- For the Latter-day Saint composer and hymnwriter, see Evan Stephens.
| Even Stevens | |
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 Original promotion poster for Even Stevens |
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| Format | Children's television series |
| Created by | Matt Dearborn |
| Starring | Shia LaBeouf Christy Carlson Romano Nick Spano Tom Virtue Donna Pescow A.J. Trauth Margo Harshman |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 65 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | David Brookwell Sean McNamara (season 3) Dennis Rinsler & Marc Warren (episode 10+) Matt Dearborn (season 3) |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Disney Channel |
| Original run | June 17, 2000 – June 2, 2003 |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Even Stevens was an American comedy television program that aired on Disney Channel. It premiered on June 17, 2000 and ended on June 2, 2003. The show was Produced by Brookwell McNamara Entertainment
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Premise
Set in Sacramento, California, the show focuses on the Stevens family, in particular the harebrained schemes of middle-school student Louis and how he annoys his perfectionist older sister, Ren. Although a sitcom, the show did not use a laugh track. However, one of the main trademark camera shots used on the show were fast-motion transitions between scenes. The title is a pun on the phrase 'even steven', which is often employed to describe a situation, such as a sporting event, in which the scores are even.
Production
The show was originally produced as a show called "Spivey's Kid Brother". A pilot was filmed in late 1997, and shown as the first season finale "A Weak First Week", and was later picked up by Disney Channel as "Even Stevens". In the first episode Disney had to dub out the name "Spivey" to "Stevens". In a possible coincidence, the character Louis Driscoll from the show The Secret World of Alex Mack had a best friend named Louis Spivey in the 1996 episode "Spivey", one year previous to the creation of the Even Stevens pilot. In the theme song of the show, Louis and Ren turn their remote controls into lightsabers, alluding to Star Wars. Prior to this, Ren reads a TV Guide with live-action photos of Christy Carlson Romano and Shia LaBeouf on the cover. Although the show lasted three seasons, the timeline of the show is only one school year, since Louis and his friends remain in the 7th grade and Ren and her friends remain in the 8th grade. They all finally graduate in The Even Stevens Movie. As of September 2006, Even Stevens along with Lizzie McGuire airs exclusively on Superstation WGN. On July 7, 2007, Disney Channel aired eight episodes as part of their "Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Louis" marathon to coincide with the July 2, 2007 release of Shia LaBeouf's latest film Transformers. This show no longer airs on Disney Channel as a part of the regular schedule but Disney has aired the holiday episodes occasionally.
Cast
- Shia LaBeouf as Louis Stevens
- Christy Carlson Romano as Ren Stevens
- Margo Harshman as Tawny Dean
- Nick Spano as Donnie Stevens
- Tom Virtue as Steve Stevens
- Donna Pescow as Eileen Stevens
- A.J. Trauth as Alan Twitty
- Fred Meyers as Tom Gribalski
Pilot
An original pilot was filmed but never aired, this included Louis' first week of school, instead most of the clips from this episode were used in the season one finale "A Weak First Week".
Episodes
| Season | Ep # | First Airdate | Last Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 21 | June 17, 2000 | February 23, 2001 |
| Season 2 | 22 | June 15, 2001 | February 15, 2002 |
| Season 3 | 22 | February 22, 2002 | June 2, 2003 |
Film
In the 2003 Disney Channel Original Movie, the Stevens family gets an all-expenses-paid trip to an island named Mandelino. The catch is that Mandelino isn't a real island and the family is unknowingly on a new reality show called Family Fakeout.
