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Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV may have exposed the ugly underbelly of ’90s kids TV, but good things have come from the documentary series that’s up for Best Documentary at this year’s Emmy Awards. In Deadline’s conversation with the executive producers and participants of the Investigation…

The creators of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV say they're open to making a follow up to the series, which scored two Emmy Nominations today, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. The five-part Investigation Discovery series documented alleged abuse suffered by stars of…

Investigation Discovery is doubling down on its true-crime efforts with the help of Octavia Spencer. The Warner Bros. Discovery-owned cable network has renewed Lost Women and Feds, which are both produced by the Oscar winner, for second seasons. They are produced by Spencer's Orit Entertainment and…

Sherri Papini, who fabricated her own disappearance, has been the subject of numerous documentaries and a television movie. She is now giving her side of the story of the controversy in a new docuseries for Investigation Discovery. The cable network has ordered the untitled series with…

A few years ago, filmmakers Emma Schwartz and Mary Robertson remember taking note of video compilations from old Dan Schneider series that showed children and young teens “enacting scenes that are arguably sexual in nature.” “One example you see Ariana Grande squeezing a potato, or Ariana Grande…

Some participants of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV are calling out producers of the docuseries for not being more transparent about the project being made for Investigation Discovery. "I'm not too familiar with ID, but for the interview I sat down for, it was not an appropriate network for…

This post contains details from Episode 5 of ID’s docuseries Quiet on Set. Investigation Discovery is following up its buzzy docuseries Quiet on Set with one more episode to wrap things up. Not only does Episode 5, titled “Breaking the Silence,” feature never-before-seen footage from the…

Investigation Discovery has greenlit a new, fifth episode of docuseries Quiet On Set: The Dark Side Of Kids TV that will delve deeper in into the toxic and dangerous culture behind some of the most iconic kids’ television shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s, including allegations of abuse, sexism and…

The entire 400-episode catalog of true-crime unscripted series Forensic Files has been acquired by Content Partners. Originally called Medical Detectives, the series ran for 14 seasons on TLC, Court TV and TruTV and repeats are still available on Warner Bros Discovery’s HLN. A revived version, Forensi…

Nickelodeon is speaking out following details of sexual assault and abuse revealed by one-time Drake & Josh star Drake Bell by dialogue coach Brian Peck when Bell was a child. Bell details the abuse in the third episode of Investigation Discovery’s upcoming four-part docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark…

Former Drake & Josh star Drake Bell is set to share publicly claims he was abused by Brian Peck who worked as a dialogue coach on Nickelodeon's All That and The Amanda Show. Bell starred in the latter from 1999-2002 and, according to Investigation Discovery, will feature in the upcoming docuseries Quiet on…

Investigation Discovery has a new production chief. The cable network has hired Kathryn Vaughan as its new SVP, Head of Production. New York-based, Vaughan reports to Jason Sarlanis, President of Turner Networks, Investigation Discovery and HLN, Linear & Streaming. She joins from Ample…