The series tells the story of Carly Shay Miranda Cosgrove , a teenager who creates and hosts her own web show called iCarly with her best friends, Sam and Freddie Jennette McCurdy and Nathan Kress in the apartment loft that she and her older brother, Spencer Jerry Trainor live in. As the web show quickly becomes an internet phenomenon, the characters are tasked with balancing their normal teenage lives with the wacky situations their newfound fame lands them in.
By the fourth season, their school friend, Gibby Noah Munck [ a ] also works with them on the web show. Schneider was both the showrunner and executive producer , under his Schneider's Bakery label. During the first five seasons, the show was taped at Nickelodeon on Sunset before relocating to KTLA Studios in Hollywood for the sixth and final season. It was nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Children's Program five times.
Although the show received mixed reviews from critics, it became popular with audiences. The January episode "iSaved Your Life" reached The revival series premiered on June 17, When Carly Shay and her best friend Sam Puckett improvise comedy at a school talent show audition , tech-savvy Freddie Benson records it and posts it online without informing them. After seeing the girls' strong chemistry and banter, the online audience clamors for more, and thus they decide to create iCarly.
The trio find their normal adolescent lives thrown for a loop when they discover that they have become online sensations as their show β which features talent contests, recipes, problem-solving, and random dancing β garners international accolades. Carly lives in Seattle with her adult brother and guardian Spencer and produces the show in a makeshift third-floor studio loft in their apartment.
Their father, Steven Shay, is a United States Air Force officer stationed on a submarine and is often mentioned, but is only seen during the series' finale episode, " iGoodbye ". Schneider originally wanted to make 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, Schneider decided that it would be much better if Carly had her own show β a web show she could run herself and do whatever she wanted to do.
