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| [[Nancy Sullivan (American actress)|Nancy Sullivan]]
| [[Nancy Sullivan (American actress)|Nancy Sullivan]]
| '''Audrey Parker-Nichols'''
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| Nancy was a cast member of ''The Amanda Show'' along with Drake Bell and Josh Peck, also was Mr. Bender's wife on ''[[Zoey 101]]''. Josh's step-mother

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| [[Jonathan Goldstein (actor)|Jonathan Goldstein]]
| [[Jonathan Goldstein (actor)|Jonathan Goldstein]]
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===Recurring cast===
===Recurring cast===

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Drake & Josh
File:Logo drakejosh.png
GenreComedy
Satire
Farce
Slapstick
Created byDan Schneider
StarringDrake Bell
Josh Peck
Nancy Sullivan
Jonathan Goldstein
Miranda Cosgrove
Theme music composerDrake Bell
Backhouse Mike
Opening theme"I Found a Way"
performed by Drake Bell
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes60 (+ 1 TV film) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerDan Schneider
ProducersRobin Weiner
(Season 1; supervising producer, Seasons 2-4)
Joe Catania (Season 1; associate producer; co-producer, Seasons 3-4)
Bruce Rand Berman
(Season 4)
Production locationsNickelodeon on Sunset,
Hollywood, California
Sunset Bronson Studios,
Hollywood, California (Season 3 only)
Camera setupVideotape; Multi-camera
(used FilmLook processing in season 1, filmized appearance afterwards)
Running timeapprox. 23 minutes
Production companiesSchneider's Bakery
Nickelodeon Productions
Original release
NetworkNickelodeon
ReleaseJanuary 11, 2004 (2004-01-11) –
December 5, 2008 (2008-12-05)
Related
iCarly
The Amanda Show
Victorious[1]

Drake & Josh is an American television sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series follows the lives of two teenage boys with opposing personalities, Drake Parker (Drake Bell) and Josh Nichols (Josh Peck), who become stepbrothers. Both actors had played previous roles in The Amanda Show along with Nancy Sullivan, who plays Audrey, Drake and Megan's mother of the series. Miranda Cosgrove plays Audrey's daughter, Megan, Drake's mischievous younger sister and Jonathan Goldstein plays Walter, Josh's father. The series' opening theme song I Found a Way is written by Drake Bell and Backhouse Mike and performed by Bell. The series ran for four seasons and 60 episodes from January 11, 2004 to December 5, 2008 and has received critical acclaim. There were also three TV films: Drake & Josh Go Hollywood premiered on Friday, January 6, 2006; Really Big Shrimp premiered on Friday, August 3, 2007; and Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh premiered on Friday, December 5, 2008. Reruns of the series currently air on Nickelodeon and TeenNick.

On January 17, 2014, Bell announced on his official Twitter account that he and Josh are returning with a upcoming movie event, though a release date was not mentioned.

Premise

The series is focused on a pair of stepbrothers of opposite personalities. Drake Parker is portrayed as being a popular but immature aspiring musician idolized by his schoolmates and able to court a countless array of beautiful girls with ease, whereas Josh Nichols is depicted as being a nerdy and eccentric boy with poor luck with dating and popularity. Drake and Josh live in San Diego, California, with their odd, unfortunate, geeky father; a weatherman named Walter, their loving mother Audrey, and their outrageously manipulative and conniving younger sister Megan. The boys are often in outrageous, typical situation comedy misadventures and obstacles that they are faced with the challenge of overcoming while also handling average teenage situations such as school, dating, and popularity. Over the course of the series, the character arcs of both boys, and their relationship, develop: Josh loses weight and becomes more popular, while Drake matures and becomes more caring of other people, especially his stepbrother.

