5/5 Same old greatness of ICarly as the earlier DVD
  by Alax Martin
If you liked the first DVD, you'll probably like this one as well. 12 quality episodes on this DVD.

Disc 1:
iAm Your Biggest Fan 4 Stars
i Heart Heart 4.5 Stars
iHate Sam's Boyfriend 4 Stars
i Promote Tech- Foots 5 Stars
i Got Detention 5 Stars

Disc 2:
iStakeout 4 Stars
iCarly Saves TV 4.5 Stars
i Might Switch Schools 5 Stars
iFence 4.5 Stars
i Win a Date 4.5 Stars
i Have a love Sick Teacher 5 stars

BONUS: First episode of True Jackson, VP

5/5 Great
  by D. E. PATTON (California)
This is a great product for any child to enjoy and even a few adults. It's good, clean, and tasteful.

5/5 Funny and family friendly
  by Redlady (http://redladysreadingroom-redlady.blogspot.com/)
iCarly is a popular kids show on Nickelodeon and my son who is 10 loves to watch it and I have to admit that I enjoy watching it also. The shows are always funny and family friendly with good story lines and there is usually a simple and valuable life lesson woven into the plot. I think that the chemistry between the actors is great and I like the friendship and interactions between Carly, Sam and Freddie who tape and air a fun web show for kids. Spencer, is Carly's older brother who she lives with and he is another funny guy who is an artist and is always making some type of sculpture out of strange and unusual things. He's a bit strange and unusual himself but, oh so funny! Carly is played by Miranda Cosgrove who was on the show Drake & Josh, which aired on Nickelodeon. As a parent, I like that this is a family friendly show and one that my son can watch for his age. It's the kind of show that the whole family can enjoy watching together.




5/5 Another great volume
  by ABC Snoopy (New Jersey)
I love iCarly! I am so glad to have the rest of season one. However I do not care for the last episode ihave a love sick teacher. It was really not one of my favorites but i loved the others. I also liked that it came with the pilot of True Jackson VP. That show is cool too. So if you love iCarly then buy this. You will not be sorry.

5/5 Lots of fun!
  by John B. Goode (Earth)
Dan Schneider (the producer) has become the Dick Wolf (Law and Order, etc.) or Jerry Bruckheimer (CSI, etc.) of tween and teen shows with productions like Zoey101, Drake and Josh and now iCarly.

So what's so great about these shows? They all follow a similar formula: likeable characters, over the top acting and comedy that their audience can relate to and a fast script, and it's very successful.

Most important of all, the shows all revolve around a cast of likeable characters that the audience can relate or want to be. That's why a show with an unlikeable protagonist would never be as successful. But of course the cast all need a foil, and the best one is one which you can hate without misgiving because they are so obnoxious, and also one who doesn't appear too much, so you can spend you time laughing instead.

The writing is also very good, the show is funny, and it's fast. The 20+ minutes plus commercials go by quickly without any slow and boring parts that make tween and teen fingers itch for remote control control.

The interesting thing about the tween/teen shows is that after a few short years the characters grow up and out of character and its' time for the next replacement. It's nature and it's something which prevents the producers and studios from keep milking the show past it's due date when all the comedy has been milked out of it. Scrubs is a good example of that. For the first few seasons, it was hilarious, but there are only so many thing funny situations which can happen in a hospital. With the tween/teen shows, the new shows and new ideas keep everything fresh.

With iCarly, the show revolves around the titled webcast, but really the show is about relationships (as good shows always are). We have Carly Shay, Freddie the nerd, and Sam the bad girl and Spencer the adult, who is really just a child in adult disguse, and the relationships work very well. Jerry Trainor as Spencer is in fact a very good addition as he becomes a regular adult presence, however without the stifling effect of a real adult.

It's also about living vicariously through the cast, who wouldn't want to live without parental supervision, in a totally neato apartment, with great friends, running a webshow, being popular, and having fun things happen once a week? Homework, piano lessons, chores, cleaning up, real schoolwork? Those things are nowhere in sight! For 20+ minutes everyone can cast away their dreary lives and live the life of the most popular and nice clique in school, and that's why everyone loves iCarly!

As with other tween/teen shows, as the cast gets older, the content becomes more about romantic relationships, and as one parent reviewer says, it becomes less suitable for the younger viewers. Concerned parents can rightly be there to explain the relationships on the show. I'm not totally against this myself as TV is so ubiquitous and so it can just be an early introduction to relationships and be educational as well.

I do not see this show lasting more than 3 seasons in all as the kids are already growing up fast. It's too bad as I consider this one of the best Dan Schneider shows. I just hope his next show will be as good. Definitely 10 thumbs up for this one.
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