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iCarly (2021 TV series)

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iCarly
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GenreSitcom
Created byDan Schneider
Starring
Theme music composerMichael Corcoran
Opening theme"Leave It All to Me", sung by Miranda Cosgrove and Drake Bell[1][2]
Composers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producers
Producers
Cinematography
  • John Simmons
EditorRichard Candib
Running time23–26 minutes[3]
Production companies
  • Museum Visit
  • Nickelodeon Productions
Release
Original networkParamount+
Original releaseJune 17, 2021 (2021-06-17) –
present
Chronology
Preceded byiCarly (2007)
External links
Website

iCarly is an American comedy streaming television revival series based on the Nickelodeon 2007 TV series of the same name. The series stars Miranda Cosgrove, Jerry Trainor, Nathan Kress, Laci Mosley, and Jaidyn Triplett, with Cosgrove, Trainor, and Kress reprising their roles from the original series.[4] The series premiered on Paramount+ on June 17, 2021. In July 2021, the series was renewed for a second season.[5] The revived series enjoys a "100% fresh" rating from review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes for its first season.[6]

Premise

A decade 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 help from Spencer, Freddie, and her new friends.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of iCarly characters

Main

  • Miranda Cosgrove as Carly Shay, the host of a comedy web series
  • Jerry Trainor as Spencer Shay, Carly's older brother, now a wealthy artist
  • Nathan Kress as Freddie Benson, Carly's friend, neighbor, and technical producer for iCarly
  • Laci Mosley as Harper, 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, Harper's cousin who pretended to be kidnapped for four years and dates Spencer for some time
  • Poppy Liu as Double Dutch, a pop singer who hires Harper to be her stylist, and later becomes her romantic interest[7]
  • Josh Plasse as Wes, a car mechanic and Carly’s new boyfriend

Guest stars

  • Mary Scheer as Marissa Benson,[8][9] Freddie's mother and Spencer's next-door neighbor. Scheer reprises her role from the original series.
  • Conor Husting as Beau, Carly's ex-boyfriend who breaks up with her at the beginning of the series
  • Danielle Morrow as Nora Dershlit,[8] an obsessive iCarly super-fan who abducted the iCarly gang multiple times. Morrow reprises her role from the original series.
  • Josie Totah as Willow, an influencer who appears at Spencer's exhibit
  • Alex Wassabi as an ASMR influencer who appears at Spencer's exhibit
  • Reed Alexander as Nevel Papperman,[8] a former website critic and nemesis of Carly. Alexander reprises his role from the original series.
  • Tim Russ as Ted Franklin, Carly and Freddie's former principal from Ridgeway. Russ reprises his role from the original series.
  • Doug Brochu as Duke Lubberman, a former student wrestler from Ridgeway. Brochu reprises his role from the original series.
  • Amanda Cerny as Harmony
  • Skye Townsend as Kiki, the scout leader of the Sunshine Girls that Millicent is part of
  • Christine Taylor as Argenthina
  • Carmela Zumbado as Gwen, Millicent's mother, and Freddie's second ex-wife
  • Drew Roy as Griffin, Carly's ex-boyfriend. Roy reprises his role from the original series.
  • Esther Povitsky as Brooke, a friend of Carly and Harper's

