''iCarly'' is an American
comedy
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revival series based on the
Nickelodeon
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2007 TV series of the same name. The series stars
Miranda Cosgrove
Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She was the highest-paid child actor in 2012 and was included on ''Forbes'' magazine's " 30 Under 30" list in 2022. She is known for her career on television, parti ...
,
Jerry Trainor
Gerald William "Jerry" Trainor (born January 21, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for playing Spencer Shay in the teen sitcom '' iCarly'', winning three Kids' Choice Awards for his performance, and reprises the role on its revival series ...
,
Nathan Kress
Nathan Karl Kress (born November 18, 1992) is an American actor and director. Kress began his career at the age of four, notably appearing in several television commercials and providing the voices of Easy and Tough Pup in the comedy-drama film ...
,
Laci Mosley
Laci Mosley is an American actress, comedian and podcaster. She performs improv comedy at UCB Los Angeles and co-starred in the Pop comedy series '' Florida Girls''. Mosley is best known for her podcast ''Scam Goddess'', which focuses on histori ...
and Jaidyn Triplett, with Cosgrove, Trainor and Kress reprising their roles from the original series. It premiered on
Paramount+
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on June 17, 2021, to positive reviews. The second season premiered on April 8, 2022. A third season is scheduled to premiere in 2023.
Premise
Nine years after the events of the previous series, Carly Shay has moved back to Seattle, where she shares an apartment with her roommate Harper. Carly's older brother Spencer has become a wealthy artist after accidentally creating a renowned sculpture. Following two divorces and a failed tech start-up, Freddie Benson has moved back to live with his mother, accompanied by his adopted 11-year-old stepdaughter Millicent. All main characters live in Bushwell Plaza, the apartment building where the original show was set. When Carly decides to relaunch her ''iCarly'' webshow, she receives mainstream attention with the help from Spencer, Freddie and her new friends.
Cast and characters
Main
*
Miranda Cosgrove
Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She was the highest-paid child actor in 2012 and was included on ''Forbes'' magazine's " 30 Under 30" list in 2022. She is known for her career on television, parti ...
as
Carly Shay
The Nickelodeon sitcom '' iCarly'' (2007–2012) centers around Carly Shay, who creates her own web show with her best friends Sam and Freddie. The series stars Miranda Cosgrove as Carly, Jennette McCurdy as Sam, Nathan Kress as Freddie, J ...
, a social media influencer and the host of a comedy web series
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Jerry Trainor
Gerald William "Jerry" Trainor (born January 21, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for playing Spencer Shay in the teen sitcom '' iCarly'', winning three Kids' Choice Awards for his performance, and reprises the role on its revival series ...
as
Spencer Shay
The Nickelodeon sitcom '' iCarly'' (2007–2012) centers around Carly Shay, who creates her own web show with her best friends Sam and Freddie. The series stars Miranda Cosgrove as Carly, Jennette McCurdy as Sam, Nathan Kress as Freddie, Jerry T ...
, Carly's older brother, now a wealthy artist
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Nathan Kress
Nathan Karl Kress (born November 18, 1992) is an American actor and director. Kress began his career at the age of four, notably appearing in several television commercials and providing the voices of Easy and Tough Pup in the comedy-drama film ...
as
Freddie Benson Freddie Benson is the name of:
*Fred Benson
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Club career
In January 2005 Benson was promoted to t ...
, Carly's friend, neighbor, and technical producer for ''iCarly''
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Laci Mosley
Laci Mosley is an American actress, comedian and podcaster. She performs improv comedy at UCB Los Angeles and co-starred in the Pop comedy series '' Florida Girls''. Mosley is best known for her podcast ''Scam Goddess'', which focuses on histori ...
as
Harper
Harper may refer to:
Names
* Harper (name), a surname and given name
Places
;in Canada
* Harper Islands, Nunavut
*Harper, Prince Edward Island
;In the United States
*Harper, former name of Costa Mesa, California in Orange County
* Harper, Il ...
, a barista and aspiring fashion stylist who is Carly's friend and roommate
* Jaidyn Triplett as
Millicent, Freddie's adopted stepdaughter
Recurring
* Lyric Lewis as Maeve (season 1), Harper's cousin who pretended to be kidnapped for four years and dates Spencer for some time
*
Poppy Liu as Double Dutch (season 1; guest season 2), a pop singer who hires Harper to be her stylist.
