Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Youngsters TV will quickly be again with a brand new episode delving deeper into troubling claims about Nickelodeon within the late Nineties and early 2000s, and Leisure Weekly has your first look, together with one other former little one star becoming a member of the dialog.
The bombshell documentary collection premiered earlier this month in 4 components and included interviews with a number of of the community’s stars as they detailed the poisonous work setting and abuse they allegedly confronted whereas working with producer Dan Schneider on hit exhibits like All That and The Amanda Present.
EW can completely reveal the primary take a look at an extra fifth episode, titled “Breaking the Silence,” set to air Sunday, April 7 at 8 p.m. on Investigation Discovery.
Bryan Christopher Hearne, Giovonnie Samuels, Shane Lyons, and Soledad O’Brien on ‘Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Youngsters TV’.
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The upcoming installment will characteristic new interviews with Drake & Josh star Drake Bell, All That’s Giovonnie Samuels and Bryan Christopher Hearne, and Hearne’s mom Tracey Brown, all of whom appeared within the authentic run of the docuseries. Plus, one other former All That forged member, Shane Lyons, will seem in Quiet on Set for the primary time.
Broadcast journalist Soledad O’Brien will lead a gaggle dialog whereby the reunited forged will reply to the primary 4 episodes and focus on how the leisure trade can change into safer for younger actors.
Within the earlier episodes of Quiet on Set, Samuels and Hearne detailed the racism they allegedly confronted whereas engaged on All That and different uncomfortable moments on set, together with Hearne describing an expertise during which he was absolutely lined in peanut butter and licked by canines for an on-air dare.
“I really feel very honored to have been given the chance to share my story. It’s positively arduous as a Black man in Hollywood, not to mention a Black little one,” Hearne posted on social media after the primary episodes got here out. “There’s no due date to therapeutic. When you’re questioning ‘Why now?’ It’s as a result of it’s time for justice. It’s time for all these items to be revealed and launched for thus many people.”
Tracey Brown and Bryan Christopher Hearne on ‘Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Youngsters TV’.
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Within the third and fourth episodes of the docuseries, Bell mentioned the childhood sexual abuse he survived from Amanda Present dialogue coach Brian Peck, who in the end served time in jail following Bell’s John Doe case in opposition to him.
Different main allegations from Quiet on Set’s first 4 episodes embrace accusations of sexism within the Amanda Present writers room, descriptions of Schneider’s allegedly risky temperament on set, and particulars of how little one stardom at Nickelodeon negatively impacted younger performers’ psychological well being and self-image.
Since its launch, quite a few former Nickelodeon stars have spoken out in regards to the tales shared in Quiet on Set, together with Kenan and Kel star Kenan Thompson, Bell’s Drake and Josh costar Josh Peck, Clarissa Explains It All actress Melissa Joan Hart, and even Blue’s Clues host Steve Burns.
Soledad O’Brien on ‘Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Youngsters TV’.
Courtesy of Investigation Discovery
Schneider additionally posted a response video addressing among the allegations made in opposition to him within the documentary’s first 4 episodes. “Watching over the previous two nights was very tough,” the previous showrunner, who parted methods with the community in 2018, stated in a 19-minute dialog with iCarly’s BooG!e. “Me going through my previous behaviors — a few of that are embarrassing and that I remorse and I positively owe some individuals a fairly sturdy apology.”
The docuseries was watched by greater than 16 million viewers throughout ID and Max/discovery+ and has the biggest viewers of an unscripted collection because the launch of Max, in line with a community launch.
Giovonnie Samuels, Bryan Christopher Hearne, and Soledad O’Brien on ‘Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Youngsters TV’.
Courtesy of Investigation Discovery
The fifth episode of Quiet on Set: The Darkish Facet of Youngsters TV premieres on ID on Sunday, April 7 at 8 p.m. The primary 4 episodes of the collection are streaming on Max.
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