O Lado Sombrio da TV Infantil

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.