Dark side of Nickelodeon: Quiet on Set first two episodes premiere

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-The first 2 episodes of Nickelodeon documentary is now streaming on MAX after airing on ID.

-The documentary centers around Dan Schneider who helped produce/create some of Nicks most iconic shows in the late 90s/00s

-Some of the revelations include:

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[bigirons]

i get that he was a victim too but involving drake bell in this was certainly a choice

[yonkers]

i saw josh peck do a q&a last week and someone asked josh peck if there was a chance of a reboot of drake and josh, he was quiet for a second, blinked twice and said "uhhhh yeah i don't think so..."

[damaliaraya]

I hate to laugh, because leave poor Josh alone, stop asking him about that weirdo, but also that’s so funny.

[yonkers]

i don't even think the person who asked it really clued into how fucking stupid the question was until Josh had responded because they immediately went "OHHHHHH riiiiiiiight"

[colossusx]

Though we cannot corroborate or negate allegations of behaviors from productions decades ago

every apology that references a time frame, in order to literally distance themselves from wrongdoing, is a giant, blaring, guilty sign to me. disgusting.

also i've seen clips from the doc and the adults who talk about schneider as if they weren't complicit in his treatment of these kids were pissing me off. yeah, they weren't in the same position of power but you don't get to now act like you didn't heehee and hawhaw to keep your job or rise in the ranks. maybe this is addressed, i hope so.

i saw one clip of a young actor playing a character called nose boy or something and he had what looked like literally dicks on his costume. how the hell did that pass broadcast standards and practices?

[williammiller]

I mean, this is the same network that had a character named Penelope Taynt and was convinced that was appropriate.

[arilicious]

tbf, I always thought her last name was Tate and had never heard the word "taynt" before

[buries]

Same! It's been years since I watched The Amanda Show but I swore it was Penelope Tate. Guess this was me before subtitles. :/

[cbluechicken]

it's just such a bummer when these stories come out. I love nick and disney as a kid but now knowing all the stuff we know it's hard to watch those shows anymore.

[writing]

That's how I felt watching this. I never cared for All That but I did like Keanan and Kel & Good Burger. It's a shame what these kids went through on those sets.

[calliope1975]

Acting like just cuz things were supervised by "adults" everything was A-OK as if the adults weren't the problem.

[deadendqueen16]

Nickelodeon fully knew how toxic Schneider was but they just ignored it because his shows brought in the ratings. Pretty much no one was looking out for these kids in the way they should have been.