Drake & Josh Information

Drake & Josh is an American television sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series follows the lives of two teenage boys with opposing personalities, Drake Parker (Drake Bell) and Josh Nichols (Josh Peck), who become step-brothers. Both actors had played previous roles in The Amanda Show along with Nancy Sullivan, who plays Audrey, Drake and Megan's mother of the series. Miranda Cosgrove plays Audrey's daughter, Megan, Drake's mischievous younger sister and Jonathan Goldstein plays Walter, Josh's father. The series' opening theme song I Found a Way is written by Drake Bell and Backhouse Mike and performed by Drake Bell. The series ran for four seasons and 57 episodes from January 11, 2004 to September 16, 2007. There were also three TV films: Drake & Josh Go Hollywood premiered on Friday, January 6, 2006; Really Big Shrimp premiered on Friday, August 3, 2007; and Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh premiered on Friday, December 5, 2008. There are currently reruns of the series on Nickelodeon.

Premise

The series is focused on a pair of step-brothers of opposite personalities. Drake Parker is portrayed as being a popular aspiring musician idolized by his schoolmates and able to court a countless array of beautiful girls with ease, whereas his brother Josh Nichols is depicted as being a nerdy, eccentric, awkward boy with poor luck with dating and popularity. Drake and Josh live in San Diego, California with their odd, misfortunate, geeky father; a weatherman named Walter, their loving mother Audrey, and outrageously manipulative and conniving younger sister Megan. The boys are often in outrageous, typical situation comedy misadventures and obstacles that they are faced with the challenge of overcoming while also handling average teenage situations such as school, dating, and popularity.

A notable running joke on the series is the presence of parodies of various well-known brands, TV shows, or people, including Mocha Cola, a parody of Coca-Cola, Mountain Fizz, a parody of Mountain Dew, Galaxy Wars, a parody of Star Wars (mentioned later in iCarly multiple times), B.F. Wang's, a parody of P.F. Chang's (also mentioned later in iCarly), GameSphere, a parody of the Nintendo GameCube video game system, Pear, Inc., a parody of Apple, Inc.(mentioned later in iCarly multiple times), Gary Coleman Grill, a parody of George Foreman Grill, Pintendo GS, a parody of the Nintendo DS handheld system, iBot, a parody of iPod, Hee-Bay, a parody of eBay, Ghost Monsters, a parody of Ghost Busters, Chuck E. Cheddar's, a parody of Chuck E. Cheese's, Dr. Phyllis, a parody of Dr. Phil, Susana Louisiana, a parody of Hannah Montana, Dude, I'm 16, a parody of My Super-Sweet 16, the Hailstones, a parody of The Rolling Stones, and Blaine Darvey, a parody of David Blaine.

Cast

Main cast

Actors/actresses	Characters	Appearances in other shows created by Dan Schneider
Drake Bell	Drake Parker	Drake was on The Amanda Show and appears as himself on Zoey 101. He made a cameo appearance on iCarly as Drake Parker and Victorious as himself.
Josh Peck	Josh Nichols	Josh makes a cameo appearance as a fan of Jade on Victorious. He was a character in The Amanda Show.
Miranda Cosgrove	Megan Parker	Miranda also appeared as Paige Howard on Zoey 101 and she was the star of iCarly.
Nancy Sullivan	Audrey Parker-Nichols	Nancy was a cast member of the Amanda Show along with Drake Bell and Josh Peck.
Jonathan Goldstein	Walter Nichols

Recurring cast

Actors/actresses	Characters	Appearances in other shows created by Dan Schneider
Alec Medlock	Craig Ramirez	Alec appears in iCarly at Webicon.
Scott Halberstadt	Eric Blonowitz	Scott appears in iCarly at Webicon.
Allison Scagliotti	Mindy Crenshaw	Allison appears in Zoey 101 as Stacy in the episode "Backpack".
Yvette Nicole Brown	Helen Dubois	Yvette appears in one episode of Victorious as the new principal.
Jerry Trainor	Crazy Steve	Jerry appears in iCarly as Spencer Shay, reuniting with Miranda as Carly Shay.
Jake Farrow	Gavin Mitchell	Jake appears in iCarly at Webicon and voices Rex in Victorious, as confirmed by co-star Ariana Grande.
Julia Duffy	Linda Hayfer
Cathy Shim	Leah

Episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			Season premiere	Season finale
	1	6	January 11, 2004	February 22, 2004
	2	14	March 14, 2004	November 28, 2004
	3	20	April 2, 2005	April 8, 2006
	4	20	September 24, 2006	September 16, 2007

Broadcast history

• Nickelodeon (January 11, 2004 " February 21, 2011; May 13, 2012; September 16, 2012 " present)
• TEENick (January 11, 2004 " February 2, 2009)
• The N (January 1, 2008 " August 9, 2009)
• TeenNick (February 8, 2010 " October 28, 2012; December 24, 2012 " present)
• Nicktoons (March 7, 2011 " May 13, 2011)

DVD Releases

DVD Title	Region 1	Region 4	Contains
Drake & Josh: Vol. 1 Suddenly Brothers	February 15, 2005	2009	Season 1 episodes: Pilot, Dune Buggy, Two Idiots and a Baby, First Crush Never-before-seen outtakes
Drake & Josh Go Hollywood	January 31, 2006	2010	The TV film Bloopers 2 bonus episodes: Helen's Surgery & Mindy's Back "I Found a Way" Music video
The Best of Drake & Josh: Seasons 1 & 2	August 21, 2008	TBA	Season 1 episodes: Pilot, Dune Buggy, Two Idiots and a Baby, First Crush, Grammy Season 2 episodes: The Bet, Movie Job, Football, Pool Shark, Smart Girl, Little Diva, Number 1 Fan, Mean Teacher, Drew & Jerry, Honor Council
The Best of Drake & Josh: Seasons 3 & 4	August 29, 2008	TBA	Season 3 episodes: We're Married?, Paging Dr. Drake, Foam Finger, Girl Power, Megan's New Teacher, Little Sibling, Theater Thug, Alien Invasion, Dr. Phyllis Show Season 4 episodes: The Great Doheny, The Storm, Tree House, Megan's Revenge, Helicopter, Dance Contest

Multi-part installments/TV films

Drake & Josh Go Hollywood

The boys are left at home in San Diego, California after Audrey and Walter go on a ten-day cruise. Drake and Josh are told to take Megan to the airport so she can visit her friend in Denver, Colorado, but they accidentally send her on a flight to Los Angeles, California. Drake and Josh go to Hollywood to get Megan back, end up stopping a multi-billion dollar heist, and booking a guest-spot for Drake on TRL. The TV film aired on January 6, 2006; according to TV Guide, it was the highest rated program on all of cable during its opening week.

Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp

Spin City Records wants to sign Drake and his new song, "Makes Me Happy", for their label. He is on the road to fame and fortune, but an evil record producer named Alan Kirm, who wants the song to be remixed and gives Josh a contract. Josh's inexperience as a manager leads him to sign the contract without reading it. Josh, having been drooling over the giant shrimp at the meeting, accidentally signs over creative rights for Drake's new song. Drake fires Josh and a series of bizarre events follow. Meanwhile at The Premiere, Helen is getting married, so she gives Mindy the job as assistant manager, the job that Josh was after for a long time. Mindy became Josh's girlfriend in later episodes of the series. Eventually, Josh, after Drake tells him that "when people play dirty, sometimes, you have to play dirty back", sneaks into Spin City Records and switches the songs, which is against the law. This makes Drake a statewide star and his song gets played at Helen's wedding and at the Super Bowl. At the end of the series, the boys fight against for the shrimp in their room and later a flashback appears to a similar scene alluding to The Amanda Show.

The two-part episode aired on August 3, 2007. The episode premiere brought in 5.8 million viewers. The premiere of the episode broke the record for the most views of a premiere of a Nickelodeon episode. iCarly's iGo to Japan later broke that record, until the airing of Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh, took the record back.

Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh

A new Drake & Josh TV film tentatively entitled "Drake & Josh: Best Christmas Ever" began production in July 2008, and premiered on December 5, 2008, officially ending the series. The title was later changed to "Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh". Creator Dan Schneider returned as executive producer, with Marjorie Cohn and Lauren Levine co-executive producing. Michael Grossman directed the feature. The film centers around the boys who are working as Santa's helpers in a mall when Drake promises a little girl that her foster family will have "The Best Christmas Ever""?and then try to fulfill that promise while a grumpy policeman tries to stop them. Although the boys aren't having the time of the lives, Audrey and Walter are having a worse time on their vacation because they have to stay in a hut while in a hurricane.

The TV film was broadcast in HD format, unlike the previous TV film Drake & Josh Go Hollywood. It also featured Henry Winkler and MMA fighter Kimbo Slice.

The premiere of Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh broke the record of most viewers for the premiere of a Nickelodeon film with 9.10 million viewers, a title previously held by iGo to Japan. This film marked the end of the Drake & Josh series.

Other media

Music

Drake & Josh has had some singles and a soundtrack. The music releases are shown below.

Name	Notes
"I Found a Way"	The opening theme song of the TV series by Drake Bell.
Drake & Josh	The Drake & Josh soundtrack from the TV series.
"Makes Me Happy"	From the episode Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp by Drake Bell.
"Jingle Bells"	From the TV film Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh by Drake Bell.
"Christmas Wrapping"	From the TV film Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh by Miranda Cosgrove.
"Lithium Flower"	by Scott Matthews

Video games

Two video games based on Drake & Josh have been released on the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. Both of them released in the same year.

Game	Publisher	Platform	North American release date
Drake & Josh	THQ	Game Boy Advance	March 15, 2007
Drake & Josh: Talent Showdown	THQ	Nintendo DS	July 30, 2007

Books

A book series based on Drake & Josh has been published by children's publisher Scholastic since 2006. The books are generally based upon content from the TV series and essentially novelize two episodes of material, with one being a novelization of TV film. The books are written by author Laurie McElroy.

Book	Author	Info
"Blues Brothers"	Laurie McElroy	Based on the episodes "Blues Brothers" and "Number 1 Fan"
"Sibling Revelry"	Laurie McElroy	Based on the episodes "The Bet" and "Peruvian Puff Pepper"
"Drake & Josh Go Hollywood"	Laurie McElroy	Based on the TV film Drake & Josh Go Hollywood
"Kid Trouble"	Laurie McElroy	Based on the episodes "Megan's New Teacher" and "Little Sibling"
"Alien Invasion"	Laurie McElroy	Based on the episodes "Alien Invasion" and "The Demonator"
"Surprise!"	Laurie McElroy	Based on the episodes "Josh Runs Into Oprah" and "Vicious Tiberius"
"Josh Is Done"	Laurie McElroy	Based on the episodes "Josh Is Done" and "I Love Sushi"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2005	2005 Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Television Show	Drake & Josh
2006	2006 Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite TV Show	Drake & Josh
		Favorite TV Actor	Drake Bell
	2006 Australian Kids' Choice Awards	Fave TV Show	Drake & Josh
2007	2007 Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite TV Show	Drake & Josh
		Favorite TV Actor	Drake Bell
	2007 UK Kids' Choice Awards	Best TV Show	Drake & Josh
		Best TV Actor	Drake Bell
	2007 Australian Kids' Choice Awards	Fave Nick Show	Drake & Josh
	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance In A TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actress	Miranda Cosgrove
	Casting Society of America	Best Casting - Children's TV Programming	Krisha Bullock
2008	2008 Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite TV Show	Drake & Josh
		Favorite TV Actor	Drake Bell
			Josh Peck
	2008 UK Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Kids' TV Show	Drake & Josh
		Favorite Male TV Star	Josh Peck
	2008 Australian Kids' Choice Awards	Fave Comedy Show	Drake & Josh
		Fave International TV Star	Drake Bell
2009	2009 Australian Kids' Choice Awards	Fave Comedy Show	Drake & Josh
		Fave International TV Star	Drake Bell
2010	2010 Australian Kids' Choice Awards	Big Kid Award	Drake Bell
	Kids Choice Awards Mexico	Favorite International Character Male	Drake Bell