NickCam

Genre: Teen Sitcom, Sketch Comedy

Created By: Dan Schneider and Jake Farrow

Opening Theme: "Always" sung by NickCam Cast

Country of origin: United States Language: English

# of seasons: 5 # of episodes: 84

Production
Executive Producer(s): Dan Schneider and Jake Farrow

Producer(s): Bruce Rand Berman, Joe Catania, Robin Weiner 

Location Taping(s): Nickelodeon on Sunset and KTLA Studios, Hollywood, California 

Camera setup: Videotape; Multi-camera Running time: 24 minutes

Production Company(s): Schneider's Bakery, Nickelodeon Productions 
Distributor: Nickelodeon

Broadcast

Original channel: Nickelodeon
Picture format: 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format: Stereo
Original run: May 2, 2008 - December 10, 2011
Chronology
Followed by: NickCam Shorts - Rhodey, NY
Related shows: iCarly, Victorious

NickCam (stylized as NiCK:)C@M) is an American teen sitcom and sketch comedy created by Jake Farrow and Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series revolves around computer expert Nick Cameron (Denzel Whitaker) and his six friends taking a weekend job at an amusement park and decide to created their own web show called “NickCam” (similar to iCarly). They also get into screwball situations on a daily basis. 

The show was taped at Nickelodeon on Sunset Studio and KTLA Studios in Los Angeles, California. In 2011, it was announced that the show would end with a total five seasons for its spin-off NickCam Shorts and then second spin-off Rhodey, NY. The series run was from May 2, 2008 to December 10, 2011.

Plot

The series follows computer expert Nick Cameron (Denzel Whitaker), his friends Rosanne Kenseth (Maunda Alexander)and  her cousins Rhodey Wilde (Kwame Alexander) and Roman Harvick (Marlon Smith) who have taken a weekend job in the M.W.S (Mystic Work Society) program at Mystic Kingdom Amusement Park (parody of Six Flags Discovery Kingdom) in Vallejo, California. On their first day, Rosanne and Rhodey meet their new friends at school Louise Busch (Casey Scott), her sister Shirin (Jannae Scott) and socially-awkward teen Qristyl Logano (Aldonesa Janglian). When all of Nick’s friends who learn about a web show called iCarly, they decided to create their own and named it “NickCam”. The webcast is taped at Rosanne and Rhodey’s home basement in Valencia and talks about all of the fun things at Mystic Mountain and shows funny sketches performed by Nick’s friends.

Cast

• Denzel Whitaker as Nick Cameron
• Maunda Alexander as Rosanne “Rosey” Kenseth
• Kwame Alexander as Rhodey Wilde
• Casey Scott as Louise Busch
• Marlon Smith as Roman Harvick 
• Jannae Scott as Shirin Busch
• Aldonsa Janjigian as Qristyl Logano
• Ryan Coleman as Mitchell “Mitch” Johnson (Season 4-5)
• Yvette Nicole Brown as Stella Cameron
• Alex Nikolas as Elle Fox
• Christina Kirkman as Carol Fox
• Paul Butcher as Dwight
• David Starzyk as Mr. Robertson
• TJ Johnson as Tobey Peck

Episodes
Season 1: # of episodes: 15 Season premiere: May 2, 2008 Season finale: July 4, 2008
Season 2: # of episodes: 15 Season premiere: September 6, 2008 Season finale: July 25, 2009
Season 3: # of episodes: 15 Season premiere: August 8, 2009 Season finale: April 10, 2010
Season 4: # of episodes: 19 Season premiere: July 3, 2010 Season finale: February 26, 2011
Season 5: # of episodes: 20 Season premiere: April 9, 2011 Season finale: December 10, 2011
Multi-part Specials
Black Christmas in July (Two-part Special) Air date: July 25, 2009
Mashed Up with iCarly (Three-part Special) Air date: April 10, 2010
The Christmas Protest (Two-part Special) Air date: December 11, 2010
NickCam: Coaster X8 Live (Two-part Special) Air date: July 1, 2011
My Last Cam (Two-part Special) Air date: December 10, 2011

Production and Casting 

NickCam is one of many series created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon, after The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, and iCarly. Denzel Whitaker started to work on Nickelodeon in 2005 when became a cast member on the last season of All That. After the end Drake & Josh and Zoey 101’s runs, production of NickCam started on November 2007 through April 2008. The main cast wanted to perform on the show while they were in school in their hometown in New York . Plans were made for the show to be exactly like iCarly only to have Male actor as the leading star. Whitaker agreed to be the main character and the Alexanders and Scotts ask to join to strengthen their careers. Marlon Smith, cousin of Maunda and Kwame was chosen to play a secondary role. Janglian was added as a secondary as well. Yvette Nicole Brown (from Drake & Josh), Alex Nikolas (from Zoey 101), Ryan Coleman and Christina Kirkman (former All Cast members) were added as recurring characters. 
Sets
The series is filmed at Nickelodeon on Sunset from Sunset in Hollywood, California. Due to limited studio space for other shows at sunset, the series was sometimes taped at KTLA Studios located near Sunset. When Dan Schneider did Victorious, he decided to keep both NickCam and iCarly ongoing (for a possible crossover) and filmed at three shows back-to-back-to-back, the task seemed easy due to some cast members of NickCam having school days in New York during production in California. NickCam is set primarily at San Francisco and Mystic Mountain, however several scenes there are digitally altered photos of real life San Francisco and Six Flags Magic Mountain. The food court that Nick's friends go to is filmed in the parking lot of Nickelodeon on Sunset. Props and items from other of Schneider's shows are used making NickCam, iCarly and Victorious more connected together.

Series Finale after Season 5

In 2011, it was announced that the show would end with a total five seasons. Production on the second half of season five began in February 2011 and Casey Scott was expected to return. The first spin-off to the series served as sketch-comedy entitled “NickCam Shorts” lasting only one season.

Spin-offs

The series Rhodey, NY was the second spin-off to NickCam, starring Kwame & Maunda Alexander as their characters from NickCam with Jannae Scott as a newer character, and Leon Thomas III as Andre Harris from Victorious. The series would follow Rhodey Wilde (K. Alexander) and his cousin Rosanne Kenseth (M. Alexander) who move to New York City and meet talentful new friends at an apartment building where Andre and his grandmother now live. After the cousins get jobs at the Opening of a new Mystic Theme park, Rhodey finds ways to survive the big city; sometimes on his own. The show was picked up by Nickelodeon on Nov 29th, 2012.