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iGot a Hot Room Development iCarly is the fourth series created by
Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. After working with her on
Drake & Josh, Schneider began pitching a new TV series starring Miranda Cosgrove; the original idea of the show was that she plays a normal girl who, in a twist of fate, gets cast to star in her favorite TV show,
Starstruck. However, during a casual meeting in his den with his wife and his friend
Steve Molaro, Schneider decided that it would be much better if Carly had her own show – a web show she could run herself and do whatever she wanted to do. In November 2006, Schneider then scrapped his
Starstruck script and began developing a new pilot called
iCarly during December. The pilot was filmed in January 2007. The series was filmed at the
Nickelodeon on Sunset (now
Earl Carroll Theatre). The exterior shots of the Shays' apartment building, Bushwell Plaza, are digitally altered images of the
Eastern Columbia Building in
Los Angeles. During production of
Zoey 101, Schneider came up with the idea of the show and its name with his friend and producer of
The Big Bang Theory,
Steven Molaro. He was trying to think of a good title for the new series about kids who start their own web show. The pilot script followed a lead girl named "Sam" but the URL for iSam was already taken. Schneider tried other girls' names and bought the URL for iJosie, but eventually changed it to
iCarly and enjoyed the name for the lead character. The names of the lead girls were then changed from Sam and Kira to Carly and Sam.
Last seasons in 2012 In late January 2011, while doing press for her North American
Dancing Crazy concert tour,
Miranda Cosgrove began telling news sources that she was looking forward to returning to Hollywood to begin filming a fifth season of
iCarly. On January 27, 2011, Cosgrove told
Cleveland Live News "We're getting ready to start the next season, right after the tour. I would be willing to do the show as long as people like it and as long as it works." The entire cast did not even get together until the
2011 Kids' Choice Awards. Cosgrove confirmed that filming would resume shortly. At the 2011 Kids' Choice Awards,
Jerry Trainor stated that filming would resume in May. On April 14, 2011, Nickelodeon officially announced the fifth and final production season renewal of
iCarly to begin in 2012 with the episodes airing later that year. These episodes would air as the show's sixth season due to the second season production of 45 episodes being split into two broadcast seasons. The third production season originally consisted of 26 episodes as ordered in early 2010; however, half that number was shot from May to September 2010 that aired as the show's fourth season. Dan Schneider then shot the next half in May to July 2011 which became a whole new season production that aired as the show's fifth season later that year. However, due to Miranda's leave for a tour on July 15, 2011, only eleven episodes were produced and the last two were held over and produced during filming of the show's final season. The final season began on March 24, 2012, with a total of fifteen episodes produced and the final production ending in June of that same year. Some of the shots for season six were filmed at
KTLA Studios (now Old Warner Brothers Studios). effectively splitting the season into two parts. The series ended on November 23, 2012, with the episode "
iGoodbye".
Revival On December 9, 2020, it was announced that
Paramount+ had ordered a
revival of the series, with Cosgrove, Kress, and Trainor returning and Schneider not being involved with the production of the series.
Jay Kogen and Ali Schouten signed on to develop the series. McCurdy suggested during her podcast that she will not reprise her role on the series, as she has left the acting profession and felt embarrassed by her past career. On February 25, 2021, it was reported that Kogen left the project due to "creative differences" with Cosgrove. On March 18, 2021, the show entered production, with
Laci Mosley playing Carly's new best friend and roommate Harper, and Jaidyn Triplett playing Freddie's stepdaughter Millicent. The series premiered on June 17, 2021. According to
DiscussingFilm, the series revival takes place 10 years after the original Nickelodeon show, following Carly's journey through her twenties alongside returning characters played by
Jerry Trainor and
Nathan Kress.
Jennette McCurdy's Sam does not return with the show reportedly set to introduce a new best friend character in her place. The best friend/roommate is "part of the LGBTQ+ community as a pansexual character who dreams of becoming a fashion stylist after her wealthy family lost all of their money." The series also introduces Freddie's social media-obsessed stepdaughter who sees Carly as "washed up" and as competition to her own growing influencer status. A follow-up film is reportedly in development.
Work environment allegations In her 2022 memoir, ''
I'm Glad My Mom Died, McCurdy described iCarly'' as an unsafe work environment, alleging that someone she referred to only as "The Creator" had subjected the cast and crew to frequent emotional abuse, pressured her into underage drinking, massaged her nonconsensually, and was eventually barred from interacting directly with the cast in response to complaints about his behavior. Shortly after McCurdy's allegations were made,
Buzzfeed News and
Vox both identified Schneider as "The Creator". McCurdy has claimed that after working with Nickelodeon, she turned down "hush money" from the network, which had been allegedly offered to her on the condition that she remain silent about her experiences with Schneider. She expressed outrage at the offer, writing in her memoir, "This is a network with shows made for children. Shouldn't they have some sort of moral compass? Shouldn't they at least try to report to some sort of ethical standard?" Both Schneider and Nickelodeon have turned down requests for comment. ==Episodes==