This post contains details from the first four episodes of ID’s documentary series Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.
18.03.2024 - 18:01 / deadline.com
TV Producer Dan Schneider has issued another response to an Investigation Discovery docuseries that uncovers the toxic and dangerous culture on the sets of his Nickelodeon children’s shows in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
The first two installments that dropped Sunday were meant to reveal “an insidious environment rife with allegations of abuse, sexism, racism, and inappropriate dynamics with its underage stars and crew,” according to ID.
The next two episodes air tonight.
“Dan expected and asked a lot from his teams,” in a statement obtained by Deadline. “They worked long hours and consistently made successful shows. In the challenges of production, Dan could get frustrated at times, and he understands why some employees found that intimidating or stressful. In a career spanning 30+ years, Dan worked with thousands of people, many of whom still tell him how much they enjoyed and appreciated working on his shows. But he also knows some people did not have a positive experience, and he is truly sorry for that.”
“Remember, all stories, dialogue, costumes, and makeup were fully approved by network executives on two coasts, the statement continued. “A standards and practices group read and ultimately approved every script, and programming executives reviewed and approved all episodes. In addition, every day on every set, there were always parents and caregivers and their friends watching filming and rehearsals. Had there been any scenes or outfits that were inappropriate in any way, they would have been flagged and blocked by this multilayered scrutiny.”
Previously, Schneider released this statement after a trailer for the docuseries dropped: “Dan cared about the kids on his shows even when sometimes their own families
This post contains details from the first four episodes of ID’s documentary series Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.
“Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” exposes the alleged toxic environment child actors endured at Nickelodeon in the late ’90s and early 2000s — but Marc Summers didn’t know that when he agreed to an interview. The famed network host — who famously led “Double Dare” and “What Would You Do?” — revealed that he felt entrapped by the documentary’s producers when he appeared on the series.“They ambushed me,” the 72-year-old said on Friday’s edition of z100’s Elvis Duran and the Morning Show.
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Marc Summers is opening up about his experience on the set of the docu-series Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.
Marc Summers, former host of Nickelodeon’s Double Dare, is sharing an experience he had during an interview for ID’s Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Children’s TV docuseries. During an interview on Elvis Duran and the Morning Show, Summers told the hosts he agreed to do an interview about Nickelodeon, but was not told that it involved a docuseries that was set to uncover the toxic culture behind children’s shows at the network in the late 1990s and 2000s.
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Kenan Thompson is speaking out about Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV!
documentary “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.”The five-part eye-opening doc focuses on Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider and features a behind-the-scenes look at his inappropriate behavior with child stars such as Alexa Nikolas, Drake Bell and more in the late ’90s and early 2000s.The “Saturday Night Live” comedian, 45, who starred on the network’s “All That” and “Kenan & Kel,” opened up about the allegations and Schneider, 45, on the Tamron Hall Show.“It’s tough. It’s a tough subject, you know?” Thompson said on Wednesday.
Nickelodeon alum Kenan Thompson weighed in on the startling new docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.
Kenan Thompson has talked about his time working with Dan Schneider at Nickelodeon for the first time since the release of the documentary Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.
J. Kim Murphy Kenan Thompson has opened up about his time as a child star at Nickelodeon and the new perspective he has gained on it following the release of “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” a new documentary series that features allegations of abuse against crew members at the network. Thompson’s comments came Wednesday during an interview on the daytime talk show “Tamron Hall,” touching on his new production banner AFA, his record-breaking tenure on “Saturday Night Live” and his new memoir “When I Was Your Age.” Thompson got started as a child performer, though, serving as an original cast member of the teenage-cast sketch show “All That” and starring alongside his peer Kel Mitchell in the sitcom “Kenan & Kel” and the feature film “Good Burger,” all of which were produced by Nickelodeon.
Alexa Nikolas has seen Dan Schneider’s apology video… and she has THOUGHTS.
Drake Bell has slammed Nickelodeon’s responses to the “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” documentary, calling the network’s apology “pretty empty.” “There’s a very well-tailored response saying, ‘Learning about his trauma,’ because they couldn’t say that they didn’t know about this or what had happened, or anything,” Bell, 37, said during an appearance on the “The Sarah Fraser Show” podcast. “So I think that was a really well-tailored response by probably some big attorney in Hollywood.”“I find it pretty empty, their responses, because, I mean, they still show our shows, they still put our shows on,” the “Drake and Josh” alum fumed.
Drake Bell opened up in his first interview after participating in the Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV docuseries.
Jack Dunn Devon Werkheiser, Lindsey Shaw and Daniel Curtis Lee, the stars of mid-aughts sitcom “Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide,” have apologized for joking about the new documentary “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” which features allegations by former child stars detailing widespread abuse at Nickelodeon, in particular involving producer Dan Schneider. “Earlier this week we were on TikTok Live being asked to comment on the ‘Quiet on Set’ documentary which we hadn’t seen, and a super shit joke came out that was referenced at Daniel and looked like I was talking about Drake and it all overlaps. We fucked up, I get it,” Werkheiser said, speaking on a new episode of the trio’s podcast “Ned’s Declassified Podcast Survival Guide.
Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV has been one of the most shocking, eye-opening documentaries to come out in a long time.
Another former child star is calling out Dan Schneider — and revealing even MORE disturbing allegations about the former Nickelodeon creator!
allegations made in the docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, former child actor Alexa Nikolas has spoken up about Dan Schneider, the boss who allegedly created and tolerated toxic working conditions.The much-talked-about doc looks at misconduct involving , specifically at Nickelodeon and , whose series dominated the network in the mid-aughts. Schneider has long been a subject of various rumors and allegations; , and he is more or less called out by name as the perpetrator of .
Dan Schneider is addressing the allegations in the docu-series Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV in his first interview since all of the episodes were released.