Nickelodeon’s dark side exposed: Drake Bell, Ariana Grande’s unsettling traumas scar childhood laughs
Undying nostalgia fever has many millennials and zillennials alike desperately hanging on to the frolicking memories of their childhood past.
Most of these wistful mental souvenirs are anchored in TV-watching experiences of a plethora of sitcoms that consumed most of our early days with playback laughter tracks that we, too, chuckled along to. However, the new tell-all docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, which has been years in the making, negatively circles around some of the biggest Nickelodeon hits, including The Amanda Show, iCarly, Victorious, Sam & Cat, Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide and Drake & Josh.
The painstakingly created mini-series jarringly shatters all sweet memories associated with these shows. Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz’s Investigation Discovery series drops the curtain on the toxic culture that was breeding behind the scenes, with TV producer Dan Schneider helming the reins of numerous TV kids’ lives.
All four episodes of the series are now streaming on Max. The quartet batch dives into a slew of disturbing recollections from the old cast and crew members of Nickelodeon shows. Drake Bell is one of the most prominent names to come forward and break the blissful bubble of fantasy, outing what many young actors endured back in the day.
