Back in 2012, Matthew Underwood, the hunk of the popular Nickelodeon series Zoey 101, went through a rough patch. Underwood made headlines for all the wrong reasons but has since recovered from all the backlash. After almost a decade, we are diving back into what happened all those years ago. There would be no celebrity Matthew Underwood without the comedy-drama, Zoey 101 so let's start from there. This show put Underwood on the map and ran for a total of four seasons from 2005-2008.
Fans can still feel the stinging pain as they watched Chase's "I Love You," text cause Zoey's phone to vibrate right into the fountain. To this day, the show is one of the most successful Nickelodeon series. Many stars including Jamie Lynn Spears, Victoria Justice, Christopher Massey, Alexa Nikolas, Paul Butcher, Erin Sanders, and Sean Flynn got their start there. A bunch of these child stars continued acting while others left the entertainment industry for good. Some even reached total stardom while some went down a darker path.
7 Logan And Quinn's Relationship
Underwood starred as Logan Reese, an arrogant rich kid at PCA. This cute but mean jock won over the hearts of every young fan watching the show. He was one of the first-ever "bad boys who falls for the good girl" to bless our screens. Logan Reese dates nerdy chick Quinn Pensky making all of our teenage hearts throb. Quinn was played by Erin Sanders who has continued acting ever since.
6 Matthew Underwood's Awards And Nominations For 'Zoey 101'
This series was up for multiple awards back in the 2000s. This includes: "Best Young Ensemble Performance In A TV Series" (comedy or drama) at both the 2006 and 2007 Young Artist Awards. Matthew Underwood received a personal nomination for "Best Supporting Young Actor In A TV Series" (comedy or drama).
5 What Happened To Matt's Life After 'Zoey 101'?
Growing up in the limelight wasn't easy for the stars of Zoey 101. In particular, Matthew Underwood's life post-show wasn't pretty for a while. He found himself in some legal troubles after being caught in possession of weed in Port St. Lucie, Florida. On top of that, Underwood was accompanied by a minor and was found in a bedroom with the 17-year-old girl. This all went down back in April of 2012 but didn't end there. Underwood was arrested and put on probation for his illegal actions.
4 Why Was Matthew Underwood Arrested?
The actor then decided to make an appearance at the hookah bar he co-owned which violated his 12-month probation. That night in 2012, Underwood was intercepted by police around 3 A.M. at his hookah lounge in St. Lucie called Cloud 9. The actor found himself behind bars for the second time that year.
Luckily for the 22-year-old, the judges decided he would stay out of prison even though his probation officer urged them to consider sending him to jail for 180 days. Matthew proved to be compliant for the majority of his probation and therefore finished out the rest of his probation smoothly.
3 Matthew Underwood's Redemption
After laying low and working on himself the actor made headlines five years later. Back in 2017, Matt rescued a baby that was found in a crashed car along with two adults who allegedly overdosed on heroin. The heroic act saved this child's life after a judge ruled that the four-month-old be given to a family member.
"He happened to be one of the first people on the scene where the female driver was passed out at the wheel with a syringe of heroin in her arm. The baby’s father was sleeping in the back seat next to an unsecured car seat. So Matthew reportedly took the uninjured baby out of the car and had his brother call 911. He also took video before he intervened just in case."
The act of heroism essentially erased everyone's negative views of the actor. Since then, Underwood has been back in everyone's good graces, but he had already made a slight change in career.
2 What Is Matthew Underwood Doing Now?
Matt Underwood has taken a turn in his career from in front to behind the camera. After his arrest scandal and being in the limelight at such a young age, Underwood is enjoying his time out of the spotlight. He still gets to be involved in the entertainment industry, but now instead of just acting, he's taking on the whole concept of storytelling.
Underwood has directed a bunch of shorts films like The Unicorn Sisters, The Alien, and The Golden Stars. His co-star and friend from Zoey 101, Sean Flynn, has even appeared in some of Underwood's projects. Underwood himself has also appeared in several of his own projects over the years.
1 Will There Be A 'Zoey 101' Reboot?
In 2019 it was reported that this 2000s hit would be making a comeback after a surge of TV shows were rebooting. These include but are not limited to Sex And The City, Gossip Girl, and How I Met Your... Father. It seems as though this reboot idea has been scratched due to the media scrutiny lead Jamie Lynn Spears is under.
Jamie and Zoey 101 co-star Alexa Nikolas were in a feud while filming the show, and Nikolas went public with their fights. Nikolas shared the pattern of bullying that Jamie created on set in the early 2000s, and many fans spoke out their support for the actress.
Jamie is also under scrutiny due to the fact that her sister, well-known pop sensation Britney Spears, was in a conservatorship legal battle with their father and fans speculate her younger sister has not been much help over the past 13 years. Her co-star Paul Butcher, who played Jamie's little brother on the show, took the time to shade the actress on TikTok. Butcher blamed the cancellation of the reboot on Britney Spears's legal battles and the way in which the Spears family were handling the scandal.
Although a reboot was in the works, it appears that the entire plan was axed. After giving the project a break, producers decided to give it one more try.
Zoey 102 is currently in post-production and will show the entire cast returning to reprise their roles from the original show. The event will be a movie and will premiere on Paramount+ in the summer of 2023. Jamie Spears announced the exciting news on May 18th, 2023.
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