49 Fun Facts About Hart of Dixie

On which network did Hart of Dixie air?

The CW moved the show to Friday nights midway through its third season, and most of its short final run aired there too.

Who plays Dr. Zoe Hart in Hart of Dixie?

Rachel Bilson was expecting a baby as the final season was planned, and the writers gave Zoe a pregnancy to match.

Hart of Dixie is set in which fictional Gulf Coast town?

Bluebell gets the last word: in the closing scene Zoe asks whether all small towns are like it, and Wade doubts it.

In which US state is Hart of Dixie's fictional town?

Alabama's coast has seen off worse than a newcomer: the town's veteran doctor tells Zoe it survived Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill and will chase her away too.

In Hart of Dixie, Zoe Hart moves to the South from which city?

New York is where her chief turns her down for a fellowship and tells her to spend a year in general practice, learning to see patients as people.

In Hart of Dixie, what had Zoe Hart dreamed of becoming before her plans fell apart?

A heart surgeon like her father was the plan; refused the fellowship she needed, Zoe takes a job as a small-town GP instead.

In Hart of Dixie, what kind of animal is Lavon Hayes's pet, Burt Reynolds?

An alligator: he is named for the star of Lavon's favourite film, Smokey and the Bandit, and in season two a rival mayor kidnaps him.

Which Hart of Dixie hangout do Wade and Lemon end up buying together?

The Rammer Jammer goes up for sale in season two; the pair enter a hands-on-a-boat endurance contest to raise the money, and Wade later runs it alone.

What is George Tucker's profession in Hart of Dixie?

Lawyer George, the town's favourite son, is the one who warns Zoe about the fine print in her partnership contract.

Who plays Lemon Breeland in Hart of Dixie?

Jaime King's Lemon starts out trying to drive Zoe out of town; by the final season the old enemies are friends, and Lemon is on hand to calm Zoe's nerves about the baby.

In Hart of Dixie, what does the town celebrate in place of Thanksgiving?

Planksgiving honours the pirates said to have fed the town after a hurricane: residents dress up as buccaneers and hold a fish fry in the square.

Which character did Hart of Dixie's lead actress play on The O.C.?

Summer Roberts was written for only a few episodes; her romance with Seth Cohen clicked so well that she became a series regular.

How does George and Lemon's wedding day end in Hart of Dixie's first-season finale?

George calls it off at the altar, telling Lemon he cannot marry her while part of him loves someone else; he then declares himself to Zoe.

Hart of Dixie's Cress Williams later played the title role in which superhero series?

Black Lightning cast him as Jefferson Pierce, a school principal who gave up crime-fighting years earlier and suits up again when a gang takes his daughters.

What was Lavon Hayes's career before he returned home in Hart of Dixie?

NFL linebacker Lavon says that after ten years in the league he felt a little lost, so he moved home, ran for office and won.

What does Wade Kinsella, Zoe's neighbor, do for a living when Hart of Dixie begins?

Bartender Wade finds his calling in a signature-cocktail contest for his workplace's anniversary, and starts to dream of running a place of his own.

Lemon Breeland begins Hart of Dixie as leader of which exclusive town society?

The Belles guard the town's history; when Zoe learns the women of her family once belonged and tries to join, Lemon puts her through a brutal hazing.

What is the name of Lemon Breeland's teenage sister in Hart of Dixie?

Magnolia was tiny when their mother walked out, so Lemon largely raised her while still getting through school herself.

In Hart of Dixie, how did Dr. Harley Wilkes keep offering Zoe a job for four years?

By postcard, ever since her graduation: he told his receptionist to keep sending them after his death, sure that Zoe would turn up one day.

Who plays the newcomer Shelby Sinclair in Hart of Dixie?

Laura Bell Bundy was Broadway's original Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, and the show uses it: Shelby sings, dances and walks off with the town talent show.

In Hart of Dixie, from whom does Zoe inherit half of a small-town medical practice?

A father she never knew: Harley Wilkes met her mother on a cruise, and years later turned up at Zoe's graduation to offer her a job without saying who he was.

Who plays Lemon's father, the town's veteran doctor, in Hart of Dixie?

Tim Matheson also worked behind the camera, directing episodes in every season, the first-season finale among them.

Whose romance with Lavon leaves Lemon devastated at the end of Hart of Dixie's second season?

Annabeth is Lemon's best friend since childhood, which is why it stings; Lemon later swallows her own feelings and gives the couple her blessing.

Which future This Is Us star played Wade's estranged brother Jesse in Hart of Dixie?

Justin Hartley's Jesse turns up as a charming patient who asks Zoe to lunch; only afterwards does she learn he is the brother Wade barely speaks to.

Besides Zoe and Wade, which couple marries in Hart of Dixie's final episode?

Lemon and Lavon get engaged by mistake: she finds the candlelit proposal Zoe had set up for Wade, assumes it is meant for her and says yes.

