troy receiving True's lucky streak. This all comes at a bad time, due to True working on a fragrance for the company. Meanwhile, Lulu begins to have romantic dreams about Ryan, which causes her to be uncomfortable around him. She then tells Mikey J. who challenges Ryan to a boxing match. |
September 11, 2010 |
| 2 |
The Fifth of Prankuary Max dares the Mad Style employees to perform their best pranks, but True and Lulu take things to far when they think he's playing a prank on them at school by giving them a fake standardized exam. |
September 25, 2010 |
| 3 |
Mad Rocks "Mad Rocks", an annual rock-oriented fashion show comes around with Lulu agreeing to plan the event but True knowing about Lulu's irresponsibilites in the past is reluctant to let her plan it herself. Her eavesdropping nearly deters the event from happening but tries to saves the day by bringing Jimmy's band Fire & Ice back together. Meanwhile, Max is on vacation, but he is still watching over the company with a camera helmet worn by Amanda. |
October 2, 2010 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Nickelodeon |
|---|---|
| First aired | November 8, 2008 |
| Last aired | August 20, 2011 |
| Runtime | 23 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | at 20:30:00 |