I'm going to echo what a number of other people have written about this miniseries. First of all, the Drake Bell episode/storyline is stunning and powerful, because it is so horrific. Kudos to Drake Bell for having the courage to step forward on something so obviously difficult and painful in his life.
But that's really about the only positive thing I can say about this series. For whatever reason, this series tries to be a hit piece on Dan Schneider. But Schneider isn't accused of molesting anyone at Nickelodeon. Was he a mean boss? It sounds like at times he was. Yes, it's unfortunate that he's a mean boss at times to kids rather than adults, but I'm not sure what the remedy is. I'm not sure if that deserves being called out in a series like this. If some of these kids were traumatized or broken by this, then this is not what they should have done for a career. Some kids were broken and traumatized because their contract wasn't renewed for another season? I mean, am I supposed to think this was horrible, and they should have continued to have their contract renewed regardless of the quality of their work so their feelings wouldn't be hurt? Unless someone has some dirt on Dan Schneider that wasn't shown, I feel this guy was unnecessarily attacked in this series. Drake Bell mentioned that Schneider was one of the few at Nickelodeon who showed him compassion and support. But at least the creators put that part into this documentary. The series showed many unknowns from Nickelodeon who didn't like Schneider, but we didn't hear anything from stars like Ariana Grande or Kenan Thompson, for example. Did they just not have anything negative to say about the guy, so the creators didn't want them in their documentary? Also, as others have noted, these shows were seen by tons of TV viewers. How did all that supposed horrible sexual innuendo get through unnoticed? Millions and millions of kids and adults missed it at that time? Maybe not everything should be seen through a sexual lens all the time. People were horrified by the "taint" double entendre, but I'm pretty up on most sexual slang, and I wouldn't have caught that unless you're specifically pointing that out to me. Nor the guy running around with a large plate of pickles. Nor stuff squirting on kids for a laugh. I could go on and on with this. Other than the Drake Bell incident, there was little else of value in this series.
But that's really about the only positive thing I can say about this series. For whatever reason, this series tries to be a hit piece on Dan Schneider. But Schneider isn't accused of molesting anyone at Nickelodeon. Was he a mean boss? It sounds like at times he was. Yes, it's unfortunate that he's a mean boss at times to kids rather than adults, but I'm not sure what the remedy is. I'm not sure if that deserves being called out in a series like this. If some of these kids were traumatized or broken by this, then this is not what they should have done for a career. Some kids were broken and traumatized because their contract wasn't renewed for another season? I mean, am I supposed to think this was horrible, and they should have continued to have their contract renewed regardless of the quality of their work so their feelings wouldn't be hurt? Unless someone has some dirt on Dan Schneider that wasn't shown, I feel this guy was unnecessarily attacked in this series. Drake Bell mentioned that Schneider was one of the few at Nickelodeon who showed him compassion and support. But at least the creators put that part into this documentary. The series showed many unknowns from Nickelodeon who didn't like Schneider, but we didn't hear anything from stars like Ariana Grande or Kenan Thompson, for example. Did they just not have anything negative to say about the guy, so the creators didn't want them in their documentary? Also, as others have noted, these shows were seen by tons of TV viewers. How did all that supposed horrible sexual innuendo get through unnoticed? Millions and millions of kids and adults missed it at that time? Maybe not everything should be seen through a sexual lens all the time. People were horrified by the "taint" double entendre, but I'm pretty up on most sexual slang, and I wouldn't have caught that unless you're specifically pointing that out to me. Nor the guy running around with a large plate of pickles. Nor stuff squirting on kids for a laugh. I could go on and on with this. Other than the Drake Bell incident, there was little else of value in this series.