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"Ariana Grande has opened up about Nickelodeon cancelling Sam &amp;amp; Cat after just one season. The teen sitcom was a spinoff of Nickelodeon shows iCarly and Victorious and starred Grande and Jennette McCurdy.   A statement from the network said: &amp;quot;Nickelodeon will not be producing more episodes of Sam &amp;amp; Cat. &amp;quot;We are very proud of the show and its very talented cast and we wish them all the best.&amp;quot; Grande later released a statement on Twitter to reflect on the show&amp;#039;s single season. She wrote: &amp;quot;So the news is out about Sam &amp;amp; Cat. I felt it wasn&amp;#039;t my place to make any sort of announcement so I kept quiet until now. &amp;quot;I want to thank Nickelodeon for making a childhood dream of mine come true, for being a family to me, for being so accommodating and supportive of my multitasking with my music career, and for of course introducing me to many of my fans however many years ago.   The statement continued: &amp;quot;I want to thank Dan Schneider for allowing me to play such a special, beautiful character who I hid behind for so long. What I mean by that is when I was younger, people loved Cat so much I used to pretend to be more like her. It took me a long time to be brave enough to separate myself and show people how different we actually are.... I think that&amp;#039;s honestly because I admire her so much.  &amp;quot;Her appreciation for life and everybody she encounters. Her passion and genuine excitement for the little things that most people dread like school projects and work. She always saw negative obstacles as opportunities to make things good.&amp;quot; Grande&amp;#039;s full statement can be read here.  McCurdy recently hinted that at a feud with Nickelodeon prevented her from attending the 27th Annual Kids Choice Awards.  TMZ reported that McCurdy failed to attend the recent Nickelodeon Kids&amp;#039; Choice Awards because of a dispute over pay, but Grande as hit out at claims she was paid more than her. Watch the trailer for Sam &amp;amp; Cat below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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