ID’s Quiet on Set: The Darkish Aspect of Youngsters TV unpacks a number of former Nickelodeon forged and crew members’ experiences engaged on the community within the Nineties and early 2000s. From sexual assault allegations in opposition to two little one 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 reveals, 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 forged members had been subjected to. Episodes of On Air Dares would begin by displaying numerous All That actors in glass containers, and one could be chosen at random to do a particular dare, comparable to having a scorpion hold 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 had been becoming me for the little fetus function, and primarily you’re a fetus, so you’re bare,” he defined. “You may have a bodysuit on you and it must be pores and skin tone. Somebody stated, ‘The pores and skin tone ought to be charcoal.’ I began to get teary eyed.”
Hearne additionally alleged, “Dan had a nicer relationship with among the different white children. I didn’t really feel near him in any respect. My time on Nickelodeon performed an enormous function in how I dealt and nonetheless take care of racial points.”
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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 straight naming him, McCurdy referred to as him “The Creator” in her e book and described how offended he grew to become at her whereas filming the kissing scene between her character, Sam, and Nathan Kress‘ character, Freddie.
“The Creator appears to be like me proper within the eye however doesn’t say something for 4 or 5 seconds,” McCurdy wrote in her memoir. “I nearly begin to snort, pondering 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 youngsters’ 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 secure {and professional} office surroundings freed from harassment or different kinds of inappropriate conduct,” the community’s 2024 assertion learn. “Our highest priorities are the well-being and finest pursuits not simply of our staff, casts and crew, however of all youngsters, and now we have adopted quite a few safeguards through the years 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.
“The whole lot that occurred on the reveals Dan ran was rigorously scrutinized by dozens of concerned adults, and permitted 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 don’t seem to be, they’re aired continually everywhere in the world at the moment nonetheless, loved by each children and fogeys. … As well as, daily on each set, there have been all the time mother and father and caregivers and their buddies watching filming and rehearsals. Had there been any scenes or outfits that had been inappropriate in any approach, they might have been flagged and blocked by this multilayered scrutiny. Sadly, some adults mission their grownup minds onto children’ reveals, drawing false conclusions about them.”
The place Is Dan Schneider Now?
Throughout a 2021 interview with The New York Occasions, 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 deal with a number 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 reveals. Nonetheless, he broke his silence concerning the allegations in opposition to him in a video obtained by The Hollywood Reporterafter the primary two episodes of Quiet on Set aired.
“Watching over the previous two nights was very troublesome,” Schneider stated. “Me going through my previous behaviors, a few of that are embarrassing and that I remorse. I positively owe some individuals a reasonably sturdy apology. After 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 accomplice Dan Schneider/Schneider’s Bakery have agreed to not prolong the present deal,” the assertion learn. “Since a number of Schneider’s Bakery tasks are wrapping up, each side agreed that this can be a pure time for Nickelodeon and Schneider’s Bakery to pursue different alternatives and tasks. … Dan and his Schneider’s Bakery staff have created a string of lasting, groundbreaking hits through the years 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 staff 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.”
