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Sam & Cat
GenreTeen sitcom
Created byDan Schneider
Starring
Theme music composerMichael Corcoran
Opening theme"Just Fine", performed by Michael Corcoran
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerDan Schneider
Camera setupVideotape (filmized); Multi-camera
Running time23 minutes
Production companiesSchneider's Bakery
Nickelodeon Productions
Original release
NetworkNickelodeon
ReleaseJune 8, 2013 (2013-06-08) –
present

Sam & Cat is an American teen sitcom that premiered June 8, 2013 on Nickelodeon. It is a crossover spin-off of both iCarly and Victorious. It stars Jennette McCurdy as Sam Puckett (from iCarly) and Ariana Grande as Cat Valentine (from Victorious). The girls meet by chance during a bizarre adventure and become roommates, then start a babysitting business to earn extra money.

Plot

Sam Puckett (Jennette McCurdy from iCarly) has been touring the West Coast by motorcycle since the end of iCarly, and stops in Los Angeles. She witnesses Cat Valentine (Ariana Grande from Victorious) being thrown into the back of a garbage truck, and rescues her. They become friends, and Cat convinces her to become roommates after Cat's grandmother moves to a retirement village. To make ends meet, they form an after-school babysitting business that leads them into a series of comical adventures. Also involved in their lives are Dice (Cameron Ocasio), their next door neighbor, and Cat's cheerful and supportive grandmother, Nona (Maree Cheatham).[1]

Cast

Main cast

  • Sam Puckett (Jennette McCurdy) is an aggressive tomboy who loves pranks and hates working. She secretly has a heart of gold and a soft spot for Cat (in the episode "#FavoriteShow", Sam tricks the crew of Cat's favorite sitcom into delivering the set decorations to their apartment after the show is cancelled, so that Cat will have something to remind her of the show), but she'll threaten violence to anyone who calls her "sweet". Sam is not afraid of anything, and is handy at fighting or bossing her way out of any situation.
  • Cat Valentine (Ariana Grande) is sweet, naive, bubbly and almost always happy. She has a playful nature, often takes things very literally, and faints when she is frightened. She has a very short attention span, and can be distracted easily with colorful objects. She has bright red hair dyed to resemble her favorite snack, a red velvet cupcake. She can be very emotional and doesn't take criticism very well. Despite her ditziness, she is very intelligent and empathetic.
  • Dice (Cameron Ocasio) is Sam and Cat's neighbor. He's cool, calm and connected, and he knows all the tenants and all the gossip. He makes extra money by wheeling and dealing, often selling unusual items like hair cuttings from celebrities, hats with misspelled logos, and odd gadgets. He is a talented pitchman. Dice has had close encounters with the police before (in #TheBritBrats, he is quietly evades the "cops" who raid Nona's "illegal" bingo game). Dice manages a mixed martial arts fighter named Goomer who is not very bright, and accidentally buys a pygmy goat when he thought he was buying a coat.[2]

Recurring cast

  • Nona (Maree Cheatham), is Cat's cheerful, supportive and independent grandmother. Fun-loving and young at heart, Nona nonetheless prefers the company of people her own age. Although she's always around whenever Sam and Cat need her, she moved out of the apartment she shared with Cat and into Elderly Acres to be nearer her friends, allowing Sam to move in permanently. Nona used to babysit the kids in her building, but felt that it was becoming too stressful. As seen in "#Pilot", she sleepwalks.[3]
  • Max and Chloe (Griffin Kane and Emily Skinner) and their baby brother Darby were among the less rambunctious kids babysat by Nona; Sam and Cat babysit them now. In "#Pilot" when Sam and Cat take them to visit Nona at Elderly Acres, they "borrow" a mobility scooter and drive to Inside-Out Burger where they order food they can't pay for. The overweight store manager chases them on foot to get their payment, but collapses from exhaustion. Sam and Cat revive him by performing CPR. In "#NewGoat", they prank call people while Sam is in the bathroom. Rather than scold them, Sam teaches them how to make better prank calls.
  • Goomer, played by Zoran Korach, is a professional mixed martial artist. He is 27 years old but has the mental ability of someone much younger. He is very dim-witted, and easily confused. Despite his childish nature, he is fairly good at fighting. Dice took over his management after his original manager claimed Goomer was "too stupid to manage".

