‘Quiet On Set’ Team Says There’s A “100 Percent Chance” For Positive Change On Kids Shows Because Of Docuseries – Contenders TV: The Nominees
deadline.comQuiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV may have exposed the ugly underbelly of ’90s kids TV, but good things have come from the documentary series that’s up for Best Documentary at this year’s Emmy Awards.
In Deadline’s conversation with the executive producers and participants of the Investigation Discovery project during Contenders Television: The Nominees, former All That cast member Bryan Hearne says he feels like there is a “100 percent chance” that positive change will follow now that executive producers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz have shined a light on this dark period.
The docuseries, which is also vying for an Emmy in Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program, set out to uncover the toxic and dangerous culture on the sets of Dan Schneider’s Nickelodeon children’s shows in the late 1990s and early 2000s. RELATED: Deadline’s Contenders TV: The Nominees – Full Coverage “Both of us have been kind of active,” added Giovonnie Samuels, who starred in Nickelodeon’s All That with Hearne and participated in the docuseries. “There’s a looking ahead program that is affiliated with SAG that speaks to this very issue, and I’m going to continue to shout from the rooftops in any way possible.
Bryan’s nonprofit has been helping people and making sure that they know and understand. I’m actually in the process of turning my acting workshops into a nonprofit so that I can help more people and get it out there.
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