Episodes

No.Title [10][11]Directed byWritten byOriginal release date [10]Prod.
code [10]
1"iStart Over"Phill LewisAli Schouten & Jay KogenJune 17, 2021 (2021-06-17)101
Not to be outdone after her boyfriend breaks up with her and starts a web channel with a new girlfriend, Carly decides to relaunch her old webshow. Because Sam is off traveling with a biker gang called the Obliterators, Carly becomes the sole host, receiving rave reviews and high viewership.
2"iHate Carly"Jean SagalSteve Armogida & Jim ArmogidaJune 17, 2021 (2021-06-17)102
While attempting to track down an online hater named IHateCarly57, Carly dates Justin, who claims never to have seen her webshow. She is horrified when she finds out that Justin is IHateCarly57. Meanwhile, Spencer accidentally blinds himself with pepper spray and asks Freddie to assist him in his day-to-day activities.
3"iFauxpologize"Jean SagalNasser SamaraJune 17, 2021 (2021-06-17)103
A photo of Carly spitting out a rancid meatball goes viral, interpreted as her reaction to Spencer's art. After Carly offers her angry brother a fauxpology, feeling that she has done nothing wrong, he reworks his art exhibit to attack her. Meanwhile, Millicent blackmails Freddie after she uncovers an old social media post saying he never wanted kids.
4"iGot Your Back"Phill LewisDanny FernandezJune 24, 2021 (2021-06-24)104
To encourage Carly to attend a red-carpet event without her ex-boyfriend, Harper offers her services as a stylist. The friends question how well they really know each other when they cannot agree on an outfit. Meanwhile, Spencer unknowingly sets Freddie up on a date with a sex worker (mistaking her for a gig worker), and has to pay her expensive fees when Freddie decides to keep dating her.
5"iRobot Wedding"Anthony RichKate Stayman-LondonJuly 1, 2021 (2021-07-01)105
Carly and her friends attend Nevel Papperman's robot-themed wedding. Wary of her former nemesis, Carly suspects that Nevel's fiancée is a robot built to mess with her. Meanwhile, Spencer and Harper vie to see who can hook up with the most wedding guests, while Millicent tries to protect Freddie from heartbreak.
6"i'M Cursed"Anthony RichClay LapariJuly 8, 2021 (2021-07-08)106
Believing that her birthday is cursed, Carly always spends the day home alone as a precaution. When Principal Franklin delivers letters that Carly and Freddie once wrote to their future selves, Carly decides to take more risks in her 27th birthday party while Freddie attempts to recapture his youth. Meanwhile, Harper is left dumbstruck when she meets her idol.
7"iNeed Space"Anthony RichFranchesca RamseyJuly 15, 2021 (2021-07-15)107
After Harper and Carly struggle to work in the same apartment, Spencer's new girlfriend Argenthina introduces them to her company, which provides shared workspaces for women. Suspicious of its cultish environment, Carly discovers that Argenthina is spying on her members and selling their data. Meanwhile, Millicent joins the Sunshine Girls, but turns the other kids into workers for her own money-making enterprise.
8"iLove Gwen"Morenike Joela EvansKorama DanquahJuly 22, 2021 (2021-07-22)108
Carly and Millicent mistakenly believe that Freddie and his ex-wife Gwen still have feelings for one another, and plan to get them back together during Millicent's Romeo and Juliet school play. Meanwhile, Spencer and Harper compete for a prize. Spencer makes a set out of toast, while Harper creates Shakespearean costumes for the characters.
9"iMLM"Anthony RichEsther PovitskyJuly 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)109
Carly reunites with Griffin ("iDate a Bad Boy") who introduces her to a sales opportunity that turns out to be a multilevel marketing scheme. After Carly involves Freddie, he quits his job to become a full-time seller. Meanwhile, Harper struggles with her job at Skybucks and decides to quit to focus on her fashion career.
10"iTake a Girls' Trip"Morenike Joela EvansSarah Jane Cunningham & Suzie V. FreemanAugust 5, 2021 (2021-08-05)110
Carly plans a girls' trip with friends Harper and Brooke, but they cancel at the last minute, leaving her to take the trip with Freddie. The two end up in awkward situations in the hotel's honeymoon suite, especially after Brooke shows up and proposes a threesome. Meanwhile, Spencer falls for Harper's cousin Maeve, who was kidnapped and spent four years at sea.
11"iCan Fix It Myself"Nathan KressJordan MitchellAugust 12, 2021 (2021-08-12)111
Rather than pay for expensive auto repairs, Carly tries to fix her car on her own, with disastrous results. Meanwhile, Maeve tells Spencer that she faked her own kidnapping, and the two attempt to figure out how they can break the news to Harper, while Harper becomes the personal stylist for an eccentric pop singer named Double Dutch.
12"iThrow a Flawless Dinner Party"Phill LewisJacques MouledouxAugust 19, 2021 (2021-08-19)112
Freddie programs an app to help Carly cook dinner for her new boyfriend Wes and his grandmother, who dislikes Carly. Meanwhile, Harper deals with work problems with Double Dutch, and Spencer and Maeve decide to end their relationship.
13"iReturn to Webicon"Phill LewisAli SchoutenAugust 26, 2021 (2021-08-26)113
Carly and friends head to a secluded island to celebrate Carly's lifetime achievement award at Webicon, only to discover that they have no accommodations and that the only other person there is Carly's ex-boyfriend, Beau. While on the island, Millicent and Spencer help a depressed Freddie pitch a new start-up idea to Beau, and Harper and Dutch admit their romantic feelings for each other. Wes and Beau confess their feelings to Carly, but a helicopter saves them from the island before she reveals which one she has chosen to be with.

