The children's TV industry has been set alight since Quiet on Set premiered in the US in early MarchThe four-part Investigation Discovery documentary featured former Nickelodeon child stars speaking out about the disturbing environments they experienced while working for the network.
Drake Bell with Dan Schneider in 2008. Bell maintains that Schneider had nothing to do with the abuse he received from Brian Peck."Both of us had to kind of take a step back from social media and whatnot because … the only way we can describe it is overwhelming, in a good way," Samuels says of the response to Quiet on Set."I got a phone call … he asked if I could give a quote of support," Samuels says.
"Dan was an actor before all of this and so I think that he brushed off some chops and gave us a nice performance," Hearne says.Samuels and Hearne are shown the clip of Schneider's apology where he is asked about the treatment of diverse people in his career, eliciting sighs from them both. "I think it's a good thing that the doc is out and it's putting things on display that need to be, you know, stories that need to be told for this, accountability sake.", who played Logan on Zoey 101, took to Instagram to share the moments that led to him quitting acting — including being molested at 12 by a friend's father, and sexually assaulted at 19 by his agent at the time.
"My mom was very against it and they pretty much made me feel like I was going to lose my job, that I might be fired if I didn't do it."Beyond the voices that return in Breaking the Silence, an additional All That cast member comes forward for the first time:Lyons recounts the interactions he had with Brian Peck, but asserts the reason he wants to go public is to keep the conversation going about how to improve the industry for children.
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