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Docu-series dealing with troublesome or traumatic events are always tricky. While I believe that such stories need to be told, it is difficult (sometimes downright impossible) to do so with objectivity and clear-headedness. Somewhat unfortunately, Quiet on the Set gets that balance wrong, for the most part-but also features one gut-wrenching story that has the potential (I think) to spur real change.

The first, second, and fourth episodes of Quiet on the Set are pretty poor from a journalistic perspective. Ostensibly, the goal from directors Mary Robertson & Emma Schwartz seems to be to implicate Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider as a child molester. There is, however, no hard or tangible evidence to point to in this reckoning. As such, viewers get three episodes of circumstantial suppositions and a guilt-by-association angle of trying to link Schneider to other Nick employees who were documented child predators. I do not support such journalism. Was Schneider a weirdo who should not have been afforded as much reign with children as he had? Almost certainly. Am I going to condemn his entire career/reputation based on the scraps of "evidence" this doc submits? Certainly not.

Throughout those three episodes the doc also suffers from the "hindsight is 20/20" problem from nearly all its commentators. To a person, everyone says "someone should have done something to stop this"-but all also come up with excuses as to why they did nothing. It doesn't work both ways like that. One can have regrets for actions or inactions of the past, to be sure, but I have no sympathy for complaining about it and smearing the reputation of others years after the fact. Had any one of these many individuals "blown the whistle" sooner, perhaps much trauma could have been avoided.

On those three eps alone, I'd give this doc maybe 4 stars. So, why the 7-star rating overall? Because the third episode is an important, gut-wrenching tale from star Drake Bell. To me, he seems to be perhaps the only grounded, clear-headed thinker in this entire production. Not only does he tactfully tell a traumatic story (one of legitimate-not supposed-sexual assault), but he does so with a thoughtfulness one might not expect from such a young man. My heart broke for what he went through, but if any good or meaningful change comes from this whole ordeal it will be on the back of his harrowing stories.

So, though the rest of this doc is "tenuous at best", I'll give it a 7/10 overall because of that one extremely compelling story. I hope other viewers are able to separate fact from speculation and not fall into the easily-accessible trap of "guilt by association" that Quiet on the Set is eager to spring.

Episodes 1,2 & 4 were essentially a bunch of people complaining that Dan Schneider was a bad boss. I'm sure it's very probable that he was, and there were many cringeworthy things that he did. This sort of thing goes on in all types workplaces and it would be great if something would be done about it. It's presented in a way, however, that what went on was exceptional - this is what bugged me. We have all heard stories about the rampant abuse in Hollywood. I was expecting some sort of exposé of this. It's almost as if this documentary was thrown out there to cover up what really goes on in Hollywood - ie 'outside of Harvey Weinstein, this is the worst we have uncovered'

The standout episode was episode 3. It was truly heartbreaking. Drake Bell was very brave to sit in front of the camera and talk about what happened to him. This is what someone telling the truth looks like. Watching his father crying over not being able to protect his son brought me to tears. I'm sure this type of thing has gone on in Hollywood for many decades, which is moreso what I was anticipating this documentary to uncover.

I rate Quiet on Set overall as a 7 - for episode 3 alone (which deserves a 10)

The only villains in this story, other than the monstrous child predators, are the adults, parents and members on the set, who chose to do nothing when they could've spoken up and been the heroes. Instead, they put their own careers ahead of doing the right thing and keep quiet until now. The gutless mother of Brandi, who struggled whether or not to involve police, after her daughter was victimized by Jason Handy, should be ashamed!!! As a parent and grandparent, I found her story and her tears unconvincing. She completely failed her daughter and is a lousy example of a mother. This series should serve as a lesson to others, but I found myself frustrated and infuriated the whole time I watched it.

These kids were completely let down by all the adults who had one job - protecting them. Absolutely heartbreaking testimonies from witnesses and victims.

Nickelodeon was unknown to me (as living in another continent) prior to this documentary and I didn't know so many celebs started out there on these shows. So in that sense very educational. What is actually wrong with show business in the US, I have to wonder.

The style of the documentary was not to my taste though and I wish the seriousness of the topic would've been respected more by choosing a more grounded tone. Now it looks too cheap at times and was annoying to follow with all the fast cuts and back and forths.

Recommended regardless.

First off, I wanna say OMG BRO. This was a lot to take in!! Like almost to much. It made my stomach sick at moments of each episode to know that there wasn't enough parental supervision and guidance for all these children. What the hell is wrong with this world? Who would've known what Drake Bell went thru.. It truly blows my mind. I feel like Jennette Mccurdy should have been in this Documentary as well, but that girl spoke up enough from her book. Cutting Ties with Dan Schneider was definitely the best bet. What Alexa Nikolas had mentioned though, IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED ALONG TIME AGO. Yes. I give this 9/10. My heart goes out to all those child stars who faced horrible events as a kid.

