--- title: Dan Schneider | TIME description: Described by The New York Times as “the Norman Lear of children’s television,” Dan Schneider has created or executive produced eight television series for Nickelodeon, including Sam & Cat, Victorious, iCarly, Drake & Josh, and Victorious, all of which have risen to the Number 1 spot for live-action shows on the network. As an actor, Schneider starred in the ABC hit sitcom Head of the Class, and had co-starring roles in The Big Picture (Kevin Bacon) and Better Off Dead (John Cusack). His blog, DanWarp, can be found here. canonical: https://time.com/author/dan-schneider/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/dan-schneider/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Dan Schneider  ## Dan Schneider Described by The New York Times as “the Norman Lear of children’s television,” Dan Schneider has created or executive produced eight television series for Nickelodeon, including Sam & Cat, Victorious, iCarly, Drake & Josh, and Victorious, all of which have risen to the Number 1 spot for live-action shows on the network. As an actor, Schneider starred in the ABC hit sitcom Head of the Class, and had co-starring roles in The Big Picture (Kevin Bacon) and Better Off Dead (John Cusack). His blog, DanWarp, can be found [here](http://danwarp.blogspot.com/).  ## Dan Schneider *  Feb 13, 2014 ### [Heeeeeere's Jimmy: Fallon Will Bring Carson's Magic Back to Tonight](https://time.com/7257/jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-dan-schneider/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/dan-schneider/","name":"Dan Schneider"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/dan-schneider/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/dan-schneider/"},"name":"Dan Schneider","jobTitle":null,"description":"Described by The New York Times as “the Norman Lear of children’s television,” Dan Schneider has created or executive produced eight television series for Nickelodeon, including Sam & Cat, Victorious, iCarly, Drake & Josh, and Victorious, all of which have risen to the Number 1 spot for live-action shows on the network. As an actor, Schneider starred in the ABC hit sitcom Head of the Class, and had co-starring roles in The Big Picture (Kevin Bacon) and Better Off Dead (John Cusack). His blog, DanWarp, can be found here.","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64c47a0a50dc8344/69868256d0b6f284c3302e68/999526_10151750883409009_321024519_n-1.jpg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/dan-schneider/","sameAs":["https://x.com/DanWarp"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```