Sam & Cat 

A pair of roommates start a baby-sitting service to earn extra cash.

Creator:

Dan Schneider

Stars:

Jennette McCurdy, Ariana Grande, Cameron Ocasio

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jennette McCurdy	...	Sam Puckett / ... 35 episodes, 2013-2014
Ariana Grande	...	Cat Valentine / ... 35 episodes, 2013-2014
Cameron Ocasio	...	Dice / ... 35 episodes, 2013-2014
Maree Cheatham	...	Nona / ... 21 episodes, 2013-2014
Brandon Weaver	...	Tandy Performer / ... 20 episodes, 2013-2014
Zoran Korach	...	Goomer / ... 19 episodes, 2013-2014
Dre Swain	...	Bungle Actor 19 episodes, 2013-2014
R. Michael Egan	...	Bots Patron / ... 16 episodes, 2013-2014

Storyline

Sam Puckett has been touring the West Coast by motorcycle, and stops in Los Angeles. She witnesses Cat Valentine being thrown into the back of a garbage truck, and rescues her. They become friends, and Cat convinces her to become roommates after Cat's grandmother moves to a retirement home. To make money, rather than getting traditional after school jobs, they form an after-school babysitting business that leads them into a series of comical adventures. Also involved in their lives are Dice, their next door neighbor, who is notorious for aiding people for money, Cat's cheerful and supportive grandmother, Nona, who decided to move into "Elderly Acres", which is a home for the aged, and Goomer, a dim-witted professional MMA fighter whom Dice manages.

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Plot Keywords:

babysitting | roommate | grandmother | interracial friendship | ampersand in title | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Official Sites:

Nickelodeon [United States] Official Site AU

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 June 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sam i Cat

Filming Locations:

Nickelodeon on Sunset - 6230 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nickelodeon Productions,Schneider's Bakery

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ariana Grande announced that this show would be her last acting job for a while because she wanted to focus on her music career.

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Quotes

Cat Valentine: You trickered me, right?

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Connections

Spun-off from iCarly (2007)

User Reviews

iCarly II: The Sitcom That Would Not Die

So it turns out there's a sizable base of fans who couldn't bear to see iCarly or Victorious go away; hence the televised train wreck that is Sam & Cat. This show reeks of laziness--just one cookie-cutter plot or joke after another, mostly ripped from Dan Schneider's earlier shows. Kids may cackle at getting his "in-jokes," but adults will wonder who's even meant to be impressed by turning Silence of the Lambs into a slapstick. Childlike physical humor is crossed with bosom jokes and 50-year-old pop culture references, leaving a mangled mess that's ideal for nobody. Spencer is replaced with Goomer, a deranged man-child whose acting varies from creepy to imbecilic. Freddie is now Dice, a graduate of the Josh Peck School of Acting who shouts every line at maximum volume with no regard for what tone was intended. The only jokes delivered to this verbal punching bag are about his hair, yet somehow he's filler for half of each episode. The remainder is covered by Sam and Cat, each eerily old with the latter shrilling like a Bee Gee on every line and the former delivering her one-note sarcasm ad nauseum. The laugh track roars profusely enough to wake somebody from a coma, and somehow the psychopaths the titular characters babysit are even more irksome than the stars themselves. This show began with one of its actors falling into a garbage truck; frankly, it should've stayed there.