Guest stars

  • Ruby and Gwen, played by Sophia Grace & Rosie, are two British girls that Sam & Cat babysit. At first they seem polite, but later they behave quite rudely. They are experienced con artists who bilk Dice out of $500 and Cat out of her beloved bicycle. In a loose parody of The Sting, Sam concocts a rigged bingo game to trick the British brats into surrendering Dice's money and Cat's bike.[4][5]
  • Mr. Sikowitz, played by Eric Lange, is Cat's acting teacher at Hollywood Arts, an eccentric aging hippie. His methods are often very strange (such as throwing a ball at Cat while she is performing), but at times he is very effective. He often walks around barefoot when he teaches.[6]
  • Dilben, played by River Alexander, is a resident of Sam and Cat's building. He pretends that his father is the landlord, but his father is just another tenant. Dilben is painfully embarrassed by his father's real job (he sells shoes to women with large feet). Dilben managed to fool everyone for years; even Nona was convinced he was the landlord's son. Dilben pretends to evict Sam and Cat from their apartment until his father arrives and reveals the truth. Dilben likes wearing capes, and Sam likes to take away his capes and redress him so that his shirt is around his waist and his pants are over his head.

Minor characters

[relevant?]

  • Jeff Du Shell, played by Ben Giroux, is the producer of Sam and Cat's favorite television show, That's a Drag!. Cat pleads with him and hangs from the hood of his car for 17 miles in an unsuccessful attempt to convince him to save the show from cancellation.
  • Bob and Ethan, played by Tyler Michael Brown and Rashaan Smith, are two kids that Sam and Cat babysit. Ethan continually asks questions about anything and everything, and Bob is very clingy, particularly to people's legs. The two are so overbearing they (unintentionally) manage to irritate Cat of all people. Sam and Cat take the boys with them to the set of That's a Drag!, where Bob becomes trapped in a stage light and Sam has to rescue him. Cat later abandons them at Elderly Acres, reasoning that "old people love little children". Even Nona can't tolerate them.
  • 'Butler Torso, played by Jake Brennan
  • Fitch, played by Raymond Lee
  • Debbie, played by Susan Huckle

Episodes

Main article: List of Sam & Cat episodes
Sam & Cat
GenreTeen sitcom
Created byDan Schneider
Starring
Theme music composerMichael Corcoran
Opening theme"Just Fine", performed by Michael Corcoran
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerDan Schneider
Camera setupVideotape (filmized); Multi-camera
Running time23 minutes
Production companiesSchneider's Bakery
Nickelodeon Productions
Original release
NetworkNickelodeon
ReleaseJune 8, 2013 (2013-06-08) –
present

Sam & Cat is an American teen sitcom that premiered June 8, 2013 on Nickelodeon. It is a crossover spin-off of both iCarly and Victorious. It stars Jennette McCurdy as Sam Puckett (from iCarly) and Ariana Grande as Cat Valentine (from Victorious). The girls meet by chance during a bizarre adventure and become roommates, then start a babysitting business to earn extra money.

Plot

Sam Puckett (Jennette McCurdy from iCarly) has been touring the West Coast by motorcycle since the end of iCarly, and stops in Los Angeles. She witnesses Cat Valentine (Ariana Grande from Victorious) being thrown into the back of a garbage truck, and rescues her. They become friends, and Cat convinces her to become roommates after Cat's grandmother moves to a retirement village. To make ends meet, they form an after-school babysitting business that leads them into a series of comical adventures. Also involved in their lives are Dice (Cameron Ocasio), their next door neighbor, and Cat's cheerful and supportive grandmother, Nona (Maree Cheatham).[1]

