Sam McGuire
| Lizzie McGuire | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Terri Minsky |
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| Theme music composer | Elliot Lurie |
| Opening theme | "We'll Figure It Out," lyrics written by Angie Jaree |
| Composer(s) | Sam Winans |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 65 (list of episodes) |
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| Camera setup | Film; Single-camera (videotape used sporadically) |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
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| Distributor | Buena Vista Television |
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| Original network | Disney Channel |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release | January 12, 2001 – February 14, 2004 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) |
| External links | |
| Website | disneychannel |
Lizzie McGuire is an American live-action scripted teen sitcom, whose characters were created by Terri Minsky, who also developed its core format. It featured an animated version of the title character performing soliloquies; these animated sequences were interspersed with the show's live-action sequences. It premiered on the Disney Channel on January 12, 2001, following the premiere of Zenon: The Zequel, and was canceled by that channel effective on February 14, 2004, after a total of 65 episodes were produced and aired. Its target demographic was preteens and adolescents.
The series won Favorite TV Show at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 2002 and 2003.
The series follows 13-year-old Lizzie McGuire, a shy, compassionate, and clumsy teen who dreams to fit in and be popular at school, with the help of her best friends Miranda and Gordo. Episodes center on Lizzie's life, dealing with her family, mostly her parents Jo and Sam and her younger brother Matt, and normal teenage life issues. Lizzie has an animated alter-ego that represents her feelings.
The series was created by Terri Minsky. The show's working title was What's Lizzie Thinking? before being changed to Lizzie McGuire. The show's producer Stan Rogow says the visual look of the show was partly inspired by the film Run Lola Run. Though production wrapped in June 2002, the show did not end its original run on Disney Channel until 2004. In 2014, Hilary Duff announced that she would be open to a Lizzie McGuire reunion.
Animated Lizzie is an animated character who represents the title character's inner thoughts, addressing the audience directly in the manner of a Greek chorus. The show was not the first series to use animation to reflect a live-action character's innermost thoughts. McGee and Me and Student Bodies, two syndicated programs about the struggles of a cartoonist for a school newspaper, often used the artist's surrealistic caricatures of himself and his friends to visually illustrate his interior monologues. Animated Lizzie was voiced by series star Hilary Duff.
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