Just two months after producer Dan Schneider filed a lawsuit against Investigation Discovery for his portrayal in the explosive docuseries, Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, the revealing series has garnered two prestigious Emmy nominations. The docuseries, which delves into the toxic allegations surrounding the popular Nickelodeon shows helmed by Schneider, is now up for Best Documentary or Nonfiction Series, alongside captivating rivals like Beckham, The Jinx – Part Two, STAX: Soulsville U.S.A., and Telemarketers.
The groundbreaking docuseries, which premiered in March and shattered viewership records on Max, exposed shocking revelations, including identifying Drake Bell as the previously unnamed child actor allegedly sexually abused by Brian Peck, a convicted child sex abuser from Nickelodeon's All That and The Amanda Show. Even more damning, former Nickelodeon writers Christy Stratton and Jenny Kilgen levied allegations of inappropriate behavior by Schneider, describing a toxic work environment under his leadership.
Kilgen recounted Schneider displaying pornography on his office computer and soliciting massages from writers in exchange for featuring their sketches. Stratton described an incident where Schneider allegedly asked her to mimic being sodomized at work, labeling it as "probably the most inappropriate thing I've ever witnessed in a professional setting."
Despite Schneider's lawsuit, accusing ID of falsely portraying him as a child sex abuser during his Nickelodeon tenure, Quiet on Set has emerged victorious with its Emmy nominations. In his lawsuit, Schneider labeled the series a "hit job," insisting he had no knowledge of the abuse perpetrated by two offenders within the network and that he himself was not a child sex abuser. He also voiced concerns over producers implying "perversion" in his shows and accused them of acting with "actual malice and purposeful disregard for the truth."
However, in a recent YouTube video, Schneider issued an apology for some of his past conduct, acknowledging that requesting massages from female staff members was "wrong" and expressing regret for putting anyone in such a position. He confessed, "I'd never do it today. I'm embarrassed that I did it then. I apologize to anybody that I ever put in that situation."
