Thank You, Next!

The genius of Nickelodeon sitcoms was a sexual predator.

The winners and losers of 2024.

Sean "Puffy" Combs.

Matt Schlapp

Matt Gaetz

Aaron Hall

Donald J. Trump

Might want to lawyer up. The train is coming.

Dan Schneider is a sexual predator. An Investigation Discovery documentary about the former Nickelodeon director is going to become an active criminal investigation. It is like the "Surviving R. Kelly" only it involves a children's network, some of the country's most popular talents and a disgraced child actor who became a focal point of the story.

Schneider, a former child actor himself got his break from the sitcom Head of the Class.

He went on to writing and producing sitcoms for Nickelodeon. 

Schneider has since released a lengthy apology video on his YouTube channel, fueling further discussions from other Nickelodeon stars and further comments from the individuals featured in the documentary. In addition, several of the individuals who wrote letters to Brian Peck have publicly rejected supporting him, especially in light of the documentary.

In 2018, in the wake of the MeToo movement, ViacomCBS interviewed dozens of employees regarding their experiences with Dan Schneider. Although their review found no sexual misconduct by Schneider, the employees expressed that Schneider was controlling and verbally abusive towards them. Afterward, Schneider parted ways from the network.

Amanda Bynes had a mental breakdown post Nickelodeon.

During that time, director and producer Mary Robertson noticed a string of viral videos showcasing inappropriate scenes from Dan Schneider produced shows. One video she noted was one of Ariana Grande as Cat Valentine from Victorious pouring water on her face while lying upside down. Another clip depicted Jamie Lynn Spears in an episode of Zoey 101 getting viscous liquid squirted onto her face. Robertson thought that the two clips evoked pornographic imagery.

Robertson (with Emma Schwartz) later partnered with Business Insider reporter Kate Taylor to reach out to dozens of actors and crewmembers who worked on the sets of Schneider's shows. Schwartz noted that the many individuals who responded to the offer were relieved that they could share their negative experiences, but several more were still afraid to come forward with their experiences. They also attempted to reach out to Schneider himself, but he refused to appear on camera. His responses were still shown throughout the series through text. On the day that Drake Bell's interview was filmed, Robertson told The Hollywood Reporter, the entire set was quiet. Bell later told Robertson that a weight was lifted from him. On The Sarah Fraser Show podcast on March 22, 2024, Bell revealed that he went to rehab after his interview for the documentary.

Before they sat down with Bell, the directors petitioned the court to make the letters supporting Brian Peck public. They told Variety "We didn’t know what we would find...[b]ut what the letters allow us to do is get a window into who, in Hollywood, was supporting this man during a time that he had been convicted as a child sex offender." After the trailer for the documentary was released, Robertson told US Magazine that she attempted to reach out to Rider Strong and Will Friedle but neither responded. Kate Taylor and Olivia Singh later published several of letters featured in the documentary on Business Insider.

Robertson told The Hollywood Reporter that if the series became successful, she hoped they could make more episodes of Quiet on Set.