‘Quiet on Set’ filmmakers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz; Congress vs. Spulu

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Kim Masters and Matt Belloni take a look at Jeff Skoll’s decision to close Participant Media after 20 years. And the banter partners break down why two congress members sent a letter addressed to the heads of Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery about their in-development joint sports streamer affectionately nicknamed “Spulu.”

Plus, Masters speaks to Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz about their investigative documentary series, Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. The filmmakers talk about working with Business Insider contributor Kate Taylor to uncover years of inappropriate behavior that took place on the sets of Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider. They also share how Investigation Discovery went from ordering a three episode series to five episodes with more on the way as the cameras continue rolling.

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0:00.0	From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters and this is The Business.
0:05.2	After a 22 expose about disturbing conduct in front of and behind the cameras on some of Nickelodeon's biggest hits,
0:13.0	filmmakers Emma Schwartz and Mary Robertson decided to explore the facts in a documentary series.
0:18.8	We thought that these were really meaningful questions because the
0:21.6	content that was created on these sets was then distributed to children all around the world,
0:26.3	and children are impressionable. You know, what they absorb shapes their sense of normality
0:30.7	and their cultural standards and moors generally. Robertson and shorts talk about working with
0:36.7	Kate Taylor, author of a business
0:38.6	insider expasse, to uncover what happened at Nickelodeon on star producer Dan Schneider's watch.
0:45.0	They ended up with a five-part series, Quiet on the Set, The Dark Side of Kids TV.
0:50.2	The directors explore allegations of Schneider's abusive and creepy conduct,
0:55.2	as well as their approach to former child star Drake Bell,
0:58.2	who revealed that at the age of 15,
1:00.8	he was a victim of former Nickelodeon dialogue coach and child predator, Brian Peck.
1:06.6	But first we banter.
1:08.1	Stick around.
1:08.8	It's the business from KCRW.
1:12.6	I am joined by my colleague at banter, Matt Bellany. Hello, Matt.
1:16.4	Hi there.
1:17.2	So a lot of people have gotten some bad news. Some people who worked at the company and are losing their jobs.
1:23.6	But I think everyone in Hollywood probably is sad to see the end of participant, which was
1:30.3	a company run by a very wealthy Jeff Scholl, who was progressive, wanted the product to be
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