Drake & Josh

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Drake & Josh
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Dan Schneider
Starring	Drake Bell Josh Peck Nancy Sullivan Jonathan Goldstein Miranda Cosgrove
Theme music composer	Drake Bell Backhouse Mike
Opening theme	"Found a Way" performed by Drake Bell
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
Producer(s)	Robin Weiner (Season 1; supervising producer, Seasons 2-4) Joe Catania (Season 1; associate producer; co-producer, Seasons 3-4) Bruce Rand Berman (Season 4)
Location(s)	Nickelodeon on Sunset, Hollywood, California Sunset Bronson Studios, Hollywood, California (Season 3 only)
Camera setup	Videotape; Multi-camera (used FilmLook processing in season 1, filmized appearance afterwards)
Running time	approx. 23 minutes
Production company(s)	Schneider's Bakery Nickelodeon Productions
Distributor	MTV Networks International[1]
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon
Picture format	SD: 480i (Season 1) HD: 720p/1080i (Seasons 2-4 and some films)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	January 11, 2004 (2004-01-11) – September 16, 2007 (2007-09-16)
External links
Website	www.nick.com/drake-and-josh

Drake & Josh is an American television sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series follows the lives of two teenage boys with opposite personalities, Drake Parker (Drake Bell) and Josh Nichols (Josh Peck), who become stepbrothers. Both actors previously appeared in The Amanda Show along with Nancy Sullivan, who plays Drake and Megan's mother in the series. Miranda Cosgrove plays Megan, Drake's mischievous younger sister, and Jonathan Goldstein plays Walter, Josh's father. The series' opening theme song, "Found a Way", is written by Drake Bell and Backhouse Mike and performed by Bell. The series ran from January 11, 2004, to September 16, 2007, totaling 57 episodes in 4 seasons. It also had two TV films: Drake & Josh Go Hollywood and Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh.

Contents

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• 1 Plot
• 2 Cast
  • 2.1 Main cast
  • 2.2 Recurring cast
• 3 Episodes
• 4 Films
  • 4.1 Drake & Josh Go Hollywood (2006)
  • 4.2 Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008)
• 5 Broadcast history
• 6 DVD releases
• 7 Reception
• 8 Other media
  • 8.1 Music
  • 8.2 Video games
  • 8.3 Books
• 9 Awards and nominations
• 10 References
• 11 External links

Plot[edit]

The series is focused on a pair of stepbrothers who have opposite personalities. Drake Parker is a popular but immature aspiring musician idolized by his schoolmates and able to court a countless array of girls with ease, whereas Josh Nichols has trouble with dating and popularity. Drake and Josh live in San Diego, California, with Josh's awkward, unfortunate, geeky father, a weatherman named Walter; Drake's loving mother Audrey; and manipulative and conniving younger sister Megan. The two boys are often involved in comedic misadventures and obstacles while also handling teenage situations such as school, dating, and popularity. Over the course of the series, both Josh and Drake change and their relationship develops: Josh loses weight and becomes more popular, while Drake matures and becomes more caring towards other people, especially his stepbrother, whom he eventually calls his "brother" instead of "stepbrother."

Cast[edit]

Main article: List of Drake & Josh characters

Main cast[edit]

Actors/actresses	Characters	Appearances in other shows created by Dan Schneider
Drake Bell	Drake Parker	Bell makes a cameo appearance on iCarly as Drake Parker, was a guest star on Zoey 101 for "Spring Fling" and guest starred on Victorious, and was on All That. He was also a cast member on The Amanda Show along with Josh Peck and Nancy Sullivan.
Josh Peck	Josh Nichols	Peck was a cast member on The Amanda Show along with Drake Bell and Nancy Sullivan during the second and third seasons, and had a cameo appearance on Victorious in "Wok Star" as himself.
Nancy Sullivan	Audrey Parker Nichols	Sullivan was a cast member of The Amanda Show along with Drake Bell and Josh Peck; she was also Mr. Bender's wife on Zoey 101.
Jonathan Goldstein	Walter Nichols
Miranda Cosgrove	Megan Parker	Cosgrove was the star of iCarly, and she also appeared as Paige Howard on Zoey 101.

Recurring cast[edit]

Actors/actresses	Characters	Appearances in other shows created by Dan Schneider
Alec Medlock	Craig Ramirez	Medlock appears in iCarly at Webicon, and was a host of All That in 2005
Scott Halberstadt	Eric Blonowitz	Halberstadt appears in iCarly at Webicon.
Allison Scagliotti	Mindy Crenshaw	Scagliotti appears in Zoey 101 as Stacy in the episode "Backpack".
Yvette Nicole Brown	Helen Dubois	Brown appears in one episode of Victorious as Helen Dubois, the new principal of Hollywood Arts and during an un-credited cameo in iCarly as an art student. She also appears in Game Shakers with her own talk show.
Jerry Trainor	Crazy Steve	Trainor appears in iCarly as Spencer Shay, reuniting with Miranda as Carly Shay. He also made a cameo appareance as Spencer Shay on Victorious and made a cameo voice-over in Sam and Cat where the signature Premiere vest was shown in the episode "#SuperPsycho"
Jake Farrow	Gavin Mitchell	Farrow appears in iCarly at Webicon and voices Rex in Victorious, as confirmed by co-star Ariana Grande.
Julia Duffy	Mrs. Hayfer
Cathy Shim	Leah