With iCarly cancelled, Nickelodeon starts a brand-new spin-off, Sam & Cat, uniting Sam from iCarly and Cat from Victorious in a new comedy.

With iCarly on Nickelodeon (DStv 305) cancelled, the kids channel is ordering a new spin-off from the iCarly creator, Dan Schneider, entitled Sam & Cat which will follow two Nickelodeon kids teen stars further together.

Sam & Cat will bring together Jeannette McCurdy from iCarly, and pair her with Ariana Grande from Victorious on Nickelodeon, which has also been cancelled. Both will play their same roles from iCarly and Victorious, Sam Puckett and the daffy Cat Valentine.

A first season of 20 episodes of Sam & Cat has been ordered.

They become best new friends and unlikely roommates after school when the teen entrepreneurs start their own baby-sitting business in Sam & Cat. Production on the new Nickelodeon show will start in January 2013.

"Jennette and Ariana are adored by our audience, and it's great to unite these talented actresses in this hilarious new comedy from Dan Schneider," says Russell Hicks, Nickelodeon's president for content development and production in a statement.

"This show promises to deliver on what our audience loves most about these two favorite characters — laugh-out-loud humor and non-stop adventure, and is sure to be a compelling new chapter for our new comedic duo."

BREAKING. iCarly is over on Nickelodeon; final TV special to be filmed in June as teen show gets cancelled.

Teen show iCarly on Nickeoldeon (DStv ccc) is over, TV Guide reports.

In March Nickelodeon still announced new episodes of iCarly - in hindsight and by ommission, obviously the last few ones. According to TV Guide the cast will film one last TV special next month.

"Everyone at iCarly has been like family to me for five years," creator and executive producer Dan Schneider told TV Guide. "When we film our very last scene, there will be a lot of crying, I know. But I also know that in television, you don't want to over-stay your welcome. I want to go out the way we are — on a creative high-note."

More iCarly, The Fairly Odd Parents, SpongeBob Squarepants and other shows as Nickelodeon renews and announces new shows.

Nickelodeon (DStv 305) announced several renewals of shows and new episodes of estabished kids hits, as well as several new shows and made-for-TV movies for the coming year.

Nickelodeon in America unveiled plans for 650 new episodes of existing shows as well as new productions - most of which will eventually be seen on Nickelodeon in South Africa as well.

Highlights include the new animated series The Legend of Korra; a stop-motion SpongeBob SquarePants Christmas special; original primetime TV movies; Hollywood Heights (formerly known as Reach for a Star); an original animated series based on the Raving Rabbids video games and of course the return of the brand-new CG-animated TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) series on Nickelodeon.

''Kids have a ferocious appetite for new content and it is our intention to serve them more, innovative work than ever before,'' said Cyma Zarghami, the president of Viacom's Nickelodeon Group in a press statement. ''We are tapping into new sources and proven hit-makers to maintain our position as the top entertainment brand for kids and families.''

Nickelodeon has new episodes of returning hit series including SpongeBob SquarePants, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, The Penguins of Madagascar, The Fairly Odd Parents and The Winx Club.

There is also The Legend of Korra in which the mythology of the beloved animated franchise from Avatar: The Last Airbender continues. The series centers around a new Avatar named Korra, a 17-year-old girl who is on a quest to become a fully realized Avatar in a world where benders are under attack.

Monsters vs. Aliens is the new animated television series marking the third partnership between Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation for 26 episodes and based on the popular characters from the 2009 blockbuster film. Robot & Monster also has 26 episodes and is set in a unique world where gangs of Howling Cyber Monkeys roam the streets at night, everybody loves bacon, and robots and monsters live side by side, but don't get along.

There's also more episodes of iCarly, Victorious, Big Time Rush and Supah Ninjas on Nickelodeon. There will be a 3rd installment of the Fred movies – Fred Goes to Camp, as well as a further 28 additional 11-minute episodes of Fred: The Show.

Rags is a music-infused modern-day fairy tale two-hour original TV movie about Charlie Prince (Max Schneider), an orphan living with his acerbic and unloving stepfather and spoiled stepbrothers, whose dream of being a singer might come true once he meets pop star Kadee Worth (KeKe Palmer).