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== iPilot = 13 million viewers in one airing or two? ==
* Okay, this has been getting at me for a while. I have a very hard time believing that iPilot's 13 million viewers were in one telecast when it premiered on September 8, 2007. I remember hearing that they WERE in two, and the second had around ~30% more than the first. Dan Schneider has mentioned that iSaved Your Life was the most watched episode ever with 11.2 million, and that Victorious had the most watched live action premiere in Nickelodeon history with 5.7. And if memory serves, iWant More Viewers after iPilot had 3.7 million, so I have a hard time believing that a 13 million would serve as a lead-in into a 3.7 million. If the Victorious premiere WAS #1 (or #2 if you count Big Time School of Rocque and its 6.8 million), then iPilot's first airing must have had like, .1 million less...I can't spin my head around this.
** You are right. I did a little digging and found this: [https://web.archive.org/web/20121021230948/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/drake-and-josh/icarly-premiere-draws-13-milli-10782.aspx News release.] It clearly says that it includes both the 8:30 Saturday premiere, and the 11:30am Sunday encore did 30% better. My calculations seem to show the same thing you've done, which is the likely audience for the premiere is 5.6 million. 30% more than this gives the encore an audience of 7.3 million for a total of 13 million.
** Victorious does not have the most watched live action premiere in Nick history. Schneider stated this but the information is false. The title still belongs to Big Time Rush.
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** Sam's expression in ''iSpeed Date'' didn't really show (in my opinion) that she was in love with Freddie.
* I thought it was just something that she was feeling for a while but has trouble expressing her feelings? I guess her [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|being incredibly hostile towards Freddie was her way of showing affection]].
** This is what I thought, and I'm not even a shipper. The "[[Belligerent Sexual Tension|mean and violent towards your love interest]]" thing was something I had become accustomed to from one of Nick's [[Hey Arnold!|earlier shows]], so I just assumed it was going to come to light at one point or another. I do agree that the plot could have been done better, though.
** Well Dan's not exactly the best when it comes to build up. I think he has all the ideas in his mind as to why this works, but it didn't translate on screen. If you wanna reach far enough: Sam is extremely abrasive and especially to Freddie, and after iKiss, she might have been developing some sort of feelings. I mean, in iTTK, Sam brought up their kiss, and it seems too far fetched for laughing has to magically bring secrets like that up. It must've been on her mind at the time. Shows like this that adhere religiously to the status quo make it impossible for any development to occur. And besides, apparently it's hilarious for Sam to grievously injure Freddie...*cough* Also, there may have been pressure to keep the status quo as well between the 3 best friends. Note how Sam was nice and helpful when alone with Freddie and Brad. I guess Brad was just an excuse? I mean they are a bit more civilized whenever Carly isn't around. Hopefully Dan realistically explains this, because I like this ship and I don't want some lazy ass-pull.
*** The funny thing is that the subsequent episodes appear to show that Freddie seems to legitimately believe Sam hates him, and because one of the major indications that something is wrong is that Sam starts hanging around Freddie, it makes it look like Sam and Freddie's friendship is barely there and they never spend time along together. I think anyone looking at the arc objectively can see the arc itself has several ''massive'' flaws in addition to the whole [[Stockholm Syndrome]] plot where Freddie gets bullied and emotionally abused and called worthless for 5 years then turns around and likes the girl who was doing it.
*** ''iKiss'' shortly followed by ''iMeet Fred'' is too ironic and inexcusable to mention in terms of the first sentence, so no surprises if Dan pulls another such episode again in the aftermath of iOMG. [[Hey Arnold!]] works for a cartoon. iCarly is live action. But it would be quite interesting if they ''actually'' get Sam and Freddie together and then Sam gets nothing short like Melanie in terms of girliness around her BF. It will kill the established [[Vitriolic Best Buds]] comedy since the pilot and would be just as "boring" and "perfect" (if those 2 words even work together) as some claim against the friendship of the other major (yet minority) pairing. Time will tell.
** Was eventually referred to. Sam pushed Freddie into an oncoming bike courier. The courier hit Freddie and caused him to fall face first into a fire hydrant. While he was bleeding from the ears, Sam suddenly decided he was cute. There. That's the true love of Sam/Freddie. Likely to have happened just before ''iOMG'' based on Sam's unchanged behaviour previous to that episode.
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