Former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider is the controversial topic of a brand new, four-part docuseries streaming now.
“Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Youngsters TV” addresses allegations of abuse and poisonous habits on the units of Nickelodeon’s hottest kids’s exhibits, together with “Drake & Josh,” “Victorious” and “iCarly.” The collection is premiering over two nights, with the primary half releasing Sunday, March 17, and the remaining coming Monday, March 18, on Investigation Discovery.
Schneider, beforehand dubbed the “Willy Wonka of tv” by Forbes, has come below fireplace lately for his alleged misconduct towards Nickelodeon’s baby actors.
In 2018, a Deadline article saying Schneider’s departure from the community referenced his controversial therapy of youthful stars and “effectively documented mood points.” Three years later, The New York Occasions reported Schneider’s Nickelodeon exit got here after dad or mum firm ViacomCBS, now known as Paramount, carried out an inner investigation, which discovered that lots of his colleagues allegedly considered him as verbally abusive.
And within the bestselling memoir, “I am Glad My Mother Died,” former “iCarly” and “Sam and Cat” star Jennette McCurdy detailed her damaging experiences on set whereas engaged on Schneider’s exhibits.
So the place is he now? This is what to know.
The place is Dan Schneider now?
Schneider has laid extraordinarily low within the years following his exit from Nickelodeon.
After he was a prolific showrunner, producer and author on the community for twenty-four years, Nickelodeon parted methods with Schneider in 2018.
On the time, Schneider nonetheless had three exhibits on air: “Henry Hazard,” “The Adventures of Child Hazard” and “Sport Shakers.” A number of years prior, his present “Sam & Cat,” that includes Nickelodeon sweethearts Jennette McCurdy and Ariana Grande, was canceled after 36 episodes.
Throughout the identical time, Deadline broke the information that a number of individuals who labored near Schneider made complaints about his habits. Deadline additionally famous his “well-documented mood points for years” and “his tweeted pictures of the toes of his younger feminine stars.”
After his cut up with Nickelodeon, Schneider entered a public hiatus till he was interviewed by The New York Occasions three years later. The outlet revealed the community severed ties with Schneider after the ViacomCBS investigation.
Within the 2021 interview, Schneider denied leaving the community on dangerous phrases, including he wanted to “take a break” and that he misplaced greater than 100 kilos throughout his time without work. He additionally said his plans to return to tv with an “formidable and really totally different” pilot that he bought to a different community.
As of 2024, there has but to be any information about Schneider’s pilot or another tv initiatives. He sometimes posts on Instagram concerning the accomplishments of his former Nickelodeon colleagues, similar to Ariana Grande and Austin Butler.
On Tuesday, Schneider sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to handle allegations depicted in “Quiet on Set.” Within the interview, Schneider stated that, in watching the docuseries, he noticed embarrassing habits he regrets.
“I undoubtedly owe some folks a reasonably robust apology,” he stated.
The place can I watch the Nickelodeon documentary?
All episodes can be found to stream on Investigation Discovery and Max.
What number of episodes does ‘Quiet on Set’ have?
“Quiet on Set” consists of 4 episodes, launched over the span of two days.