Cast

Main cast

  • Sam Puckett (Jennette McCurdy) is an aggressive tomboy who loves pranks and hates working. She secretly has a heart of gold and a soft spot for Cat (in the episode "#FavoriteShow", Sam tricks the crew of Cat's favorite sitcom into delivering the set decorations to their apartment after the show is cancelled, so that Cat will have something to remind her of the show), but she'll threaten violence to anyone who calls her "sweet". Sam is not afraid of anything, and is handy at fighting or bossing her way out of any situation.
  • Cat Valentine (Ariana Grande) is sweet, naive, bubbly and almost always happy. She has a playful nature, often takes things very literally, and faints when she is frightened. She has a very short attention span, and can be distracted easily with colorful objects. She has bright red hair dyed to resemble her favorite snack, a red velvet cupcake. She can be very emotional and doesn't take criticism very well. Despite her ditziness, she is very intelligent and empathetic.
  • Dice (Cameron Ocasio) is Sam and Cat's neighbor. He's cool, calm and connected, and he knows all the tenants and all the gossip. He makes extra money by wheeling and dealing, often selling unusual items like hair cuttings from celebrities, hats with misspelled logos, and odd gadgets. He is a talented pitchman. Dice has had close encounters with the police before (in #TheBritBrats, he is quietly evades the "cops" who raid Nona's "illegal" bingo game). Dice manages a mixed martial arts fighter named Goomer who is not very bright, and accidentally buys a pygmy goat when he thought he was buying a coat.[7]

Recurring cast

  • Nona (Maree Cheatham), is Cat's cheerful, supportive and independent grandmother. Fun-loving and young at heart, Nona nonetheless prefers the company of people her own age. Although she's always around whenever Sam and Cat need her, she moved out of the apartment she shared with Cat and into Elderly Acres to be nearer her friends, allowing Sam to move in permanently. Nona used to babysit the kids in her building, but felt that it was becoming too stressful. As seen in "#Pilot", she sleepwalks.[8]
  • Max and Chloe (Griffin Kane and Emily Skinner) and their baby brother Darby were among the less rambunctious kids babysat by Nona; Sam and Cat babysit them now. In "#Pilot" when Sam and Cat take them to visit Nona at Elderly Acres, they "borrow" a mobility scooter and drive to Inside-Out Burger where they order food they can't pay for. The overweight store manager chases them on foot to get their payment, but collapses from exhaustion. Sam and Cat revive him by performing CPR. In "#NewGoat", they prank call people while Sam is in the bathroom. Rather than scold them, Sam teaches them how to make better prank calls.
  • Goomer, played by Zoran Korach, is a professional mixed martial artist. He is 27 years old but has the mental ability of someone much younger. He is very dim-witted, and easily confused. Despite his childish nature, he is fairly good at fighting. Dice took over his management after his original manager claimed Goomer was "too stupid to manage".

Guest stars

  • Ruby and Gwen, played by Sophia Grace & Rosie, are two British girls that Sam & Cat babysit. At first they seem polite, but later they behave quite rudely. They are experienced con artists who bilk Dice out of $500 and Cat out of her beloved bicycle. In a loose parody of The Sting, Sam concocts a rigged bingo game to trick the British brats into surrendering Dice's money and Cat's bike.[9][10]
  • Mr. Sikowitz, played by Eric Lange, is Cat's acting teacher at Hollywood Arts, an eccentric aging hippie. His methods are often very strange (such as throwing a ball at Cat while she is performing), but at times he is very effective. He often walks around barefoot when he teaches.[11]
  • Dilben, played by River Alexander, is a resident of Sam and Cat's building. He pretends that his father is the landlord, but his father is just another tenant. Dilben is painfully embarrassed by his father's real job (he sells shoes to women with large feet). Dilben managed to fool everyone for years; even Nona was convinced he was the landlord's son. Dilben pretends to evict Sam and Cat from their apartment until his father arrives and reveals the truth. Dilben likes wearing capes, and Sam likes to take away his capes and redress him so that his shirt is around his waist and his pants are over his head.

Minor characters

[relevant?]

