User blog comment:Izzy Seddie67/I love how pretty much every main plot is connected in some way to the webshow./@comment-3101374-20101228024331/@comment-3083473-20101228030950

iBeat the Heat wasn't based on iCarly, but in the episode, they were preparing for iCarly. I think that was the main reason that Carly wanted everyone out of the apartment. So I guess it does have to do with iCarly.