The 2024 Tribeca Festival has added 11 new feature films to its lineup — including a Hannah Einbinder standup special from Max — and has also set a world premiere of Michael Sarnoski’s A Quiet Place: Day One on June 26 in partnership with Paramount Pictures and Imax just ahead of the film’s theatrical release. The red carpet event is for Tribeca members as part of the organization’s push into year-round programming. It’s after the festival, which runs June 5-16.
Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go, features the actress and comedian best known for her role as Ava Daniels in the HBO hit Hacks with Jean Smart.
Other new word premieres include sports documentaries Federer: Twelve Final Days, directed by Asif Kapadia and Joe Sabia — a behind-the-scenes film of the 20-time Grand Slam tennis champion Roger Federer and his emotional decision to retire from the sport — as well as Power of the Dream,...
Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go, features the actress and comedian best known for her role as Ava Daniels in the HBO hit Hacks with Jean Smart.
Other new word premieres include sports documentaries Federer: Twelve Final Days, directed by Asif Kapadia and Joe Sabia — a behind-the-scenes film of the 20-time Grand Slam tennis champion Roger Federer and his emotional decision to retire from the sport — as well as Power of the Dream,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2024 Tribeca Festival has just unveiled new additions to its already star-studded lineup.
IndieWire can confirm that the New York premiere of “A Quiet Place: Day One” will take place as part of the festival, which runs June 5 through 16. The film will have a special screening June 26 in partnership with Paramount Pictures in IMAX.
The festival, presented by Okx, announced the addition of 11 new feature films, including eight world premieres. Documentaries “Federer: Twelve Final Days” and “Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes,” produced by J.J. Abrams, are among the highlights, plus Dawn Porter’s “Power of the Dream.”
Hannah Einbinder’s first-ever stand-up comedy special “Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go” will also have its world premiere at the festival.
“At our core, we are an activist festival, united by the belief that art can inspire change,” Tribeca Co-Founder and CEO Jane Rosenthal. “We’re excited to add 11 new films to our Festival lineup,...
IndieWire can confirm that the New York premiere of “A Quiet Place: Day One” will take place as part of the festival, which runs June 5 through 16. The film will have a special screening June 26 in partnership with Paramount Pictures in IMAX.
The festival, presented by Okx, announced the addition of 11 new feature films, including eight world premieres. Documentaries “Federer: Twelve Final Days” and “Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes,” produced by J.J. Abrams, are among the highlights, plus Dawn Porter’s “Power of the Dream.”
Hannah Einbinder’s first-ever stand-up comedy special “Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go” will also have its world premiere at the festival.
“At our core, we are an activist festival, united by the belief that art can inspire change,” Tribeca Co-Founder and CEO Jane Rosenthal. “We’re excited to add 11 new films to our Festival lineup,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
“Girls5eva” deserves to be heard. Yes, the laugh-out-loud comedy, from the minds of Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, creator Meredith Scardino and others, is funny. The music industry is wickedly skewered. The music, led by Jeff Richmond, is clever and catchy.
But really, the heart of the show comes from its stars — Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Busy Philipps and Paula Pell — and the characters they play. These are women of a certain age who are rediscovering their voices and finally taking on their dreams, after years of settling for something less.
Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast recently spoke to Philipps and Pell about Season 3 of “Girls5eva,” what the show has meant to them and the special message that it resonates between the laughs. Listen below!
In “Girls5eva,” Bareilles is Dawn, who gave up dreams of fame to raise her family. Goldsberry’s character, Wickie, is the diva whose attempt at...
But really, the heart of the show comes from its stars — Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Busy Philipps and Paula Pell — and the characters they play. These are women of a certain age who are rediscovering their voices and finally taking on their dreams, after years of settling for something less.
Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast recently spoke to Philipps and Pell about Season 3 of “Girls5eva,” what the show has meant to them and the special message that it resonates between the laughs. Listen below!
In “Girls5eva,” Bareilles is Dawn, who gave up dreams of fame to raise her family. Goldsberry’s character, Wickie, is the diva whose attempt at...
- 5/7/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
As contractions and cost-cutting continue to hit the nonfiction space, a major producer is changing its documentary strategy: The New York Times.
The Times is restructuring its documentary unit, which is behind its The New York Times Presents series, which has produced nearly four dozen documentaries, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. It is changing the unit with the goal of further enmeshing non-fiction video filmmaking into the company’s existing sub brands and verticals.
Several sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the Times will be reducing its documentary output. Rumors have been swirling in the nonfiction community about the future of the Times‘ documentaries for some time. The media company released over 20 films in 2019 under their New York Times Presents banner while it released only four films in 2023.
“We just premiered a new film from The New York Times Presents last week, with two additional films presently in production, as...
The Times is restructuring its documentary unit, which is behind its The New York Times Presents series, which has produced nearly four dozen documentaries, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. It is changing the unit with the goal of further enmeshing non-fiction video filmmaking into the company’s existing sub brands and verticals.
Several sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the Times will be reducing its documentary output. Rumors have been swirling in the nonfiction community about the future of the Times‘ documentaries for some time. The media company released over 20 films in 2019 under their New York Times Presents banner while it released only four films in 2023.
“We just premiered a new film from The New York Times Presents last week, with two additional films presently in production, as...
- 5/3/2024
- by Mia Galuppo and Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV was a bombshell documentary series which put the spotlight on the toxic and disturbing culture behind the scenes at Nickelodeon during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Particular focus was paid to Dan Schneider, the producer behind many of Nickelodeon’s biggest hits during that time, but he’s fighting back with a lawsuit against the producers of Quiet on Set.
While Dan Scheider has apologized for the behaviour that was depicted on Quiet on Set, he feels that the documentary series has destroyed his “legacy and reputation” by alleging that he was a sexual abuser. The documentary revealed that dialogue coach Brian Peck and former production assistant Jason Handy were child sexual abusers, with Peck serving 16 months in prison for sexually assaulting Drake Bell. While Scheider hasn’t been accused of any sexual abuse, he believes the documentary implies that...
While Dan Scheider has apologized for the behaviour that was depicted on Quiet on Set, he feels that the documentary series has destroyed his “legacy and reputation” by alleging that he was a sexual abuser. The documentary revealed that dialogue coach Brian Peck and former production assistant Jason Handy were child sexual abusers, with Peck serving 16 months in prison for sexually assaulting Drake Bell. While Scheider hasn’t been accused of any sexual abuse, he believes the documentary implies that...
- 5/1/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Dan Schneider, the former creator and showrunner of Nickelodeon series “All That,” “iCarly,” and “Zoey 101,” is suing the producers of the hit documentary series “Quiet on Set.” IndieWire has obtained the lawsuit.
Schneider says his portrayal in the Investigation Discovery series, which peels the layers back on alleged child abuse — including, in some cases, sexual abuse — on Nickelodeon series of the era, is a “hit job” and that his reputation has been “destroyed” by the popularity of the series. The suit names Warner Bros. Discovery, Maxine Productions, Sony Pictures Television, and directors Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz.