A notable running joke on the series is the presence of parodies of various well-known brands, TV shows, or people, including Mocha Cola, a parody of Coca-Cola; Mountain Fizz, a parody of Mountain Dew; Mystic Mountain, a parody of the Six Flags theme park Magic Mountain; Galaxy Wars, a parody of Star Wars (mentioned later in iCarly multiple times); B.F. Wang's, a parody of P.F. Chang's (also mentioned later in iCarly and Victorious); GameSphere, a parody of the Nintendo GameCube video game system; Pear, Inc., a parody of Apple, Inc. (mentioned later in iCarly, Victorious, and Sam & Cat multiple times); Gary Coleman Grill, a parody of the George Foreman Grill; Pintendo GS, a parody of the Nintendo DS handheld system; iBot, a parody of iPod; Hee-Bay, a parody of eBay; Ghost Monsters, a parody of Ghost Busters; Chuck E. Cheddar's, a parody of Chuck E. Cheese's; Dr. Phyllis, a parody of Dr. Phil; Susana Louisiana, a parody of Hannah Montana; Dude, I'm 16, a parody of My Super Sweet 16; The Hailstones, a parody of The Rolling Stones; Henry Doheny, a parody of Harry Houdini; and Blaine Darvey, a parody of David Blaine.

Cast

Main article: List of Drake & Josh characters

Main cast

Actors/actresses Characters Appearances in other shows created by Dan Schneider
Drake Bell Drake Parker Drake makes a cameo appearance on iCarly as Drake Parker, was a guest star on Zoey 101 for "Spring Fling" and guest starred on Victorious, and All That. He was a character on The Amanda Show.
Josh Peck Josh Nichols Josh was on The Amanda Show and appears as himself on Zoey 101. He made a cameo appearance on Victorious as himself.
Miranda Cosgrove Megan Parker Miranda also appeared as Paige Howard on Zoey 101 and she was the star of iCarly.
Nancy Sullivan Audrey Parker-Nichols Nancy was a cast member of The Amanda Show along with Drake Bell and Josh Peck, also was Mr. Bender's wife on Zoey 101. Josh's step-mother
Jonathan Goldstein Walter Nichols

Recurring cast

Actors/actresses Characters Appearances in other shows created by Dan Schneider
Alec Medlock Craig Ramirez Alec appears in iCarly at Webicon.
Scott Halberstadt Eric Blonowitz Scott appears in iCarly at Webicon.
Allison Scagliotti Mindy Crenshaw Allison appears in Zoey 101 as Stacy in the episode "Backpack".
Yvette Nicole Brown Helen Dubois Yvette appears in one episode of Victorious as Helen Dubios, the new principal of Hollywood Arts and during an un-credited cameo in iCarly as an art student.
Jerry Trainor Crazy Steve Jerry appears in iCarly as Spencer Shay, reuniting with Miranda as Carly Shay. Jerry now has had his own show on Nick called Wendell and Vinnie
Jake Farrow Gavin Mitchell Jake appears in iCarly at Webicon and voices Rex in Victorious, as confirmed by co-star Ariana Grande.
Julia Duffy Linda Hayfer
Cathy Shim Leah

Episodes

Main article: List of Drake & Josh episodes
Season Episodes Originally aired
Season premiere Season finale
1 6 January 11, 2004 February 22, 2004
2 14 March 14, 2004 November 28, 2004
3 20 April 2, 2005 April 8, 2006
4 20 September 24, 2006 September 16, 2007

Broadcast history

  • Nickelodeon (January 11, 2004–February 21, 2011; May 13, 2012; September 16, 2012–present)
  • TEENick (January 11, 2004–February 2, 2009)
  • The N (January 1, 2008–August 9, 2009)
  • TeenNick (February 8, 2010–October 28, 2012; December 24, 2012–present)
  • Nicktoons (March 7, 2011–May 13, 2011)

DVD Releases

Title Region 1 Region 4 Contains
Drake & Josh: Vol. 1 Suddenly Brothers February 15, 2005 2009 Season 1 episodes: Pilot, Dune Buggy, Two Idiots and a Baby, First Crush
Never-before-seen outtakes
Drake & Josh Go Hollywood January 31, 2006 2010 The TV film
Bloopers
2 bonus episodes: Helen's Surgery & Mindy's Back
"I Found a Way" Music video
The Best of Drake & Josh: Seasons 1 & 2 August 21, 2008 TBA Season 1 episodes: Pilot, Dune Buggy, Two Idiots and a Baby, First Crush, Grammy
Season 2 episodes: The Bet, Movie Job, Football, Pool Shark, Smart Girl, Little Diva, Number 1 Fan, Mean Teacher, Drew & Jerry, Honor Council

Multi-part installments/TV films

Drake & Josh Go Hollywood

Main article: Drake & Josh Go Hollywood

The boys are left at home in San Diego, California after Audrey and Walter go on a ten-day cruise. Drake and Josh are told to take Megan to the airport so she can visit her friend in Denver, Colorado, but they accidentally send her on a flight to Los Angeles, California. Drake and Josh go to Hollywood to get Megan back, end up stopping a multi-billion dollar heist, and booking a guest-spot for Drake on TRL. The TV film aired on January 6, 2006; according to TV Guide, it was the highest rated program on all of cable during its opening week.

Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp

Main article: Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp

Spin City Records wants to sign Drake and his new song, "Makes Me Happy", for their label. He is on the road to fame and fortune, but an evil record producer named Alan Kirm, who wants the song to be remixed and gives Josh a contract. Josh's inexperience as a manager leads him to sign the contract without reading it. Josh, having been drooling over the giant shrimp at the meeting, accidentally signs over creative rights for Drake's new song. Drake fires Josh and a series of bizarre events follow. Meanwhile at The Premiere, Helen is getting married, so she gives Mindy the job as assistant manager, the job that Josh was after for a long time. Mindy became Josh's girlfriend in later episodes of the series. Eventually, Josh, after Drake tells him that "when people play dirty, sometimes, you have to play dirty back", sneaks into Spin City Records and switches the songs, which is against the law. This makes Drake a statewide star and his song gets played at Helen's wedding and at the Super Bowl. At the end of the series, the boys fight against for the shrimp in their room and later a flashback appears to a similar scene alluding to The Amanda Show.

The two-part episode aired on August 3, 2007. The episode premiere brought in 5.8 million viewers.[3] The premiere of the episode broke the record for the most views of a premiere of a Nickelodeon episode. iCarly's iGo to Japan later broke that record, until the airing of Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh, took the record back.

Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh

Main article: Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh

A new Drake & Josh TV film tentatively entitled "Drake & Josh: Best Christmas Ever" began production in July 2008, and premiered on December 5, 2008. The title was later changed to "Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh". Creator Dan Schneider returned as executive producer, with Marjorie Cohn and Lauren Levine co-executive producing. Michael Grossman directed the feature. The film centers around the boys who are working as Santa's helpers in a mall when Drake promises a little girl that her foster family will have "The Best Christmas Ever"—and then try to fulfill that promise while a grumpy policeman tries to stop them. Although the boys aren't having the time of the lives, Audrey and Walter are having a worse time on their vacation because they have to stay in a hut while in a hurricane.[4]

The TV film was broadcast in HD format, unlike the previous TV film Drake & Josh Go Hollywood. It also featured Henry Winkler and MMA fighter Kimbo Slice.

The premiere of Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh broke the record of most viewers for the premiere of a Nickelodeon film with 9.10 million viewers, a title previously held by iGo to Japan.

Upcoming Movie (2014-)

On January 17th 2014, Drake Bell announced via his official Twitter account[5] that the duo will return in a new upcoming movie. No further information has yet been released. Drake Bell's official twitter is @DrakeBell.

Other media

Music

See also: Drake & Josh (soundtrack)

Drake & Josh has had some singles and a soundtrack. The music releases are shown below.

Name Notes
"I Found a Way" The opening theme song of the TV series by Drake Bell.
Drake & Josh The Drake & Josh soundtrack from the TV series.
"Makes Me Happy" From the episode Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp by Drake Bell.
"Jingle Bells" From the TV film Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh by Drake Bell.
"Christmas Wrapping" From the TV film Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh by Miranda Cosgrove.
"Lithium Flower" by Scott Matthews

Video games

Two video games based on Drake & Josh have been released on the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. Both of them released in the same year.

Game Publisher Platform North American release date
Drake & Josh THQ Game Boy Advance March 15, 2007
Drake & Josh: Talent Showdown THQ Nintendo DS July 30, 2007

Books

A book series based on Drake & Josh has been published by children's publisher Scholastic since 2006. The books are generally based upon content from the TV series and essentially novelize two episodes of material, with one being a novelization of TV film. The books are written by author Laurie McElroy.

