ICarly

For the video game, see iCarly (video game).

ICarly
File:Logo icarly.jpeg
Genre	Comedy, Family, Kids, Teens
Created by	Dan Schneider
Starring	Miranda Cosgrove Jennette McCurdy Nathan Kress Jerry Trainor
Theme music composer	Miranda Cosgrove (written/performed)
Opening theme	"Leave It All To Me", sung by Miranda Cosgrove and Drake Bell
Composer	Backhouse Mike
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	64 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Dan Schneider Omar Camacho Michael Szczurko Neil Sheridan
Production locations	Seattle, Washington (setting) Nickelodeon on Sunset, Hollywood, California (taping location)
Camera setup	Videotape (filmized); Multi-camera
Running time	23 minutes
Production companies	Schneider's Bakery Nickelodeon Productions
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon
Release	September 8, 2007 (2007-09-08) – present

iCarly is a television series, which premiered on September 8, 2007, on Nickelodeon. It first arrived on YTV a month later on October 8, 2007. The show first aired on Nickelodeon UK during Easter 2008, with Season 3 premiering in February 2010 and Nickelodeon Australia in May 2008.

The series stars Miranda Cosgrove as Carly, Jennette McCurdy as Sam, Nathan Kress as Freddie, and Jerry Trainor as Spencer. The series is created and executive produced by Dan Schneider. It focuses on a girl named Carly who creates her own web show called iCarly with her best friends Sam and Freddie. It was originally rated TV-Y7 and was changed to TV-G later.

Characters

Main article: List of iCarly characters

Main characters

• Carly Shay (Miranda Cosgrove) is the teen star of her own popular web show, iCarly, which she produces with her two best friends, Sam and Freddie.
• Samantha "Sam" Puckett (Jennette McCurdy) is one of Carly's best friends and co-host of iCarly.
• Fredward "Freddie" Benson (Nathan Kress) is Carly's other best friend, and he is the technical producer of iCarly and Carly's neighbor.
• Spencer Shay (Jerry Trainor) is Carly's 26-year-old brother and legal guardian.

Recurring characters

• Marissa Benson (Mary Scheer) is Freddie's mother who annoys many of the other characters.
• Nevel Papperman (Reed Alexander) is an 11-year-old critic who runs the nevelocity.com website, a site that reviews other websites. He is Carly's nemesis and has repeatedly tried to sabotage iCarly in exchange for a kiss.
• Gibby Gibson (Noah Munck) is an odd classmate of Carly, Sam, and Freddie who enjoys taking his shirt off (for no apparent reason).
• Jeremy (Nathan Pearson) (nicknamed "Germy" by Freddie) is another classmate of Carly, Sam, and Freddie who is always ill.
• Ted Franklin (Tim Russ) is the principal at Ridgeway, the school where Carly, Sam, and Freddie attend.
• Francine Briggs (Mindy Sterling) is an English teacher at the junior high school.
• Lewbert (Jeremy Rowley) is the doorman for the building in which Carly, Spencer, and Freddie live.
• Chuck Chambers (Ryan Ochoa) is a child who is a tenant in the Shays' apartment building who torments Spencer frequently.
• Mr. Howard (David St. James) is a strict and unenthusiastic teacher.

Special guest appearances

Guest Star	Season	Appearances	Character	Episode(s)
Doug Brochu	1	4	Duke	iSpy a Mean Teacher, iRue the Day, iHatch Chicks, iLike Jake
Austin Butler	1	1	Jake Crandall	iLike Jake
Estelle Harris	1	1	Mrs. Halberstadt	iScream on Halloween
Carly Bondar	1	1	Valerie	iWill Date Freddie
Aaron Albert	1	1	Jonah	iHate Sam's Boyfriend
Plain White T's	1	1	Themselves	iRue The Day
Oliver Muirhead	1	1	Harry Joyner	iHeart Art
Lise Simms	1	1	Mrs. Peeloff	iMight Switch Schools
Daniel Samonas	1	1	Doug Toder	iFence
Jessica Makinson	1	1	Miss Lauren Ackerman	iHave A Lovesick Teacher
James Maslow	2	1	Shane	iSaw Him First
Lorena York	2	1	Sasha Striker	iStage An Intervention
Good Charlotte	2	1	Themselves	iGo to Japan
Danny Woodburn	2	1	Mitch the Angel	iChristmas
David Archuleta	2	1	Himself	iRocked the Vote
Lucas Cruikshank	2	1	Himself/Fred Figglehorn	iMeet Fred
Malese Jow	2	1	Carly's Look Alike	iLook Alike
Drew Roy	2	1	Griffin	iDate a Bad Boy
Victoria Justice	2	1	Shelby Marx	iFight Shelby Marx

Episodes

Main article: List of iCarly episodes

Season	Episodes	Season Premiere	Season Finale
Season 1	25	September 8, 2007	July 25, 2008
Season 2	25	September 27, 2008	August 8, 2009
Season 3	14	September 12, 2009	July 2010

Media

Music

Columbia Records and Nickelodeon Records has released a soundtrack for the show entitled iCarly. It includes the theme song and four original songs by Miranda Cosgrove. Several tracks by guest artists and cast dialogue are also included.

