Victorious

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This article is about the Nickelodeon television series. For other uses, see Victorious (disambiguation).

Victorious
Genre	Teen sitcom
Created by	Dan Schneider
Starring	Victoria Justice Leon Thomas III Matt Bennett Elizabeth Gillies Ariana Grande Avan Jogia Daniella Monet
Theme music composer	Lukasz Gottwald Michael Corcoran Dan Schneider
Opening theme	"Make It Shine", performed by Victoria Justice
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	57 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Dan Schneider Warren Bell (season 3) Robin Weiner (season 3)
Producer(s)	Bruce Rand Berman Joe Catania (supervising producer: season 3) Robin Weiner (supervising producer: season 1–2) Warren Bell (consulting producer: season 2) Jake Farrow (early season 3) Christopher J. Nowak (mid-season 3) Matt Fleckenstein (season 3)
Location(s)	Nickelodeon on Sunset Hollywood, California
Camera setup	Videotape (filmized); Multi-camera
Running time	24 minutes, 46 minutes for specials
Production company(s)	Schneider's Bakery Sony Music Entertainment Nickelodeon Productions
Distributor	MTV Networks International[1]
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon
Picture format	1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	March 27, 2010 (2010-03-27) – February 2, 2013 (2013-02-02)
Chronology
Followed by	Sam & Cat
External links
Website	www.nick.com/victorious

Victorious (stylized as VICTORiOUS) is an American sitcom created by Dan Schneider that originally aired on Nickelodeon from March 27, 2010 to February 2, 2013. The series revolves around aspiring singer Tori Vega (portrayed by Victoria Justice), a teenager who attends a performing arts high school called Hollywood Arts High School, after taking her older sister Trina's (Daniella Monet) place in a showcase while getting into screwball situations on a daily basis. On her first day at Hollywood Arts, she meets Andre Harris (Leon Thomas III), Robbie Shapiro (Matt Bennett), Rex Powers (Robbie's puppet), Jade West (Elizabeth Gillies), Cat Valentine (Ariana Grande), and Beck Oliver (Avan Jogia). The series premiered after the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards. The series won for Favorite TV Show award at the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards and 2013 Kids' Choice Awards, even beating out iCarly. Victorious has had four Emmy nominations.
On August 10, 2012, Victoria Justice stated that the series would not be renewed.^[2] Also, after the announcement of the series' spin-off Sam & Cat was made, fans of Victorious expressed dismay that its spin-off series was the reason for its ending, but Dan Schneider himself stated otherwise.^[3] Although the Victorious cast only filmed three seasons, when the decision to end the series was made, Nickelodeon split the third season in half, making a fourth season