drake & Josh is an American sitcom that premiered on the Nickelodeon Televisione network on January 11, 2004, which follows the lives of two stepbrothers. It stars drake campana, bell and Josh Peck as stepbrothers drake Parker and Josh Nichols, respectively. Both actors had played roles in The Amanda Show, along with Nancy Sullivan, who appears as Drake's mother in the series. Jonathan Goldstein plays Josh's father, and Miranda Cosgrove plays Drake's little sister Megan. Reruns of drake & Josh are, as of August 2010, appearing on Nickelodeon, YTV, and now on TeenNick at 6 p.m. on weekdays. The mostra ran from Sunday, January 11, 2004 to Sunday, September 16, 2007, although a secondo film entitled Merry Christmas, drake & Josh debuted on Friday, December 5, 2008. Seasons 1, 2, and 4 were filmed at the Nickelodeon On Sunset in Hollywood, and Season 3 was filmed at Tribune Studios (now Sunset Bronson Studios; the Old Warner Brothers Studio) on the same boulevard.
Contents [hide]
1 Characters
1.1 Main characters
1.2 Recurring characters
2 Episodes
2.1 TV films
2.2 Broadcast history
3 DVD releases
4 TV special
4.1 drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp
5 Movies
5.1 drake & Josh Go Hollywood
6 Merry Christmas, drake & Josh
7 Other media
7.1 Music
7.2 Games
7.3 Books
8 Awards
9 References
10 External links
[edit]Characters
Main article: lista of drake & Josh characters
[edit]Main characters
Character Actor/Actress
drake Parker Drake Bell
Josh Nichols Josh Peck
Megan Parker Miranda Cosgrove
Audrey Parker-Nichols Nancy Sullivan
Walter Nichols Jonathan Goldstein
[edit]Recurring characters
Character Actor/Actress Notes
Helen Ophelia Dubois Yvette Nicole Brown Helen appears in Victorious as the new Principal of Hollywood Arts
"Crazy" Steve Jerry Trainor He is metioned da Helen who say thought that he was crazy, however, she thinks that Tori Vega is più crazier.
Leah Cathy Shim
Eric Blonowitz Scott Halberstadt Eric appears in iCarly at webicon
Craig Ramirez Alec Medlock Craig appears in iCarly with Eric at webicon
Mindy Crenshaw Allison Scagliotti
Gavin Mitchell Jake Farrow Gavin appears in iCarly at webicon
Mrs. Hayfer Julia Duffy
[edit]Episodes
Main article: lista of drake & Josh episodes
Season Episodes Originally aired
Season premiere Season finale
1 6 January 11, 2004 February 22, 2004
2 14 March 14, 2004 November 28, 2004
3 20 April 2, 2005 April 8, 2006
4 20 September 24, 2006 September 16, 2007
[edit]TV films
Film Airdate
drake & Josh Go Hollywood January 6, 2006
Merry Christmas, drake and Josh December 5, 2008
[edit]Broadcast history
Nickelodeon (January 11, 2004-February 21, 2011)
TEENick (January 11, 2004–February 2, 2009)
The N (January 1, 2008–August 9, 2009)
TeenNick (February 8, 2010–present)
Nicktoons (March 7, 2011 – May 13, 2011)
[edit]DVD releases
Name Release date Contains
drake & Josh: Vol. 1 Suddenly Brothers February 15, 2005 4 episodes: Pilot, Dune Buggy, Two Idiots and a Baby, First Crush
Never-before-seen outtakes
drake & Josh Go Hollywood January 31, 2006 The film
Bloopers
2 bonus episodes: Helen's Surgery & Mindy's Back
"Found a Way" Musica video
The Best of drake & Josh: Seasons 1 & 2 August 21, 2008 Season 1 episodes: Pilot, Dune Buggy, Two Idiots and a Baby, First Crush, Grammy
Season 2 episodes: The Bet, Movie Job, Football, Pool Shark, Smart Girl, Little Diva, Number 1 Fan, Mean Teacher, Drew & Jerry, Honor Council
The Best of drake & Josh: Seasons 3 & 4 August 29, 2008 Season 3 episodes: We're Married?, Paging Dr. Drake, Foam Finger, Girl Power, Megan's New Teacher, Little Sibling, Theater Thug, Alien Invasion, Dr. Phyllis Show
Season 4 episodes: The Great Doheny, The Storm, albero House, Megan's Revenge, Helicopter, Dance Contest
Merry Christmas, drake & Josh December 19, 2008 The film
Musica video "Jingle Bells" da drake Bell
[edit]TV special
[edit]Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp
Main article: drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp
Spin City Records wants to sign drake and his new song, "Makes Me Happy", for their label. He is on the road to fame and fortune, but Josh's inexperience as a manager leads him to sign the contract without Leggere it. Josh, having been drooling over the giant gamberetto, gamberetti at the meeting, accidentally signs over creative rights for Drake's new song. drake fires Josh, and a series of bizarre events follow. Meanwhile at the Premiere, Helen is getting married, so she gives Mindy Crenshaw the job as assistant manager, the job Josh was after for a long time. Mindy, played da Allison Scagliotti, became Josh's girlfriend in later episodes of the series. Eventually, Josh sneaks into Spin City Records and switches the songs, which is against the law. This makes drake a statewide stella, star and his song "Makes Me Happy" gets played at Helen's wedding and at the Super Bowl. At the end, drake and Josh fight against for the gamberetto, gamberetti in their room and later a flashback appears to a similar scene alluding to the The Amanda Show.