* Josh Plasse as Wes (season 1; guest season 2), a car mechanic and a former love interest of Carly
*
Mary Scheer
Mary Scheer (born March 19, 1963) is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer, who is best known for her work throughout television. She had recurring roles as Marissa Benson on the Nickelodeon-sitcom ''iCarly,'' and as Gladys o ...
as
Marissa Benson,
Freddie's mother and Spencer's next-door neighbor. Scheer reprises her role from the
original series
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* Conor Husting as Beau (season 1; guest season 2), Carly's ex-boyfriend who breaks up with her at the beginning of the series
* Mia Serafino as Pearl (season 2), an animal therapist and Freddie's new girlfriend
Guest stars
* Danielle Morrow as
Nora Dershlit (season 1),
an obsessive ''iCarly'' super-fan who abducted the ''iCarly'' gang multiple times. Morrow reprises her role from the original series
*
Josie Totah
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as Willow (season 1), an influencer who appears at Spencer's exhibit
* Alex Wassabi as an
ASMR influencer (season 1), who appears at Spencer's exhibit
*
Reed Alexander
Reed Alexander (born December 23, 1994) is an American actor, journalist, and author. He is currently a financial news reporter for Insider, formerly “Business Insider,” covering Wall Street and investment banking. Among his most recognizabl ...
as
Nevel Papperman (season 1),
a former website critic and nemesis of Carly; Alexander reprises his role from the original series
*
Tim Russ
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as
Ted Franklin (season 1), Carly and Freddie's former principal from Ridgeway; Russ reprises his role from the original series
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Doug Brochu as Duke Lubberman (season 1), a former student wrestler from Ridgeway; Brochu reprises his role from the original series
*
Amanda Cerny as Harmony (season 1)
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Skye Townsend
Skylar Christan "Skye" Townsend (born September 1, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She has released two EPs, ''Vomit'' (2012) and ''Rocking Chairs'' (2015). Townsend joined the main cast of '' A Black Lady Sketch Show'' in 2021.
Music ca ...
as Kiki (season 1), Millicent's scout leader in the Sunshine Girls
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Christine Taylor
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as Argenthina (season 1)
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Carmela Zumbado as Gwen (season 1), Millicent's mother, and Freddie's second ex-wife
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Drew Roy
Andrew "Drew" Roy (born May 16, 1986) is an American actor. Roy was born and raised in Clanton, Alabama. but moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. He is best known for his role in '' Falling Skies''.
Career
Roy started his acting ca ...
as Griffin (season 1), Carly's ex-boyfriend; Roy reprises his role from the original series
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Esther Povitsky
Esther Povitsky (born March 2, 1988), formerly known by the stage name "Little Esther", is an American actress and comedian. She is the co-creator and star of the comedy series ''Alone Together'' (2018), and starred as Izzy in the Hulu series '' ...
as Brooke (season 1), a friend of Carly and Harper's
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Jeremy Rowley
Jeremy Rowley (born June 12, 1978) is an American character actor, voice actor, writer and comedian. He is known for playing Lewbert on the Nickelodeon television series ''iCarly'' and Bunsen in '' Bunsen Is a Beast''.
Career
Rowley has appeare ...
as
Lewbert (season 2), the former doorman at Bushwell Plaza. Rowley reprises his role from the original series
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Ryan Ochoa
Ryan Ochoa (born May 17, 1996) is an American actor. He is known for playing the role of Lanny on the Disney XD series ''Pair of Kings'', and for his recurring role of Chuck Chambers on the Nickelodeon series '' iCarly''.
Early life
Ryan Ocho ...
as
Chuck Chambers (season 2), Spencer's former child nemesis; Ochoa reprises his role from the original series
* Ethan Munck as
Guppy
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(season 2), Gibby's younger brother; Munck, the real life brother of
Noah
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(Gibby), reprises his role from the original series
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Greg Mullavey
Greg Mullavey (born Gregory Thomas Mulleavy Jr., September 10, 1939) is an American film and television actor who has had roles as Tom Hartman in the television series '' Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'' and Carly's grandfather in ''iCarly''. He has ...
as
Granddad Shay (season 2), Carly and Spencer’s granddad; Mullavey reprises his role from the original series
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Tony Amendola
Tony Amendola (born August 24, 1951) is an American actor. He played the Jaffa master Bra'tac in ''Stargate SG-1'' and Pinocchio's creator/father, Geppetto on ABC's ''Once Upon a Time''. He also had a recurring role as revolutionary leader Edou ...
as Vinny (season 2), a man who wants to murder Granddad Shay for stealing his coins
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Rachel Bloom
Rachel Leah Bloom (born April 3, 1987) is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. She is best known for co-creating and starring as Rebecca Bunch in The CW musical comedy-drama series ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' (2015– ...
as McKenna (season 2), a
matchmaker
*
Josh Peck
Joshua Michael Peck (born November 10, 1986) is an American actor and comedian. Peck began his career as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and had an early role on the Nickelodeon sitcom ''The Amanda Show'' from 2000 to 2002. Peck ...
as Paul (season 2), Carly's manager
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Kandy Muse
Kandy Muse is the stage name of Kevin Candelario, an American drag queen and performer most known for being the runner-up on the thirteenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and for being part of the House of Aja.
