who is that oh is that true Jackson Lulu and uh Ryan you haven't seen True Jackson VP oh my God
it's awesome I have all three seasons on DVDs Department this is not how I saw you at all
Nickelodeon has an abundance of live-action shows if we look back through the years that
all hold their own levels of enjoyment of multiple Generations while there have been some incredibly
massive shows that instantly fly into our minds some sadly fade under the radar more and more as
we go on some of these smaller shows that may not have lasted as long as some of the big ones out
there or only had shorter runs there is one show that I constantly think about that pops into my
mind from time to time and that is True Jackson VP while it would have a decent amount of episodes I
feel that it sadly got overshadowed by the other live-action Nickelodeon shows at the time like
iCarly Victorious and Big Time Rush but that's not to discredit the show itself as True Jackson
VP may just be a Hidden Gem for Nickelodeon live action shows as it had a fun and unique enough
premise to stand out from the other shows and in saying that could it really compete
for your viewership today let's take a look into True Jackson VP why it may just be worth
your time to check out and what happened to it I'm drew Jackson the new vice president
foreign VP is all about True Jackson a 15 year old who gets hired by Max Madigan the
famous fashion designer and CEO of mad style after he sees the talent that she has when
it comes to knowing fashion when he notices the alteration she has done to his own work that she
is currently wearing thinking she'd be perfect to be the vice president for the Youth apparel
division following this idea of having someone that has this talent and really knows the youth
heavily being a youth themself in charge of this operation rather than just a boardroom of Suits
who aren't as well connected like that is not the worst idea ever but the stress that comes from
the big business world of fashion may not be the dream that it may seem to true as she once thought
having to navigate the constant struggles from the Cutthroat world of business to the battlefields of
the office itself with co-workers who make it no easier true played by Kiki Palmer is an ambitious
teen that is fashioned forward but extremely work focused when given the opportunity to be the VP
going from selling sandwiches in the fashion district of New York City to now being a vice
president of a clothing division she brings a board her friend Lulu played by Ashley argoda
as an assistant or Secretary of sorts to help her out in this sometimes high pressure environment
while she means well she definitely isn't the best at her job being more of a nuisance or
hindrance to work sometimes but she is smart and ambitious as well wanting to succeed along with
her best friend of course as all shows are best friend groups are usually a trio and the third
best friend here is Ryan played by Matt Shively he hangs around the office a lot but for a while
isn't even working there until helping Max as an editor for the company website he's not as
driven as his friends and may not be as smart as them but he tries his best and provides an extra
layer of Comedy to the show Max Madigan played by Greg proops is a pretty layered character where
we get to see his personality shine throughout the show when he's around from how he speaks to how he
conducts his business he comes off as more of an artist than a CEO especially with how he handles
having true there at the company and how he treats her more so like a protege than just someone who
works with him someone that that also interacts very often with Max and true is Amanda played by
Danielle basuti who is the vice president of the women's fashion Division and seeing how Max has
someone so young now on the same technical level as her causes her to be antagonistic towards true
specifically at first but throughout the show she ends up building a fair level of respect for her
probably most people's favorite character in the show would be Oscar played by Ron Butler who works
as the office Secretariat operator that always has something to say if you walk by a station in the
middle of the office or always being ready for any occasion he's another funny character that
sometimes really knows what to say or says what we're all thinking to round it out though there
is Jimmy Madigan played by Robbie Amell who is Max's nephew that happens to work at mad style as
well but here as the male delivery person you know for the entire office and is the love interest for
True on the show as they build up their attraction throughout up next more True Jackson VP now here's
more True Jackson VP created by Andy Gordon True Jackson VP would be a show shot in front of a live
studio audience and come out of the gate Swinging with a large Premiere with nearly 5 million
viewers at the time of its premiere on November 8 2011 and it was just a fun idea to get behind a 15
year old being in a high up role in the business world you're specifically the fashion business
world but regardless the concept is genuinely fun we still get to learn valuable lessons in a more
adult-based environment that also can apply to anything outside of it since the show deals with
fashion specifically a lot of the comparisons were drawn to the show calling it an Ugly Betty
for the teen and younger demographic which sure both shows do feature the fashion world and the
ugly stuff that happens in it but Ugly Betty is more so a comedy drama with a young adult who
doesn't know about fashion being thrust into working for a fashion magazine here true does
know about fashion and gets a job as a kid working for a fashion brand and it's a straight up sitcom
slapstick comedy and all that but what really holds this show to a high standard is Kiki and how
she plays true her character while having Talon and all this ambition is not this immediately
incredible success having to grow throughout the series as she does fail and stumble along the way
all with her infectious personality and spirit making it an enjoyable and relatable watch it's
nice to see her portrayed in such a realistic way of not being perfect but we also have to see this
from someone who is 15. so of course she won't instantly do great in the industry she still
has a lot to learn in life overall before even worrying about being an adult this show is her
journey and from that we see her friends Journeys with her as well a little bit Lulu becomes a lot
more invested into the Fashion World and we start seeing what her no pun intended true Ambitions are
Ryan well again a lot less ambitious in that brain his journey is more so hanging out for
the most part but specifically though I do enjoy how Amanda's character grows having the easiest
to anger attitude out there where everything and everyone is an annoyance to her but we see