DVD releases

DVD Title	Region 1	Discs	Episodes	Extras
iCarly: Season 1, Vol. 1	June 9, 2008	2	1–13	"Leave It All to Me" by Miranda Cosgrove.
iCarly: Season 1, Vol. 2	April 21, 2009	2	14–25	Behind the Slime with the cast of iCarly; Behind-the-Scenes Extras; Pilot Episode of True Jackson, VP.
iCarly: Season 2, Vol. 1	August 18, 2009	2	26–35	Featurette for The Making of "iGo to Japan".
iCarly: iFight Shelby Marx	March 30, 2010	1	40, 45	Special bonus episode: Pilot episode of Big Time Rush.

Paramount Home Entertainment and Nickelodeon released iCarly: Season 1, Volume 1 Box Set on DVD September 23, 2008. The DVD has 13 episodes on two discs, which means it is only half of season one. It includes the bonus feature of the song, "Leave It All to Me" by Miranda Cosgrove.

iCarly: Season 1, Volume 2 Box Set was released on April 21, 2009 with 13 episodes on two discs. The Special Features include: "Behind the Slime with the Cast of iCarly"; behind-the-scenes extras"; and "Special Bonus: Pilot Episode of True Jackson, VP."

iCarly: Season 2 Volume 1 Box Set was released on August 18, 2009. This 2-disc set running 316 minutes is presented in 4:3 video, and English Stereo audio. The release includes behind-the-scenes extras, such as a featurette for the making of "iGo to Japan."

iCarly: iFight Shelby Marx will be released on March 30, 2010. The single disc will include "iFight Shelby Marx," "iDate a Bad Boy," two other episodes, and additional special features.

Website

In reality, 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 features on the site include characters' blogs, pictures from the set, songs, games, and comments from viewers. Many fictional websites from this show and other TEENick shows redirect to this page. For example, Zaplook (a parody of Google), SplashFace (a parody of YouTube), CraigsMix (a parody of Craigslist), Nevelocity, PillowMyHead.com, AggressiveParenting.com, SamPuckett.com, TheValerieShow.com, NeverWatchiCarly.com, Instaboobs.com, iSnarly.com, SprayYourChildren.com, and any other website mentioned on the show redirect to this page. Normaly iCarly.com can only be accessed within the United States; if accessed overseas, the user is automatically redirected to a country specific iCarly site (if available). But there are some excepttions.

Video games

An animated PC hidden object game, iCarly: iDream in Toons, was released by Nickelodeon on their Nick Arcade. Jerry Trainor is the only actor from the cast who lends his voice to the game, the rest of the characters' speech being dubbed with typing sounds on a keyboard.

On May 13, 2009, Nickelodeon announced they had reached an agreement with Activision to produce an iCarly video game for the DS and Wii. The game was released October 28th 2009.

On January 11, 2010, the Official iCarly Facebook Page announced the release of an application called "Sam's Remote" exclusively for iPhone and iPod Touch. This app consists of Sam's remote, which she uses on live casts of iCarly in the show, where you push different buttons and they make silly sound effects. Available through the iTunes App Store for $1.99 download.

Books

iCarly Reader series:
1. iDon't Wanna Fight!
2. iHatch Chicks!

iCarly Novel series:

Book	Summary	Episode(s)
1. iHave a Web Show!	Carly becomes an Internet star when footage of her hosting a school talent show is posted to the Web, resulting in a weekly variety-show Webcast made by her and her friends; plans to attract more viewers go wrong when Sam and Carly pit their ideas against those of Spencer and Freddie.	1x01 iPilot 1x02 iWant More Viewers
2. iWanna Stay!	The focus of Carly's next webcast is what mean teachers do outside of the classroom. So Carly and Freddie trail the grumpy Miss Briggs, but end up stuck inside her home; Carly's grandfather makes a surprise visit and is none too thrilled by Spencer's unusual behavior, so he questions his ability to be in charge. Carly must convince him that her brother is up to the task of being her guardian.	1x08 iSpy a Mean Teacher 1x05 iWanna Stay with Spencer
3. iWant a World Record!	Carly tries to break the record for the longest webcast and must keep the show going for more than 24 hours. Meanwhile, Spencer builds a giant sculpture downstairs; The show's 50th airing is in jeopardy when Sam gets detention, so Carly and Freddie try to get in trouble as well to shoot "from the inside" with Sam. Meanwhile, Spencer builds a giant cup of coffee, but drops his phone into it.	10. iWant a World Record 19. iGot Detention
4. iAm Famous!	Carly is excited to get a show sponsor and readily endorses a new type of shoe. When the product turns out to be a dud and fans complain, the gang tries to find a way out of the contract. Elsewhere, Spencer falls asleep on the bus and ends up in Canada; A producer wants to bring Carly's show to television, but not without a major overhaul first.	1x18 iPromote Tech-Foots 1x23 iCarly Saves TV
5. iAm Your Biggest Fan!	Carly invites her biggest fan to watch the show live, but it turns out the girl is a bit too obsessed and now the kids can't get rid of her. Meanwhile, Spencer finds out his band tolerates him only so they can practice in the apartment; Carly is invited to attend an elite private school, but Freddie and Sam don't want her to leave and plot to make sure she doesn't. Meanwhile, Spencer's mini-golf course is a hit.	1x13 iAm Your Biggest Fan 1x06 iNevel
6. iGo to Japan!	Carly and her pals head to Japan to compete for a Web award for which her show has been nominated, and the trip there proves to be quite an adventure. Once they arrive at their destination, they must deal with teen rivals who try to sabotage them.	2x05 iGo to Japan

External links

• Official website
• Nickelodeon page
• YTV (Canada)
• iCarly at IMDb