Carly and Sam agree to help some up and coming comedians make a video so they can win a contest, but when the two comedians fight and chose to end their friendship Carly and Sam feel responsible, this causes them to try and patch things up between them only to find out the problems between the two ring familiar. Carly and Sam take sides and begin to fight; it gets so bad Sam quits the show and as Carly's friend. Meanwhile, Spencer gets obsessed with winning a boat only to find out he has no place to put it.
Carly hosts her own home-grown web show, iCarly. She lives with her twenty-something brother/guardian Spencer and produces her Web casts from a makeshift third-floor loft studio. Grappling with adolescence, she never aimed to gain fame as a rising star/underground celebrity to kids. As events unfold in the pilot, it all happens by accident when a teacher puts her in charge of the school talent show. She and her sassy best bud Sam turn the audition process into a show, which Carly's tech savvy smitten friend Freddy tapes - including their hilarious banter and great chemistry - and posts on the Web without telling the girls. The on-line audience clamors for more, and a pop phenomenon blooms, with Carly and sidekick Sam's regular Web casts ultimately featuring everything from comedy sketches and talent contests to interviews, recipes, and problem-solving.