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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Richard Luscombe

Quiet on Set: ex-Nickelodeon child stars allege abuse and toxic culture

Dan Schneider
Dan Schneider in New York on 10 September 2015. Photograph: Lizzy Sullivan/WireImage

Even in an unprecedented era of vigilance following the exposure of sexual predators Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby, the #MeToo movement and revelations from the Adult Survivors Act, Hollywood retains its capacity to shock. The latest scandal swept through tinseltown like a tornado this week – and it was not a good look for Nickelodeon, the doyen of children’s television networks.

The whirlwind was a four-part documentary called Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, streamed over two consecutive nights on the Investigation Discovery network.

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