View gallery
ID’s Quiet on Set: The Darkish Aspect of Children TV unpacks a number of former Nickelodeon solid and crew members’ experiences engaged on the community within the Nineties and early 2000s. From sexual assault allegations towards two youngster predators (Brian Peck and Jason Helpful), to office harassment claims, one of many largest names talked about within the doc is former producer Dan Schneider. Nickelodeon parted methods from Schneider in 2018, and viewers are asking the place he’s now and what he’s been doing.
Be taught extra about Schneider and the place he’s beneath.
Who Is Dan Schneider?
Schneider is credited because the creator of a number of well-known Teen Nick exhibits, together with Zoey 101, Drake & Josh, iCarly and extra. He was additionally the brains behind All That and the sketch comedy sequence On Air Dares as a part of SNICK (Saturday Night time Nickelodeon), and labored as an actor and a screenwriter.
Within the Quiet on Set doc, former All That actor Bryan Hearne recalled the uncomfortable and typically horrifying dares the younger solid members have been subjected to. Episodes of On Air Dares would begin by displaying varied All That actors in glass containers, and one can be chosen at random to do a selected dare, similar to having a scorpion cling inside their mouth or being submerged in a bath of worms. Hearne recalled his uncomfortable dares on the phase and alleged there was racism on the set.
“They have been becoming me for the little fetus position, and basically you’re a fetus, so you’re bare,” he defined. “You could have a bodysuit on you and it needs to be pores and skin tone. Somebody stated, ‘The pores and skin tone needs to be charcoal.’ I began to get teary eyed.”
Hearne additionally alleged, “Dan had a nicer relationship with a number of the different white children. I didn’t really feel near him in any respect. My time on Nickelodeon performed an enormous position in how I dealt and nonetheless cope with racial points.”
Former iCarly star Jennette McCurdy additionally detailed a number of interactions with Schneider in her 2022 memoir, I’m Glad My Mother Died. With out instantly naming him, McCurdy referred to as him “The Creator” in her e-book and described how indignant he turned at her whereas filming the kissing scene between her character, Sam, and Nathan Kress‘ character, Freddie.
“The Creator seems to be me proper within the eye however doesn’t say something for 4 or 5 seconds,” McCurdy wrote in her memoir. “I nearly begin to chuckle, considering he is perhaps messing with me for enjoyable like he does typically, however then I acknowledge that there’s a deep anger in him. That is no time for laughter.”
McCurdy additionally detailed her discomfort about Schneider having her put on a swimsuit on the children’ present. Different allegations of kid sexualization got here to gentle about Schneider’s choices behind the digital camera.
In response to the Quiet on Set doc, Nickelodeon launched a press release to Hollywood Life.
“Although we can’t corroborate or negate allegations of behaviors from productions many years in the past, Nickelodeon as a matter of coverage investigates all formal complaints as a part of our dedication to fostering a protected {and professional} office setting freed from harassment or other forms of inappropriate conduct,” the community’s 2024 assertion learn. “Our highest priorities are the well-being and greatest pursuits not simply of our workers, casts and crew, however of all youngsters, and we’ve adopted quite a few safeguards over time to assist guarantee we live as much as our personal excessive requirements and the expectations of our viewers.”
A rep for Schneider additionally responded to the docuseries’ allegations, per Selection.
“All the pieces that occurred on the exhibits Dan ran was rigorously scrutinized by dozens of concerned adults, and accepted by the community,” the rep stated. “If there was an precise drawback with the scenes that some individuals, now years later are ‘sexualizing,’ they might be taken down, however they aren’t, they’re aired continuously everywhere in the world in the present day nonetheless, loved by each children and oldsters. … As well as, day-after-day on each set, there have been all the time mother and father and caregivers and their pals watching filming and rehearsals. Had there been any scenes or outfits that have been inappropriate in any means, they might have been flagged and blocked by this multilayered scrutiny. Sadly, some adults undertaking their grownup minds onto children’ exhibits, drawing false conclusions about them.”
The place Is Dan Schneider Now?
Throughout a 2021 interview with The New York Instances, Schneider “declined to remark” on the investigation into his work ethics however insisted that he didn’t depart Nickelodeon on “dangerous phrases.” He additionally talked about that he served as co-creator of the Henry Hazard spinoff, Hazard Pressure and “took a break to maintain a variety of stuff that I’d let go by the wayside for many years.”
Schneider additionally famous on the time that he was engaged on a pilot for one more community that was geared for “extra of an grownup viewers.”
As of 2024, it’s unclear if Schneider is engaged on every other TV exhibits. Nevertheless, he broke his silence concerning the allegations towards him in a video obtained by The Hollywood Reporter after the primary two episodes of Quiet on Set aired.
“Watching over the previous two nights was very tough,” Schneider stated. “Me dealing with my previous behaviors, a few of that are embarrassing and that I remorse. I undoubtedly owe some individuals a reasonably sturdy apology. Once I watched the present, I may see the harm in some individuals’s eyes, and it made me really feel terrible and regretful and sorry. I want I may return, particularly to these earlier years of my profession, and produce the expansion and the expertise that I’ve now and simply do a greater job and by no means, ever really feel prefer it was okay to be an a**gap to anybody, ever.”
Was Dan Schneider Fired From Nickelodeon?
In 2018, Schneider and Nickelodeon launched a joint assertion to a number of shops, asserting the tip of their collaboration.
“Following many conversations collectively about subsequent instructions and future alternatives, Nickelodeon and our long-time inventive associate Dan Schneider/Schneider’s Bakery have agreed to not prolong the present deal,” the assertion learn. “Since a number of Schneider’s Bakery initiatives are wrapping up, each side agreed that it is a pure time for Nickelodeon and Schneider’s Bakery to pursue different alternatives and initiatives. … Dan and his Schneider’s Bakery group have created a string of lasting, groundbreaking hits over time together with iCarly, Drake & Josh, Victorious, Kenan & Kel and the present number-one hit present on Nickelodeon, Henry Hazard. We thank Dan and his Schneider’s Bakery producers, executives and social media group for his or her immeasurable contributions to Nickelodeon, and we want them the perfect of their future endeavor[s]. And Dan and Schneider’s Bakery are pleased with the work they did along with Nickelodeon and can all the time stay massive followers of the community.”
#Dan #Schneider #Replace #Nickelodeon #Producer #Hollywood #Life
