TV Review: True Jackson, VP
Last weekend the new show True Jackson, VP premiered on Nickelodeon. I tend to not watch much of the Nickelodeon shows, as the non-Nick Jr cartoons really stink in my opinion and the live action stuff is overall just so-so. This new live action show did at least sound interesting, although it did seem a little bit That’s So Raven-like in that in some episodes of that show Raven was a fashion designer and if I am not mistaken one had a very similar plot to this series.
True Jackson, VP is basically a show about a teenager named True Jackson (played by Keke Palmer) becoming one of the Vice Presidents of a fashion company. The first episode starts with the back story of her talent being discovered and the company’s owner realizing they were missing a potential target audience of teens. Thus she quickly becomes VP of youth apparel or something like that. The first episode then finishes up being about her first day and first major project that almost ends in disaster.
Overall this show is okay. It definitely has some humorous things and it is certainly interesting to see the idea of a teenager having such an important job and her dealing with the responsibility. However, it just does not feel all that unique to watch and the whole fashion aspect is too much. I think there are some teen girls that might enjoy this show, but its audience appeal seems to end there. Perhaps that is the audience they are trying to get to watch Nickelodeon more with their other recent new show being H2O.
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