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Meredith Deane as Zoe Manning in <em>Once and Again</em>
Deane played Zoe, the youngest of the Manning children, offering up a wide-eyed, innocent portrayal. Zoe personifies a level of heartfelt television that is missing today. Simply, they don’t make them like Once and Again anymore—or for that matter, Thirtysomething and My So-Called Life. As Herskovitz shares, “I feel that programming decisions today are based on a cynical view of the audience. That the audience has ADD and is incredibly fickle and not interested in a deep emotional experience. I don’t think there’s any evidence that is true, but it’s their assumption.”