  • Jeff Du Shell, played by Ben Giroux, is the producer of Sam and Cat's favorite television show, That's a Drag!. Cat pleads with him and hangs from the hood of his car for 17 miles in an unsuccessful attempt to convince him to save the show from cancellation.
  • Bob and Ethan, played by Tyler Michael Brown and Rashaan Smith, are two kids that Sam and Cat babysit. Ethan continually asks questions about anything and everything, and Bob is very clingy, particularly to people's legs. The two are so overbearing they (unintentionally) manage to irritate Cat of all people. Sam and Cat take the boys with them to the set of That's a Drag!, where Bob becomes trapped in a stage light and Sam has to rescue him. Cat later abandons them at Elderly Acres, reasoning that "old people love little children". Even Nona can't tolerate them.
  • 'Butler Torso, played by Jake Brennan
  • Fitch, played by Raymond Lee
  • Debbie, played by Susan Huckle

Episodes

Main article: List of Sam & Cat episodes

Template loop detected: List of Sam & Cat episodes

Production

On August 3, 2012, Nickelodeon announced that Dan Schneider, the creator of iCarly and Victorious, would be making a pilot for a spin off of both shows called Sam & Cat. The pilot was ordered in August 2012.[1] The series was picked up for 20 episodes on November 29, 2012, with the show planned to premiere in 2013. The series began production in January 2013.[12] The show then premiered in the United States on June 8, 2013. On July 11, 2013, Nickelodeon doubled Sam & Cat's season one twenty episode order, leading to season one having forty episodes.[13] Filming is scheduled to resume in early September of 2013 to finish the second half of the first season.[13]

Release

The series was originally planned to premiere on Nickelodeon in the United States during 2013.[1] It was announced in January 2013 that Dan Schneider was aiming for March 23, 2013, along with the 2013 Kids' Choice Awards, as the premiere date for the show.[14] However, on February 26, 2013, Nickelodeon announced at their Upfront event that Sam & Cat would make its debut in the fall.[15] On April 18, 2013 it was announced that the show would premiere on Nickelodeon in June 2013.[16] It was announced on May 11, 2013 that Sam & Cat would premiere on June 8, 2013.[17] It was announced in the NView May 2013 edition that Nickelodeon International will be premiering the show later in 2013 and Nickelodeon Australia will premiere 'Sam & Cat' in October 2013.[18] The first episode aired June 8, 2013 and had 4.2 million viewers.[19][20]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Nordyke, Kimberly (2012-11-29). "Nickelodeon Greenlights Spinoff of 'iCarly,' 'Victorious'". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  2. ^ "Dice from Sam & Cat". Nick.com. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  3. ^ "Nona from Sam & Cat". Nick.com. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  4. ^ PostPleaseLOGINorREGISTERto submit a comment. (2012-05-23). "Sophia Grace and Rosie interview Sam & Cat! Episode Clip | Nick Videos". Nick.com. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  5. ^ "Sophia Grace & Rosie Rafts". YouTube. 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  6. ^ Lewis, Casey. "Jennette McCurdy and Ariana Grande on New Nick Comedy 'Sam & Cat'". TeenVogue.com. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  7. ^ "Dice from Sam & Cat". Nick.com. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  8. ^ "Nona from Sam & Cat". Nick.com. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  9. ^ PostPleaseLOGINorREGISTERto submit a comment. (2012-05-23). "Sophia Grace and Rosie interview Sam & Cat! Episode Clip | Nick Videos". Nick.com. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  10. ^ "Sophia Grace & Rosie Rafts". YouTube. 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  11. ^ Lewis, Casey. "Jennette McCurdy and Ariana Grande on New Nick Comedy 'Sam & Cat'". TeenVogue.com. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  12. ^ Schneider, Dan (November 30, 2012). "Sam & Cat is a GO!". Dan Schneider. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  13. ^ a b 2 DAYS (2011-11-17). "Nickelodeon's 'Sam & Cat' Doubles Season 1 Order". Hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2013-07-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "Jennette McCurdy and Jade at McCurdicon - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
  15. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (February 26, 2013). "Nickelodeon Renews 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' and Announces New Series 'Breadwinners', 'The Haunted Hathaways' & More". Nickelodeon press release via Zap2It. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  16. ^ "'Sam & Cat' Premiere Date Announced By Ariana Grande And Jennette McCurdy". Huffington Post. April 18, 2013.
  17. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (May 13, 2013). "Nickelodeon's Dynamic Duo, Jennette McCurdy and Ariana Grande Star in 'Sam & Cat'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  18. ^ "Watch the EPIC new episode of N-View! | Nick :: N-View: The Show". N-View. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  19. ^ Bibel, Sara (June 11, 2013). "Nickelodeon's 'Sam & Cat' Debuts at Number One, Net's Biggest Live-Action Launch in Three Years". TVbytheNumbers. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  20. ^ Bibel, Sara (June 11, 2013). "Cable Top 25: NBA Playoffs & 'Game of Thrones' Top Cable Viewership for the Week Ending June 9, 2013". TVbytheNumbers. Retrieved June 11, 2013.

