Quiet On Set

ID / MAX. Dir. Mary Robertson and Emma Schwarrz. Maxine Productions (2024)

The most streamed title in the history of Max. Over 1 billion minutes. 2024 Best Doc Emmy Nomination

"Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV" pulls  back the curtain on an empire, built by creator Dan Schneider, that had an undeniable grip on popular culture. Over its four-parts, the docuseries offers unprecedented access to key cast members, writers, and crew spanning Schneider’s popular series at Nickelodeon and spotlighted their emotional accounts; chronicling a pattern of gross, abusive, and manipulative behavior that unfolded across decades, as well as stories about child predators on set.

“Quiet on Set” ignited a viral online response and has helped catalyze a collective reckoning with the dark underbelly of children’s entertainment. The first four episodes of “Quiet on Set” have been watched by 20 million viewers across cable network ID and streamers Max and Discovery+ since the first two episodes premiered on ID March 17 and the following two on March 18.

The show has reached the largest audience of an unscripted series since the launch of Max in May.

A heartbreaking Expose” - Chicago Sun Times

One of the year’s most explosive investigate documentaries… raw and harrowing” - Salon

One of the most disturbing documentaries released this year” - The Boston Globe

Rage inducing expose” - The Guardian