I feel as tho the producers of the show were trying very hard to cast Dan Schneider as this really bad guy in the first 2 episodes, but were short on actual evidence of it. Was he a saint? No, and he absolutely did some very weird and inappropriate things on set, but nothing that I saw in this doc made my jaw drop, especially when it pertains to Hollywood. Again, There is no excusing the behavior, but when you consider the environment back then and the fact that Dan is regretful for his actions at the time, I think it was a bit over the top. Some of the gags that they were calling sexual were a bit of a stretch to. Getting squirt in the face, comparing pickles to male genitalia? Not everything is secretly nefarious in nature. And no sexually deviant evidence is ever brought up that would suggest Dan Schneider was sexually abusing kids on the set. Certainly there were things that were over the top and repugnant in the writers room, like the example of the lady being coerced into acting like she was being sodimized as part of a gag in the writers room in order to get laughs. That made me cringe for sure and there is no excusing that behavior. Former actors and actresses that they brought on gave some decent insight and I can sympathize with them to an extent, but I also felt some where jilted about not having as much success as they would have liked in a cutthroat business where few make it to stardom. I definitely felt for them, because when you are that young you are obviously going to be naive and believe fame and fortune are heading your way, but not everyone can be center stage unfortunately. Thats just the business and I feel as tho their parents or guardians weren't relaying that to them at the time which is unfortunate. Learning about the sexual predators on set was by far the most gut wrenching aspect of this documentary, and they did do a great job of pointing that out and letting Drake Bell tell his story. It was also revolting to learn that the man who abused him was set free quickly and was very briefly allowed to be back on a children's tv show. Truly disturbing.

Overall, it's a decent documentary that could have been better if they just would have stuck to the facts and not tried to make Dan into this nefarious villain who traumatized the children he worked with. Again, there were definitely some bad things he did, but the constant portrayal of him being a bully tyrant who couldn't care less about the kids actually made me sympathetic toward him a little in the end. If they would have stuck with the facts and hard evidence on hand it would have made for a better documentary j my opinion.

This is a story that needs to be told. 5 minutes into the first episode and I was already sick to my stomach. I can't even imagine what else was happening behind closed doors seeing what was even allowed to air.

Really engrossing documentary so far and its utterly shocking seeing everything that was allowed and pushed under the rug simply due to the fact that the shows were getting viewers and making money.

I genuinely feel sick I cannot stress it enough, just be advised before you watch. The conditions these literal children were put in at the hands of a disgusting pervert and writers, coaches that allowed it to happen will trigger you. Nervous to even finish the last two parts.

Wow so much darker and more disturbing than I was expecting, so glad I watched this. I have never seen a documentary bring the topic kids side of TV to such light. This was incredibly sad and yet so captivating. I was literally in the edge of my seat through the second half. I really hope this documentary changes things in the industry. Wanting, if you watch this be prepared to never enjoy watching your favorite Nickelodeon shows again. This was so incredibly heartbreaking and I expect it to sit with me for a few days. Everyone who shared their story was incredibly brave and it means so much for the kids that are being protected through bringing this darkness to the surface.

Most of this documentary felt pretty good, the way the story is laid out at first is done well with Buzzfeed writers... I mean culture writers, giving us the rundown of the story.

The issue? Kate Taylor and Scaachi Koul take up far far far too much time telling us about what the set was like while throwing softball one-liners to people who were actually on the set. At some point we get some completely random guy who's site literally doesn't even get 20 clicks a day, talking more than people who actually experienced and worked on the sets during this time.

This documentary is filled with some gross information about Dan and his time at Nickelodeon. From gross jokes to abuse on and off set, it's a scary thing to learn about and would be better if the vast majority of speaking time wasn't give to complete randoms who's experience of the set is reading the experience that others has on the set.

When you get to the end you discover Kate is a producer, so of course the literal non-stop self-inserts happen, but this is not good for a documentary where you literally have people who lived and experienced the set.

There are interesting moments where you'll have Drake talking about his personal experience and he's cut away from to show Scaachi, Taylor, or this random dude who all weren't on set. It's genuinely jarring and probably some of the worst editing you'll ever see in a documentary of this caliber.

The allegations are crazy and when the people who actually worked on set talk about it, you can tell how it has affected their lives through the decades.

Episodes 1 to 4 are excellent, watch it if you have a chance.

