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Looks like the Jennette McCurdy selfie scandal has yet to blow over at Nickelodeon, with reports indicating major tension between the star and the network.

The fate of her hit show Sam & Cat is said to be hanging by a thread due to the racy photo leak and a feud between McCurdy and co-star Ariana Grande.

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Production has "ground to a halt" and the comedy has not been renewed for Season 2 despite the success of its first, according to the N.Y. Daily News.

Nickelodeon was apparently far from pleased after a series of Jennette McCurdy photos featuring her in a thong were spread online in early March.

The feuding came to a head last weekend as Jennette boycotted the Kids’ Choice Awards and blamed her decision on her interaction with the network.

"It has to do with how Nickelodeon treated me, that’s all," she tweeted of her absence at the ceremony where Sam & Cat picked up the Favorite Show trophy.

 

"I chose to not go because sticking up for what is right and what is fair is what my mom taught me is ALWAYS the most important thing," McCurdy added.

"No matter who or what you support, I believe in supporting fairness first."

Not cryptic or anything. She did not elaborate on the issue any further.

McCurdy lost out in the Favorite Actress category to her co-star and former friend. Interestingly, April 1 also saw a (fake) Ariana Grande nude photo leak.

It remains unclear who leaked the racy McCurdy snaps, though the pics conveniently appeared after she dissed ex-beau Andre Drummond on a podcast.

After the photos went viral, McCurdy told fans via Twitter that she’d taken the photos for one person and they weren’t intended for anyone else.

Andre Drummond has publicly denied any sort of role in the scandal.

It is also unclear what was said been McCurdy and the network bosses, or whether they’ll be able to work through the conflict to agree to a renewal.

For now, however, the future of the successful Sam & Cat is in limbo.

A spokesperson for the network stated that the photos were not the cause of any tension, and that Nick has "the utmost respect for her," the rep said.

Why she and Ariana are supposedly beefing is equally mysterious.

UPDATE: Sources say that between McCurdy and the network, the beef is all about the money and the fact that Grande wakes WAY MORE of it …