“‘Quiet on Set’s’ portrayal of Schneider is a hit job,” the lawsuit from Schneider’s attorneys Jana Moser and Richard McKie reads. “While it is indisputable that two bona fide child sexual abusers worked on Nickelodeon shows, it is likewise indisputable that Schneider had no knowledge of their abuse, was not complicit in the abuse,...
Schneider says his portrayal in the Investigation Discovery series, which peels the layers back on alleged child abuse — including, in some cases, sexual abuse — on Nickelodeon series of the era, is a “hit job” and that his reputation has been “destroyed” by the popularity of the series. The suit names Warner Bros. Discovery, Maxine Productions, Sony Pictures Television, and directors Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz.
“‘Quiet on Set’s’ portrayal of Schneider is a hit job,” the lawsuit from Schneider’s attorneys Jana Moser and Richard McKie reads. “While it is indisputable that two bona fide child sexual abusers worked on Nickelodeon shows, it is likewise indisputable that Schneider had no knowledge of their abuse, was not complicit in the abuse,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Former children’s television producer Dan Schneider is suing the producers of ID’s Quiet on the Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV docuseries, calling the show a “hit job” that implied he was a sexual abuser of children.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by TVLine, states: “While it is indisputable that two bona fide child sexual abusers worked on Nickelodeon shows, it is likewise indisputable that Schneider had no knowledge of their abuse, was not complicit in the abuse, condemned the abuse once it was discovered and, critically, was not a child sexual abuser himself.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by TVLine, states: “While it is indisputable that two bona fide child sexual abusers worked on Nickelodeon shows, it is likewise indisputable that Schneider had no knowledge of their abuse, was not complicit in the abuse, condemned the abuse once it was discovered and, critically, was not a child sexual abuser himself.
- 5/1/2024
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Embattled producer Dan Schneider is fighting back against Quiet on Set, Investigation Discovery’s explosive limited series that promised to delve into the toxic and dangerous culture behind some of the most iconic kids’ television shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, the lawsuit accuses Warner Bros, Maxine Productions, Sony Pictures and producers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz of defamation. You can read the lawsuit here.
After the series dropped, Schneider apologized for his behavior that was depicted Quiet On Set and vowed to hold himself accountable for how he acted on his Nickelodeon shows. He taped a 19-minute interview that was posted on You Tube, in which he says “watching over the past few nights was very difficult. Me facing my past behaviors, some of which are embarrassing and I regret. I definitely owe some people a pretty strong apology.
Filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, the lawsuit accuses Warner Bros, Maxine Productions, Sony Pictures and producers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz of defamation. You can read the lawsuit here.
After the series dropped, Schneider apologized for his behavior that was depicted Quiet On Set and vowed to hold himself accountable for how he acted on his Nickelodeon shows. He taped a 19-minute interview that was posted on You Tube, in which he says “watching over the past few nights was very difficult. Me facing my past behaviors, some of which are embarrassing and I regret. I definitely owe some people a pretty strong apology.
- 5/1/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
A few years ago, filmmakers Emma Schwartz and Mary Robertson remember taking note of video compilations from old Dan Schneider series that showed children and young teens “enacting scenes that are arguably sexual in nature.”
“One example you see Ariana Grande squeezing a potato, or Ariana Grande — who was then a young teenager — pouring water on her chest and face,” Robertson recalls during a panel at Deadline’s Contenders TV: Documentary + Unscripted event. “And you see Jamie Lynn Spears receiving this squirt of a viscous liquid on her face. And there were many on social media who were asking, ‘Did I grow up watching these clips?’ “
Their shock over what they found on social media, together with a story about ’90s kids TV in Business Insider, is what prompted the creation of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. The Investigation Discovery docuseries set out to uncover the...
“One example you see Ariana Grande squeezing a potato, or Ariana Grande — who was then a young teenager — pouring water on her chest and face,” Robertson recalls during a panel at Deadline’s Contenders TV: Documentary + Unscripted event. “And you see Jamie Lynn Spears receiving this squirt of a viscous liquid on her face. And there were many on social media who were asking, ‘Did I grow up watching these clips?’ “
Their shock over what they found on social media, together with a story about ’90s kids TV in Business Insider, is what prompted the creation of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. The Investigation Discovery docuseries set out to uncover the...
- 4/27/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
The strikes are behind us, Emmy season is upon us, and it’s time to hear from the creatives and talent behind some of the TV season’s most talked-about nonfiction programs. Deadline’s daylong Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event will offer just that this weekend, giving awards-watchers a chance to kick back at home and take in the tales.
You can RSVP for Saturday’s livestream here.
Starting at 9 a.m. Pt Saturday, the fourth annual event features 20 panels with cast and creatives from series, specials and telefilms.
Here is what and who you can expect to see.
From ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
From Prime Video: Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story (Writer/Director...
You can RSVP for Saturday’s livestream here.
Starting at 9 a.m. Pt Saturday, the fourth annual event features 20 panels with cast and creatives from series, specials and telefilms.
Here is what and who you can expect to see.
From ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
From Prime Video: Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story (Writer/Director...
- 4/24/2024
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Some participants of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV are calling out producers of the docuseries for not being more transparent about the project being made for Investigation Discovery.
“I’m not too familiar with ID, but for the interview I sat down for, it was not an appropriate network for the show,” former The Amanda Show star Raquel Lee Bolleau said in an interview with IndieWire. “I had no clue it was on [ID] until one or two weeks before it aired.”
Fellow Nickelodeon star and former Zoey 101 cast member Alexa Nikolas echoed Lee Bolleau’s sentiment, saying, “I didn’t even know what ID was, honestly. When I looked it up, my first thought was our stories and the conversation that deserves to be had around them are way bigger than ID and deserve a more credible platform. A more serious one.”
The actresses say that...
“I’m not too familiar with ID, but for the interview I sat down for, it was not an appropriate network for the show,” former The Amanda Show star Raquel Lee Bolleau said in an interview with IndieWire. “I had no clue it was on [ID] until one or two weeks before it aired.”
Fellow Nickelodeon star and former Zoey 101 cast member Alexa Nikolas echoed Lee Bolleau’s sentiment, saying, “I didn’t even know what ID was, honestly. When I looked it up, my first thought was our stories and the conversation that deserves to be had around them are way bigger than ID and deserve a more credible platform. A more serious one.”
The actresses say that...
- 4/22/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Two “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” participants claim they did not know the docuseries was being made for Investigation Discovery, and said they would not have agreed to interviews if they did.
“I’m not too familiar with ID, but for the interview I sat down for, it was not an appropriate network for the show,” former “The Amanda Show” actress Raquel Lee Bolleau told IndieWire. “I had no clue it was on [ID] until one or two weeks before it aired.”
“I didn’t even know what ID was honestly,” ex-“Zoey 101” cast member Alexa Nikolas told IndieWire. “When I looked it up, my first thought was our stories and the conversation that deserves to be had around them are way bigger than ID and deserve a more credible platform. A more serious one.”
The remarks come on the heels of the former Nickelodeon actresses alleging...
“I’m not too familiar with ID, but for the interview I sat down for, it was not an appropriate network for the show,” former “The Amanda Show” actress Raquel Lee Bolleau told IndieWire. “I had no clue it was on [ID] until one or two weeks before it aired.”
