User blog comment:Checker Fred/Season 2 was never split, iCarly season 6/@comment-1874176-20120114193727/@comment-3123404-20120114204103

Fred, one of the sources you listed is the one I listed regarding the broadcast cycle (the release of the "i<3 iCarly Collection). The other ones of course are going by the production cycle because (as I tried to tell Kevin and Alec), they both coexist. Plus we have the DVD releases going by the production labels because they're still accounted for.

As for Dan's blog, he makes it pretty clear it's the case: "And I guess what the network is calling the "3rd" season starts airing a few weeks from now. That's when you'll start seeing the new opening sequence," "And there you have it. We're in the 2nd season now. The 3rd season starts airing in a few weeks (with a new opening sequence)." Now he wouldn't have said that if he was confused on the whole thing. When he starts his blog off with this statement: "Recently, my Twitter and DanWarp gmail have been filled with iCarly questions about when the 2nd season ends, and when the 3rd one begins. Believe it or not, I kinda don't even know myself. Well, I do and I don't. I'll explain..." When I re-read that, it was clear to me that he was referring to the fact that he didn't know when Season 2 was going to end broadcast-wise and when the "third season" was going to begin.