Even Stevens

**Even Stevens** is an American teen sitcom television series created by Matt Dearborn. The series aired on Disney Channel from June 17, 2000 to June 2, 2003 and had a total of three seasons.

## Plot

The Stevens family live in Sacramento, California, where the two younger children in the family, Ren and Louis, who have opposing personalities, often clash.

## Cast and Characters

### Main

* Shia LaBeouf as Louis Stevens
* Christy Carlson Romano as Ren Stevens
* Nick Spano as Donnie Stevens
* Donna Pescow as Eileen Stevens
* Tom Virtue as Steve Stevens
* A.J. Trauth as Alan Twitty
* Margo Harshman as Tawny Dean
* Lauren Frost as Ruby Mendel (Season 2-3)
* Steven Anthony Lawrence as Beans Aranguren (Season 2-3)

### Recurring

* Fred Meyers as Thomas "Tom" Gribalski - Louis' nerdy best friend. When Louis cooks up a scheme, Tom usually tries to talk Louis out of it and usually doesn't play along. Also, Tom speaks in a very scientific, philosophical and intelligent manner. He is commonly the victim of many pranks by Louis and Twitty. He calls his mother by her name (Doris). In Season 3, Doris is seen playing the piano when Tom auditions for SACCY, a performing arts school.
* Kenya Williams as Monique Taylor - Ren's other best friend. Monique is a perky cheerleader. Monique takes many things to extreme limits. She has a strong Southern accent.
* Gary LeRoi Gray as Nelson Minkler - Ren's childhood best friend who seems to be allergic to everything and overprotects himself when he's outside. He is usually with Ren and at times Donnie, but has spoken to Louis only once. He is fluent in French.
* Eric "Ty" Hodges as Lawrence Anthony "Larry" Beale - Ren's nasty, equally-popular, charismatic, know-it-all rival in school. Larry hates Ren and always tries to destroy her reputation, but his schemes usually backfire. His favorite victim is Ren, but he occasionally tries to ruin Louis as well. Larry is secretly jealous of Ren and considers Louis a threat, but will never admit it. Larry is an Army brat. In the movie, he hinted he might even have romantic feelings for her, as he shows a bit of jealousy when it showed that Ren was sharing a kiss with an actor.
* Jim Wise as Coach Terry Tugnut - The gym coach who is always tough on Louis but crazy about Donnie, Larry and food. He loves to eat. Once he weighed over 300 lbs. He is frequently the victim of Louis' pranks. Coach Tugnut often serves as Wexler's enforcer/sidekick. He is obsessed with dodgeball and with the three "major points" (arm, head and stomach). A running gag throughout the series is Coach Tugnut shouting, "Stevens!" when Louis causes trouble.
* George Anthony Bell as Conrad Wexler - The principal of Lawrence Jr High. Principal Wexler favours Ren over the other students. They have had arguments, but they're good friends. Ren is his student assistant, while Louis drives him crazy. He usually makes Ren do his dirty work.
* Lisa Foiles and Krysten Leigh Jones as Carla and Marla - Two girls who look up to Ren. Carla and Marla are both on the newspaper staff with Ren and Ruby. After the episode "Quest for Coolness", Carla and Marla are never seen or mentioned again.
* Brandon Davis as Bobby Deaver - Ren's middle-school boyfriend; he appeared in seven episodes. Ren broke up with Bobby after Louis told her that he was cheating on her by dating Mandy Sanchez, a rival of Ren's.
* Eric Jungmann as Ivan - Larry Beale's yes-man sidekick in the first season, although he occasionally serves as a yes-man for other popular kids, such as Blake Thompson in the episode "Louis in the Middle".

## Episodes

See Also: List of Even Stevens Episodes

 2 | 22
 3 | 22

## Movie

See Also: The Even Stevens Movie

The Even Stevens Movie was released on June 13, 2003.

## Production

The show was originally produced as a show called Spivey's Kid Brother. A pilot was filmed in July 1999 and was later picked up by Disney Channel as Even Stevens. In the pilot episode, Disney had to dub out the name "Spivey" to "Stevens". In fact, in the gym class scene, a banner is visible in the background reading, "Home of Spivey and the Wild Wombats."

In the theme song of the show, clay animations of Louis and Ren turn their remote controls into lightsabers, alluding to Star Wars. Prior to this, Ren reads a TV guide with live-action photos of Christy Carlson Romano and Shia LaBeouf on the cover.

Lawrence Junior High is apparently a standard three-grade junior high school. Although the show lasted three seasons, the timeline of the show is only two school years, with Louis and his friends remaining in the 7th grade until some point after the middle of the second season. In several third season episodes there are subtle references to an advance in the timeline that puts Ren and her friends in the 9th grade and Louis in the 8th grade. Ren finally graduates in The Even Stevens Movie.

Shia LaBeouf and Christy Carlson Romano are the only two actors to appear in all 65 episodes of the series.

## Broadcast

The series re-ran on Disney Channel from June 2, 2003 to September 4, 2006. On July 7, 2007, Disney Channel aired eight episodes as part of their "Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Louis" marathon, to coincide with the release of Shia LaBeouf's film Transformers.

In 2006, Superstation WGN (now WGN America) acquired the rights to Even Stevens and Lizzie McGuire. It aired on the channel from September 18, 2006 to September 12, 2008, during the week originally airing after each other on weekday afternoons before moving to the late night hours, when both shows' target audiences were generally not awake, with Even Stevens airing Tuesdays and Thursdays and Lizzie airing the rest of the week.

In 2009, after a three year absence, Even Stevens returned to television on Disney XD; it was removed from the channel in January 2010.

From 2015-2016, Even Stevens aired on Freeform for two hours after midnight on Wednesdays as part of the That's So Throwback block. In the UK, Even Stevens and Lizzie McGuire aired on CITV (having previously been shown on CBBC) from 2009 to 2012. The show currently is no longer airing, however, The Even Stevens Movie continues to air on Disney Channel and on Family Channel occasionally.

The series was released on November 12, 2019 with the launch of Disney+.

## DVD Releases

See Also: Even Stevens Videography

The first season of Even Stevens was made available on DVD on Region 4 in Australia and New Zealand on July 25, 2006. To date, no further seasons have been released on Region 4. Region 1 has not released any season of the series, however, the television film, The Even Stevens Movie, was made available on June 28, 2005.

## Awards and Nominations

**Films:** The Even Stevens Movie
**Video:** Even Stevens Videography
**Seasons:** Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3
**Episodes:** List of Even Stevens Episodes