Career
Kandy Muse was part o ...
as Cruella Intentions (season 2)
*
Mo Heart
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as Auntie Histamine (season 2)
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Scarlet Envy
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as Lana Del Slay (season 2)
*
Rosé
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as Kimmy Kimmy Moore (season 2)
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (2021)
Season 2 (2022)
Production
Development
Then-
Nickelodeon
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executive Paula Kaplan contacted Cosgrove with a pitch for a new ''iCarly'' series, revolving around Carly and Spencer running a
Hype House
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-like content house with a new generation of influencers taking influence from the ''iCarly'' web show. The demographic for the show was planned to be aimed towards kids, following in the same footsteps as other revivals and spin-offs like
Disney Channel
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's ''
Raven's Home
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'' and ''
Girl Meets World
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''. "I don't think that any of us would have been up for that
dea
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" she says. "What excited me about doing ''iCarly'' again was getting to put the characters in situations that we couldn't show before."
Cosgrove contacted
Jerry Trainor
Gerald William "Jerry" Trainor (born January 21, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for playing Spencer Shay in the teen sitcom '' iCarly'', winning three Kids' Choice Awards for his performance, and reprises the role on its revival series ...
,
Nathan Kress
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and
Jennette McCurdy
Jennette Michelle Faye McCurdy (born June 26, 1992) is an American writer, director, podcaster, singer and former actress. McCurdy's breakthrough role as Sam Puckett in the Nickelodeon sitcom '' iCarly'' (2007–2012) earned her various awards ...
about the project. Kress and Trainor were on board with the project, however McCurdy declined. After multiple conversations with the returning cast, Cosgrove requested that the revival series be aimed towards the adults who grew up with it, which
ViacomCBS
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and
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immediately agreed to, unlike the shelved ''
Lizzie McGuire
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'' series being developed at
Disney+
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. As the executive producer of the series, Cosgrove wanted to incorporate more mature topics and diversity into the series, as well as nostalgia.
The series was announced in December 2020, with
Jay Kogen
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Biography
He was born to a Jewish family. His father is comedy writer Arnie Kogen. In 2001, Kogen had a son, Charlie, who is now a musician.
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Kogen co-wrote several ep ...
and Ali Schouten serving as co-showrunners and executive producers. Cosgrove, Kress, and Trainor would reprise their roles from the original series. In February 2021, it was reported that Kogen left the project due to "creative differences" with Cosgrove. Later that month, McCurdy confirmed that she would not reprise her role of Sam Puckett for the revival, as a result of quitting acting and feeling embarrassed by her past career. It was also revealed that the revival had been picked up for 13 episodes, with the pilot being directed by
Phill Lewis
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, and written by Kogen and Schouten. In May, the premiere date was revealed to be June 17, 2021, with a teaser image also being revealed.
On June 1, the first official trailer of the revival was released.
On July 15, the series was renewed for a second season.
On July 27, 2022, the series was renewed for a third season, which is scheduled to premiere in 2023.
Casting
In March 2021, it was reported that
Laci Mosley
Laci Mosley is an American actress, comedian and podcaster. She performs improv comedy at UCB Los Angeles and co-starred in the Pop comedy series '' Florida Girls''. Mosley is best known for her podcast ''Scam Goddess'', which focuses on histori ...
had been cast as Harper, Carly's new roommate and best friend, and that Jaidyn Triplett had been cast as Millicent, Freddie's snarky and social media-obsessed step-daughter.
Since the announcement of her casting, Mosley has been the target of attacks from fans who saw her as a replacement for Jennette McCurdy's character from the original. In response,
Franchesca Ramsey
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, one of the writers of the show, tweeted "Laci's character Harper isn't replacing Sam. No one could replace Jennette McCurdy or her incredible talent! But it's both racist as hell & completely unfair to decide that Laci hasn't earned her role especially since the show isn't even out yet!!"
Filming
In March 2021, filming for the revival had officially begun.
Production on the first season ended on June 25, 2021. Production on the second season began in October 2021 and ended on February 2, 2022.
Release
The first three episodes were released on June 17, 2021, with subsequent episodes releasing weekly until August 26, 2021.
The first episode, albeit slightly shortened, aired on
Nick at Nite
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on July 17, 2021. The second season premiered on April 8, 2022.
"iObject, Lewbert!" became the second episode overall to receive a linear airing, leading out of the
2022 Kids' Choice Awards on April 9 on
Nickelodeon
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, as well as an airing on
MTV
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on April 19, 2022.
Reception
Critical response
Critics gave the first season positive reviews. On the review aggregator
Rotten Tomatoes
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, the first season holds a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 6.7/10, based on eight reviews.
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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