“I didn’t even know what ID was honestly,” ex-“Zoey 101” cast member Alexa Nikolas told IndieWire. “When I looked it up, my first thought was our stories and the conversation that deserves to be had around them are way bigger than ID and deserve a more credible platform. A more serious one.”
The remarks come on the heels of the former Nickelodeon actresses alleging...
- 4/20/2024
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
Decades after Nickelodeon allegedly left dozens of child stars traumatized, Quiet on Set returns to haunt them with half-forgotten memories and long-buried scars. On the other hand, the docuseries brings to light a darker side of the entertainment industry that only scratches the surface of the public’s understanding of what goes on behind the curtains.
But despite the show’s well-placed intention, the documentation of children’s trauma does not sit well with some of the subjects of the series.
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV [Credit: Investigation Discovery/Max]As Quiet on Set continues to send ripples of shock and disgust through the industry and fan circles alike, some of the stars have stepped forward to point out something allegedly equally problematic about the docuseries that has been so intent on exposing the evil warlocks of kids’ television for their crimes.
Quiet on Set Does Not Sit Well With...
But despite the show’s well-placed intention, the documentation of children’s trauma does not sit well with some of the subjects of the series.
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV [Credit: Investigation Discovery/Max]As Quiet on Set continues to send ripples of shock and disgust through the industry and fan circles alike, some of the stars have stepped forward to point out something allegedly equally problematic about the docuseries that has been so intent on exposing the evil warlocks of kids’ television for their crimes.
Quiet on Set Does Not Sit Well With...
- 4/18/2024
- by Diya Majumdar
- FandomWire
Like most things in Hollywood, “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” began with a promise.
After years of whispered complaints about the sometimes-shady world of children’s entertainment, an investigative team set out to expose Dan Schneider’s Nickelodeon and the years of alleged abuse endured by the kids who worked there from 1994 to 2018. Others had tried to tell this story, but this time serious journalists planned to expose the industry’s seamy underbelly — documenting past wrongs, giving voice to victims, and charting tangible change.
Ex-kid actors and “Quiet on Set” subjects Raquel Lee Bolleau and Alexa Nikolas told IndieWire they were presented with a plan for an honest look at the issues and suffering borne out by their childhoods. Lee Bolleau (“The Amanda Show”) talked to the “Quiet on Set” producers about her passion for healing and protecting young performers still in the industry; Nikolas (“Zoey...
After years of whispered complaints about the sometimes-shady world of children’s entertainment, an investigative team set out to expose Dan Schneider’s Nickelodeon and the years of alleged abuse endured by the kids who worked there from 1994 to 2018. Others had tried to tell this story, but this time serious journalists planned to expose the industry’s seamy underbelly — documenting past wrongs, giving voice to victims, and charting tangible change.
Ex-kid actors and “Quiet on Set” subjects Raquel Lee Bolleau and Alexa Nikolas told IndieWire they were presented with a plan for an honest look at the issues and suffering borne out by their childhoods. Lee Bolleau (“The Amanda Show”) talked to the “Quiet on Set” producers about her passion for healing and protecting young performers still in the industry; Nikolas (“Zoey...
- 4/18/2024
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
Raven-Symoné became a child entertainer at just 16 months old, starring in shows like the The Cosby Show at age 3, and leading Disney Channel classics like The Cheetah Girls and That’s So Raven as a teenager. As discussion around child labor laws escalate within entertainment, Raven, now 38, says she was unaware of sexual predators lurking on set and was never asked to take a sexual harassment course as a young entertainer.
“As long as the child comes to set, and they know their lines and they do their marks and there...
“As long as the child comes to set, and they know their lines and they do their marks and there...
- 4/17/2024
- by Kalia Richardson
- Rollingstone.com
In a TikTok shared on Thursday, Nickelodeon’s Amanda Show alum Raquel Lee Bolleau, who was featured in Investigation Discovery’s docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of TV, says she was left disappointed by her experience with the docuseries about toxic sets at the kids TV network.
The doc’s directors, Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz, were recently joined by participants Drake Bell, Giovannie Samuels, Bryan Christopher Hearne and co-executive producer Kate Taylor, for a panel conversation for an Emmys FYC event, moderated by Scaachi Koul, that explored the impact of what has become a hit docuseries for ID and streamer Max. The five-part series outlined allegations of abuse, sexism, racism and inappropriate behavior involving underage stars and crewmembers on Nickelodeon TV show sets run by Dan Schneider.
“Do you think they invited me?” asked the former child star in her video, referencing the Los Angeles event.
Bolleau continued (watch,...
The doc’s directors, Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz, were recently joined by participants Drake Bell, Giovannie Samuels, Bryan Christopher Hearne and co-executive producer Kate Taylor, for a panel conversation for an Emmys FYC event, moderated by Scaachi Koul, that explored the impact of what has become a hit docuseries for ID and streamer Max. The five-part series outlined allegations of abuse, sexism, racism and inappropriate behavior involving underage stars and crewmembers on Nickelodeon TV show sets run by Dan Schneider.
“Do you think they invited me?” asked the former child star in her video, referencing the Los Angeles event.
Bolleau continued (watch,...
- 4/12/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for The Sympathizer, Fallout and Quiet on Set.
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver screening
On April 5, Netflix hosted a fan screening in New York to celebrate the upcoming release of Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver with filmmakers Zack and Deborah Snyder and stars Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Michiel Huisman, Ed Skrein, Staz Nair, Fra Fee, Elise Duffy, Stuart Martin and Ray Fisher.
Wesley Coller, Stuart Martin, Ed Skrein, Staz Nair, Deborah Snyder, Eric Newman, Zack Snyder, Ray Fisher, Fra Fee, Djimon Hounsou, Elise Duffy, Sofia Boutella and Michiel Huisman
The Sympathizer premiere
Robert Downey Jr., Sandra Oh and Hoa Xuande walked the carpet at the Los Angeles premiere of their new HBO series on Tuesday.
Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey Sandra Oh, Hoa Xuande...
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver screening
On April 5, Netflix hosted a fan screening in New York to celebrate the upcoming release of Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver with filmmakers Zack and Deborah Snyder and stars Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Michiel Huisman, Ed Skrein, Staz Nair, Fra Fee, Elise Duffy, Stuart Martin and Ray Fisher.
Wesley Coller, Stuart Martin, Ed Skrein, Staz Nair, Deborah Snyder, Eric Newman, Zack Snyder, Ray Fisher, Fra Fee, Djimon Hounsou, Elise Duffy, Sofia Boutella and Michiel Huisman
The Sympathizer premiere
Robert Downey Jr., Sandra Oh and Hoa Xuande walked the carpet at the Los Angeles premiere of their new HBO series on Tuesday.
Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey Sandra Oh, Hoa Xuande...
- 4/12/2024
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s rare when a documentary series makes as big a splash as that created by “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.” The five-part Investigation Discovery docuseries has been seen by an estimated audience of more than 20 million over ID and Max and generated a groundswell of chatter over its revelations about toxic children’s TV production environments – primarily at Nickelodeon in the early 2000s. The filmmakers responsible for the series that premiered on March 17 – executive producer-director Mary Robertson and co-exec producer-director Emma Schwartz – are thrilled at a reaction that they describe variously as “inspiring” and “overwhelming.”
