Dan Schneider is a famous series producer who worked for years in Nickelodeon. The creative promoted great teenage stars like Drake Bell, Ariadna Grande, Jennette McCurdy, Amanda Bynes, Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justiceamong other well-known celebrities.
Over time the name of Schneider has been related to stories of abuse, discrimination and sexualization during his time as a scriptwriter at the television station where, from the 90s and early 2000s, he produced projects such as Drake and Josh, iCarly, Zoey 101 and The Amanda Show.
What are you currently doing? Dan Schneider?
Currently there is no production where Dan Schneider is involved.
In accordance with The SunDan is married to Lisa Lillien, an American woman known for being an entrepreneur with several online businesses, including cookbooks, was also director of convergence development for Nickelodeon and producer of Telepictures.
The former producer of Nickelodeon is currently involved in a controversy over what was revealed in a documentary Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV of Investigation Discovery.
One of the cases that has gained the most relevance is that of Drake Bellwho for the first time reveals that she was a victim of sexual abuse by Brian Peck, The details of that episode have surprised viewers.
In the same documentary, Schneider is noted for having had Innapropiate behaviours with members of the production and young actors whom he allegedly sexualized.
In the book “I’m Glad My Mom Died” by Jennette McCurdy, the actress, says she was a victim of abuse during her participation in Nockelodeon, although she does not explicitly mention Schneider’s name, she only calls him “The Creator.”
Dan Schneider defends himself against accusations
Through a statement released in The Hollywood Reportera spokesperson indicated that all the scenes in the Nickelodeon productions where the producer worked were properly cared for and approved by company executives.
“Everything that happened in Dan’s series was scrutinized by dozens of adults and approved by the network of executives. Has there been any scene or locker room that they were inappropriate in some way? They would have been singled out and blocked by that multi-level scrutiny.
“Remember, all stories, dialogues, costumes, and makeup They were always approved by the network of executives on both the East Coast and the West Coast. A standards and practices group read and approved each script, and the programming executives reviewed and they approved all the episodes. Furthermore, every day, in every setthere were always parents, caregivers and friends watching the filming and rehearsals,” the letter reads.
This Tuesday, on his Instagram account, Dan Schneider announced that he would talk about the documentary in the following interview published on a TV channel. Youtube.
Nickelodeon has also given his part about the events that are being narrated in Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV and ensures that they investigate all complaints that are submitted at any time, according to a statement collected by E.W..
“As we cannot corroborate or deny allegations of production behavior over decades, Nickelodeon as part of your policy, investigates all complaints as part of our commitment to fostering a safe and professional work environment free of harassment or other types of inappropriate conduct. Our main priorities are the well-being and interests of not only our employees, cast and crewbut of all children, and we have adopted numerous measures throughout these years to ensure that we live up to our standards and expectations,” they expressed.