50 Fun Facts About Hart of Dixie

On which network did Hart of Dixie air?

It ran four seasons from September 2011 to March 2015.

Who plays Dr. Zoe Hart?

She had previously worked with executive producer Josh Schwartz on The O.C.

What is the name of the fictional Gulf Coast town where the show is set?

Zoe must win over its eccentric residents to keep her half of the practice.

In which state is the town set?

Critics at TVGuide and USA Today worried the show might offend the South.

Zoe moves to the South from which city?

She had failed to land a fellowship there because of her poor bedside manner.

What had Zoe dreamed of becoming before her plans fell apart?

Instead she becomes a small-town general practitioner.

In which year did Hart of Dixie premiere?

It opened on a Monday night following Gossip Girl.

Which character is the town's mayor?

He is also co-chair of the tourism council and a former NFL linebacker.

What is George Tucker's profession?

He is Lemon's long-term fiancé when the series begins.

Who plays Lemon Breeland?

She was a teenage fashion model before acting, appearing in Vogue by age 15.

Executive producer Josh Schwartz had earlier worked with Bilson on which show?

Schwartz created the Fox teen drama; Hart of Dixie was their second collaboration.

Which character did the Zoe Hart actress play on The O.C.?

Her romance with Seth Cohen turned what was meant to be a short role into a series-regular part.

In which year did The CW officially cancel the show?

Creator Leila Gerstein had already revealed season four would be the last.

Cress Williams later played the title role in which CW superhero series?

He reprised Jefferson Pierce on The Flash's "Armageddon" event.

What was Lavon's career before becoming mayor?

Cress Williams also played a football father on the final season of Friday Night Lights.

What does Zoe's neighbor Wade Kinsella do for a living?

Wilson Bethel was cast as the "gorgeous bad-boy" neighbor soon after Bilson signed on.

Lemon is the young president of which organisation?

Annabeth Nass is a fellow member and Lemon's friend.

Lavon's high-school sweetheart Ruby Jeffries returns to run against him for what?

Lemon's jealousy eventually wrecks Ruby's relationship with Lavon and she leaves town.

Schwartz compared the show to Felicity, Everwood and which other series?

TVLine separately called the show "Everwood-esque".

What does Zoe give birth to in the series finale?

The closing scene shows Wade and Zoe with their son in the town square.

Zoe inherits half of the medical practice from whom?

Her mother had an affair with him while engaged to the man Zoe knew as her dad.

Who plays Brick, the town's veteran doctor and Lemon's father?

Matheson voiced Jonny Quest as a teenager and played Otter in Animal House.

Whose affair with Lavon leaves Lemon devastated at the end of season two?

By the finale the two are married.

How many episodes did the fourth and final season have?

CW president Mark Pedowitz announced the shortened order in July 2014.

Which other couple marries in the final season alongside Zoe and Wade?

George and Annabeth move in together instead.

Which show was Hart of Dixie's Monday lead-in when it premiered in 2011?

It aired at 9 pm Eastern; Gerstein had written for Gossip Girl before creating her own show.

Scott Porter is best known for playing which Friday Night Lights character?

He later played Mayor Paul Randolph in Netflix's Ginny & Georgia.

Wilson Bethel played which Marvel villain in Daredevil?

He reprised Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter in Daredevil: Born Again.

The actor who plays Brick played which character in Animal House?

He also earned two Emmy nominations as Vice President John Hoynes on The West Wing.

Where do Zoe and Wade recite their wedding vows?

Zoe had gone into labor mid-ceremony.

Who created Hart of Dixie?

She had written for The O.C., Eli Stone and Gossip Girl before getting her own series.

Which actress was upgraded to series regular for season three?

The Ohio native later earned a nursing license in 2024.

What share of the town's patients must Zoe bring in to keep her half of the practice?

Her city persona puts her at odds with most locals, making the target hard.

What is the name of Wade's ex-wife, who later dates George?

George struggles to rebuild his life after their season-three breakup.

After George dumps her, newcomer Shelby Sinclair starts dating whom?

Shelby thus ends up with the father of George's ex-fiancée.

What is the name of the boyfriend Zoe brings back from New York in season three?

She eventually breaks up with him and reunites with Wade.

What new career does George take up in the final season?

He and Annabeth move in together by the finale.

With which show was Hart of Dixie paired on Mondays for its third season?

Season three premiered on October 7, 2013.

Nancy Travis left the show after two episodes to work on which sitcom?

The 20th Century Fox comedy kept her busy for nine seasons.

JoBeth Williams appeared in three episodes as which character?

Meredith Monroe played Lemon's estranged mother in a single episode.

Which production company made Hart of Dixie?

Stephanie Savage, Josh Schwartz and Len Goldstein were executive producers through the company.

Gerstein won a 2017 Emmy as a consulting producer on which series?

She also wrote its season-one episode "Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum".

Who plays Lavon's former sweetheart Ruby Jeffries?

Ruby arrives in season two to challenge Lavon for his job.

What Metacritic score did the first season receive?

The Hollywood Reporter called it predictable but "surprisingly touching".

What score did TV Times magazine give the show, its lowest of the 2011–12 season?

The Los Angeles Times called it "a pretty if not terribly substantial quilt".

Who directed the pilot episode?

He was booked on February 2, 2011, a day after The CW ordered the pilot.

Gerstein's essay about a love affair with which Mets player got her noticed by Oxygen?

The reading at an Upright Citizens Brigade show led to a pilot and two TV movies.

The actress who plays Lemon modelled as a teenager under which nickname?

She used it to avoid confusion with the more established model Jaime Rishar.

Cress Williams was born to American parents in which city?

He later earned a theatre degree from UCLA.

Scott Porter co-founded which a cappella group, originally called 4:2:Five?

He also performed Off-Broadway with the a cappella act Toxic Audio.