Jane by Design | |
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Genre | Comedy-drama |
Created by | April Blair |
Starring |
Erica Dasher Nick Roux Rowly Dennis David Clayton Rogers India de Beaufort Meagan Tandy Matthew Atkinson Andie MacDowell |
Opening theme | "Work of Art" by Rachel Platten |
Composer(s) | Gabriel Mann |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 18 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Gavin Polone John Ziffren April Blair |
Producer(s) | David Hartle Kathy Landsberg Lenn K. Rosenfield |
Location(s) |
Santa Clarita, California Paris, France London, United Kingdom |
Cinematography | Mark Doering-Powell |
Editor(s) | Natakia Simmons |
Running time | 40–44 minutes |
Production company(s) | Pariah Television April Blair's Logo ABC Family Original Productions |
Distributor |
Disney Media Distribution Disney–ABC Domestic Television |
Release | |
Original network | ABC Family |
Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
Original release | January 3 – July 31, 2012 |
External links | |
abcfamily |
Jane by Design is an American comedy-drama television series on ABC Family. The series follows the life of Jane Quimby (Erica Dasher), a teenager who is mistaken for an adult, as she finally gets her fashion dream job working with a world-famous designer, Gray Chandler Murray (Andie MacDowell). She has to juggle between two secret lives: one in high school, and one in high fashion.
ABC Family greenlit the series in April 2011 with a ten-episode order. The series premiered on January 3, 2012, following Switched at Birth. On February 29, 2012, the series was given an eight-episode back order. It premiered in the summer on June 5, 2012 and ended on July 31, 2012. On August 17, 2012, ABC Family announced that the show was canceled after one season.
Jane Quimby, (Erica Dasher) is a teenager, mistaken for an adult, who lands her fashion dream job. She must balance her high school life and her job. She has her best friend Billy (Nick Roux) help her out, although he had a relationship with Lulu (Meagan Tandy), a girl who has been mean to Jane since the seventh grade. Now Billy dates the new girl, Zoe, which makes Jane feel like he's replacing her. Jane's father died and her mother ran out on Jane and Ben before the series started. Jane's mother has returned home to Jane and Ben, and she stays awhile. Her brother Ben (David Clayton Rogers) tries to make money by getting jobs, but the jobs never work out until he lands one as the athletic assistant at Jane's school. At Donovan Decker, Jane discovers a world full of fashion challenges working for Gray Chandler Murray (Andie MacDowell) and tackles them with the help of her co-workers, Jeremy Jones (Rowley Dennis), India Jourdain (India de Beaufort), Carter (Ser'Darius Blain) and Birdie (Brooke Lyons). Jane tries to be the best at her job and her school, juggling the everyday challenges of high school and the world of fashion.