Book Author Info
"Blues Brothers" Laurie McElroy Based on the episodes "Blues Brothers" and "Number 1 Fan"
"Sibling Revelry" Laurie McElroy Based on the episodes "The Bet" and "Peruvian Puff Pepper"
"Drake & Josh Go Hollywood" Laurie McElroy Based on the TV film Drake & Josh Go Hollywood
"Kid Trouble" Laurie McElroy Based on the episodes "Megan's New Teacher" and "Little Sibling"
"Alien Invasion" Laurie McElroy Based on the episodes "Alien Invasion" and "The Demonator"
"Surprise!" Laurie McElroy Based on the episodes "Josh Runs into Oprah" and "Vicious Tiberius"
"Josh Is Done" Laurie McElroy Based on the episodes "Josh Is Done" and "I Love Sushi"

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2005 2005 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Television Show Drake & Josh Nominated[6][7]
2006 2006 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite TV Show Drake & Josh Won[8]
Favorite TV Actor Drake Bell Won[8]
2006 Australian Kids' Choice Awards Fave TV Show Drake & Josh Nominated[9]
2007 2007 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite TV Show Drake & Josh Nominated[10][11]
Favorite TV Actor Drake Bell Won[11]
2007 UK Kids' Choice Awards Best TV Show Drake & Josh Won[12]
Best TV Actor Drake Bell Nominated[12]
2007 Australian Kids' Choice Awards Fave Nick Show Drake & Josh Won[13]
Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actress Miranda Cosgrove Nominated[14]
Casting Society of America Best Casting - Children's TV Programming Krisha Bullock Nominated[15]
2008 2008 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite TV Show Drake & Josh Won[16]
Favorite TV Actor Drake Bell Won[16]
Josh Peck Nominated[17]
2008 UK Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Kids' TV Show Drake & Josh Won[18]
Favorite Male TV Star Josh Peck Won[18]
2008 Australian Kids' Choice Awards Fave Comedy Show Drake & Josh Won[19]
Fave International TV Star Drake Bell Nominated[19][20]
2009 2009 Australian Kids' Choice Awards Fave Comedy Show Drake & Josh Nominated[21]
Fave International TV Star Drake Bell Won[21]
2010 2010 Australian Kids' Choice Awards Big Kid Award Drake Bell Won[22]
Kids Choice Awards Mexico Favorite International Character Male Drake Bell Won[23]

References

  1. ^ The character Helen Dubois is a minor character in Victorious.
  2. ^ "MTV at Mip TV". Television Business International. 16 (3) (Market news ed.): 27. March 1, 2004.
  3. ^ Mitovich, Matt (August 7, 2007). "Drake & Josh's Big Shrimp Nets Really Big Audience". TV Guide. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  4. ^ "The Holidays Come Early for Drake & Josh Fans!". Bloomberg L.P. (Press release). Viacom. June 12, 2008. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
  5. ^ "Twitter / DrakeBell: We are BACK!!! Who is ready ..."
  6. ^ "2005 Nickelodeon Host/Nominees Release".
  7. ^ "2005 Kids' Choice Awards Winners".
  8. ^ a b Winners Release - Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2006 Press Site
  9. ^ Viacom - News Release
  10. ^ 2007 Host/Nominees Release / Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2007 Press Kit
  11. ^ a b 2007 KCA Winners Release / Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2007 Press Kit
  12. ^ a b In full: Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards UK winners - Showbiz News - Digital Spy
  13. ^ Nickelodeon's Australian Kids' Choice Awards / 2007 KCA Around the World / Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2007 Press Kit
  14. ^ 28th Annual Young Artist Awards - Nominations / Special Awards
  15. ^ Casting Society of America, USA (2007)
  16. ^ a b Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards – 2008 Winners List – Pictures and Video | Allie is Wired
  17. ^ Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2008 Press Kit
  18. ^ a b Winners And Photos From Inside The 2008 Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards, Feat Evanna Lynch, Bonnie Wright, Josh Peck, McFly
  19. ^ a b WWE Corporate - WWE® Superstar John Cena® to co-host at Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2008
  20. ^ Australia: Winners at the 2008 Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards
  21. ^ a b 2009 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Winners! - Take 40
  22. ^ Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2010 Winners List & Orange Carpet Video! - Take 40
  23. ^ Ganadores Kids Choice Awards Mexico | Musica Cine y Television

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