At least one Jamie Lynn Spears mystery is over.
The younger Spears sister's popular TV character is back at her
fictional California boarding school, although the pregnant
16-year-old star of the children's show Zoey 101 is
continuing to stay out of the limelight herself.
Zoey 101 concluded its third season last month, shortly
before Spears, younger sister of Britney Spears, announced she was
pregnant with her teenage boyfriend's child. The show has continued
to air in repeats since then, with little fanfare from the network,
leading to speculation that its fourth season might be shelved.
Jamie Lynn Spears arrives
for the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards in Los Angeles in this March 31,
2007 file photo. (photo: Xinhua/Reuters)
"The new season is under way. It premiered last night,"
Nickelodeon spokeswoman Marianne Romano told The Associated Press
on Monday.
Filming of the show's fourth season, which was planned to be its
last even before Spears became pregnant, was completed last
summer.
The third season ended with a cliffhanger episode in which
Spears' Zoey Brooks moves to England with her parents, only to
learn that her longtime school friend Chase is in love with
her.
The new season begins with another plot twist in which Chase
(played by Errol Flynn's grandson Sean Flynn) persuades his family
to send him to school in England, learning afterward that Zoey has
returned and professed her love for him.
Spears, who once helped promote the show heavily, has kept a low
profile since announcing that she is pregnant, and that Casey
Aldridge is the father.
(Agencies via China Daily January 30, 2008)