Episode 5, however, is garbage and the rest of this review is about that episode (since reviews in the individual episode section on IMDB go into a black hole and are never seen by anyone).

The initial Drake Bell section is fine, but after that it became race-baiting trash. One black girl on The Amanda Show was told by a director that Amanda is the star of the show, not HER, so she should essentially put up with unpleasant things in the script.

Sure enough, this episode cuts to the black mother of a different cast member saying, "That's racist!".

Really? Did these people not watch the previous episodes of this series? It's FILLED with child cast members of any colour being treated horribly and either told to deal with it, or were too afraid to say something.

Watching more of this episode, it seemed like the people being interviewed were somewhat being encouraged to find racism in what happened. You could see one black guy that was hesitant to go down that path, but he was basically egged on by the black girl next to him. I couldn't finish this episode.

Finally the truth comes out. This is only the tip of the Iceburg. Hallelujah. This show is slowly spoon feeding the world the truth about what goes on behind the scenes of tv shows and movies. This is only the beginning. It goes beyond sexual abuse that is outlined in this show, there are many different hidden messages in TV that soon will be exposed to the light. The truth is coming out and this is only the start of an amazing unfolding of truths that we deserve. No more lies just full disclosure. Shifting away from fear based operating and moving into love based operating. And realizing that everything happens for us and not to us. Namasté.

The entire premise of the show relies on a personal assistant being convicted of solicitation of a child and a linguistics manager molesting child star Drake. The show aims to paint Dan Schneider as guilty of far more than workplace harassment, but the evidence beyond speculation is almost non-existent aside from on-set massages. Some of the child actors and their parents offering to tell their stories of means words offending them comes off as nothing more than vindictive anger when it's revealed their contracts were not renewed.

With thousands of various employees and contractors in Nickelodeon's history, I am sure there were those who were truly evil. That is just statistics. Without first-hand testimony from people like Amanda Bynes or Jennette McCurdy, it is hard to feel empathetic. All we can do is interpret the Schneider situation much like Weinstein, where the industry still protects them because it wants to protect itself. This documentary offers contradiction, with Drake saying that Schneider was the only person who reached out to him and offered any help whatsoever. This documentary also wants it both ways, blaming every sexual innuendo made by prop, joke, gag, or otherwise, in the entirety of Nickelodeon, on strictly Schneider. It's impressive that Schneider is so talented, he writes for every show that hundreds of other writers are completely unnecessary, merely on the payroll out of charity (yes, that's sarcasm).

Is this a story that needed to be told? Maybe, but it definitely did not need to be milked over four episodes...

Born in 1988 here. This is the absolute early NICKELODEON generation, dudes. This was right before the internet REALLY took fire and this was ALL we had!!! Looked forward to each episode every week. I honestly believe we're the last generation to say something like that.

I have been waiting to hear STRAIGHT from Drake Bell's mouth for well over a decade at this point, wondering what happened, and now that we're older I see why.

There are scenes in this documentary that took me back to good memories in the first two episodes, showcasing a lot of scenes through the 90's episodes of All That and The Amanda Show. Also being a sort of slow build to the second half. And the second half had me RIVETED.

Drake's interview is nothing short of shocking, and yes he's a child actor but he's definitely not acting anymore.

If you or anyone you know is a Nickelodeon kid like me you and they (IMO) will find this nostalgic, interesting, questioning, and... very, very disturbing.

I just only wished we heard from Amanda in this.

Some of the stories are really important to tell. With the obvious one, involving 15 years old kid and his full of regret father, that is really heart breaking. Whole part about lack of proper procedures in this bussines that opened the door for sex predators to be able to work there is important. Same goes for Dan's innaprioprate behaviour demanding massage from his workers. And some really disgusting sexualized content in kids show on top of that. But there is also some, sorry for the word, silly stuff, that includes complaining that some companies 25 years ago were not run according to 2024 standars. Or there were not enought diversity... and thats were my big trauma is coming from. And stuff like that. We know today that kids shows should be produced with better standards with extra checks who are we hiring. And there should be profssional mental health stuff on place to check how they feel when something like "You are not the star in our show anymore. Im sorry. Bye" happens. We know many adults struggles dealing with this so its extremaly difficult and dangerous for star childrens.

Many people know sexual harassment, sexual assault and predation has been happening in Hollywood for decades.

"Quiet on the Set" covers Nickelodeon's rise with creator, Dan Schneider, and some of his less-than-tasteful actions to the discovery of three sex offenders working among them. It is an interesting documentary that will hopefully give confidence to those who were previously afraid to speak out.

It's very disheartening to see the support given to one of the offenders by many of Hollywood's "elite". To then find out the offender, not only didn't serve any time for his crimes, but went on to be employed by Disney working on another kid's program.

