''So Little Time'' is an American

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starring

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Fuller Olsen (born June 13, 1986), also known as the Olsen twins as a duo, are American fashion designers and former actresses. The twins made their acting debut as infants playing Michelle Tanner on the television s ...

in their third television series. It aired on Fox Family: the first half of the series aired from June 2 to August 15, 2001, and the series then went on a four-month hiatus owing to network management changes. By December 2001, Fox Family had become

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, and the remaining episodes aired from December 1, 2001, until May 4, 2002. ''So Little Time'' reruns briefly aired on

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in 2015 after the network acquired the rights to Mary-Kate and Ashley's video library.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Mary-Kate Olsen Mary-Kate Olsen (born June 13, 1986) is an American businesswoman, fashion designer, equestrian, and former actress. She began her acting career nine months after her birth, sharing the role of Michelle Tanner with her twin sister Ashley Olsen ...

as Riley Carlson *

Ashley Olsen Ashley Fuller Olsen (born June 13, 1986) is an American businesswoman and former actress. She began her acting career at the age of nine months, sharing the role of Michelle Tanner with her twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen in the television sitco ...

as Chloe Carlson *

Clare Carey Clare Carey (born June 11, 1967) is an American film and television actress best known for her roles as Kelly Fox in ''Coach'' (1989-1995) and Mary Bailey in ''Jericho'' (2006-2008), and her film role in '' Savannah Sunrise'' (2016). Backgrou ...

as Macy Carlson * Eric Lutes as Jake Carlson * Jesse Head as Spartacus Lawrence "Larry" Slotnick *

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as Manuelo Del Valle * Natashia Williams as Tedi

Recurring cast

Amy Davidson Amy Davidson is an American actress. She is known for playing Kerry Hennessy in the ABC sitcom '' 8 Simple Rules''. Early life and education Born in Phoenix, Davidson was raised by educators. Her father was a principal at ''El Mirage'' Elemen ...

as Cammie Morton * Wendy Worthington as Ellen Westmore * Ben Easter as Lennon Kincaid

Broadcasting

In Canada, Family Channel aired reruns of the series weekdays at 6:00pm until June 28, 2007, when they were replaced by ''

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''. In the United Kingdom, the show aired on

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22 September 2001 and on the ''Children's Channel''

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. Some episodes had a shorter running time than others because of the removal of the "behind the scenes"

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s. Later in the series, the show starts with the crew wandering around the set with the

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following them. They talk about today's events, such as the birthday of an actor on the set.

usually appear in this segment. In Italy, the series aired on

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under the name '' Due gemelle e un maggiordomo'' (''Two Twins and a butler'') from August until September 2002. A short "behind the scenes"

was sometimes included at the end of an episode as well. Although retained on the

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VHS and

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releases, these were always edited out of the

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transmissions.

Episodes

Home media

From 2002 to 2003, Warner Bros. and DualStar released 4 separate volumes of the show on DVD and VHS. Each volume contained 6 episodes each for a total of 24 episodes. In 2005, those 4 volumes were packaged together as one box set containing a fifth DVD with the only two episodes that had not yet been released to DVD ("Outbreak" and "Look Who's Talking"). This box set was titled ''So Little Time: 5 DVD Gift Set''. The episodes on the gift set are not presented in air date or production order, because it is simply a repackaging of the individual DVD releases and each release had its own theme. Although the gift set and individual releases for volumes 1 - 4 have since gone out of print, volumes 1 - 4 were re-released in 2017 as two 2-disc "double feature" sets, the first containing volumes 1 and 2 and the second containing volumes 3 and 4. The bonus disc containing "Outbreak" and "Look Who's Talking" has not been re-released and those two episodes remain only available as part of the ''5 DVD Gift Set'' package. * ''So Little Time, Volume 1: School's Cool'' (August 13, 2002) * ''So Little Time, Volume 2: Boy Crazy'' (August 13, 2002) * ''So Little Time, Volume 3: About A Family'' (August 13, 2002) * ''So Little Time, Volume 4: Hangin' Out'' (June 3, 2003) * ''So Little Time: 5 DVD Gift Set'' (September 6, 2005)

Books

Several episodes of ''So Little Time'' were novelized and published in book form by HarperCollins Entertainment. The series also featured new original stories based on the show, which were written by the same authors. As of the spring of 2008, 17 ''So Little Time'' books have been released, following the lives of Chloe and Riley. # ''How to Train a Boy'' # ''Instant Boyfriend'' # ''Too Good To Be True'' # ''Just Between Us'' # ''Tell Me About It'' # ''Secret Crush'' # ''Girl Talk'' # ''The Love Factor'' # ''Dating Game'' # ''A Girl's Guide to Guys'' # ''Boy Crazy'' # ''Best Friends Forever'' # ''Love is in the Air'' # ''Spring Breakup'' # ''Get Real'' # ''Surf Holiday'' # ''The Makeover Experiment''

Soundtrack

A soundtrack album featuring the show's theme song as well as other music featured in the series was released by

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and Dualstar Records in June 2001, and was made available on

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and

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on June 5, 2010 by

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. #

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- "So Little Time" #Noogie - "Mr. Fabulous" #Jason Feddy - "The Beautiful Few" #Joey Kingpin - "Rock It" #Vienna - "Where I Wanna Be" #Ritalin - "Stuck Like Glue" #George Tenen III and James Pennington - "You Make Me Love You More" # Lovepie - "Thoughts of You" #The Getaway People - "Superstar" #Chad Hollister - "Leavin' Home" #Crashpalace - "Brickwall" # The Weekend - "Punk Rock Show"

References

External links

* {{Freeform 2000s American teen sitcoms 2001 American television series debuts 2002 American television series endings ABC Family original programming English-language television shows Fox Family Channel original programming Television series about families Television series about sisters Television series about teenagers Television series about twins Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios Television shows set in Malibu, California Works about twin sisters