IKarle

**иKapлэ** (iKaple; iKarle) is a Serilian children's sitcom broadcast by СТ3 from 6 December 2009 to 15 June 2014 as part of its Nickelodeon programming block.

Adapted from the American television series iCarly, the series revolves around a teenage girl named Karle Kariyev (Carly Shay) who runs a website with her friends Sasha Malykhin (Sam Puckett) and Pyotr Bespalov (Freddie Benson) and lives with her older brother Dimitri (Spencer).

Repeats of the series continued to be broadcast until 2018, when СТ3 discontinued their Nickelodeon block.

## Premise

After being forced by a mean teacher to film auditions for a school talent show, best friends Karle Kariyev and Sasha Malykhin start to mess around. Unbeknownst to them, their tech-savvy friend, Pyotr Bespalov has been recording and will later upload their conversation online where it will receive thousands of views. After realizing that viewers wanted to see more videos from them, the three friends begin a webshow called iKarle and start broadcastIng it from a previously unused room in Karle's house.

## Cast

* Bergljot Valerievna as Karle Kariyev (Carly Shay)
* Matvei Lapotnikov as Dimitri Kariyev (Spencer Shay)
* Annika Yurievna as Sasha Malykhin (Sam Puckett)
* Ivan Nosachyov as Pyotr Bespalov (Freddie Benson)
* Boris Yankov as Gervasii Gerasimov (Gibby Gibson)
* Kalina Romanov as Marisha Bespalov (Marissa Benson)
* Greta Zhivkov as Kikimora Brjzensky (Ms. Briggs)
* Vladimir Dyatlov as Mikhail Khovansky (Mr. Howard)
* Nikolai Shuysky as Teodor Sazonov (Principal Franklin)

## Production

iCarly made its Serilian broadcast debut in November 2008 on MTV Serilia. For a variety of reasons, the series failed to become popular. Its subtitles were often mixed-up with those intended for Jackass, leading to conservative groups labeling iCarly as unsuitable for young viewers for supposed vulgar and anti-authoritarian content. Said groups also threatened to boycott the channel unless it stopped airing iCarly. An apology was issued by MTV Serilia acknowledging the situation, which was caused by the network's poor management, and iCarly was pulled from rotation shortly thereafter.

It was announced in March 2009 that as part of a new five-year contract, Viacom would allow СТ3 to produce a Serilian version of iCarly. This decision allowed the channel to produce an in-house television production at a time when airing foreign imports started being discouraged by state-run media.

iKarle initially had a low budget and relied heavily on location filming. Props used on the original iCarly such as Freddie's laptop from season one were shipped to Serilia for use on the localisation. Filming on the pilot episode began in July 2009.

Throughout a four month period in mid-2012, the elaborate relocation of sets used on the original iCarly to Marigrad, Serilia was undertaken. These sets mainly served as the primary filming space for iKarle, while also being used for continuity announcements for the show. On non-filming days, the sets were opened to the public as part of CT3's Nickelodeon Experience. This was done in collaboration between CT3 and Nickelodeon as a way to capitalise off of the show's popularity.

On 31 January 2014, series lead Bergljot Valerievna announced in a Twitter post that iKarle had wrapped up filming after "spreading joy for five wonderful years." The next day, СТ3 confirmed that iKarle's fifth season would be its last.

The show's sets were later enclosed from the rest of the studio space and continued to operate as part of the Nickelodeon Experience attraction until its closure in 2020.

## Differences

While iKarle retains many core elements from the original iCarly, there are still many differences, which include:

* Unlike her American counterpart, Sasha Malykhin is never violent and just simply has a negative attitude.
* The main characters live in houses, instead of apartments.
* Pyotr's mother, Marisha Bespalov is less overprotective than her American equivalent.
* As with many sitcoms in Serilia, the series does not contain a laugh track.

## Notes

* Despite being popular with viewers, the series did not receive any home media releases during its run.
	+ As of 2023, the series has yet to see a DVD release.
		- This is presumably because of a legal dispute over distribution rights between СТ3 and Nickelodeon.
	+ From 2010 to 2014, newly-broadcast episodes were made available on the official СТ3 website for a certain period of time.
* Only a select few clips of the series are available online publicly.
	+ Most happen to be in extremely poor quality and are considered unwatchable by many.
* While the programme's romanized title is iKaple, the proper translation is iKarle. The name Karle is pronounced with an emphasis on the letter "e".

## Footnotes

1. ↑ Attraction operated under separate contract.