Quiet on Set The Dark Side of Kids TV Series Details:
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Documentary, Crime |
Season | 1 |
Episodes | 5 |
Release date | March 17, 2024 – April 7, 2024 |
Running time | 43 min |
Directed by | Mary Robertson Emma Schwartz |
Executive producers | Mary Robertson Aaron Saidman Eli Holzman Nicholas Carlson Joel Stonington Kate Taylor Pamela Deutsch |
Cinematography by | Victor Tadashi Suarez |
Edited by | Jane Jo Daphne Gomez-Mena Fanny Lee Tal Ben-David |
Music by | Ian Hultquist |
Production locations | California, U.S. |
Production Companies | Maxine Productions Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction Business Insider |
Distributor | Investigation Discovery |
Quiet on Set The Dark Side of Kids TV Series Cast & Character:
- Drake Bell – Actor and musician
- Joe Bell – Drake Bell’s father
- Tracey Brown – Bryan Hearne’s mother
- Mike Denton – Cameraman
- Rick Ellis – Journalist
- Virgil L. Fabian – TV director
- Leon Frierson – Actor
- Bryan Hearne – Actor
- Anne Henry – Co-founder, BizParentz Foundation
- Katrina Johnson – Former actress
- Jenny Kilgen -Writer
- Scaachi Koul – Culture writer for BuzzFeed Canada
- Raquel Lee – Actress
- Shane Lyons – Actor
- MJ – Mother of actress Brandi
- Alexa Nikolas – Actress
- Soledad O’Brien – Journalist
- Pam Penn – Raquel Lee’s mother
- Giovonnie Samuels – Actress
- Christy Stratton – Writer
- Kyle Sullivan – Actor
- Marc Summers – TV host and producer
- Kate Taylor – Journalist for Business Insider
- Karyn Finley Thompson – TV editor
Storyline:
QuietOnSet pulls back the curtain on an empire, built by creator Dan Schneider, that had an undeniable grip on popular culture. Series such as All That and The Amanda Show, among others, were obsessively consumed by children across the country and defined comedy for a generation. But behind the upbeat onscreen presence on these shows with questionable jokes and over-the-top sketches, QUIET ON SET reveals an insidious environment rife with allegations of abuse, sexism, racism, and inappropriate dynamics with its underage stars and crew.–Investigation Discovery
About Quiet on Set The Dark Side of Kids TV Series:
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV is an American crime documentary television series directed by Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz. The series was produced by Maxine Productions with Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction and Business Insider.
A documentary uncovers the toxic culture behind some of the most iconic children’s shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s. It was loosely based on a Business Insider article about Nickelodeon from 2022.
During the second half of the doc series, Drake Bell comes forward for the first time, revealing he was the John Doe victim in Brian Peck’s child abuse case. Peck, who worked as a dialogue and acting coach under Schneider on “All That” and “The Amanda Show,” was arrested for child sexual abuse in 2003 and served 16 months in prison and registered as a child sex offender. Until now, the case, and the multiple letters of support for Peck, written by other actors, was sealed and Bell’s identity was secret.
The first four episodes aired on March 17-18, 2024, on Investigation Discovery, and the fifth episode aired on April 7. The series was simultaneously released on Max and Discovery+.
After the series was released, the show was positively reviewed by audiences and critics, with praise given to individuals who alleged having negative experiences working at Nickelodeon. However, criticism was drawn to the documentary not going into detail about Nickelodeon’s workplace culture.
Quiet on Set The Dark Side of Kids TV Series Episodes List:
Episodes | Title | Running Time | Directed by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | “Rising Stars, Rising Questions” | 44 min | Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz | March 17, 2024 | 0.614 |
2 | “Hidden in Plain Sight” | 44 min | Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz | March 17, 2024 | 0.614 |
3 | “The Darkest Secret” | 44 min | Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz | March 18, 2024 | 0.641 |
4 | “Too Close to the Sun” | 44 min | Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz | March 18, 2024 | 0.641 |
5 | “Breaking the Silence” | 40 min | Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz | April 7, 2024 | 0.453 |