Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Nickelodeon is a channel that an absolute ton of people grew up on and still continue to grow up on. But despite all the memories of Spongebob, The Fairly Odd Parents, Drake and Josh, Victorious, iCarly, and many, many others, the channel has had a dark side hidden below the surface. A lot has come to life with the release of Jeanette McCurdy's book. So let's peel back the layers and see what was kept out of view.

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││Sources (including for some stuff that ended up being cut from the script):
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