The special aired on August 3, 2007. However, it is also considered an hour-long episode because it contained a laugh track and is treated like a typical episode with story elements based on films. The special's premiere brought in 5.8 million viewers.[4] The premiere of the special broke the record for the most visualizzazioni of a premiere of a Nickelodeon movie. iCarly's iGo to Giappone later broke that record, until the airing of Merry Christmas, drake & Josh, took the record back.
[edit]Movies
[edit]Drake & Josh Go Hollywood
Main article: drake & Josh Go Hollywood
drake and Josh are left at home after their parents go on a cruise. They are told to bring Megan to the airport to visit her friend in Denver, but accidentally send her on a flight to Los Angeles. They go to Hollywood to get her back, and end up stopping a multi-billion dollar heist and booking a guest-spot for drake on TRL. The film aired on January 6, 2006, and, according to TV Guide, it became the highest rated program on all of cable during its opening week. This is the first drake and Josh film to be presented in HD.
[edit]Merry Christmas, drake & Josh
Main article: Merry Christmas, drake & Josh
A new drake & Josh TV film tentatively entitled "Drake and Josh: Best Natale Ever" began production in July 2008, and premiered on December 5, 2008, officially ending the series. The titolo was later changed to "Merry Natale drake & Josh". Creator Dan Schneider returned as executive producer, with Marjorie Cohn and Lauren Levine co-executive producing. Michael Grossman directed the feature. The film centers around drake and Josh, who are working as Santa's helpers in a mall when drake promises a little girl that her foster parents and siblings will have "The Best Natale Ever"—and then try to fulfill that promise while a grumpy policeman tries to stop them. Although drake and Josh aren't having the time of the lives, their parents are having a worse time on their vacation because they have to stay in a hut while in a hurricane.[5]
The TV film was broadcast in HD format, unlike the precedente films drake & Josh Go Hollywood and drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp. It also featured Henry Winkler and MMA fighter Kimbo Slice.
The premiere of Merry Christmas, drake & Josh broke the record of most viewers for the premiere of a Nickelodeon movie with 9.10 million viewers, a titolo previously held da iGo to Japan.[6]
[edit]Other media
[edit]Music
drake & Josh has had some singles and a soundtrack. The Musica releases are shown below.
Name Contains
"Found a Way" The theme song of the mostra da drake Bell.
drake & Josh The drake & Josh soundtrack from the TV show.
"Makes Me Happy" From the film drake & Josh: Really Big gamberetto, gamberetti da drake Bell.
"Jingle Bells" From the film Merry Christmas, drake & Josh da drake Bell.
"Christmas Wrapping" From the film Merry Christmas, drake & Josh da Miranda Cosgrove.
"12 Days of Christmas" From the film Merry Christmas, drake and Josh da Drake, Josh, and the orphans.
drake and Josh also features parts of various songs within their scene transitions. One of the many songs they feature include "Lithium Flower" da Scott Mathew.
[edit]Games
Two video games based on drake & Josh have been released on the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. Both of them released in the same year.
Game Publisher Platform
drake & Josh THQ Game Boy Advance
drake & Josh: Talent Showdown THQ Nintendo DS
[edit]Books
A book series based on drake & Josh has been published da children's publisher Scholastic since 2006. The libri are generally based upon content from the mostra and essentially novelize two episodes of material, with one being a novelization of a feature length film. The libri are written da autore Laurie McElroy.
