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Originally published Friday, December 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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"True Jackson, VP": just a teenage girl with mad style and a really cool job

Keke Palmer stars as a fashion-savvy high-school girl who becomes the head of the youth division at a major fashion label in the new Nickelodeon series "True Jackson, VP."

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"True Jackson, VP"

9 p.m. Saturday on Nickelodeon.

HOLLYWOOD — Move over, Miley. Nickelodeon has launched the already very accomplished Keke Palmer into the best-of-both-worlds world Saturday night with "True Jackson, VP," and hallelujah, there's no singing or guitar playing.

Palmer, who starred in "Akeelah and the Bee," plays True Jackson, a fashion-savvy high-school girl who accidentally becomes the head of the youth division at major fashion label Mad Style. How does she do this? By selling sandwiches in the fashion district wearing Mad Style duds that she modified (and all over America, girls will be reaching for the scissors and some orange buttons).

Max, the head of Mad (please, please let Mad Max be intentional) is played deliciously by Greg Proops ("Whose Line Is It Anyway?"). He takes one look at True and hires her. Two seconds later, she's ensconced in her own fabulous office, with a view of Fifth Avenue and a highly resentful grown-up assistant.

As you can imagine, all those snarky fashionistas are none too pleased to be upstaged by a teenager.

Fortunately, True has her trusty sidekicks (Ashley Argota, Matt Shively) to help her survive a world not much different from high school.

And with its coterie of models, designers and other diva types, the fashion world is ripe for a junior takedown.

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