Sam & Cat

***Sam & Cat*** was an American television program. It starred Jennette McCurdy as Sam Puckett and Ariana Grande as Cat Valentine. The program was first shown on June 8, 2013 on Nickelodeon. Sam & Cat" is a crossover and a spin-off of the programs iCarly (Sam) and Victorious (Cat). The show is about the two girls living together and being babysitters.

The program was announced on November 29, 2012. It began production in January 2013. On 12 March 13 2014, a second season was announced.

## Cancelation

On July 13, 2014, the series was canceled because of problems with the two stars (McCurdy and Grande).

## Summary

Sam Puckett has been driving around on her motorcycle. She sees a girl thrown into a garbage truck. Sam saves Cat and they become friends. They move to Cat's house because Nona moved away. They become babysitters to get money. Their friends include Goomer and Dice.

### Main

- Jennette McCurdy as Sam Puckett
- Ariana Grande as Cat Valentine
- Cameron Ocasio as Dice.
- Maree Cheatham as Nona

### Secondary

- Zoran Korach as Goomer
- Griffin Kane and Emily Skinner as Max and Chloe
- Sophia Grace & Rosie as Ruby and Gwen They also were in #RevengeOfTheBritBrats where they return and drive a wedge between Sam and Cat.
- Dan Schneider as the voice of Tandy
- Lisa Lillien as the voice of Bungle
- Ronnie Clark as Herb
- Ryan P. Shrime as Yokvish

### Minor

- River Alexander as Dilben
- Ben Giroux as Jeff Du Shell
- Tyler Michael Brown and Rashaan Smith as Bob and Ethan
- Jake Brennan as Butler Torso
- Susan Huckle as Debbie Torso
- Jack DeSena as Host of Texting Competition
- Aubrey K. Miller as Ellie

## Production

On August 3, 2012 the show was announced. On November 29, 2012 it got picked up to start in 2013. Production began in January 2013. On July 11, 2013 twenty more episodes were added. Filming began on September 14, 2013. The show first was to start on March 23, 2013. It was moved to the fall and then to June 2013. It finally started on June 8, 2013.

## Reviews

The first episode was watched by 4.2 million people. The most watched episode is "#TheKillerTunaJump: #Freddie #Jade #Robbie" with 4.8 million people watching. The least watched episode is "#SecretSafe" 2.0 million people.  In December 2013 Common Sense Media rated it two stars and said it makes people laugh "at the expense of any realistic content."

## Awards

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Award|scope="col"|Category|scope="col"|Recipient|scope="col"|Result|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|scope="row" rowspan=3|2013|scope="row" rowspan=3|J-14 Teen Icon Awards|Icon TV Show|_Sam & Cat_|||||
|scope="row" rowspan=2|Icon TV Actress|Ariana Grande||||||||
|Jennette McCurdy||||||||||
|scope="row" rowspan=5|2014|ANMTVLA Awards|Best Children Series in 2013|_Sam & Cat_||||||
|ANMTV Brazil Awards|Best child and adolescent series exhibited in 2013|_Sam & Cat_||||||||
|scope="row" rowspan=3|2014 Kids' Choice Awards|Favorite TV Show|_Sam & Cat_|||||||
|scope="row" rowspan=2|Favorite TV Actress|Ariana Grande||||||||
|Jennette McCurdy||||||||||

## International premieres

|Country|Channel|Premiere|Title|Source(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|United States|Nickelodeon|June 8, 2013|_Sam & Cat_||
|Canada|YTV|August 12, 2013|||
|Nickelodeon (Canada)|September 7, 2013||||
|United Kingdom Ireland || Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland) || September 1, 2013 <small>(preview)</small> October 14, 2013 <small>(premiere)</small> |||||||
|Australia|Nickelodeon (Australia)|September 30, 2013 <small>(preview)</small> October 11, 2013 <small>(premiere)</small>|||||
|Poland|Nickelodeon (Poland)|September 28, 2013|_Sam i Cat_||
|Germany|Nickelodeon (Germany)|_Sam & Cat_|||
|Netherlands Belgium || Nickelodeon (Netherlands & Flanders) |||||||
|Denmark|Nickelodeon (Denmark)|September 29, 2013|||
|Norway|Nickelodeon (Norway)||||
|Sweden|Nickelodeon (Sweden)||||
|New Zealand|Nickelodeon (New Zealand)|September 30, 2013 <small>(preview)</small> October 7, 2013 <small>(premiere)</small> |||||
|Philippines|Nickelodeon (Philippines)|October 11, 2013|||
|Hong Kong Indonesia Macau Malaysia Singapore Thailand Taiwan Vietnam|Nickelodeon (Southeast Asia)||||
|Brazil|Nickelodeon (Brazil)|October 19, 2013|||
|Argentina Chile Colombia El Salvador Mexico Peru Venezuela Dominican Republic Ecuador Bolivia Uruguay Paraguay || Nickelodeon (Latin America)|||||
|France|Nickelodeon (France)|October 30, 2013|_Sam et Cat_||
|Portugal|Nickelodeon (Portugal)|November 4, 2013|_Sam & Cat_||
|Spain|Nickelodeon (Spain)||||
|Italy|Nickelodeon (Italy)||||
|South Africa|Nickelodeon (Africa)||||
|Turkey|Nickelodeon (Turkey)|November 11, 2013|||
|Quebec|VRAK.TV|December 31, 2013|_Sam et Cat_||
|Hungary|Nickelodeon (Hungary)|February 16, 2014|_Sam és Cat_||
|Greece|Nickelodeon (Greece)|February 24, 2014|_Sam & Cat_||
|Japan|NHK|April 2, 2014|_サム&キャット_||

## Other websites

- Official website
- _Sam & Cat_ at Nick.com

## Infobox (television)

- **image**: Sam&Cat logo.png
- **genre**: Teen sitcom
- **creator**: Dan Schneider (TV producer), Dan Schneider
- **executive producer**: Dan Schneider
Warren Bell
Jake Farrow
Robin Weiner
- **producer**: Christopher J. Nowak
Bruce Rand Berman
- **theme music composer**: Michael Corcoran (musician), Michael Corcoran
- **opentheme**: "Just Fine", performed by Backhouse Mike
- **country**: United States
- **language**: English
- **num seasons**: 1
- **num episodes**: 35
- **list episodes**: List of Sam & Cat episodes
- **runtime**: 23 minutes
- **camera**: Videotape (filmizing, filmized); Multiple-camera setup, Multi-camera
- **company**: Schneider's Bakery
Nickelodeon Productions
- **channel**: Nickelodeon
- **location**: Nickelodeon on Sunset
Hollywood, California