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iCarly is an American teen sitcom. It had a substantial following among children, older teens, and adults. It aired from September 8, 2007 to November 23, 2012 on Nickelodeon.
iCarly was the longest running live-action situation comedy in Nickelodeon history until July 27, 2019 when it was surpassed by Henry Danger.[1][2][3] It is also the third longest running live-action Nickelodeon show overall, behind All That which ran for 171 episodes throughout ten seasons. A revival of the show was announced on December 9, 2020 on Paramount+.[4]
iCarly has been streaming on Paramount+ since October 2020.[5] On February 8, 2021, Netflix released the first three seasons on the platform in the United States.[6] This includes the four one-hour episodes from Seasons 2-3.
Basic information
Every episode started with a lowercase "i". The series premiered on September 8, 2007. It first aired on the Canadian TV channel YTV a month later on October 8, 2007 and concurrently airs on TeenNick. The show first aired on Nickelodeon UK in Easter 2008. It premiered on Nickelodeon Australia in May 2008. The show aired reruns on Nickrewind from February 22, 2013 to February 1, 2017.
The series starred Miranda Cosgrove as the titular character Carly Shay. In the show, Carly creates an Internet webshow called iCarly with her best friends, Sam (Jennette McCurdy) and Freddie (Nathan Kress), and her brother Spencer (Jerry Trainor).
When executive producer Dan Schneider was filming his previous show Zoey 101, he came up with the idea for iCarly with his friend and producer of The Big Bang Theory, Steve Molaro. Initially, iCarly was not the show's original title. Schneider mentioned to a fan, "...we were trying to think of a good title for my new series about kids who start their own web show. At that point, in my pilot script, the lead girl's name was 'Sam' and we tried to get the URL iSam, but it was taken. So, I tried a bunch of other girls' names. I actually bought iJosie (dot com), thinking I might name the lead character Josie, but then I decided I didn't like it.
"Then I tried iCarly, and I got it. I loved that name for the lead character, so I changed the names of the two lead girls from Sam and Kira to Carly and Sam. (I still have my original script where it's Sam, Kira, and Freddie.)
"So, back in 2007, if someone hadn't already owned the URL iSam.com, then iCarly would likely have been called iSam."[7] The iCarly logo had different versions before the show aired.[8]
iCarly is also the first show to have the audience send video clips to the official website.
The show contains many parodies and sometimes pop culture references to things the show's creators like a lot. Despite airing on a kids' network, it also contains some mature humor.
iCarly did not air in the US on a weekly basis since 2011. In Canada, between Nickelodeon Canada and YTV, episodes of iCarly continued to air about six times per day from Monday to Friday and two or three times per day on Saturdays and Sundays.
Unfortunately, iCarly experienced a decline in ratings starting in late 2011. This is consistent with the pattern of Nickelodeon's fall in ratings since the fourth quarter of 2011. It was also not been helped by the dispute between Viacom (the corporation who own Nickelodeon) and DirecTV. On June 9, 2012, iCarly had the lowest viewership of a premiere ever, with only 2.362 million viewers tuning into the show's 100th episode iBattle Chip. iCarly aired its last episode on November 23rd, 2012.
iCarly is still shown in reruns on TeenNick usually on a daily basis and was occasionally also shown on Nickelodeon after its conclusion (being the only former series to still air on that channel). However, it is shown on Nick less frequently than TeenNick following the series finale, eventually ceasing reruns on the parent channel and now being only aired on TeenNick. After December 26, 2015, reruns stopped showing on the main channel until returning on April 15, 2018, for only one day though.[9] Exactly 6 months later, it was shown on the channel again. For 2021, it was shown on Sundays. The last time the series was shown on the main Nickelodeon channel was on July 25, 2021.[10] It started airing through NickRewind from December 20, 2021, until NickRewind's conclusion on January 31, 2022. Reruns are shown on every now and then.[citation needed] The series is available on Parmount Plus.
Cast
Main Cast
- Miranda Cosgrove as Carly Shay (2007-2012) 97 episodes
- Jennette McCurdy as Sam Puckett (2007-2012) 95 episodes
- She did not appear in iWon't Cancel The Show as McCurdy was in the hospital; for that episode, it is stated that Sam was arrested.
