In late January 2011 , while doing press for her North American Dancing Crazy concert tour , Miranda Cosgrove began telling news sources that she was looking forward to returning to Hollywood to begin filming a fifth season of '' iCarly '' . On January 27 , 2011 , Cosgrove told '' Cleveland Live News '' " We 're getting ready to start the next season , right after the tour . I would be willing to do the show as long as people like it and as long as it works . " On January 28 , 2011 , Reuters news agency also reported that Cosgrove was preparing to begin filming a fifth season of '' iCarly '' , and on February 3 , 2011 Cosgrove told '' The Middletown Press '' , when speaking of the show and her co-stars Jennette McCurdy and Nathan Kress , " I 've known them since I was little . I ca n't wait to get back . I 'm really comfortable doing iCarly . It 's like my home away from home . " Cosgrove concluded her Dancing Crazy concert tour on February 24 , 2011 , and Jennette McCurdy finished her Generation Love mall tour on April 14 , 2011 . The entire cast did not even get together until the 2011 Kids ' Choice Awards . Cosgrove confirmed that filming would resume shortly . At the 2011 Kids ' Choice Awards , Jerry Trainor stated that filming would resume in May
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