It is one of the most commented documentary series on different social networks and finally it comes to France. Starting today, you’ll be able to discover episodes of this shocking investigative series that undermines the ant of the entertainment industry and that goes back to one of the biggest scandals in the world of television.
Available on ID (Discovery Investigation), a 100% crime channel available with Warner Pass on Prime Video, the documentary series Child Stars: a predator behind the scenes (Quiet on the Set: The Dark Side of Children’s TVin the original version) pulls back the curtain on the toxic and dangerous culture that surrounded in the late 1990s and early 2000s Dan Schneider’s most iconic children’s show on the American channel Nickelodeon.
Beyond the toxic and dangerous footage of children’s shows
Directed by Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz, the documentary series “Child Stars: Predator Behind the Scenes” retraces, among other things, the journey of Dan Schneider, the famous producer who was a “golden boy” and hit maker. The height of power in the Nickelodeon channel.
We owe him some of the most popular and profitable children’s shows on the channel, which celebrated two generations of tweens and tweens from the late 1990s to the 2010s, such as sketch shows. All of this and The Amanda Show and series Kenan & Kel, Drake & Josh, ZoĆ©, iCarly, Victorious, Sam & Cat or Henry Danger.
His shows and TV series have featured stars such as Amanda Bynes, Josh Peck (recently seen in Oppenheimer), Drake Bell, Kenan Thompson, Jamie Lynn Spears (sister of Britney Spears), Elizabeth Gillies (Dynasty), Miranda Cosgrove and Ariana Grande. , now a globally successful singer and soon to star in the movie Wicked.
Dan Schneider
But if most of these names are forgotten, after impressive rises and lives made of glitter and sequins, it’s because these little stars went through many trials at Nickelodeon, just like some of their colleagues and sisters at Disney Channel, like Demi Lovato. Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears.
In the case of Nickelodeon, it’s the anxiety-inducing, toxic and perverse climate created by Dan Schneider that traumatized many children and teenagers, but also the entire technical team (often all female members), as highlighted in the documentary series. Former actors, screenwriters, costume designers, producers and media experts.
A documentary series that moved Internet users
Simultaneously aired last March on the Investigation Discovery channel and online on the Discovery+ and Max platforms in the United States, the documentary series “Child Stars: Behind the Scenes of Predator” has been driving many Internet users, especially young adults and 30-somethings. With this Nickelodeon series.
The vast majority of internet users from around the world, including France, took to X and TikTok in particular to broadcast and comment on excerpts from the documentary series, as you can read below.
watching #SuiteOnSet I like….
The pain these kids and staff endured during some of the most memorable shows many of us watched growing up really hit hard. pic.twitter.com/qDaUrLzTmf
– Take me to the cinema, otherwise you will lose me forever! (@FilmFoodieOzzy) March 30, 2024
Translation: “#QuietOnSet is painful to watch… the pain these kids and crew endured during some of the most memorable shows many of us have ever seen is overwhelming.”
The documentary “Quiet” is very well done on the set, but this is how the three intermissions were revealed to me, it was terrible
ā yvssir (@jeunejument) March 31, 2024
@lifeoofb Quiet on set: reporting on the hidden side of Nickelodeon #quietonset #avanjogia #jeannettemccurdy #icarly #victorious #drakeandjosh #nickelodeon #danschneider #discovery #drakebell ⬠original sound – lifeoofb
Attention sensitive souls who want to watch the documentary series, “Child Stars: Predator Behind the Scenes”, among other things, looks at the working conditions of these child stars and technical teams who were abused, harassed and sexually assaulted (via writing). “jokes”) or graphics imposed in a hierarchical dominance relationship, often associated with foot fetishism or the act of ejaculating) in programs aimed at young people.
But it was the former child star’s testimony that particularly sparked emotion and outrage. Drake Bell, star The Amanda Show And Drake and Josh, now 37, went on camera for the first time about being groped, harassed, sexually assaulted and raped by Brian Peck, a vocal coach who worked with him and who spent a lot of time on set. of these children’s shows.

The vocal coach, who was convicted and registered on the sex offender registry in 2004, notably worked with a young Leonardo DiCaprio on the series What’s New, Doctor? In the early 1990s. After his incarceration, Brian Peck worked for a while at Disney on The Palace Life of Zack and Cody before being fired soon after when his superiors learned of his incarceration.
A new fifth episode to discover
The documentary series “Child Stars: Behind the Scenes” reveals the dark side of the empire built by producer Dan Schneider and its influence in a harmful climate marked by accusations of sexual abuse, sexism and racism.
For two decades, the children’s shows and series that fueled Nickelodeon’s heyday and that several generations grew up with harbored abusive, crude and unforgivable behavior on and off the set.

In the post #MeToo era, this documentary series has renewed the freedom of speech and movement to denounce the abuse of women and children in the Hollywood industry. The documentary series Child Stars: Behind the Scenes of Predator brings a powerful new spotlight to these issues.
The fifth and new episode of the shocking docu-series, which promises even more revelations and revelations, will air this April 7 in the USA on the Investigation Discovery channel and will be available online on Discovery+ and Max. We hope that this last chapter of the successful documentary will also be available quickly in France.
Documentary series Child Stars: Predator Behind the Scenes Airs Sunday, April 7 and 14 at 9pm on Discovery Investigation via Warner Pass on Prime Video.
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