- She also did not appear in iBloop.
- Nathan Kress as Freddie Benson (2007-2012) 96 episodes
- He did not appear in iBloop.
- Jerry Trainor as Spencer Shay (2007-2012) 97 episodes
- Noah Munck as Gibby Gibson (2007-2012) 60 episodes
- 21 episodes as a Recurring Character from 2007 to 2010; 39 episodes as a Main Character from 2010 to 2012.
Cast Gallery
For gallery of the main cast, click here.
Main Characters
Carly Shay
Carly Shay (Miranda Cosgrove) is the 13-year-old (17/18 by Season 5) star of her own popular web show, iCarly, which she produces with her two best friends, Sam and Freddie. Sam acts as her co-star, while Freddie is the producer and technical director. She lives with her 26-year-old brother Spencer in Bushwell Plaza, a fictional apartment building in Seattle. Her father is a Colonel in the Army, stationed on a submarine, and what happened to her mother is unknown. Carly is known as a local celebrity which sometimes helps her get out of sticky situations, but remains an average teenage girl who never lets fame get to her head. Carly is quite intelligent, and hates to lie about anything or anyone, implied in the episode iPromise Not to Tell, where she was overcome by guilt when forced to keep Sam's trouble-making a secret. Carly has very high grades in school, and was even offered a scholarship to Briarwood Academy, an elite private school. Carly gets most things she wants, such as boyfriends (Griffin, Austin, Shane, Jake, etc.) and stuff (a new room with a new bed, ice-cream sandwich love seat, automatic hairdryer, etc.). Spencer spoils her slightly but he takes care of her, as seen in iWanna Stay With Spencer.
Samantha "Sam" Puckett
Sam Puckett (Jennette McCurdy) is Carly's 13-year-old (17/18 by Season 5) best friend and co-host of iCarly. While she's also friends with Freddie, their relationship is strained at best, since Sam enjoys torturing Freddie (but they help each other when they need help). Sam tends to be the opposite of her best friend; while Carly is the level-headed one, Sam is argumentative, hot-tempered, sarcastic, stubborn, and at times intimidating. Sam is almost always at Carly's apartment to get away from her family; it's implied that she has a dysfunctional home life and an unreliable mother, who apparently never wakes up before 12:00pm (midday), and is supported more by Sam than vice versa. Sam is a bit of a bully, her main targets being Freddie, classmate Gibby, and anyone else who crosses her. Sam is also a trouble maker and extremely lazy, and as a result she often gets in trouble with Principal Ted Franklin, and other teachers in school. She has an appointment with Principal Franklin every Tuesday, where they discuss the trouble she has gotten in over the last week. She has been proved to be a very good liar in many episodes, and even taught Spencer to lie in one episode. In many episodes though, Sam is very good at knowing and telling the truth, this includes when Freddy broke his leg, she told him that Carly was only with him because of his injury. Another time was when Carly's old friend hung out with them, Sam knew that she wanted Carly to herself and Sam out of the picture. She has had many boyfriends, her last known one being Freddie Benson. The two of them broke up in the episode iLove You.
Fredward "Freddie" Benson
Fredward "Freddie" Benson (Nathan Kress) is the 13-year-old (17/18 by Season 5) technical producer of iCarly and Carly's neighbor across the hall, where he lives with his obsessively-protective mother. He has had a huge crush on Carly since the beginning of the show, and she sometimes appears to be amused by this. (See Creddie) While he and Sam are friends, he bears the brunt of her abuse, and they have a volatile relationship. (See Seddie) Freddie has been shown to have had three girlfriends in the show: a girl with ulterior motives named Valerie (in the episode iWill Date Freddie), Carly (after he saved her life in iSaved Your Life), and then Sam Puckett (as of iLost My Mind until iLove You). Freddie is also particularly close to Carly's brother Spencer, whom he tends to rely on as an older male figure who he comes to for advice (See Fencer).