Adds Schwartz: “I think one of the most exciting parts of that is really to see how many people are not just impacted by watching it, but want to take action or improve the environment in which these problems occur. Taking the work to a next level is something you would hope for.
Adds Schwartz: “I think one of the most exciting parts of that is really to see how many people are not just impacted by watching it, but want to take action or improve the environment in which these problems occur. Taking the work to a next level is something you would hope for.
- 4/11/2024
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Drake Bell, the “The Amanda Show” and “Drake & Josh” star who speaks out publicly for the first time about the sexual abuse he endured from Brian Peck (who worked as a dialogue coach on Nickelodeon’s “Amanda Show” and “All That”) in the Investigation Discovery and Max series “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” told a packed FYC screening and panel event Tuesday night at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood that the overwhelming response to the five-part docuseries that premiered March 17 is what he feels “should have happened years ago.”
Watch the full panel discussion above.
Flanked on the panel (moderated by culture writer and author Scaachi Koul) by filmmakers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz as well as senior correspondent Kate Taylor of Business Insider and fellow onetime Nickelodeon child actors Giovannie Samuels and Bryan Hearne (who were regulars on the kids comedy-variety series...
Watch the full panel discussion above.
Flanked on the panel (moderated by culture writer and author Scaachi Koul) by filmmakers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz as well as senior correspondent Kate Taylor of Business Insider and fellow onetime Nickelodeon child actors Giovannie Samuels and Bryan Hearne (who were regulars on the kids comedy-variety series...
- 4/10/2024
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
The response to ID’s docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV has been overwhelming to say the least, the project’s co-directors and executive producers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz said at an Emmys FYC screening and panel in Los Angeles Tuesday evening. It’s also brought into focus another industry where there’s a “clear lack of protection” when it comes to children, Schwartz said: social media.
“One thing that we’ve had conversations about as a result of this is that, if you look at where children’s entertainment, so to speak, is today, it’s not just in studios or in networks, it’s on social media,” said the filmmaker. “That is a universe where there’s almost no oversight as to what’s happening inside people’s homes, on these screens, and what’s happening to protect those kids as well, and...
“One thing that we’ve had conversations about as a result of this is that, if you look at where children’s entertainment, so to speak, is today, it’s not just in studios or in networks, it’s on social media,” said the filmmaker. “That is a universe where there’s almost no oversight as to what’s happening inside people’s homes, on these screens, and what’s happening to protect those kids as well, and...
- 4/10/2024
- by Brande Victorian
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
While speaking at the For Your Consideration Panel for “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” Drake Bell shared that those who wrote letters of support for his abuser, Brian Peck, included “Drake and Josh” crew members, such as his “favorite director” whom he “requested” for the Nickelodeon sitcom and a woman whom he “worked with every day for four years” who was “basically his boss.”
Bell, who was revealed to be the John Doe victim in Peck’s 2004 conviction in Episode 2 of “Quiet on Set,” took the stage at the Saban Media Center in Los Angeles Tuesday night to discuss his journey around the tell-all docuseries. He was joined by fellow contributors Giovonnie Samuels, Bryan Hearne, Kate Taylor and “Quiet on Set” co-directors Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz.
When initially approached to share his story on “Quiet on Set,” Bell was “totally going to ignore” the offer.
Bell, who was revealed to be the John Doe victim in Peck’s 2004 conviction in Episode 2 of “Quiet on Set,” took the stage at the Saban Media Center in Los Angeles Tuesday night to discuss his journey around the tell-all docuseries. He was joined by fellow contributors Giovonnie Samuels, Bryan Hearne, Kate Taylor and “Quiet on Set” co-directors Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz.
When initially approached to share his story on “Quiet on Set,” Bell was “totally going to ignore” the offer.
- 4/10/2024
- by Jack Dunn
- Variety Film + TV
Drake Bell reflected on the response to Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV during an Emmys event in Los Angeles yesterday, saying that he feels like he’s “in the fire right now.”
“Having to tell this sensitive of a story, something I held inside for so many years,” the actor said, according to Deadline. “I’m still reeling from the idea of bearing my soul to the world… Hollywood is a beautiful place, full of fantasy and imagination and fun. But it’s also a completely dark cesspool of disgusting waste.
“Having to tell this sensitive of a story, something I held inside for so many years,” the actor said, according to Deadline. “I’m still reeling from the idea of bearing my soul to the world… Hollywood is a beautiful place, full of fantasy and imagination and fun. But it’s also a completely dark cesspool of disgusting waste.
- 4/10/2024
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
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.
But Bell, who participated in an FYC event Tuesday for the Investigation Discovery series, also talked about the sense of conflict he’s been feeling ever since he agreed to expose some of the darkest parts of his childhood in the four-part docuseries. In Quiet on Set, the former Drake & Josh star revealed he was abused by Brian Peck who worked as a dialogue coach on Nickelodeon’s All That and The Amanda Show.
“I’m in the fire right now,” Bell told the audience at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood. “Having to tell this sensitive of a story, something I held inside for so many years … I’m still...
But Bell, who participated in an FYC event Tuesday for the Investigation Discovery series, also talked about the sense of conflict he’s been feeling ever since he agreed to expose some of the darkest parts of his childhood in the four-part docuseries. In Quiet on Set, the former Drake & Josh star revealed he was abused by Brian Peck who worked as a dialogue coach on Nickelodeon’s All That and The Amanda Show.
“I’m in the fire right now,” Bell told the audience at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood. “Having to tell this sensitive of a story, something I held inside for so many years … I’m still...
- 4/10/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Sexual Abuse, Spit-Takes, Blue Balls: Nickelodeon Actors Talk Trauma in ‘Quiet on Set’ Bonus Episode
On Sunday, Investigation Discovery aired a bonus episode of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, the fifth following its four-part series, titled “Breaking the Silence.”
One of the subjects in the new episode is Raquel Lee Bolleau. As a Season One regular on The Amanda Show, a comedy sketch show starring Amanda Bynes, Bolleau fondly remembers making on-set Slurpees, signing autographs, and celebrating her 13th birthday. But beyond the glamor of preteen stardom, Bolleau tells Rolling Stone she felt ignored by the show’s creator Dan Schneider.
One of the subjects in the new episode is Raquel Lee Bolleau. As a Season One regular on The Amanda Show, a comedy sketch show starring Amanda Bynes, Bolleau fondly remembers making on-set Slurpees, signing autographs, and celebrating her 13th birthday. But beyond the glamor of preteen stardom, Bolleau tells Rolling Stone she felt ignored by the show’s creator Dan Schneider.
- 4/8/2024
- by Kalia Richardson
- Rollingstone.com
Directed by Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz, Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV brought out the ugly side of kids’ television during the ’90s and ’00s to light. In the five-part docuseries, Drake Bell, who rose to prominence following the success of Nickelodeon’s Drake & Josh, shed light on his s-xual trauma, suffered at the hands of convicted s-x offender Brian Peck.
