History Series / ZoeysExtraordinaryPlaylist

''Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist'' is a live-action comedy series premiering on January 7, 2020 on Creator/{{NBC}}. The story focuses on Zoey (Creator/JaneLevy), a young coder working at a tech firm and up for a promotion in the near future. Several months ago Zoey's father was diagnosed with a brain disorder, leaving him in a partially paralyzed state. In fear that she might one day suffer the same, Zoey goes to have an MRI. While in the machine there is an earthquake which causes a FreakLabAccident.

From then on, at seemingly random moments, people around her, stranger, friend and family alike, [[SpontaneousChoreography suddenly seem to burst into song and dance for no apparent reason]] while everyone else cannot see or hear anything of the sort. However, the songs and dance routines that she experiences all have to do with the most powerful emotions of the people performing them. Using this new gift, she, with the help of her best friend Mo (Creator/AlexNewell), has to think of the best way to harness what she can do in order to help others with their personal problems.

** The contrast between Zoey's two love interests: Simon, whom she doesn't know at first is initially brooding, distant, (although he warms up quickly to Zoey), and engaged; Max is her best friend and has a guy-next-door vibe. Lampshaded repeatedly by Mo in "Zoey's Extraordinary Boss" when she comments on their moments with Zoey.

* WhamEpisode: "Zoey's Extraordinary Goodbye": [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, Max can suddenly see/hear Zoey's heart songs, after a season of the fact that she always knew what he was feeling but not ''vice versa'' causing problems for their relationship. It's [[AmbiguousSituation ambiguous]] whether he can hear anyone else's, too, until ''Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas'' confirms that he can]].

* WhamEpisode: "Zoey's Extraordinary Goodbye": [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, Max can suddenly see/hear Zoey's heart songs, after a season of the fact that she always knew what he was feeling but not ''vice versa'' causing problems for their relationship. It's currently [[AmbiguousSituation ambiguous]] whether he can hear anyone else's, too]].

The second season premiered on January 5, 2021. In June 2021, NBC cancelled the series, with Creator/{{Lionsgate}} Television shopping it elsewhere following a rejection by Creator/{{Peacock}}. On December 1, 2021, the Roku Channel (which carries past seasons of the series) released the film-length ''[[ChristmasEpisode Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas]]'', which also serves as a GrandFinale for the series.

The second season premiered on January 5, 2021. In June 2021, NBC cancelled the series, with Creator/{{Lionsgate}} Television shopping it elsewhere following a rejection by Creator/{{Peacock}}. In September 2021, Creator/{{Roku}} confirmed that it would be producing a ChristmasEpisode, ''Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas'', as a film; the feature is set to debut on The Roku Channel (which also carries past seasons of the series) on December 1, 2021.

The second season premiered on January 5, 2021. In June 2021, NBC cancelled the series, with Creator/{{Lionsgate}} Television shopping it elsewhere following a rejection by Creator/{{Peacock}}. In September 2021, Creator/{{Roku}} confirmed that it would be producing a ChristmasEpisode, ''Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas'', as a film; the feature is set to debut on The Roku Channel (which also carries past season of the series) on December 1, 2021.

The second season premiered on January 5, 2021. In June 2021, NBC cancelled the series, with Creator/{{Lionsgate}} Television shopping it elsewhere following a rejection by Creator/{{Peacock}}. In September 2021, Creator/{{Roku}} confirmed that it would be producing a ChristmasEpisode as a film.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: There really is commercially-released 72 year-old Scotch like Joan has hidden in her credenza. It costs $60,000 a bottle.

* HiddenDepths: Basically, Zoey can ''see'' peoples depths, expressed through song. She is often surprised by the revelation that people she dismissed as shallow or uncaring are just disguising their own intense emotions.

* MusicalWorldHypotheses: Mixed. Most of it is "All In Their Heads": The "heart songs", where characters dance and sing their thoughts, are established to not occur in reality and only Zoey can see them happening. However, the songs are established to not be from '''her''' head, rather they come from inside another person. When her father sings "Moondance" she doesn't know it and has to look up the lyrics in order to figure out what it means. However, some numbers also take place diegetically, like Mo's choir performance and Max's flashmob, and almost all the songs in "Zoey's Extraordinary Session" (which is largely a flashback to Zoey's first day at work, well before she got her powers).

** Variation: Zoey's father isn't dead yet but his rare disease is slowly killing him and makes him unable to communicate with those around him. She is able to bond with Simon over this, since his father is gone.