External links

Template:Nickelodeon original series and Nicktoons

Production

On August 3, 2012, Nickelodeon announced that Dan Schneider, the creator of iCarly and Victorious, would be making a pilot for a spin off of both shows called Sam & Cat. The pilot was ordered in August 2012.[1] The series was picked up for 20 episodes on November 29, 2012, with the show planned to premiere in 2013. The series began production in January 2013.[2] The show then premiered in the United States on June 8, 2013. On July 11, 2013, Nickelodeon doubled Sam & Cat's season one twenty episode order, leading to season one having forty episodes.[3] Filming is scheduled to resume in early September of 2013 to finish the second half of the first season.[3]

Release

The series was originally planned to premiere on Nickelodeon in the United States during 2013.[1] It was announced in January 2013 that Dan Schneider was aiming for March 23, 2013, along with the 2013 Kids' Choice Awards, as the premiere date for the show.[4] However, on February 26, 2013, Nickelodeon announced at their Upfront event that Sam & Cat would make its debut in the fall.[5] On April 18, 2013 it was announced that the show would premiere on Nickelodeon in June 2013.[6] It was announced on May 11, 2013 that Sam & Cat would premiere on June 8, 2013.[7] It was announced in the NView May 2013 edition that Nickelodeon International will be premiering the show later in 2013 and Nickelodeon Australia will premiere 'Sam & Cat' in October 2013.[8] The first episode aired June 8, 2013 and had 4.2 million viewers.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SAM&CATPICKEDUPHWR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Schneider, Dan (November 30, 2012). "Sam & Cat is a GO!". Dan Schneider. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  3. ^ a b 2 DAYS (2011-11-17). "Nickelodeon's 'Sam & Cat' Doubles Season 1 Order". Hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2013-07-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Jennette McCurdy and Jade at McCurdicon - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
  5. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (February 26, 2013). "Nickelodeon Renews 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' and Announces New Series 'Breadwinners', 'The Haunted Hathaways' & More". Nickelodeon press release via Zap2It. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  6. ^ "'Sam & Cat' Premiere Date Announced By Ariana Grande And Jennette McCurdy". Huffington Post. April 18, 2013.
  7. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (May 13, 2013). "Nickelodeon's Dynamic Duo, Jennette McCurdy and Ariana Grande Star in 'Sam & Cat'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  8. ^ "Watch the EPIC new episode of N-View! | Nick :: N-View: The Show". N-View. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  9. ^ Bibel, Sara (June 11, 2013). "Nickelodeon's 'Sam & Cat' Debuts at Number One, Net's Biggest Live-Action Launch in Three Years". TVbytheNumbers. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  10. ^ Bibel, Sara (June 11, 2013). "Cable Top 25: NBA Playoffs & 'Game of Thrones' Top Cable Viewership for the Week Ending June 9, 2013". TVbytheNumbers. Retrieved June 11, 2013.

External links

Template:Nickelodeon original series and Nicktoons

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