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

Gossip Girl led into it at 9 pm on Mondays, a natural pairing: the new show's creator had been one of its writers.

Hart of Dixie's Scott Porter played which Friday Night Lights character?

Jason Street is the star quarterback paralysed in the opening game, a storyline drawn from the real injury of a Texas high-school player, David Edwards.

Hart of Dixie's Wilson Bethel went on to play which Marvel villain in Daredevil?

Bullseye starts out as FBI agent Dex Poindexter, a deadly marksman whom Wilson Fisk manipulates into attacking people while dressed as Daredevil.

Hart of Dixie's veteran town doctor is played by the actor who was which Animal House character?

Otter, Delta house's smooth ladies' man, was a doctor in waiting too: the film's closing captions say he became a Beverly Hills gynecologist.

Where do Zoe and Wade say their wedding vows in the Hart of Dixie finale?

While rushing to the delivery room: Zoe's waters break at a party before the two are married, so they trade vows on the way and their son arrives soon after.

Josh Schwartz was an executive producer of Hart of Dixie, but who created the show?

Leila Gerstein, once a writer on Schwartz's The O.C., created it and wrote both the pilot and the final episode herself.

Which Hart of Dixie actress was promoted to series regular for season three?

Kaitlyn Black began with a single line; the writers fell for her, kept enlarging the part and finally made her a regular.

What can Zoe Hart's partner do if she misses her 30% quota?

Buy her out: the clause applies every quarter, and on one deadline day Zoe is still three patients short with hours to go before midnight.

In Hart of Dixie, what is the name of Wade's ex-wife, who later dates George?

Tansy Truitt and Wade came home married after one drunken night on a shrimp boat; the marriage lasted about four months, the divorce papers years longer.

In Hart of Dixie, whom does newcomer Shelby Sinclair start dating after George dumps her?

Brick Breeland is twice her age and frets about what the town will say, so for a while George's ex secretly dates the father of his ex-fiancée.

In Hart of Dixie's third season, Zoe returns to town with which new boyfriend?

Joel, a novelist, wins the town over and becomes Wade's unlikely friend, until Hollywood buys his book and he leaves for Los Angeles.

What new career does George Tucker take up in Hart of Dixie's final season?

Music manager George starts with a rough-edged local trio, and proves good enough to land a job offer in Nashville before the series ends.

In Hart of Dixie's third season, Wade dates Vivian Wilkes, who is Zoe's what?

Cousin: Zoe tracks Vivian down while house-hunting, crashes her son's birthday party, and then has to watch her fall for Wade.

Nancy Travis left Hart of Dixie after two episodes to work on which sitcom?

Last Man Standing's studio would not let her keep recurring on another network's drama, so her receptionist was written out, leaving town to open a bakery.

JoBeth Williams appears in Hart of Dixie as which character?

Candice Hart, Zoe's mother, is a publicist with celebrity clients who flies in hoping to talk her daughter into coming home.

Which production company, run by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, made Hart of Dixie?

Fake Empire's Josh Schwartz was reuniting with his lead actress here: he had first cast her in The O.C. eight years earlier.

Hart of Dixie's creator won a 2017 Emmy as a consulting producer on which drama?

The Handmaid's Tale was named best drama that year; she also wrote its fourth episode, titled after the Latin motto its heroine finds scratched inside her closet.

Which Girlfriends star plays Ruby Jeffries, Lavon's old flame, in Hart of Dixie?

Golden Brooks's Ruby comes home after selling her cosmetics line and promptly announces she is running against Lavon for his job.

In Hart of Dixie, which animal does Zoe hunt after suspecting a patient has leprosy?

An armadillo: they are among the few animals that catch leprosy, and one called Randy has been plaguing Wade's father for years.

During his re-election campaign in Hart of Dixie, Lavon takes the blame for shoplifting what?

A pregnancy test that Lemon, his campaign manager, had pocketed; Lavon covers for her by insisting it was for his pet, Burt Reynolds.

In Hart of Dixie, George helps his date reclaim a dog named after which country star?

Dolly Parton the dog went to an ex in a break-up; George helps steal her back, then talks the pair out of trouble when they are caught.

Hart of Dixie's Lemon Breeland actress modelled as a teenager under which first name?

James was a childhood nickname: her agency already had a model with her real first name, so she worked, and took her first film credits, under it.

Which Olympic gymnast made her acting debut as Rose's friend Tonya in Hart of Dixie?

McKayla Maroney arrived months after the London Games, where her unimpressed podium scowl had become a meme; Tonya is just as withering, telling Zoe that cougar is not a good look.

What was Scott Porter's part in the a cappella group 4:2:Five before Hart of Dixie?

Vocal percussion: he joined four school friends in Florida as their human drum kit, and his arrival, making five, gave the group its new name.