Spencer Shay
Spencer Shay (Jerry Trainor) is Carly's 26-year-old (30 by Season 5) brother and legal guardian. He is an artist by profession and is an impressive sculptor. He is goofy, weird, and sometimes immature (which sometimes embarrasses Carly), but he has also proven to others that he is a responsible guardian to Carly in the episode iWanna Stay With Spencer. Spencer went to law school for three days, and his marginal law knowledge has occasionally proven useful to Carly and her friends, such as in the episode iPromote Techfoots, when Carly and the gang use Spencer as their lawyer to get out of a contract with Daka Shoes. As a running gag, whenever Spencer builds or fixes something, it tends to burst into flames spontaneously therefore necessitating the use of a fire extinguisher. In iGot a Hot Room, he was well known by the fire department.
Orenthal Cornelius Hayes "Gibby" Gibson
Gibby Gibson (Noah Munck) is Carly, Sam, and Freddie's schoolmate and friend. Gibby is often seen on iCarly, doing wacky things. Gibby is eccentric, wild, and often seen without a shirt. He has a little brother, Guppy, who appeared in iPsycho. He stops taking off his shirt from Season 4 onward.
Media
Promotions
Early concepts of iCarly.com appeared in several episodes of Zoey 101 in 2006. After the series began, clips also aired on Zoey 101.
CD/DVD Releases
In 2008 Columbia Records and Nickelodeon Records released a soundtrack for the show entitled iCarly: Music From and Inspired by the Hit TV Show. It includes the theme song, four original songs by iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove, along with cast dialogue and songs performed by Sean Kingston, Good Charlotte, Leon Thomas III, Avril Lavigne featuring Lil Mama, Natasha Bedingfierld, The Naked Brothers Band, The Stunners, Boys Like Girls, Menuda and Tiffany Evans featuring Bow Wow.
Paramount Home Entertainment and Nickelodeon released iCarly: Season 1, Volume 1 on September 23, 2008 on two DVDs in full screen format with Dolby Digital English stereo sound. Disc 1 includes (in this order): iPilot (includes added scenes not included in the broadcast version), iWant More Viewers, iHatch Chicks, iDream of Dance, iLike Jake, iWanna Stay with Spencer, and iNevel. Disc 2 includes (in this order): iScream on Halloween, iSpy a Mean Teacher, iWill Date Freddie, iWant a World Record, iRue the Day and iPromise Not to Tell. Special features include: "Leave it All to Me" music video, Extended and Exclusive Making of the Music Video "Leave it All to Me" and Behind-the-Scenes Extras.
iCarly: Season 1, Volume 2 was released on April 21, 2009 on two DVDs in full screen format with Dolby Digital English stereo sound. Disc 1 includes (in this order): iAm Your Biggest Fan, iHeart Art, iHate Sam's Boyfriend, iDon't Want to Fight, iPromote Techfoots and iGot Detention. Disc 2 includes (in this order): iStakeout, iCarly Saves TV (extended version), iMight Switch Schools, iFence, iWin a Date and iHave a Lovesick Teacher. Special features include: Behind the Slime with the Cast of iCarly, Behind-the-Scenes Extras, and the pilot episode of True Jackson, VP.
iCarly: Season 2, Volume 1 was released on August 18, 2009 on two DVDs in full screen format with Dolby Digital English stereo sound. Disc 1 includes (in this order): iSaw Him First (extended version), iStage an Intervention, iOwe You, iHurt Lewbert and iGo to Japan. Disc 2 includes (in this order): iPie, iChristmas, iKiss, iGive Away a Car, iRocked the Vote and iMeet Fred. Special features include: The Making of "iGo to Japan", and Behind-the-Scenes Extras.
iCarly: Season 2, Volume 2 was released on January 4, 2011 on two DVDs in full screen format with Dolby Digital English stereo sound. Disc 1 includes (in this order): iLook Alike, iWant My Website Back, iMake Sam Girlier, iGo Nuclear, iDate a Bad Boy, and iReunite With Missy. Disc 2 includes (in this order): iTake on Dingo, iMust Have Locker 239, iTwins, iFight Shelby Marx, iThink They Kissed, and iCook. Special features include: Behind-the-Scenes Extras.