Book Author Info
"Blues Brothers" Laurie McElroy Based on the episodes titled "Blues Brothers" and "Number One Fan"
"Sibling Revelry" Laurie McElroy Based on the episodes titled "The Bet" and "Peruvian Puff Pepper"
"Drake & Josh Go Hollywood" Laurie McElroy Based on the film drake & Josh Go Hollywood
"Kid Trouble" Laurie McElroy Based on the episodes "Megan's New Teacher" and "Little Sibling"
"Alien Invasion" Laurie McElroy Based on the episodes "Alien Invasion" and "The Demonator"
"Surprise!" Laurie McElroy Based on the episodes "Josh Runs Into Oprah" and "Vicious Tiberius"
"Josh is Done" Laurie McElroy Based on the episodes "Josh is Done" and "I Amore Sushi"
[edit]Awards
2004 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Winner: preferito Kids TV Show
2006 Nick Kids' Choice Awards Winner: preferito TV Show
2006 Nick Kids' Choice Awards Winner: preferito TV Actor (Drake Bell)
2007 Nick Kids' Choice Awards Winner: preferito TV Actor (Drake Bell)
2007 Nick Kids' Choice Awards (GER) Winner: preferito TV Actor (Josh Peck)
2007 Nick Kids' Choice Awards (UK) Winner: Favourite TV Show
2007 Nick Kids' Choice Awards (UK) Winner: Favourite TV Actor (Drake Bell)
2007 Nick Kids' Choice Awards (UK) Winner: Best Male Singer (Drake Bell)
2008 Nick Kids' Choice Awards Winner: preferito TV Actor (Drake Bell)
2008 Nick Kids' Choice Awards Winner: preferito TV Show
2008 Nick Kids' Choice Awards (BR) Winner: preferito TV Actor (Drake Bell)
2008 Nick Kids' Choice Awards (UK) Winner: preferito TV Show
2008 Nick Kids' Choice Awards (UK) Winner: Favourite TV Actor (Josh Peck)
2008 Nick Kids' Choice Awards (AUS) Winner: preferito Comedy Show
2009 Nick Kids' Choice Awards (NZ) Winner: preferito Comedy Show
[edit]References
^ "MTV at Mip TV". Televisione Business International 16 (3): 27. 1 March 2004.
^ This mostra relates to "iCarly" because two characters (Craig and Eric) guest starred on an episode of "iCarly" in Season 4.
^ The character "Helen" is a recurring character on "Victorious".
^ "Drake & Josh's Big gamberetto, gamberetti Nets Really Big Audience". TV Guide. 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
^ "The Holidays Come Early for drake & Josh Fans!" (Press release). Viacom. 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
^ Seidman, Robert (2008-12-08). "NFL, drake & Josh, The Librarian, WWE Raw and Leverage lead cable". TV da the Numbers. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
[edit]External :),
Contents [hide]
1 Characters
1.1 Main characters
1.2 Recurring characters
2 Episodes
2.1 TV films
2.2 Broadcast history
3 DVD releases
4 TV special
4.1 drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp
5 Movies
5.1 drake & Josh Go Hollywood
6 Merry Christmas, drake & Josh
7 Other media
7.1 Music
7.2 Games
7.3 Books
8 Awards
9 References
10 External links
[edit]Characters
Main article: lista of drake & Josh characters
[edit]Main characters
Character Actor/Actress
drake Parker Drake Bell
Josh Nichols Josh Peck
Megan Parker Miranda Cosgrove
Audrey Parker-Nichols Nancy Sullivan
Walter Nichols Jonathan Goldstein
[edit]Recurring characters
Character Actor/Actress Notes
Helen Ophelia Dubois Yvette Nicole Brown Helen appears in Victorious as the new Principal of Hollywood Arts
"Crazy" Steve Jerry Trainor He is metioned da Helen who say thought that he was crazy, however, she thinks that Tori Vega is più crazier.
