Rhodey, NY

Genre: Teen Sitcom

Created By: Dan Schneider and Jake Farrow

Theme music composer: Michael Corcoran 

Opening Theme: "n.W.b" performed by Denzel Whitaker and Kwame Alexander featuring Maunda Alexander

Country of origin: United States 

Language: English

# of seasons: 2 (so far) # of episodes: 39 (so far)

Production

Executive Producer(s): Dan Schneider, Jake Farrow (co-executive)
Producer(s): Bruce Rand Berman, Christopher J. Nowak, Robin Weiner 
Location Taping(s): Nickelodeon on Sunset, Hollywood, California 
Camera setup: Videotape; Multi-camera 
Running time: 23 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 25, 2013 - present (currently airing) 

Chronology

Preceded by: NickCam - NickCam Shorts

Rhodey, NY is an American teen sitcom that premiered May 25, 2013 on Nickelodeon. It is a spin-off/sequel of NickCam. It stars Kwame Alexander as Rhodey Wilde (from NickCam), Maunda Alexander as Rosey Kenseth (also from NickCam) and Leon Thomas III as his character from Victorious Andre Harris. The three now live in New York and go on bizarre adventures. 

Plot

Rhodey Wilde (Kwame Alexander from NickCam) and his cousin Rosanne Kenseth (Maunda Alexander from NickCam) move to New York City after the end of NickCam. They meet Andre Harris (Leon Thomas III from Victorious) and a bunch of talentful new friends who live in the same condo home. After the cousins get jobs at the opening of a new park called “Mystic Adventure”, they find ways to survive the big city in bizarre adventures.

Each episode opens and closes (similar to Kenan & Kel) with the cast interacting with an audience at a club. They would stand in front of a curtain and a video screen presenting each episode on “Studio RNY.com”, a spin-off website to “NickCam.com”. The closings would frequently feature the cast coming up with a new scheme – often asking Rhodey to get various assorted items and meet them somewhere. Frazzled, Rhodey would have the items behind the curtain and do all of sorts of crazy things with them.

Cast

• Kwame Alexander as Rhodey Wilde
• Maunda Alexander as Rosanne “Rosey” Kenseth
• Leon Thomas III as Andre Harris  
• Lisa Tucker as Sidney “Sid” Brooks  
• Jannae Scott as Will Brooks
• Michael Eric Reid as Garrett Van Cleef
• Marilyn Harris as Andre's grandmother
• Jamie Snow as Ms. T
• Darsan Solomon as Ted
• Sam Alder as Daniel

Episodes

Season 1: # of episodes: 20 Season premiere: May 25, 2008 Season finale: October 11, 2013

Season 2: # of episodes: 19 Season premiere: November 29, 2013 Season finale: May 10, 2014

Season 3: # of episodes: 13 Season premiere: July 17, 2014 Season finale: ?

Production

On August 3, 2012, Nickelodeon announced that Dan Schneider, the creator of NickCam will be making a pilot for a spin-off of the show called Rhodey, NY. The show stars Kwame & Maunda Alexander as Rhodey Wilde and Rosanne Kenseth from NickCam. It was later announced that Jannae Scott also from NickCam would play new characters along with Lisa Tucker and Michael Eric Reid. Character from sketch comedy NickCam Shorts could make appearances thought episodes. The series would also reveal that Leon Thomas III and Marilyn Harris from Victorious will portray Andre Harris and Andre’s grandmother. The idea for the series to take place in New York was that The Alexanders, Scott and Thomas were all born in New York and production will be made there as well as Los Angeles.  The pilot was produced in mid-September 2012, and the series was picked up for a twenty episode season on November 29, 2012, with the series premiering on May 25, 2013. The pilot was a three-part episode/television movie and the next seventeen episodes followed it for a total of twenty episodes.  Production began on December 22, 2012 and ended on June 21, 2013. The series was renewed for a second and third season on July 11, 2013 with production of season two beginning in mid-2013. Season 3 is coming soon.

Set

The series is filmed at Nickelodeon on Sunset and KTLA Studios on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. On some occasions, it is also filmed from Nickelodeon Headquarters in New York City to make it look more like the setting. The set for Mystic Adventure is either filmed at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey or digitally altered photos of it.

Reception

Co-stars from NickCam had congratulated the Alexander siblings in the pick-up of the show, including stars from sister series iCarly and Victorious. The series was eagerly awaited by fans of NickCam, iCarly and Victorious, due to those shows ending in 2012 and 2013.

Broadcast

The series planned to premiere on Nickelodeon in the United States sometime in early 2013 along with the premiere of Sam & Cat, an iCarly and Victorious spin-off that was picked up the same day as Rhodey, NY. It was expected to premiere in other countries with Nickelodeon worldwide in 2013 as well, including Nickelodeon in the United Kingdom, Ireland and more. On February 26, 2013, Nickelodeon announced at their upfront event that Rhodey, NY would make its debut sometime in May 2013. On April 18, 2013 it was announced that the television movie pilot would be shown as the series premiere on May 25, 2013 on Nickelodeon and season one started on June 8, 2013.