iCarly: Season 2, Volume 3 was released on April 5, 2011 on three DVDs with Dolby Digital English stereo sound. Disc 1 includes (in this order): iTwins, iSpeed Date, iCarly Awards, iHave My Principals, iFind Lewbert's Lost Love, and iMove Out. Disc 2 includes (in this order): iQuit iCarly, iWas a Pageant Girl, iEnrage Gibby, iSaved Your Life (extended version), iSpace Out and iFix a Pop Star. Disc 3 includes (in this order): iWon't Cancel The Show, iBelieve In Bigfoot, iPsycho, iBeat the Heat and iBloop. Special features include: Pilot episode of T.U.F.F. Puppy Shorts.
iCarly: The Complete 3rd Season was released on August 30, 2011 on two DVDs
in full screen format with Dolby Digital English stereo sound. Disc 1 includes (in this order): iGot a Hot Room, iDo, iSell Penny Tees, iGet Pranky, iSam's Mom and iPity The Nevel. Disc 2 includes (in this order): iHire An Idiot, iStart a Fanwar, iOMG and iParty with Victorious. Special features include: Carly's Hot New Room Tour, Meet Sam's Mom and Archenemies.
iCarly: The Complete 4th Season was released on July 10, 2012 on two DVDs with Dolby Digital English stereo sound. Disc 1 includes (in this order): iDate Sam & Freddie, iLost My Mind, iCan't Take It, iLove You, iQ, iMeet The First Lady, and iStill Psycho. Disc 2 includes (in this order): iToe Fat Cakes, iBalls, and iBloop 2 - Electric Bloopaloo. Special features include five episodes of How to Rock.
Website
The iCarly.com website contains many promotional videos by the cast (as their respective characters), as well as content created and sent in by viewers. Other things on the site include a characters' blog, pictures from the set, songs, and comments from viewers. Many fictional websites from this show and other TEENick shows redirect to this page. Since early April 2018, the website redriects to Nick.com.
It can be accessed internationally via this link.
Social Networking
iCarly's official Twitter profile
iCarly's official Facebook page
iCarly's official Pinterest page
Exclusive
Live Specials
- iCarly: Live From Hollywood
The iCarly cast was live from Pauley Pavilion in Hollywood, where the 2008 Kids' Choice Awards were held. The cast aired from 9/8c - 11/10c. Carly, Sam, Freddie, and Spencer were at the Kids' Choice Awards because Spencer was hired to make a Kids' Choice Awards Blimp out of wieners. Although Spencer was working hard on his sculpture, he happened to peek around the show, like the gift bags for the celebrities, going into Jack Black's Dressing Room, and stealing some cocktail wienies from the snack table. In the end, his sculpture was destroyed when the snack lady attacked him. After the showing the credits turned into the characters and started dancing.
Awards and nominations
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | |||
---|---|---|---|
Year | Category | Recipient | Result |
2008 | Favorite TV Show | iCarly | Nominated |
2009 | Favorite TV Show | iCarly | Won |
Favorite TV Actress | Miranda Cosgrove | Nominated | |
2010 | Favorite TV Show | iCarly | Won |
Favorite TV Actress | Miranda Cosgrove | Nominated | |
2011 | Favorite TV Show | iCarly | Won |
Favorite TV Actress | Miranda Cosgrove | Nominated | |
Favorite TV Sidekick | Jennette McCurdy | Won | |
Noah Munck | Nominated | ||
2012 | Favorite TV Show | iCarly | |
Favorite TV Actress | Miranda Cosgrove | ||
Favorite TV Sidekick | Jennette McCurdy | Won | |
Nathan Kress | Nominated | ||
Jerry Trainor | |||
2013 | Favorite TV Show | iCarly | |
Favorite TV Actress | Miranda Cosgrove | ||
Favorite Villain | Reed Alexander | ||
Teen Choice Awards | |||
Year | Category | Recipient | Result |
2009 | Choice TV Show (Comedy) | iCarly | Nominated |
Choice TV Actress (Comedy) | Miranda Cosgrove | ||
Choice TV Actor (Comedy) | Jerry Trainor | ||
Choice TV Sidekick | Jennette McCurdy | ||
2011 | Choice TV Show (Comedy) | iCarly | Nominated |
Choice TV Actress (Comedy) | Miranda Cosgrove | ||
Choice TV Female Scene Stealer | Jennette McCurdy | ||
Primetime Emmy Awards | |||
Year | Category | Recipient | Result |
2009 | Outstanding Children's Program | iCarly | Nominated |
2010 | |||
2011 | Outstanding Children's Program | iCarly | |
Outstanding Hairstyling For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special | iStart a Fanwar | ||
Outstanding Makeup For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special (Non-Prosthetic) | |||
2012 | Outstanding Children's Program | iCarly | |
2013 |
Worldwide
iCarly has premiered worldwide as well.