Leah Cathy Shim
Eric Blonowitz Scott Halberstadt Eric appears in iCarly at webicon
Craig Ramirez Alec Medlock Craig appears in iCarly with Eric at webicon
Mindy Crenshaw Allison Scagliotti
Gavin Mitchell Jake Farrow Gavin appears in iCarly at webicon
Mrs. Hayfer Julia Duffy
[edit]Episodes
Main article: lista of drake & Josh episodes
Season Episodes Originally aired
Season premiere Season finale
1 6 January 11, 2004 February 22, 2004
2 14 March 14, 2004 November 28, 2004
3 20 April 2, 2005 April 8, 2006
4 20 September 24, 2006 September 16, 2007
[edit]TV films
Film Airdate
drake & Josh Go Hollywood January 6, 2006
Merry Christmas, drake and Josh December 5, 2008
[edit]Broadcast history
Nickelodeon (January 11, 2004-February 21, 2011)
TEENick (January 11, 2004–February 2, 2009)
The N (January 1, 2008–August 9, 2009)
TeenNick (February 8, 2010–present)
Nicktoons (March 7, 2011 – May 13, 2011)
[edit]DVD releases
Name Release date Contains
drake & Josh: Vol. 1 Suddenly Brothers February 15, 2005 4 episodes: Pilot, Dune Buggy, Two Idiots and a Baby, First Crush
Never-before-seen outtakes
drake & Josh Go Hollywood January 31, 2006 The film
Bloopers
2 bonus episodes: Helen's Surgery & Mindy's Back
"Found a Way" Musica video
The Best of drake & Josh: Seasons 1 & 2 August 21, 2008 Season 1 episodes: Pilot, Dune Buggy, Two Idiots and a Baby, First Crush, Grammy
Season 2 episodes: The Bet, Movie Job, Football, Pool Shark, Smart Girl, Little Diva, Number 1 Fan, Mean Teacher, Drew & Jerry, Honor Council
The Best of drake & Josh: Seasons 3 & 4 August 29, 2008 Season 3 episodes: We're Married?, Paging Dr. Drake, Foam Finger, Girl Power, Megan's New Teacher, Little Sibling, Theater Thug, Alien Invasion, Dr. Phyllis Show
Season 4 episodes: The Great Doheny, The Storm, albero House, Megan's Revenge, Helicopter, Dance Contest
Merry Christmas, drake & Josh December 19, 2008 The film
Musica video "Jingle Bells" da drake Bell
[edit]TV special
[edit]Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp
Main article: drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp
Spin City Records wants to sign drake and his new song, "Makes Me Happy", for their label. He is on the road to fame and fortune, but Josh's inexperience as a manager leads him to sign the contract without Leggere it. Josh, having been drooling over the giant gamberetto, gamberetti at the meeting, accidentally signs over creative rights for Drake's new song. drake fires Josh, and a series of bizarre events follow. Meanwhile at the Premiere, Helen is getting married, so she gives Mindy Crenshaw the job as assistant manager, the job Josh was after for a long time. Mindy, played da Allison Scagliotti, became Josh's girlfriend in later episodes of the series. Eventually, Josh sneaks into Spin City Records and switches the songs, which is against the law. This makes drake a statewide stella, star and his song "Makes Me Happy" gets played at Helen's wedding and at the Super Bowl. At the end, drake and Josh fight against for the gamberetto, gamberetti in their room and later a flashback appears to a similar scene alluding to the The Amanda Show.
The special aired on August 3, 2007. However, it is also considered an hour-long episode because it contained a laugh track and is treated like a typical episode with story elements based on films. The special's premiere brought in 5.8 million viewers.[4] The premiere of the special broke the record for the most visualizzazioni of a premiere of a Nickelodeon movie. iCarly's iGo to Giappone later broke that record, until the airing of Merry Christmas, drake & Josh, took the record back.
[edit]Movies
[edit]Drake & Josh Go Hollywood
Main article: drake & Josh Go Hollywood
drake and Josh are left at home after their parents go on a cruise. They are told to bring Megan to the airport to visit her friend in Denver, but accidentally send her on a flight to Los Angeles. They go to Hollywood to get her back, and end up stopping a multi-billion dollar heist and booking a guest-spot for drake on TRL. The film aired on January 6, 2006, and, according to TV Guide, it became the highest rated program on all of cable during its opening week. This is the first drake and Josh film to be presented in HD.
[edit]Merry Christmas, drake & Josh
Main article: Merry Christmas, drake & Josh
A new drake & Josh TV film tentatively entitled "Drake and Josh: Best Natale Ever" began production in July 2008, and premiered on December 5, 2008, officially ending the series. The titolo was later changed to "Merry Natale drake & Josh". Creator Dan Schneider returned as executive producer, with Marjorie Cohn and Lauren Levine co-executive producing. Michael Grossman directed the feature. The film centers around drake and Josh, who are working as Santa's helpers in a mall when drake promises a little girl that her foster parents and siblings will have "The Best Natale Ever"—and then try to fulfill that promise while a grumpy policeman tries to stop them. Although drake and Josh aren't having the time of the lives, their parents are having a worse time on their vacation because they have to stay in a hut while in a hurricane.[5]
The TV film was broadcast in HD format, unlike the precedente films drake & Josh Go Hollywood and drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp. It also featured Henry Winkler and MMA fighter Kimbo Slice.
