User blog comment:Checker Fred/Production season rule/@comment-3123404-20120222233344

Okay guys let me throw in my two cents into this I've been explaining all over the place to people who don't understand this situation. Now, Checker as much as you want the 26-episode order of Season 4 to be the case to tie all the episodes from "iGot a Hot Room" to "iToe Fat Cakes" as one airing season it's not. No offense, but you're starting to become those people here on iCarly Wikipedia Talk Page who didn't want to admit there was a broadcast split of the Season 2 production episodes airing as two seasons due to what a few sources said on this upcoming season being Season 5 trying to discard all the evidence the split. But there's evidence as to why the last 24 episodes aren't all from the same airing season.

Dan split the Season 4 production (Season 3 cycle) by shooting only half the episodes at one point (May 2010 to September 2010) and the other half at a later point (May 2011 to July 2011). By choosing to do this, the second half would be a whole different filming cycle in the process which is why it has the 4xx coding whereas the first half had the 3xx coding. The code numbers indicate a new season cycle that would air as a new season. That's why the Season 4 episodes produced from the third season cycle ("iGot a Hot Room" to "iParty with Victorious") were even released on DVD as the "Complete 3rd Season". This is what clearly backhands this notion that the last 24 episodes total are part of one airing season and that the intended episode order was split. We have a production season label DVD of 13 episodes that aired in the 2010-2011 season listed as the "Complete", meaning the entire airing season (and "3rd" of course in terms of it being produced out of the show's third season cycle that's actually the real Season 3).

As for the next batch of 13 episodes ("iLost My Mind" to "iToe Fat Cakes") this formed a new season cycle (Season 4) and not a continuation of the last one otherwise this season would have the 3xx coding. But it didn't. This was a new season cycle since this was shot at a later point so it would be treated as a new season with the next number coding. We even had Dan saying this was a new season because of this starting with "iLost My Mind":. Nick even advertised these as a new season, but in September 2011 after "iLost My Mind" aired (due to "iDate Sam & Freddie" being the first produced episode of the season with a code number of 401). And since the Season 3 filming cycle aired as Season 4, this was going to air as Season 5. So the next season that's produced as Season 5 will air as Season 6. The labeling of the next season as Season 5 is simply because of it being the show's fifth filming cycle but it's not going to air that way.