Ex-Nickelodeon producer Schneider sues 'Quiet on Set' makers for defamation

2/5/2024 12:39

        Former Nickelodeon producer and writer Dan Schneider sued the makers of "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV" on Wednesday, alleging the makers of the documentary series wrongly implied that he sexually abused the child actors he worked with.
        
        Schneider filed the defamation suit against Warner Bros. Discovery and other companies behind the series in Los Angeles Superior Court.
        
        Schneider, a former teenage actor, was a central figure in Nickelodeon's dominance of kid culture in the 1990s and 2000s with his work on the sketch shows "All That," "The Amanda Show" and "Kenan & Kel," and as an executive producer on shows including "Zoey 101," "iCarly" and "Victorious."
        
        He is also the key figure in "Quiet on Set." It uses cast and crew interviews to describe the shows' sexualization of young teens and a toxic and abusive work environment that many said Schneider was responsible for. It also includes descriptions of sexual abuse of child actors, including "The Amanda Show" and "Drake & Josh" star Drake Bell, by crew members who were later convicted for it.
        
        But Schneider, who parted ways with Nickelodeon in 2018, said in the suit that the "Quiet on Set" trailer and episodes of the show deliberately mix and juxtapose images and mentions of him with the criminal sexual abusers to imply he was involved.