Mayim Bialik is sharing her thoughts on Investigation Discovery’s 'Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV' docuseries. On a recent episode of 'The Breakdown' podcast, Bialik discussed the allegations in the doc with former child stars Christy Carlson Romano and Jenna von Oÿ and noted how the alleged experiences women faced at Nickelodeon while working under Dan Schneider - detailed in the five-part series – weren't much different than "things that I heard about on other sets during our time."
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00:00 Mayim Bialik is sharing her thoughts on Investigation Discovery's "Quiet on Set"
00:04 the dark side of kids TV docuseries. On a recent episode of her "The Breakdown" podcast,
00:09 Bialik discussed the allegations in the doc with former child stars Christy Carlson Romano and
00:14 Genovon Oye and noted how the alleged experiences women faced at Nickelodeon while working under
00:19 Dan Schneider, detailed in the five-part series, "weren't much different than things that I heard
00:24 about on other sets during our time." The Big Bang Theory alum added in response, "Women being
00:29 berated in the writers' room is something that was just like, I mean, I hate to say it, it's
00:33 considered par for the course. I will say I do not believe that happened in our writers' room,
00:38 and there were things that we all thought were okay to even joke about, which now we'd be
00:42 mortified." Later in the episode, former Even Stevens star Christy Carlson admitted that she
00:47 hadn't seen "Quiet on Set" because she found it "extremely triggering. I think we're all kind of
00:51 living with a little bit of survivor's guilt. That could have been any one of us, and we all
00:55 kind of need to grieve together." The docuseries dove into allegations of abuse, sexism, racism,
01:01 and inappropriate behavior involving underage stars and crew members on Nickelodeon TV shows
01:06 under Schneider. Bialik explained, "You're watching what the entire culture was like.
01:10 This is not what happened because Nickelodeon this, that. Of course, it touched me personally.
01:15 Of course it did." Carlson also revealed that i-D approached her about sharing her story,
01:20 but she passed, explaining that she felt more comfortable speaking about it on the podcast.
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