The Amanda Show
| The Amanda Show | |
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| Genre |
Sketch comedy Variety show |
| Created by | Dan Schneider |
| Starring |
Amanda Bynes Drake Bell Nancy Sullivan Johnny Kassir Raquel Lee Josh Peck |
| Theme music composer | Stewart Copeland |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 46 (including the best of episodes) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Dan Schneider Brian Robbins Mike Tollin Joe Davola |
| Producer(s) | Keiren Fisher Andrew Hill Newman (co-producer) Robin Weiner (co-producer) |
| Location(s) |
Nickelodeon on Sunset Hollywood, California Sunset Gower Studios Hollywood, California (alternate taping location) |
| Camera setup | Videotape; Multi-camera |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Tollin/Robbins Productions Marquee/Tollin/Robbins |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nickelodeon |
| Picture format | SD: 480i/576i |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | October 16, 1999 – September 21, 2002 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | All That |
The Amanda Show is an American live action sketch comedy and variety show created by Dan Schneider that aired on Nickelodeon in April 4, 1999 as a pilot, then as a regular series from October 16, 1999 to September 21, 2002. It starred Amanda Bynes, Drake Bell and Nancy Sullivan, and featured John Kassir, Raquel Lee, and Josh Peck. The show was a spin-off from All That, in which Bynes had co-starred for several years. The show was cancelled at the end of 2002. Writers for the show included Schneider, John Hoberg, Steven Molaro, and Andrew Hill Newman.
Two years after the end of The Amanda Show, Dan Schneider created a new series, called Drake & Josh, featuring Drake Bell, Josh Peck and Nancy Sullivan.
In spite of being designed as a sketch comedy television program, the series is set in a fictional universe in which it is broadcast as a popular television comedy, as evidenced through staged mishaps involving members of the studio audience, as well as comedic sub-plots involving Amanda's unhealthily obsessed, nerdy, self-proclaimed "Number One Fan" Penelope Taynt, who constantly devises schemes to achieve her lifelong goal of meeting Amanda (as a gag, Bynes herself portrays Penelope and the pair therefore could never be shown onscreen together). These failed schemes include Penelope's attempts at outsmarting the fictional security guard of the studio where The Amanda Show is filmed and at manipulating Amanda's castmates into helping her carry out her plans.
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