It's a disgusting look at how the industry turns a blind-eye in keeping kids safe from these people. I certainly hope this documentary will prompt a huge step toward shutting these criminals down and ensuring kids are safe without the almighty dollar being the bottom line.

After watching all episodes of this documentary, I came away with two basic reactions. The first was shock that 3 pedophiles were caught working at Nickelodeon, on the same set. And one was convicted of doing horrible things to a minor child star. That discovery alone warranted a 2-hour or so documentary. And the fact that the most egregious pedophile turned around and got a job at Disney after his sentence was beyond concerning. That really was the story here.

The second reaction was that the remainder of the documentary seemed to be looking for issues where there weren't really any. It looked through a 2024 "sensibility lens" at shows produced as much as 25 years ago. Was Schneider a toxic, misogynistic jerk? Yeah probably, but it's highly likely he wasn't alone in Hollywood (this was going on years before Harvey Weinstein was caught). Adults looking back on their child star experience may think it was racist or pornographic now, but the evidence just wasn't presented. Does goo on the face mean it's porno? Look at most kid's shows (even going back to Soupy Sales) and getting creamed in the face was "normal" and considered funny back then. It may seem cringe-worthy today, but we are looking at this differently now.

Were little girls overtly sexualized by producers? Perhaps, but critics have been saying that since Annette Funicello appeared on the original Mickey Mouse Club. Again, our current sensibilities have colored the way we look at things done decades ago.

And did child stars have trouble adjusting to post-child roles? Absolutely. But that is nothing new. You can go as far back as the Little Rascals or Shirley Temple - sometimes when kid stars grow up, their careers disappear. And for every Amanda Bynes or Lindsay Lohan meltdown, there were numerous previous examples such as Dana Plato.

The kid-star machine is (and has been) pretty hard on children. A few survive and go on to successful adult careers (such as Jodie Foster, as one example). But there are many more that become "has beens" when they hit puberty. You can't really blame Schneider or Nickelodeon for that.

In the end, the documentary was long on sensationalism, with a few genuinely sad revelations. But the "cultural" reporter (or whatever she called herself) lacked journalistic credibility. I'd rather see a more credible group like 60 Minutes do a deep dive into this world, with more tangible results.

This felt like buzzfeed journos lobbing softballs at the subject when they should have been throwing fastballs straight at the heart of it. (Continuing with the baseball analogies) they were playing with the 2nd, 3rd & 4the string players! Where were the heavy hitters? Besides Drake it felt like they talked to a lot of people who weren't even on set or who didn't experience anything except being worked hard and feeling uncomfortable now and then. Where was Amanda? Jaime Lynne? The cast of Icarly that they claimed was the worst in terms of abuse? Instead we get the annoying Producer Kate interjecting herself into the narrative at every opportunity. Also it gave us nothing new and verifiable (again except for Drake, that was very brave of him) most of the things they discuss have been circulating on twitter or elsewhere for years. We all KNOW Dan is a creep with a proclivity to make really inappropriate jokes for kids tv and is an all around disgusting human.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad this came out and it's shedding more light on the dark side of kiddywood and I'm so grateful to all the courageous people who've come forward, my poor review isn't for them it's for the people who made this documentary. It could have been so much more but to me it felt like a very, very soft and safe production.

I just watched the first 2 episodes of the show, and it was a solid start for a Discovery documentary. I definitely learned a lot of new things about the controversy surrounding Dan Shneider and the people he let into his inner circle.

The first episode sets up how Dan became a success, and how he came to weild his power negatively over anyone except cis white men. I certainly have a lot more empathy for Amanda Bynes and the person she is today. The second episode dove deeper into the ways Dan and his on-set friends integrated sex into the children's shows in very non-sublte ways. Unfortunately, we are left on a cliff-hanger, as expected. However, even though we are introduced to the actor who was abused, I still can't wait for the next episode to drop so that we can hear them tell their truth.

I give it an 8, I even rewound the show as a spit take on some of things the grown child actors had to say about their experiences. After watching it, you won't think of pickles the same way.

I feel like they wanted to tell the story of Dan and Brian, but had to pretend like it was about child actors. Because yes, there is a horrible side to child acting, but this documentary isn't about that. It's about the abuse that happened at Nickelodeon. Why try to wrap it in a false description? And a few times they tried to jump back to, oh yeah, this is about child actors, by talking about actors who weren't affiliated with Nickelodeon. You're not talking about how hard and damaging it can be to be a child actor. You're talking 100% just about Nickelodeon. Maybe this was so they didn't get sued, but it was annoying to have random stuff thrown in.