ICarly

iCarly
File:ICarly-Logo (1).png
Genre	Teen sitcom
Created by	Dan Schneider
Starring	Miranda Cosgrove Jennette McCurdy Nathan Kress Jerry Trainor Noah Munck
Opening theme	"Leave It All to Me"
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	100 (List of episodes)
Broadcast
Original channel	Nickelodeon
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original run	September 8, 2007 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Victorious
External links
Website

iCarly is the show where Sam Puckett came from. The show first aired on September 8, 2007 after Drake and Josh (another show made by Dan ) ended. The show is about a girl named Carly Shay who makes a webshow called iCarly along with her two best friends. It is scheduled to end in November.

Plot

When Carly and her sassy best friend Sam act funny at a school talent show audition, tech-savvy Freddie tapes it and posts it online without telling them. After seeing the girls' strong chemistry and banter, the online audience clamors for more and the iCarly webcast is born. While grappling with typical issues of adolescence, Carly, Sam, and Freddie find out that they have also become online celebrities as their show – which features talent contests, recipes, problem-solving, and random dancing – garners international accolades.

Carly lives in Seattle, Washington with her 26-year-old brother and guardian Spencer and produces the show in a makeshift third-floor studio loft in their apartment. Even though their mother has never been seen or mentioned, their father, Steven Shay, is a U.S. Air Force officer who is temporarily stationed on a submarine, and is occasionally mentioned but has never been seen in the show in person.

Exterior shots of the Shays' apartment building, Bushwell Plaza, are digitally altered images of the Eastern Columbia Building in Los Angeles.

Characters

Main characters

• Sam Puckett (Jennette McCurdy) is one of Carly's best friends and co-host of iCarly.
• Freddie Benson (Nathan Kress) is also one of Carly's good friend and neighbor. He is the technical producer of iCarly.
• Spencer Shay (Jerry Trainor) is Carly's eccentric older brother and legal guardian.
• Gibby (Noah Munck) is an odd friend of Carly, Sam and Freddie.

Recurring characters

• Marissa Benson (Mary Scheer) is Freddie's overbearing and overprotective mother (often referred to by Sam as Freddie's "freakish mother")
• Lewbert (Jeremy Rowley) is the doorman for the building in which Carly, Spencer, and Freddie live, characterized by his annoying, protective behavior and a large wart on his face. He is often being pranked by the kids on iCarly.
• Nevel Papperman (Reed Alexander) is a critic who runs the nevelocity.com website, a site that reviews other websites, including iCarly.com. He is Carly's nemesis and has constantly tried to sabotage iCarly in exchange for a kiss from Carly.
• T-Bo (BooG!e) is the manager at the Groovy Smoothie. He often annoys customers into buying random foods (i.e. bell peppers, bagels, tacos), which are always impaled on a stick. Starting in "iQ", he began renting a room from Freddie's mother.
• Guppy (Ethan Munck) is Gibby's younger brother and often tags along with Gibby.
• Chuck Chambers (Ryan Ochoa) is a child in the Shays' apartment building who constantly torments Spencer.
• Principal Franklin (Tim Russ) is the principal at Ridgeway Secondary School, the school where Carly, Sam, and Freddie attend. He is very fair and is a big fan of iCarly.
• Ms. Francine Briggs (Mindy Sterling) is a very strict English teacher at Ridgeway Secondary School who shows an obvious dislike for children.
• Mr. Howard (David St. James) is a strict and unenthusiastic teacher who hates almost everything including his wife.