Mayim Bialik is giving her take on the docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.
08.04.2024 - 04:11 / glamour.com
, in the 2000s.The clips featured then-teenagers like Ariana Grande and Jamie Lynn Spears engaging in acts that appeared to be of an “arguably sexual” manner, Robertson, the founder of the production studio Maxine Productions, tells me.
In one, Grande pours water on herself while laying upside down in a bed.
In another, Spears is squirted in the face by, let’s just say, a viscous liquid.
The clips had aired without a fuss at the time, but now that people were seeing them online, they were beginning to reexamine them.“[They] were saying, did I grow up watching all this sexual innuendo but didn't know it because I was a kid?” Robertson says.
“And if that's the case, how much of this was actually on these shows that I was consuming so regularly? What adults shaped this? What adults said no to it? What adults said yes to it? If these videos were made, what does that suggest about other improper, uncomfortable, and potentially illegal behavior behind the scenes?”So, Robertson and her colleague, journalist and documentary filmmaker Emma Schwartz, began digging.
The result is Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, a four-part documentary series that premiered on Investigation Discovery last month and immediately went viral.
The allegations uncovered by Robertson and Schwartz include a heartbreaking interview with former Drake and Josh star Drake Bell, who revealed for the first time that he had been the victim of child sexual abuse at the hands of actor Brian Peck, who worked alongside Bell on popular kids shows like The Amanda Show.
Other revelations include allegations of emotional abuse and sexual harassment against Dan Schneider, a Nickelodeon mainstay who worked on or created several shows for the network including All
Mayim Bialik is giving her take on the docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.
Bryan Christopher Hearne isn’t sold on Dan Schneider’s apology.
If there was an upside to doing Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, Drake Bell said it would be the strangers who have approached him with gratitude before sharing their own sad tales of abuse.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Steve Burns, who became an icon of children’s television as the host of Nickelodeon‘s “Blue’s Clues” from 1996 to 2002, recently spoke to “Today” and said he watched the viral documentary series “Quiet on Set” in “horror and heartbreak.” The ID Discovery series explores the alleged harassment and abuse that took place at Nickelodeon before and after the turn of the century, which is the same time Burns was the face of “Blue’s Clues.” “I don’t have any particular insight into any of that,” Burns said about the allegations made in the documentary series. “I’m coming to it much the same as anyone else, with horror and heartbreak. It’s just terrible to watch it unfold.
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.
Double Dare host Marc Summers didn’t have a lot to say in the Quiet On Set doc — but he has a lot to say ABOUT it!
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.
Emily Longeretta Marc Summers is speaking out about his experience being interviewed for ID’s “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” documentary. During an appearance on “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show,” the longtime host said he was called and asked to be part of a doc about Nickelodeon. At the time he agreed, he didn’t know it was set to expose toxic behavior at the network.
Drake Bell has no hard feelings for Josh Peck.
“Quiet on Set” docuseries.“I know many folks want me to respond to the ‘quiet on set’ documentary,” Underwood, 33, began his lengthy post. “I’m going to share with you something I never thought I would have to talk about publicly, as it’s honestly none of your business anyway.” “When I was 12 years old, I was groomed and molested by my best friend’s stepfather,” he wrote.
Ever since the bombshell allegations about the behind-the-scenes experiences of kids on Nickelodeon dropped this month through the Quiet on Set documentary, several former child stars have come forward to share their horrific experiences in the business. This includes Zoey 101 alum Matthew Underwood. The 33-year-old actor took to Instagram
Matthew Underwood, star of Nickelodeon‘s Zoey 101, is sharing he was sexually harassed and assaulted by his former agent.
Michaela Zee “Zoey 101” star Matthew Underwood has revealed on social media that he was assaulted at age 19 by his agent at the time. In a statement regarding the Investigation Discovery docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” Underwood opened up about being assaulted by his former agent, whom he does not name.
Matthew Underwood is speaking out after the release of the startling Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV docu-series.
Former Nickelodeon star Melissa Joan Hart responded to the startling new docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.
Though her experience as a child actress on Nickelodeon was "wonderful" overall, Melissa Joan Hart is standing strong with fellow stars who have come forward with allegations of sexual abuse and harassment against some of the network's executives. Hart, who starred on Nickelodeon’s "Clarissa Explains It All," from 1991 to 1994, explained why she "100%" believes the people who came forward during an appearance on the "Meghan McCain Has Entered the Chat" podcast Thursday. "I have not seen the documentary, and that’s a mistake," Hart said, referencing Investigation Discovery's four-part docuseries, "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV." "I think I need to see the documentary.
Jennifer Leak, who shot to fame in the series “The Young and the Restless” and the 1968 film “Yours, Mine and Ours,” has died.She was 76.Her ex-husband, actor Tim Matheson, announced her death on Wednesday. “It is with a heavy heart that I share the news of Jennifer Leak’s passing,” the “Virgin River” actor, 76, penned on Facebook.“She wasn’t just my screen sister in ‘Yours, Mine and Ours,’ but also my beloved first wife.
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.