Producer Dan Schneider was once the kingmaker of Nickelodeon, creating hits like All That and The Amanda Show before the network severed ties with him. In the docuseries ‘Quiet On Set,’ former stars and staffers allege widespread abuses on his sets.
, from Investigation Discovery examines the abuse that allegedly took place behind the scenes of Schneider’s golden era. In the series, former Nickelodeon child stars say Schneider verbally abused them, played favorites, and excluded children of color while forcing them to perform in hypersexualized roles. They were also exposed to multiple child sexual predators.
While working under Schneider, the women, along with a female costumer who worked on Schneider’s shows, say they were frequently interrupted at work to massage Schneider’s neck and were routinely subject to misogynistic comments. Once in the writers’ room, Kilgen says, Stratton shared a personal anecdote from high school.
Several of Schneider’s former staff and cast members say Schneider had clear favorites among young cast members and had the power to make or break their careers as he saw fit.actor Katrina Johnson says Nickelodeon called her parents to float the possibility of a spinoff show, but that producers later phoned back warning them Johnson was getting too fat and that they already “had a fat one.
Drake Bell said he and Peck appeared to share a lot of similar interests while working together at Nickelodeon and grew close as a result, which he says he now understands to be calculated on Peck’s part. Peck attended Bell’s concerts, prepared him for auditions, and drove a wedge between Bell and his father, Joe Bell, who was also his manager.
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