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iCarly and True Jackson team up for premieres, May 16

By April MacIntyre May 13, 2009, 15:42 GMT

Nickelodeon will have iCarly’s Jennette McCurdy (“Sam”) and True Jackson, VP’s Ashley Argota (“Lulu”) host a night of back-to-back trouble-filled premieres on Sat., May 16, (8:00–9:00 p.m. ET/PT). 03/28/2009 - Miranda Cosgrove -According to Nick, iCarly and True Jackson, VP

03/28/2009 - Miranda Cosgrove -According to Nick, iCarly and True Jackson, VP "are the two hottest and fastest growing shows for kids and tweens, and are currently television's top two-rated shows, respectively, for kids 2-11, 6-11, tweens 9-14 and total viewers Saturday nights on basic cable (Source: Nielsen Media Research, Live + 7 Day from 12/29/08; Live + Same Day from 4/20/09-5/10/09)." © Bob Charlotte / PR PhotosThe duo sets out on an orange double-decker bus to hit the Hollywood hot spots, create some mischief and get viewers excited for an all-new episode of iCarly at 8:00 p.m., followed by a new True Jackson, VP at 8:30 p.m. featuring McCurdy in her first guest-star appearance on the hit series.According to Nick, iCarly and True Jackson, VP "are the two hottest and fastest growing shows for kids and tweens, and are currently television's top two-rated shows, respectively, for kids 2-11, 6-11, tweens 9-14 and total viewers Saturday nights on basic cable (Source: Nielsen Media Research, Live + 7 Day from 12/29/08; Live + Same Day from 4/20/09-5/10/09)."From Nick:“Double Trouble” night begins at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT with an all-new episode of iCarly, titled "iReunite with Missy," where Carly's (Miranda Cosgrove) childhood friend Missy (Haley Ramm) moves back to Seattle and makes Sam (Jennette McCurdy) feel like a third wheel. Despite Sam’s efforts to befriend Missy, she soon becomes suspicious that Missy wants to replace her as Carly's best friend, especially when Missy fills in for Sam on the "iCarly" web show. With no one else to discuss Missy's devious plans, Sam turns to Freddie (Nathan Kress) for advice. Meanwhile, Spencer (Jerry Trainor) gets trapped in the basement storage area, and a kid from the building refuses to let him out.At 8:30 p.m. ET/PT, "True Jackson, VP" episode titled “Amanda Hires a Pink,” features Jennette McCurdy guest starring as Pinky, the leader of "The Pinks," the mean girls at True's (Keke Palmer) school. When Lulu (Argota) accidentally tells “The Pinks” where True is working, they show up at Mad Style to wreak havoc and to intimidate everyone. Of course, Amanda (Danielle Bisutti) is charmed by their ability to throw True off her game so she hires Pinky as her assistant. Because she is totally distracted by “The Pinks,” True forgets to order special belt fabric for the dress Amanda is designing for Sebastian Fabulous, the biggest distributor in the world. By the time True orders the fabric, it’s too late-- all the fabric is gone.Nickelodeon network is now in its 30th year.