her start to let her guard down down become a lot closer to true and even watch her find love
she's a lot more complex than just being this mean character but Max Madigan is just the embodiment
of the word ridiculous he causes the most random and sometimes okay most times nonsensical
situations for the rest of the office to deal with and I think it offers a lot of fun for the show in
general but his character can switch from this eccentric CEO to a serious and thoughtful boss
Mentor or even a real friend so for the most part the characters really help make this show
an enjoyable watch along with the show they did try and Branch out True Jackson VP to various
merchandise like usual here with some books that were based on the show and their biggest idea was
in 2009 releasing a clothing line that would tie into the show called mad Style by True Jackson a
pretty smart way to directly tie into the series was something that legit makes a lot of sense for
Nickelodeon this was a first outside of releasing merch that just had their properties on it this
would be more so a regular clothing line that would act as being made by True Jackson herself
and it was all available exclusively at Walmart True Jackson VP was a genuinely fun and well-acted
show that gave us mainly a working environment but from a teen's perspective it allowed you to see
what you'd picture would happen in some form of a business office but flipping the script to add a
teenage Flair into it disrupting the more boring adult culture it would have having true deal with
adults that act more like children than an actual child the parallels it builds as that here in the
adult workplace it's no different than just going to high school you just get paid now there's Petty
drama lots of work to do and consequences for not doing great more specifically taking a look
into the Fashion World more so than just your regular workplace but the core building blocks
are all very much the same most of the time true is beefing with Amanda a full-grown adult who is
jealous of a kid because she has a similar job title that she has and had to work hard to get it
for many years but I think my only issue with the show is that it didn't have that one extra thing
or singular moment that pushed it to be this Unforgettable show that stands apart from the
rest of the crowd while it has some things that do that like mainly being in an office location
for the run time of episodes more so than a school or other locations it just doesn't have the story
or the plot points to differentiate it feeling a bit predictable and more of the same we've seen a
million times over inherently though that's not always a bad thing it's how you use these tools
while playing within these moments to make it all your own which I wish this show had some more fun
with or maybe just some additional Flair to the office set itself for background dressing either
way I genuinely enjoy the show I think Kiki Palmer is an incredibly talented actor that really lets
her Expressions pop on the screen she's always been a naturally gifted performer only getting
better and better to where her career is now well I can't say True Jackson VP was my favorite show
from its time I can say that I really enjoyed the show when it originally aired and I thoroughly
enjoyed it once more about 15 years later up next more True Jackson VP now here's more True Jackson
VP the show was pretty star-studded as well featuring an impressive guest star list with some
of them being John Cena Ryan Sheckler Vivica A fox who played true's mom Willow Smith who played
a younger version of true heck Justin Bieber in some earlier Bieber Fever days was on the show
mainly to promote music but you know neither here nor there as well as other Nickelodeon stars from
the surrounding shows like Victoria Justice Leon Thomas III Jeanette McCurdy Nathan Kress Tom Kenny
and even Yo Gabba Gabba at one point the list goes on but they made sure to fill its over 50
episodes with plenty of interesting people either playing characters or stopping by as themselves
after three seasons the show would come to an end on August 20th 2011 and it was a surprise that it
actually had a third season as originally season two of the show was supposed to be a healthy size
season 2 with extra episodes ordered but the show was going into cancellation in 2010 where the
decision was to then split season 2 and save the final batch of episodes for a season 3 and have
some sort of concrete ending for the show within the final episode that would pay off a bunch of
characters Journeys throughout the series as well as true getting the biggest payoff for all of her
hard work in the end but maybe this isn't the end maybe there just might be hope for a reboot or
more so a continuation of the show in some shape or form with the so far success of the slightly
more adult iCarly show and with upcoming projects like Zoe 102 there may be some room on something
like Paramount Plus for a True Jackson CEO show this isn't speculation either as Kiki Palmer who
has always been extremely talented and in more recent years has gotten more recognition with
that being in films like Jordan Peel's nope and also being on top of her game when it comes to
social media being active online and having moments talking directly to the fans you may
have actually got some real details on this on April 4th 2021 Kiki Palmer would post on Tick
Tock dancing to the theme song of the show which is a solid theme song by the way along with text
on screen saying that they canceled True Jackson VP premier surely just to reboot it in 2021 now
this sends some pulses out to the original fans of the show and just Kiki Palmer fans in general
to start getting hyped for the Resurgence of True Jackson VP obviously since this was posted there
has clearly been no reboot produced and released but that doesn't mean keiki has forgotten about it
or that the movement on it is dead Kiki has been dropping info here and there through podcasts or
quotes saying that she hopes to offer some news about it soon but she wants to make sure whatever
this reboot of the show is is worth it for the fans time something of quality that has a real
reason to have the show be brought back our latest update came from October of last year where she
made it clear that she is ready to return as True Jackson and reunite with her old cast mates for
this project so who knows what's to come with True Jackson VP but it is cool to see the passion from
Kiki wanting to make this happen and making sure that if it does that it's done right but what do
you think are you a fan of the show and would you like to see it come back at some point let me know
in the comments thanks so much for watching I like can subscribe later is that even on
anymore no we got canceled evidently the people at Nickelodeon don't care about quality entertainment
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