Editing Even Stevens (section)

==Production==
The show was originally produced as a show called ''Spivey's Kid Brother''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hogan|first1=Mike|title=Landing in Hollywood|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/08/labeouf200708|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|access-date=April 14, 2017|date=August 2007}}</ref> A pilot was filmed in July 1999, and was later picked up by [[Disney Channel]] as ''Even Stevens''. In the episode "A Weak First Week" (where the original pilot was repurposed as flashback sequences), 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 control]]s into [[lightsaber]]s, alluding to ''[[Star Wars]]'', several years before Disney would purchase the franchise. 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teen.com/2015/03/22/television/even-stevens-fun-facts-trivia/|title=8 Things You Need to Know About Even Stevens ASAP|website=Teen.com|date=March 22, 2015|access-date=February 2, 2016|archive-date=July 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714001905/http://www.teen.com/2015/03/22/television/even-stevens-fun-facts-trivia/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2002, the [[Musical film|musical]] episode "Influenza: The Musical" aired as part of the program's second season, which was viewed favorably by the audience and network executives.<ref name="musical">{{cite news|last=Schildhause|first=Chloe|url=https://uproxx.com/music/even-stevens-musical-episode-oral-history/|title='We Went To The Moon In 1969': How The ''Even Stevens'' Musical Episode Changed The Disney Channel Forever|work=[[Uproxx]]|publisher=[[Warner Music Group]] |date=May 13, 2016|access-date=January 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104083655/https://uproxx.com/music/even-stevens-musical-episode-oral-history/|archive-date=January 4, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Several cast members had backgrounds on Broadway as well as professional dance training.<ref name="musical"/> McNamara had done musical theatre in high school and directed the episode, while Brookwell cited the "musical episode" as a television convention.<ref name="musical"/> Brookwell stated that network executives were initially unsure that a musical episode would be successful and were uninterested in the subgenre, but the idea was ultimately approved.<ref name="musical"/> The success of the musical format led to the idea being adopted on Brookwell and McNamara's other comedy series ''[[That's So Raven]]''.<ref name="musical"/> It also inspired the development of the television film ''[[High School Musical]]'', which then-president of [[Disney Branded Television|Disney Channels Worldwide]] [[Gary Marsh]] said would not have been possible if not for the success of the ''Even Stevens'' episode.<ref name="musical"/>

The series was produced and distributed by Disney in North America, while [[Fireworks Entertainment]] distributes the series in all other territories.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.c21media.net/news/evens-stevens-rides-again-on-disney/ | title=Evens Stevens rides again on Disney }}</ref>