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MUMBAI: Nickelodeon will premiere iCarly in back-to-back episodes on 8
September, Saturday at (8-9 p.m. ET/PT). The show starring Miranda Cosgrove of
Drake & Josh as Carly Shay follows her cool character on and off webcam,
as she clicks with kids everywhere by hosting her own home grown web show and
drives viewer participation on icarly.com.
Dan Schneider is the executive producer and creator of the show. Post-premiere,
it will air regularly in TEENick, Sundays at 7:30 pm. (ET/PT).
iCarly converges the television screen and the web for kids, and iCarly.com boasts
a dual identity: It's the series' show within the show, and it exists as a real-life
website featuring the series' stars in-character. Kids
can go online to check out highlights of the latest webcasts from the series,
additional footage not seen on-air as well as to read weekly character blogs,
send e-mails, ask questions, post comments and submit videos showing their talents,
weird skills, homemade animated shorts, participate in polls and more. Within
the TV series when Carly and her sassy best buddy Sam Puckett played by Jennette
McCurdy appear on their web show which is produced by techno geek pal Freddie
Benson played by Nathan Kress, they ask for submissions and ideas.
"Hit maker Dan
Schneider has created a cutting edge TV show that integrates the web with the
tube in a totally unique way," says Nickelodeon EVP development and original
programming Marjorie Cohn.
"We have a rich history of putting kids in control with convergent programming
like the Kids' Choice Awards, SpongeBob's 'Best Day Ever' and ME:TV;
iCarly takes that kid empowerment strategy one step further." | 