Region | Network(s) | Series premiere[citation needed] |
United States | Nickelodeon | September 8, 2007[11] |
Canada (English) | YTV, Nickelodeon Canada | October 8, 2007 |
Germany | Nickelodeon Germany, Nicktoons Germany[12], NickNight[13] | January 26, 2008 (Nicktoons) February 23, 2008 (Nickelodeon)[14] |
United Kingdom | Nickelodeon UK, Channel 5[15], CITV[16] | March 24, 2008[17] |
Latin America | Nickelodeon Latin America | April 10, 2008[18] |
Brazil | Nickelodeon Brazil | April 17, 2008 |
Israel | Nickelodeon Israel | May 15, 2008 |
Netherlands (English with Dutch subtitles) | Nickelodeon Benelux | May 17, 2008 |
Spain | Nickelodeon Spain, Clan[19] | |
Philippines | Nickelodeon Philippines | May 31, 2008 |
Malaysia/Singapore/Thailand | Nickelodeon Asia | June 1, 2008 |
MENA | Nickelodeon Arabia, MBC3, E-Junior[20] | 2008 |
Italy | Nickelodeon Italy | June 2, 2008 |
Japan (English with Japanese subtitles) | Nickelodeon Japan, MTV Japan | November 2008 |
Poland | Nickelodeon Poland | April 26, 2009 |
France | Nickelodeon France | September 2, 2009[21] |
Canada (French) | Vrak TV | January 3, 2010 |
Netherlands (Dutch dub) | Nickelodeon Benelux | February 13, 2010 |
Greece | Nickelodeon Greece | September 3, 2010[22] |
Slovenia | TV3, Nickelodeon CEE | October 3, 2010 |
Japan (Japanese dub) | NHK Educational TV | November 16, 2010 |
Malaysia | TV9 | August 10, 2012 |
Armenia | Armenia 2 | 2012 |
Serbia | Nickelodeon CEE | April 29, 2013[23] |
External links
References
- ↑ https://deadline.com/2018/12/henry-danger-order-10-additional-episodes-nickelodeon-1202513200/
- ↑ https://deadline.com/2019/04/nickelodeon-the-substitute-prank-series-opens-strong-henry-danger-10-more-episodes-1202587742/
- ↑ http://www.justjaredjr.com/2019/07/27/henry-danger-the-musical-new-all-that-premiere-tonight-nickelodeon/
- ↑ Official iCarly Facebook page confirming a reboot
- ↑ Paramount+ Tweet Oct 27
- ↑ iCarly Streaming On Netflix
- ↑ Show trivia
- ↑ Later version
- ↑ https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/April 15,_2018
- ↑ https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/July_25,_2021
- ↑ Original country of series
- ↑ https://youtu.be/uIIB50Ddi3M
- ↑ https://youtu.be/D6ftS10u76g
- ↑ https://www.fernsehserien.de/icarly/im-tv
- ↑ https://www.channel5.com/show/icarly/
- ↑ https://youtu.be/dqdgvqK6thM
- ↑ http://www.vimn.com/press/nick/press-releases/nickelodeon-uk’s-igoodbye-icarly-finale-rates-as-number-one-kids’-show-for-premiere
- ↑ https://tvlatina.tv/icarly-debuta-por-nickelodeon-latinoamerica/
- ↑ https://www.c21media.net/news/viacom-victorious-with-more-sales/
- ↑ https://ne-np.facebook.com/ejuniorkidstv/videos/icarly-is-an-american-teen-sitcom-created-by-dan-schneider-starring-miranda-cosg/790495858390566/
- ↑ La déferlante iCarly arrive en France
- ↑ channel launched that day
- ↑ channel launched that day