Drake & Josh

Drake & Josh is a Nickelodeon television series created by Dan Schneider, It started in January 2004 and ended in September 2007. The stars of the series are Drake Bell and Josh Peck. The two appeared as best friends on The Amanda Show. In Drake & Josh, they play step-brothers of separate parents. The overall story of the show was to show how Drake & Josh, two people with completely different ways of life, come together through their parents' marriage, and trying to avoid getting pranked by their little sister Megan Parker (Miranda Cosgrove).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Drake & Josh
Created by	Dan Schneider
Starring	Drake Bell Josh Peck Miranda Cosgrove Nancy Sullivan Jonathan Goldstein
Country of origin	United States
Original languages	English (Drake and Joshian Dialect), Multilingual
No. of episodes	57 including the TV Movie: Drake and Josh Go Hollywood and Merry Christmas, Drake and Josh
Production
Executive producer	Dan Schneider
Running time	25 minutes
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon
Release	January 11, 2004 (2004-01-11) – September 16, 2007 (2007-09-16)

Other stars of the show include Nancy Sullivan, who also starred on The Amanda Show.

Characters

Main cast

Actors/actresses	Characters	Appearances in other shows created by Dan Schneider
Drake Bell	Drake Parker	Bell plays the step-brother to Josh. Drake is known as a socially outgoing person, having a lot of friends, and girlfriends. He is often the target of pranks by his younger sister Megan, and is her brother and the son of Audrey Parker.
Josh Peck	Josh Nichols	Peck plays the step-brother to Drake. He is a shy teen, which is completely different to Drake who is an outgoing, social person. He is the son of Walter, and step-son of Audrey.
Nancy Sullivan	Audrey Parker Nichols	Sullivan plays the mother of Drake and Megan Parker. She is married to Walter Nichols, and has Josh Nichols as a step-son.
Jonathan Goldstein	Walter Nichols	Goldstein plays the father to Josh Nichols, and husband to Audrey Parker. He is the step-father to Drake and Megan.
Miranda Cosgrove	Megan Parker	Cosgrove plays the little sister to Drake & Josh. She is known to play pranks on them, and just making their days harder.

Recurring Characters

Actors/actresses	Characters	Minor Characters
Alec Medlock	Craig Ramirez	Medlock appears in iCarly at Webicon, and was a host of All That in 2005
Scott Halberstadt	Eric Blonowitz	Halberstadt appears in iCarly at Webicon.
Allison Scagliotti	Mindy Crenshaw	Scagliotti plays Mindy, a long-time girlfriend to Josh Nichols.
Yvette Nicole Brown	Helen Dubois	Brown plays Drake & Josh's boss, the manager at The Premiere theater where they worked.
Jerry Trainor	Crazy Steve	Trainor plays Crazy Steve, one of Drake & Josh's co-workers that was known to be a little unpredictable, and thought to have a mental illness.
Jake Farrow	Gavin Mitchell	Farrow played Gavin, one of Drake & Josh's co-workers, who seemed to always embarrass the two.

Theme Song

The start of each episode uses a song called "I Found A Way". The song is written by Drake Bell and Michael Corcoran and performed by Bell. Bell can also be seen playing the song in a quick scene from an episode in the first season. The song can also be found on the series' official soundtrack, Drake & Josh: Songs from and inspired by the hit TV show, and on Drake Bell's albums, Telegraph and It's Only Time.