Production

Development

Former Nickelodeon executive Paula Kaplan contacted Cosgrove with a pitch for a new iCarly series, revolving around Carly and Spencer running a Hype House-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's Raven's Home and Girl Meets World. "I don't think that any of us would have been up for that [idea]," she says. "What excited me about doing iCarly again was getting to put the characters in situations that we couldn't show before."[12] Cosgrove contacted Jerry Trainor, Nathan Kress, and Jennette McCurdy 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 and AwesomenessTV immediately agreed to, unlike the shelved Lizzie McGuire series being developed at Disney+. As the executive producer of the series, Cosgrove wanted to incorporate more mature topics and diversity into the series, as well as nostalgia.[12]

The series was announced in December 2020, with Jay Kogen and Ali Schouten serving as co-showrunners and executive producers. Cosgrove, Kress, and Trainor would reprise their roles from the original series.[13][14] In February 2021, it was reported that Kogen left the project due to "creative differences" with Cosgrove.[15] 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.[16] It was also revealed that the revival had been picked up for 13 episodes, with the pilot being directed by Phill Lewis, 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.[17][8] On June 1, the first official trailer of the revival was released.[18] On July 15, the series was renewed for a second season.[5]

Casting

In March 2021, it was reported that Laci Mosley 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.[4] Since the announcement of her casting, Mosley has been the target of racist attacks from fans who saw her as a replacement for Jennette McCurdy's character from the original. Writer Franchesca Ramsey tweeted in response, "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!!"[19]

Filming

In March 2021, filming for the revival had officially begun.[4] Production on the first season ended on June 25, 2021.[20] Production on the second season is expected to begin in the fall of 2021.[21]

Release

The first three episodes were released on June 17, 2021, with subsequent episodes releasing weekly until August 26, 2021.[18] The first episode, albeit slightly shortened, aired on Nick at Nite on July 17, 2021.[22]

Reception

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 100% based on 7 critic reviews, with an average rating of 6.67/10.[6]

References

  1. ^ Fuentes, Tamara (June 3, 2021). "Exclusive: Miranda Cosgrove Reveals She Fought Hard to Keep Original iCarly Theme Song in New Revival". Seventeen. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  2. ^ iCarly [@iCarly] (June 9, 2021). "some things are meant to be. here's your first look at the new #iCarly opening". Retrieved June 9, 2021 – via Instagram.
  3. ^ "iCarly (2021)". Paramount+. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Del Rosario, Alexandra; Andreeva, Nellie (March 18, 2021). "iCarly: Laci Mosley & Jaidyn Triplett Join Cast As Paramount+ Revival Starts Production". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Caruso, Nick (July 15, 2021). "iCarly Renewed for Season 2". TVLine. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "iCarly: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  7. ^ "iCarly". ViacomCBS. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Yang, Rachel (May 14, 2021). "Miranda Cosgrove reveals iCarly premiere date, talks set photos and characters 10 years later". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  9. ^ Dominguez, Noah (May 16, 2021). "Paramount+'s iCarly Revival Reveals an Updated Set". CBR. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c "iCarly Episode Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  11. ^ "iCarly Photo Captions". ViacomCBS Press Express. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b Irvin, Jack (July 7, 2021). "Miranda Cosgrove's Break From Acting Was Meant To Be". Bustle. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  13. ^ Porter, Rick (December 9, 2020). "iCarly Reboot Scores Series Pickup at Paramount+". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  14. ^ Petski, Denise (December 9, 2020). "iCarly Revival With Original Stars Miranda Cosgrove, Jerry Trainor & Nathan Kress Ordered By Paramount+". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  15. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 25, 2021). "iCarly: Jay Kogen Exits As Co-Showrunner Of Revival Series For Paramount+". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  16. ^ Respers France, Lisa (March 3, 2021). "Jennette McCurdy, iCarly star, has quit acting and resents her career". CNN. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  17. ^ Maas, Jennifer (May 6, 2021). "iCarly Revival to Debut on Paramount+ in June". TheWrap. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b Shanfeld, Ethan (June 1, 2021). "iCarly Revisits Influencer Culture in Revival Trailer". Variety. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  19. ^ Haylock, Zoe (May 17, 2021). "iCarly Revival Defends New Star Laci Mosley From Racist Attacks". Vulture. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  20. ^ Kress, Nathan [@nathankress] (June 26, 2021). "Yesterday, we wrapped Season 1 of iCarly..." Retrieved June 26, 2021 – via Instagram.
  21. ^ Petski, Denise (July 15, 2021). "iCarly Renewed For Season 2 By Paramount+". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  22. ^ @chescaleigh (July 13, 2021). "A little birdie told me more episodes from the #iCarly reboot might be on your tv soon..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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