Darcy's Wild Life is a teen sitcom starring Sara Paxton, and broadcast on Discovery Kids in the United States, and the Family Channel in Canada, from October 2004 to March 2006. The show also aired on NBC as part of the Discovery Kids on NBC programing block.

Premise

The series revolved around Darcy Fields, the daughter of an eccentric actress Victoria Fields who decides to move away from Malibu to raise her daughter in a more normal environment. Darcy is slow to adjust to her new home in the country. She gets a job at a local veterinary clinic called Creature Comforts. The show is mostly about the humorous situations Darcy gets into while adjusting to her new surroundings.

The series title is a pun on the word "wildlife", which is the main theme of the show. The title refers to Darcy's eccentric life dealing with wildlife. Many episodes also had titles based on puns, such as "Puppy Love" (with puppies), "Swine Flew the Coop" (on swine flu), "Knockin' on Heaven's Doggie Door" (song "Knockin' on Heaven's Door") or "The Trouble with Truffles" (Star Treks "Tribbles").

Cast and characters

Main

  • Sara Paxton as Darcy Fields: It was executive produced by Stan Rogow.

Awards and nominations

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|rowspan="2" |2005

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|Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) Leading Young Actress

|Sara Paxton

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|Best Family Television Series (Comedy)

|Darcy's Wild Life

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|2006

|33rd Daytime Emmy Awards

|Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series

|Sara Paxton

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|2006

|16th Environmental Media Awards

|Prize for children's live action television

|Darcy's Wild Life, episode: "Trash Talk"

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|rowspan="3" |2007

|rowspan="3" |28th Young Artist Awards

|Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama)

|Andrew Chalmers, Melanie Leishman, Demetrius Joyette and Kayla Perlmutter

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|Best Family Television Series (Comedy)

|Darcy's Wild Life

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Soundtrack

A Soundtrack album was released to accompany the series on May 17, 2005, by BMG Strategic Marketing Group/BMG Heritage.

Track listing

  1. "Take a Walk" – Sara Paxton
  2. "I Love Your Smile" – Tiffany Evans
  3. "Crazy Kinda Crush on You" – Nick Jonas
  4. "Bam Boogie" – Bent Fabric
  5. "We Need Some Money" – Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
  6. "Hey Boy" – Fan 3
  7. "Walking the Dog" – Rufus Thomas
  8. "Monkey Man" – The Specials
  9. "ABC" – American Juniors
  10. "Walking on Sunshine" – Nikki Cleary
  11. "Clothes Make the Girl" – Kristy Frank
  12. "There for You" – Sara Paxton

Books

A tie-in series of books were published, written by various authors including Jory Simms, Laura J. Burns, Daniella Burr & Sierra Harimann.

  1. Welcome to Where? by Jory Simms
  2. A Chick Thing by Daniella Burr
  3. A Fine State of Affairs by Laura J. Burns
  4. Scout's Honor by Jory Simms
  5. The Play's the Thing by Sierra Harimann
  6. Go West, Darcy! by Laura J. Burns
  7. Super Sweet Sixteen by Jory Simms
  8. A Dog's Life by Daniella Burr

References