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  • 2024
  • TV-14
  • Investigation Discovery
  • 2024
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  • Investigation Discovery
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV

Summary The four-part documentary series about the alleged abuse on the set of many children's shows made in the 1990s and early 2000s features archival footage and interviews with former cast and crew, including Drake Bell, Raquel Lee Bolleau, Leon Frierson, Bryan Hearne, Katrina Johnson, Alexa Nikolas, Giovonnie Samuels, and Kyle Sullivan.

  • 2024
  • TV-14
  • Investigation Discovery
  • 2024
  • TV-14
  • Investigation Discovery

Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV

Season 1 Premiere: Mar 17, 2024
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
77
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.0
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Summary The four-part documentary series about the alleged abuse on the set of many children's shows made in the 1990s and early 2000s features archival footage and interviews with former cast and crew, including Drake Bell, Raquel Lee Bolleau, Leon Frierson, Bryan Hearne, Katrina Johnson, Alexa Nikolas, Giovonnie Samuels, and Kyle Sullivan.

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Drake Bell

Self - Cast Member, The Amanda Show and Drake & Josh, Self

Giovonnie Samuels

Self - Cast Member, All That

Kate Taylor

Self - Journalist, Business Insider

Scaachi Koul

Self - Culture Writer

Rick Ellis

Founder, AllYourScreens.com, Self - Writer

Bryan Hearne

Self - Cast Member, All That

Alexa Nikolas

Self - Cast Member, Zoey 101

Virgil L. Fabian

Self - Director, All That, Self - Director, The Amanda Show

Christy Stratton

Self - Writer, The Amanda Show

Leon Frierson

Self - Cast Member, All That

Kyle Sullivan

Self - Cast Member, All That

Katrina Johnson

Self - Cast Member, All That

Raquel Lee

Self - Cast Member, The Amanda Show

Karyn Finley Thompson

Self - Editor, All That, The Amanda Show and Drake & Josh

MJ

Self - Brandi's Mom

Tracey Brown

Self - Bryan's Mom

Joe Bell

Self - Drake's Father

Marc Summers

Self - Host, Double Dare

Anne Henry

Self - Co-Founder, BizParentz Foundation

Mike Denton

Self - Cameraman, iCarly, Sam & Cat and Victorious

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80
Mar 26, 2024
But even without the feeling of a precious shared cultural history having been besmirched, Quiet on Set works as a case study of power in the entertainment world, and how a business historically bad at safeguarding performers has sometimes been appallingly bad at protecting its most vulnerable talent
By Jack Seale FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 22, 2024
While Quiet on Set paints detailed pictures of select predators, its most chilling legacy will be in illuminating our collective tolerance for such abuses in the first place.
By Emily Watkins FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 15, 2024
Robertson and Schwartz’s docuseries is undeniably strongest when focusing on Bell’s nightmare, but it wisely contextualizes it as a symptom of a larger problem within the industry.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 15, 2024
Expands on Business Insider’s reporting and delivers a journalistically solid, straightforward and at times heartbreaking expose, with a number of former actors and behind-the-scenes personnel telling their stories.
By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW

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7.0
67% Positive
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17% Mixed
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Production Company:
  • Business Insider
  • Maxine Productions
  • Sony Pictures Television
Initial Release Date: Mar 17, 2024
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
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