Bell also spoke at length about the actors who signed in support of Peck during the 2004 trial, which included Cabin Fever star Rider Strong. But with the actor finally moving past this traumatic experience, he took to X to share that he has made peace with the actor.
Brian Peck Forgives Rider Strong for His Support Letter for Brian Peck
Drake Bell on Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV
Almost two decades after the conviction of Brian Peck, the 41 letters that were...
Bell also spoke at length about the actors who signed in support of Peck during the 2004 trial, which included Cabin Fever star Rider Strong. But with the actor finally moving past this traumatic experience, he took to X to share that he has made peace with the actor.
Brian Peck Forgives Rider Strong for His Support Letter for Brian Peck
Drake Bell on Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV
Almost two decades after the conviction of Brian Peck, the 41 letters that were...
- 4/7/2024
- by Santanu Roy
- FandomWire
This post contains details from the first four episodes of ID’s documentary series Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.
A little over a year and a half ago, producers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz began to have some questions about kids television. More specifically, about the heyday of Nickelodeon.
“Emma and I had noticed…compilations of clips that were made on sets that Dan Schneider presided over, and these compilations were making their way around social media. They included clips of material that is arguably sexual in nature,” Robertson told Deadline. “If this arguably sexual content was being created on sets featuring child actors, for children to absorb, what else was possibly happening? What could this portend or signal about what was really happening behind the scenes?”
Eventually, those questions would evolve into something much more as the two women took a deep dive into what...
A little over a year and a half ago, producers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz began to have some questions about kids television. More specifically, about the heyday of Nickelodeon.
“Emma and I had noticed…compilations of clips that were made on sets that Dan Schneider presided over, and these compilations were making their way around social media. They included clips of material that is arguably sexual in nature,” Robertson told Deadline. “If this arguably sexual content was being created on sets featuring child actors, for children to absorb, what else was possibly happening? What could this portend or signal about what was really happening behind the scenes?”
Eventually, those questions would evolve into something much more as the two women took a deep dive into what...
- 4/5/2024
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV co-directors Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz have denied Marc Summers’ claim that he was “ambushed” into appearing on the Investigation Discovery docuseries.
“We are clear with each participant about the nature of our projects,” the helmers said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter on Friday.
Their response comes shortly after the former Double Dare host appeared on The Elvis Duran Show, where he alleged that the directors did not disclose the nature of the feature, which launched March 17 and 18 to big viewership, when asking him to appear.
“I got called by these folks saying they wanted to do a documentary on Nickelodeon and so I said sure,” he explained.
Summers said that, while being interviewed for what has become a hit docuseries, he made positive comments about his time on the network, but claimed the Quiet on Set directors “did...
“We are clear with each participant about the nature of our projects,” the helmers said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter on Friday.
Their response comes shortly after the former Double Dare host appeared on The Elvis Duran Show, where he alleged that the directors did not disclose the nature of the feature, which launched March 17 and 18 to big viewership, when asking him to appear.
“I got called by these folks saying they wanted to do a documentary on Nickelodeon and so I said sure,” he explained.
Summers said that, while being interviewed for what has become a hit docuseries, he made positive comments about his time on the network, but claimed the Quiet on Set directors “did...
- 4/5/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The filmmakers behind docuseries “Quiet on Set” are not staying quiet when it comes to allegations of misleading interviewees.
After former Nickelodeon game show host Marc Summers claimed “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” directors Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz were “unethical” in their interview approach and allegedly misled him as to what the docuseries was really about, the filmmaking duo on Friday issued a statement to IndieWire.
“We are clear with each participant about the nature of our projects,” Robertson and Schwartz said.
Summers appears in the first episode of “Quiet on Set” and discusses hosting the game show “Double Dare” at Nickelodeon from 1986 to 1993. The show ended before Nickelodeon sitcom showrunner Dan Schneider joined the network. Schneider has been accused of toxic workplace behavior and mistreatment of child actors.
During an appearance on “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show,” Summers claimed that he did not...
After former Nickelodeon game show host Marc Summers claimed “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” directors Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz were “unethical” in their interview approach and allegedly misled him as to what the docuseries was really about, the filmmaking duo on Friday issued a statement to IndieWire.
“We are clear with each participant about the nature of our projects,” Robertson and Schwartz said.
Summers appears in the first episode of “Quiet on Set” and discusses hosting the game show “Double Dare” at Nickelodeon from 1986 to 1993. The show ended before Nickelodeon sitcom showrunner Dan Schneider joined the network. Schneider has been accused of toxic workplace behavior and mistreatment of child actors.
During an appearance on “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show,” Summers claimed that he did not...
- 4/5/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Updated with statement from Quiet on Set directors: 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.
“They asked me what I thought of Nick, and the first 10 to 12 seconds, from what I understand, in this documentary is me saying all these wonderful things. But they did a bait and switch on me,” Summers said in a preview of the interview, set to air on Friday. “They ambushed me. They never told me what this documentary was really about.
“They asked me what I thought of Nick, and the first 10 to 12 seconds, from what I understand, in this documentary is me saying all these wonderful things. But they did a bait and switch on me,” Summers said in a preview of the interview, set to air on Friday. “They ambushed me. They never told me what this documentary was really about.
- 4/4/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
One of the most harrowing things to come out in a while is ID’s documentary series Quiet On Set, which reveals the troubling history behind the kids’ TV network Nickelodeon’s most popular programming from the 90s and 2000s. Specifically, the series investigates what was happening on the set of various shows produced by the network’s golden boy, Dan Schneider. Among the revelations is that a P. A on the set of his shows was a pedophile, and one of the network’s biggest stars, Drake Bell, was molested by his acting coach, Brian Peck, who also acted in many of the shows. To note, Schneider has not been accused of any sexual abuse himself, and Bell actually praised him in the documentary.
While the four-episode series seemed to be at an end (you can read our review here), a bonus episode revealing new information that’s come...
While the four-episode series seemed to be at an end (you can read our review here), a bonus episode revealing new information that’s come...
- 4/4/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
With ID’s Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV becoming an overnight ratings hit for Investigation Discovery and Max, attention has now turned to a forthcoming fifth episode of the docuseries that promises to dig deeper into the toxic allegations swirling around Dan Schneider’s years at Nickelodeon.
On Thursday, Turner Networks, ID & Hln, linear and streaming president Jason Sarlanis told The Hollywood Reporter the original four-part series, which released March 17 and 18, far exceeded expectations and prompted the network to mobilize and greenlight the bonus episode to air only weeks later.
“We first started talking to [co-directors] Mary [Robertson] and Emma [Schwartz] about [extending the series] right after the trailer dropped,” Sarlanis recalled of the Feb. 8 first look, which featured clips of child stars coming forward with claims of abuse and sexism surrounding iconic kids TV shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s on Nickelodeon.
The bonus episode, titled Breaking the Silence,...
On Thursday, Turner Networks, ID & Hln, linear and streaming president Jason Sarlanis told The Hollywood Reporter the original four-part series, which released March 17 and 18, far exceeded expectations and prompted the network to mobilize and greenlight the bonus episode to air only weeks later.