The premiere of Merry Christmas, drake & Josh broke the record of most viewers for the premiere of a Nickelodeon movie with 9.10 million viewers, a titolo previously held da iGo to Japan.[6]
[edit]Other media
[edit]Music
drake & Josh has had some singles and a soundtrack. The Musica releases are shown below.
Name Contains
"Found a Way" The theme song of the mostra da drake Bell.
drake & Josh The drake & Josh soundtrack from the TV show.
"Makes Me Happy" From the film drake & Josh: Really Big gamberetto, gamberetti da drake Bell.
"Jingle Bells" From the film Merry Christmas, drake & Josh da drake Bell.
"Christmas Wrapping" From the film Merry Christmas, drake & Josh da Miranda Cosgrove.
"12 Days of Christmas" From the film Merry Christmas, drake and Josh da Drake, Josh, and the orphans.
drake and Josh also features parts of various songs within their scene transitions. One of the many songs they feature include "Lithium Flower" da Scott Mathew.
[edit]Games
Two video games based on drake & Josh have been released on the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. Both of them released in the same year.
Game Publisher Platform
drake & Josh THQ Game Boy Advance
drake & Josh: Talent Showdown THQ Nintendo DS
[edit]Books
A book series based on drake & Josh has been published da children's publisher Scholastic since 2006. The libri are generally based upon content from the mostra and essentially novelize two episodes of material, with one being a novelization of a feature length film. The libri are written da autore Laurie McElroy.
Book Author Info
"Blues Brothers" Laurie McElroy Based on the episodes titled "Blues Brothers" and "Number One Fan"
"Sibling Revelry" Laurie McElroy Based on the episodes titled "The Bet" and "Peruvian Puff Pepper"
"Drake & Josh Go Hollywood" Laurie McElroy Based on the film drake & Josh Go Hollywood
"Kid Trouble" Laurie McElroy Based on the episodes "Megan's New Teacher" and "Little Sibling"
"Alien Invasion" Laurie McElroy Based on the episodes "Alien Invasion" and "The Demonator"
"Surprise!" Laurie McElroy Based on the episodes "Josh Runs Into Oprah" and "Vicious Tiberius"
"Josh is Done" Laurie McElroy Based on the episodes "Josh is Done" and "I Amore Sushi"
[edit]Awards
2004 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Winner: preferito Kids TV Show
2006 Nick Kids' Choice Awards Winner: preferito TV Show
2006 Nick Kids' Choice Awards Winner: preferito TV Actor (Drake Bell)
2007 Nick Kids' Choice Awards Winner: preferito TV Actor (Drake Bell)
2007 Nick Kids' Choice Awards (GER) Winner: preferito TV Actor (Josh Peck)
2007 Nick Kids' Choice Awards (UK) Winner: Favourite TV Show
2007 Nick Kids' Choice Awards (UK) Winner: Favourite TV Actor (Drake Bell)
2007 Nick Kids' Choice Awards (UK) Winner: Best Male Singer (Drake Bell)
2008 Nick Kids' Choice Awards Winner: preferito TV Actor (Drake Bell)
2008 Nick Kids' Choice Awards Winner: preferito TV Show
2008 Nick Kids' Choice Awards (BR) Winner: preferito TV Actor (Drake Bell)
2008 Nick Kids' Choice Awards (UK) Winner: preferito TV Show
2008 Nick Kids' Choice Awards (UK) Winner: Favourite TV Actor (Josh Peck)
2008 Nick Kids' Choice Awards (AUS) Winner: preferito Comedy Show
2009 Nick Kids' Choice Awards (NZ) Winner: preferito Comedy Show
[edit]References
^ "MTV at Mip TV". Televisione Business International 16 (3): 27. 1 March 2004.
^ This mostra relates to "iCarly" because two characters (Craig and Eric) guest starred on an episode of "iCarly" in Season 4.
^ The character "Helen" is a recurring character on "Victorious".
^ "Drake & Josh's Big gamberetto, gamberetti Nets Really Big Audience". TV Guide. 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
^ "The Holidays Come Early for drake & Josh Fans!" (Press release). Viacom. 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
^ Seidman, Robert (2008-12-08). "NFL, drake & Josh, The Librarian, WWE Raw and Leverage lead cable". TV da the Numbers. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
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