The network also aired far fewer episodes of "iCarly, " another highly rated and long-running show.

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Their long-running series, iCarly and Victorious, are getting a combined spin-off show, called Sam and Cat.

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And I got to be on iCarly.

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Nickelodeon's popular Miranda Cosgrove-star vehicle iCarly averaged 7.4 million viewers in the 6- to 11-year-old demographic in recent months, while the Disney Channel still rides high from its High School Musical 2 premiere, which nabbed a record 18.6 million viewers.

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