Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist Review: Jane Levy and Lauren Graham Elevate NBC's Fun New Musical

By Nellie Andreeva

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In NBC's charming musical comedy, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, Zoey Clarke (Jane Levy) knows the innermost thoughts of everyone around her. But that can get awkward, especially when those intimate musings are unwittingly revealed through song. This show is Crazy Ex-Girlfriend meets Pushing Daisies, and it's delightful.

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Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist is one worth downloading. The NBC musical comedy made its time slot premiere on Sunday, February 16, diving even further into Zoey’s (Jane Levy) many complex relationships — and her new power.

1. Zoey’s Extraordinary PlaylistDebut Jane Levy stars as a San Francisco-based coder who — out of nowhere — gains the ability to hear the thoughts and deepest desires of the people around her through song. Lauren Graham, Skylar Astin, Mary Steenburgen, Peter Gallagher, Alex Newell and John Clarence Stewart round out the stellar cast.When: Sunday on CTV, NBC

Tapping into real life. Peter Gallagher was absolutely moved by the script and story of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist — especially the journey that his character, Mitch Clarke, was going through. In the show, Mitch has PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy), and cannot speak. The disorder is extremely difficult for his wife and kids — especially for his daughter, Zoey (Jane Levy), whose best friend was her dad.

A one-woman man — at least for now! During the Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist premiere, Zoey (Jane Levy) found out that her best friend, Max (Skylar Astin), was in love with her. So, she decided to set him up with another girl. However, don’t count on that lasting long.

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist is a quirky, vibrant trip down musical lane, but the series is much more than a candy-colored tale centered on Zoey (), an insulated 20-something woman who, after a chance accident, gains the magical ability to hear the innermost thoughts of her family members, co-workers and close friends through elaborate song-and-dance numbers. It's a deeply personal story for creator , who channeled his experiences with his late father, who had a rare degenerative brain disease,

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist is not the first musical TV show, but it might just be the first of its kind of musical TV show.