View Full Version : iCarly really marked the beginning of Nickelodeon pandering to YouTube


TMC
09-18-2020, 04:38 AM
After this show (https://onedrive.live.com/embed?cid=B2249E4BBBB62F4C&resid=B2249E4BBBB62F4C%21250&authkey=ANxOF6tcxni2ZIk) hit (https://mlpforums.com/topic/124365-what-popular-youtube-phenomenon-will-nickelodeon-adapt-next/), Nickelodeon (https://www.reddit.com/r/nickelodeon/comments/gx4lzk/the_six_ages_of_nickelodeon_a_historical_analysis/)made a bunch of shows (https://screenrant.com/nickelodeon-worst-shows-you-forgot-about/) that were meant to capitalize (http://oldschoollane.blogspot.com/2014/05/) on internet (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UnintentionalPeriodPiece/TurnOfTheMillennium) related content (https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/react-to-that/user-reviews/adult):

2009 - iMeet Fred (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ4wG4tuX8Y) airs

2010 - Fred: The Movie comes out

2011 - Fred: The Movie gets a sequel.

2012 - A second Fred sequel is released.
-A Fred show comes out that lasts 6 episodes.
-Lucas Cruikshank gets (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/DorkAge/TelevisionNetworks) his own show called Marvin Marvin.

2013 - Sam and Cat airs, and uses #s for each episode.
-AwesomenessTV gets its own show (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Horrible/LiveActionTV).

2014 - Breadwinners is picked up for its own show. (based off a video on YouTube that had less than 150K views at the time)
-The game show Webheads airs and lasts only a month. (It's not based off of a YouTube video or channel, but it's about internet videos)
-ReactToThat airs as a show based on the Fine Brothers' React videos