“We first started talking to [co-directors] Mary [Robertson] and Emma [Schwartz] about [extending the series] right after the trailer dropped,” Sarlanis recalled of the Feb. 8 first look, which featured clips of child stars coming forward with claims of abuse and sexism surrounding iconic kids TV shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s on Nickelodeon.
The bonus episode, titled Breaking the Silence,...
- 4/4/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When Drake Bell broke his silence about the sexual abuse meted out to him while he was shooting the iconic (and much loved) Nickelodeon show, Drake & Josh, the internet lost its semblance. No one could believe that even their favorite character had to go through abuse while working on a show meant for kids. People were left devastated, including screenwriter and television producer Dan Schneider, who couldn’t hold back his tears while discussing how something like this transpired under his watch.
How some Nickelodeon shows were hell for certain kid stars
Various actors and cast members share their harrowing tales on the ID docuseries
Drake Bell made the revelation in the Investigation Discovery series, Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. The docuseries features incidents wherein former child actors and other cast members share their encounters with sexual abuse and misconduct back on set.
The series witnesses...
How some Nickelodeon shows were hell for certain kid stars
Various actors and cast members share their harrowing tales on the ID docuseries
Drake Bell made the revelation in the Investigation Discovery series, Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. The docuseries features incidents wherein former child actors and other cast members share their encounters with sexual abuse and misconduct back on set.
The series witnesses...
- 4/4/2024
- by Smriti Sneh
- FandomWire
The horrifying new Investigation Discovery docuseries "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV" will release an additional episode in early April, according to Variety. The series' first four episodes dropped on ID and Max less than two weeks ago, but have already been viewed by an audience of 16 million people, per the outlet. They've also inspired countless tough conversations about their dark subject matter -- the abuse and mistreatment of multiple child stars and crew members behind the scenes during the heyday of Nickelodeon.
"Quiet on Set" includes interviews with former Nick stars and others who witnessed the reportedly toxic work environments on Nickelodeon shows dating back to the network's early days. Prolific producer Dan Schneider (who was an unnamed but sinister figure in Jennette McCurdy's 2022 memoir "I'm Glad My Mom Died") is at the center of the show's conversations about sexism and mistreatment. Meanwhile, one shocking...
"Quiet on Set" includes interviews with former Nick stars and others who witnessed the reportedly toxic work environments on Nickelodeon shows dating back to the network's early days. Prolific producer Dan Schneider (who was an unnamed but sinister figure in Jennette McCurdy's 2022 memoir "I'm Glad My Mom Died") is at the center of the show's conversations about sexism and mistreatment. Meanwhile, one shocking...
- 3/27/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
A fifth episode of the Nickelodeon documentary Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV will air in April. Here are the details.
Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV has now aired in the US and on Monday it was made available in the UK, streaming on Discovery Plus.
The four part-documentary detailed various allegations of abuse and bullying in a toxic work environment, from writers of The Amanda Show and former child stars who appeared on various Nickelodeon shows. Much of the documentary was dedicated to examining the work of Dan Schneider, whose shows included Zoey 101, iCarly and Victorious – iCarly star Jennette McCurdy published her memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died in 2022, in which she detailed instances of abuse attributed to a figure she called The Creator.
The biggest and most disturbing revelation was the participation of Drake And Josh star Drake Bell, who...
Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV has now aired in the US and on Monday it was made available in the UK, streaming on Discovery Plus.
The four part-documentary detailed various allegations of abuse and bullying in a toxic work environment, from writers of The Amanda Show and former child stars who appeared on various Nickelodeon shows. Much of the documentary was dedicated to examining the work of Dan Schneider, whose shows included Zoey 101, iCarly and Victorious – iCarly star Jennette McCurdy published her memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died in 2022, in which she detailed instances of abuse attributed to a figure she called The Creator.
The biggest and most disturbing revelation was the participation of Drake And Josh star Drake Bell, who...
- 3/27/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
If ID’s “Quiet on Set” is making more noise than usual on your timeline today, it’s because Investigation Discovery has ordered a fifth episode. The new installment, titled “Breaking the Silence,” will again “feature former Nickelodeon child stars from the early 2000s,” again including Drake Bell.
“Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” examined the “toxic and dangerous culture behind some of the most iconic children’s television shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s,” and included allegations of abuse, sexism and racism. The series, which is available to stream on Max, exploded on the internet.
Bell has already participated on the series as it was original conceived and produced, as did “All That” cast members Giovonnie Samuels and Bryan Hearne (as well as Hearne’s mother). They’ll all be joined in the follow-up episode by another “All That” cast member, Shane Lyons.
Soledad O’Brien...
“Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” examined the “toxic and dangerous culture behind some of the most iconic children’s television shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s,” and included allegations of abuse, sexism and racism. The series, which is available to stream on Max, exploded on the internet.
Bell has already participated on the series as it was original conceived and produced, as did “All That” cast members Giovonnie Samuels and Bryan Hearne (as well as Hearne’s mother). They’ll all be joined in the follow-up episode by another “All That” cast member, Shane Lyons.
Soledad O’Brien...
- 3/26/2024
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
Investigation Discovery has given the green light to a fifth episode of the docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.
The episode, titled “Breaking the Silence,” will delve deeper into the toxic and dangerous culture behind some of the most iconic children’s television shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s, including allegations of abuse, sexism, and racism.
Premiering Sunday, April 7 at 8/7c on ID, “Breaking the Silence” will feature former Nickelodeon child stars from the early 2000s, including Drake Bell.
Some reunite for the first time to share their reactions to Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, which has been watched by more than 16 million viewers, continues to bring in new viewers across ID and Max/discovery+, and has the largest audience of an unscripted series since the launch of Max.
Building off the revelations explored in the first four episodes, award-winning...
The episode, titled “Breaking the Silence,” will delve deeper into the toxic and dangerous culture behind some of the most iconic children’s television shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s, including allegations of abuse, sexism, and racism.
Premiering Sunday, April 7 at 8/7c on ID, “Breaking the Silence” will feature former Nickelodeon child stars from the early 2000s, including Drake Bell.
Some reunite for the first time to share their reactions to Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, which has been watched by more than 16 million viewers, continues to bring in new viewers across ID and Max/discovery+, and has the largest audience of an unscripted series since the launch of Max.
Building off the revelations explored in the first four episodes, award-winning...
- 3/26/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Investigation Discovery has greenlit a new, fifth episode of docuseries Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV that will delve deeper in into the toxic and dangerous culture behind some of the most iconic kids’ television shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s, including allegations of abuse, sexism and racism.
Premiering Sunday, April 7 8/7c on ID, Breaking the Silence will feature former Nickelodeon child stars from the early 2000s, including Drake Bell. Some reunite for the first time to share their reactions to Quiet on Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV.
Participants previously featured in Quiet on Set, including Bell, All That cast members Giovonnie Samuels and Bryan Hearne, Hearne’s mother, Tracey Brown,as well as new voices including former All That cast member Shane Lyons, will appear on the episode with O’Brien for a discussion about the industry, then and now.
“With Breaking the Silence,...
Premiering Sunday, April 7 8/7c on ID, Breaking the Silence will feature former Nickelodeon child stars from the early 2000s, including Drake Bell. Some reunite for the first time to share their reactions to Quiet on Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV.
Participants previously featured in Quiet on Set, including Bell, All That cast members Giovonnie Samuels and Bryan Hearne, Hearne’s mother, Tracey Brown,as well as new voices including former All That cast member Shane Lyons, will appear on the episode with O’Brien for a discussion about the industry, then and now.
“With Breaking the Silence,...
- 3/26/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Investigation Discovery is set to debut a fifth episode of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, featuring interviews with Drake Bell and other former child TV actors.
Quiet on Set: Breaking the Silence, to premiere April 7, will be moderated by Soledad O’Brien and follows the four-part Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV premiering on ID and Max. The fifth episode of the docuseries promises to go deeper into the toxic and dangerous culture behind the late 1990s and early 2000s kids’ TV series, including allegations of abuse, sexism and racism.
The original four-part docuseries included claims about toxic workplaces for child actors and crews on Nickelodeon series that were created and run by prolific TV producer Dan Schneider. ID said over 16 million viewers tuned in to the series on its own channel and Max/discovery+, which represented the largest audience for an unscripted series since Max launched.
Quiet on Set: Breaking the Silence, to premiere April 7, will be moderated by Soledad O’Brien and follows the four-part Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV premiering on ID and Max. The fifth episode of the docuseries promises to go deeper into the toxic and dangerous culture behind the late 1990s and early 2000s kids’ TV series, including allegations of abuse, sexism and racism.
The original four-part docuseries included claims about toxic workplaces for child actors and crews on Nickelodeon series that were created and run by prolific TV producer Dan Schneider. ID said over 16 million viewers tuned in to the series on its own channel and Max/discovery+, which represented the largest audience for an unscripted series since Max launched.
- 3/26/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
‘Quiet on Set’ to Launch Fifth Episode ‘Breaking the Silence’ With New Drake Bell Interview and More
A surprise fifth episode of docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” titled “Breaking the Silence,” will launch April 7 on Investigation Discovery (ID) and then stream on Max.
This new episode of the unscripted series detailing the alleged on-set treatment of child actors, primarily at prolific children’s TV producer Dan Schneider’s Nickelodeon shows in the ’90s and early ’00s, will feature earlier subjects, including “The Amanda Show” and “Drake & Josh” star Drake Bell, “All That” cast members Giovonnie Samuels and Bryan Hearne, Hearne’s mother, Tracey Brown, as well as new interviewee “All That” cast member Shane Lyons, who be interviewed by journalist Soledad O’Brien “for an important discussion about the industry, then and now.”
Episode 5 will be “building off the revelations explored in the first four episodes” and include a conversation led by O’Brien on “where the industry can go from here.
This new episode of the unscripted series detailing the alleged on-set treatment of child actors, primarily at prolific children’s TV producer Dan Schneider’s Nickelodeon shows in the ’90s and early ’00s, will feature earlier subjects, including “The Amanda Show” and “Drake & Josh” star Drake Bell, “All That” cast members Giovonnie Samuels and Bryan Hearne, Hearne’s mother, Tracey Brown, as well as new interviewee “All That” cast member Shane Lyons, who be interviewed by journalist Soledad O’Brien “for an important discussion about the industry, then and now.”
Episode 5 will be “building off the revelations explored in the first four episodes” and include a conversation led by O’Brien on “where the industry can go from here.
- 3/26/2024
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
McKenna Grace reprises her lead role as Phoebe in “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” which led the weekend box office with $45 million. At 17 she is not yet a household name, but she laid some groundwork early: At age six she had a supporting role on the Disney Channel sitcom “Crash & Bernstein.” Later she received an Emmy nomination for her work in “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and portrayed the younger selves for the leads in movies like “I, Tonya” and “Captain Marvel.”
Her “Ghostbusters” co-star is Finn Wolfhard, who made his debut at 13 in CW’s “Supernatural” before starring in “Stranger Things” and “It.” Zendaya, star of “Dune: Part Two,” got her start as a Disney Channel regular. Her co-star, Oscar-nominated Austin Butler, cut his teeth at Nickelodeon.
It’s a strange juxtaposition: Child actors are currently at the forefront of the uncomfortable but necessary conversation centered in Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz...
Her “Ghostbusters” co-star is Finn Wolfhard, who made his debut at 13 in CW’s “Supernatural” before starring in “Stranger Things” and “It.” Zendaya, star of “Dune: Part Two,” got her start as a Disney Channel regular. Her co-star, Oscar-nominated Austin Butler, cut his teeth at Nickelodeon.
It’s a strange juxtaposition: Child actors are currently at the forefront of the uncomfortable but necessary conversation centered in Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz...
- 3/25/2024
- by Tom Brueggemann and Dana Harris-Bridson
- Indiewire
The recent ID documentary, Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV has raised several headlines for some bombshell revelations. The docu-series exposed some highly controversial details about Nickelodeon. As if it was not enough to shock the audience, actor Drake Bell came forward and talked about his disturbing incident of being s*xually assaulted by dialogue coach, Brian Peck.
Drake Bell on Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV
Drake Bell worked in some of the most renowned Nickelodeon projects like The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh, and The Fairly OddParents. The Quiet On Set docu-series delved deep into the problematic work environment of Nickelodeon. It also exposed the names of several celebrities who wrote letters of support to Brian Peck during his trial.
Following the release of the docu-series, Bell recently appeared in a podcast and added more to the controversy.
What did Drake Bell say about Brian Peck’s supporters?...
Drake Bell on Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV
Drake Bell worked in some of the most renowned Nickelodeon projects like The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh, and The Fairly OddParents. The Quiet On Set docu-series delved deep into the problematic work environment of Nickelodeon. It also exposed the names of several celebrities who wrote letters of support to Brian Peck during his trial.
Following the release of the docu-series, Bell recently appeared in a podcast and added more to the controversy.
What did Drake Bell say about Brian Peck’s supporters?...
- 3/24/2024
- by Subham Mandal
- FandomWire
Drake Bell broke his silence after the release of the four-part Investigation Discovery docuseries entitled Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. The show exposed the harrowing experiences of former child actors and crew members of Nickelodeon.
Drake Bell on Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV
In the third episode of the series, Bell accused former dialogue coach Brian Peck of s*xually assaulting him when he was a teenager.
Drake Bell Doesn’t Find Nickelodeon’s Response To His Accusations Convincing And Sincere
Speaking on The Sarah Fraser Show podcast, actor Drake Bell candidly shared what he thinks about Nickelodeon’s response to the released documentary in which he was part of:
“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. So I think...
Drake Bell on Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV
In the third episode of the series, Bell accused former dialogue coach Brian Peck of s*xually assaulting him when he was a teenager.
Drake Bell Doesn’t Find Nickelodeon’s Response To His Accusations Convincing And Sincere
Speaking on The Sarah Fraser Show podcast, actor Drake Bell candidly shared what he thinks about Nickelodeon’s response to the released documentary in which he was part of:
“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. So I think...
- 3/24/2024
- by Ariane Cruz
- FandomWire
Drake Bell said he found Nickelodeon’s response to Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV “pretty empty” in his first interview following the airing of the bombshell docuseries. In Quiet on Set, Bell alleged he was sexually abused by All That and The Amanda Show dialogue coach Brian Peck beginning when he was age 15 while he working as a child star at the network.
Bell spoke about his allegations and its aftermath in a new episode of The Sarah Fraser Show podcast as Variety reports. Bell got...
Bell spoke about his allegations and its aftermath in a new episode of The Sarah Fraser Show podcast as Variety reports. Bell got...
- 3/23/2024
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Drake Bell sat down for his first interview following the release of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, where he touched on everything from his hesitations about being a part of the docuseries to his father’s involvement in it.
Early in Bell’s interview on The Sarah Fraser Show (below), the actor-musician explained that he was originally “cautious” about participating in Quiet on Set because he had previously been approached about doing another documentary. When he declined, the response was “unbelievable.”
“They said that people like me were the problem, and this is why things aren’t gonna change in the industry, because people like you won’t speak out and won’t come forward,” Bell explained about the previous project. “It was just all this shaming of me not wanting to be a part of their documentary. So I’ve always been cautious and on-edge...
Early in Bell’s interview on The Sarah Fraser Show (below), the actor-musician explained that he was originally “cautious” about participating in Quiet on Set because he had previously been approached about doing another documentary. When he declined, the response was “unbelievable.”
“They said that people like me were the problem, and this is why things aren’t gonna change in the industry, because people like you won’t speak out and won’t come forward,” Bell explained about the previous project. “It was just all this shaming of me not wanting to be a part of their documentary. So I’ve always been cautious and on-edge...
- 3/23/2024
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Drake Bell has spoken out in his first interview following the release of the ID docuseries, “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.”
In a new episode of “The Sarah Fraser Show” podcast, Bell shared his thoughts on Nickelodeon’s response to the documentary, in which the “Drake & Josh” star details his sexual abuse by dialogue and acting coach Brian Peck.
“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 said. “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,” he added. “And I have to pay for my own therapy, I have to figure out what — I mean if there was anything,...
In a new episode of “The Sarah Fraser Show” podcast, Bell shared his thoughts on Nickelodeon’s response to the documentary, in which the “Drake & Josh” star details his sexual abuse by dialogue and acting coach Brian Peck.
“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 said. “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,” he added. “And I have to pay for my own therapy, I have to figure out what — I mean if there was anything,...
- 3/23/2024
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
Josh Peck showed his support for his former Nickelodeon peers who shared allegations of abuse and misconduct — including his former Drake and Josh co-star Drake Bell — in the new docuseries, Quiet on Set.
In a note on Instagram, Peck said he needed a”few days to process” the four-part Investigation Discovery series after he finished watching it. Peck said he “reached out to Drake privately,” then said he wanted “to give my support for the survivors who were brave enough to share their stories of emotional and physical abuse on Nickelodeon sets with the world.
In a note on Instagram, Peck said he needed a”few days to process” the four-part Investigation Discovery series after he finished watching it. Peck said he “reached out to Drake privately,” then said he wanted “to give my support for the survivors who were brave enough to share their stories of emotional and physical abuse on Nickelodeon sets with the world.
- 3/21/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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If you had a child who grew up watching Nickelodeon, or if their shows were a part of your childhood, you may be surprised to learn that the...
- 3/21/2024
- by Sage Anderson
- Rollingstone.com
‘Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV’ Recirculated the Exploitative Material It Was Meant to Stop
Accused of fostering a dangerous and sexualizing workplace for kid actors when he was a lead creative at Nickelodeon, Dan Schneider is finally calling for cuts. It’s too bad the disturbing material the ex-showrunner claims he suddenly wants removed from old episodes of “The Amanda Show,” “All That,” and more problematic kids’ programs just re-aired over two nights at primetime on Investigation Discovery.
The sometimes-salacious true crime exposé “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” inadvertently raises an important ethical conundrum: In the name of exposing and confronting objectionable material, is it acceptable to air it again — even in documentary?
“It’s a complicated question,” activist Alexa Nikolas told IndieWire. The grown-up “Zoey 101” actress is one of numerous former child stars who spoke out about Schneider for the project. She’s also the founder of the Eat Predators movement, an initiative forged to end sexual abuse,...
The sometimes-salacious true crime exposé “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” inadvertently raises an important ethical conundrum: In the name of exposing and confronting objectionable material, is it acceptable to air it again — even in documentary?
“It’s a complicated question,” activist Alexa Nikolas told IndieWire. The grown-up “Zoey 101” actress is one of numerous former child stars who spoke out about Schneider for the project. She’s also the founder of the Eat Predators movement, an initiative forged to end sexual abuse,...
- 3/21/2024
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
As shown in Monday night’s finale of Investigation Discovery’s “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” which is now streaming on Max, former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell recounts the time he attended the sentencing hearing for Brian Peck, his former dialogue coach who was convicted in 2004 for his crimes against Drake and ordered to register as a sex offender.
“It was a different time, so I think it was a little easier to go to and from a courthouse and not worry about Twitter that night or TMZ [paparazzi’s] being there,” Bell notes of the time period before the advent of social media and the immediacy for news and information from the masses. “I get to the courthouse [and] it was the most unbelievable thing I’d ever seen. His entire side of the courtroom was full…full. There were definitely some recognizable faces on that side of the room,...
“It was a different time, so I think it was a little easier to go to and from a courthouse and not worry about Twitter that night or TMZ [paparazzi’s] being there,” Bell notes of the time period before the advent of social media and the immediacy for news and information from the masses. “I get to the courthouse [and] it was the most unbelievable thing I’d ever seen. His entire side of the courtroom was full…full. There were definitely some recognizable faces on that side of the room,...
- 3/21/2024
- by Errol Lewis
- Soap Opera Network
Nothing in Investigation Discovery’s docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV is likely to hold viewer attention so lastingly as Drake Bell coming forward to recall being sexually assaulted during his time as a Nickelodeon child star.
Mary Robertson, who directed the ID four-parter with Emma Schwartz, recalled their set being all hush and stillness when Bell, for the first time, shared his story of abuse at the hands of a child predator. “Normally you hear people fidgeting. You couldn’t hear anyone fidget. We all sat, silent, rapt in reverence for his bravery and listened,” Robertson said.
Bell, the star of Drake & Josh and The Amanda Show, names himself as the John Doe victim in Brian Peck’s sexual assault case in the third episode of Quiet on Set, which aired on Tuesday. The actor’s former dialogue coach was convicted of sexually assaulting...
Mary Robertson, who directed the ID four-parter with Emma Schwartz, recalled their set being all hush and stillness when Bell, for the first time, shared his story of abuse at the hands of a child predator. “Normally you hear people fidgeting. You couldn’t hear anyone fidget. We all sat, silent, rapt in reverence for his bravery and listened,” Robertson said.
Bell, the star of Drake & Josh and The Amanda Show, names himself as the John Doe victim in Brian Peck’s sexual assault case in the third episode of Quiet on Set, which aired on Tuesday. The actor’s former dialogue coach was convicted of sexually assaulting...
- 3/19/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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