Former Nickelodeon showrunner Dan Schneider has finally addressed his exit from the network, just as Paramount Plus has released a reboot of his former show, “iCarly.”
For 20 years, Schneider helmed kids’ shows that continue to inform the millennial and Gen-z pop culture zeitgeist: “All That, “The Amanda Show,” “Drake & Josh,” “Zoey 101,” “Victorious” and the aforementioned “iCarly.” After he departed from Nickelodeon in 2018, Schneider retreated from the public eye and the television industry until June 30, when he gave his first major interview to the New York Times.
In the article, Schneider is questioned point-blank about the online video compilations and TV show screenshots people have used as evidence to question the appropriateness of his behavior with child actors, particularly when it came to showing their feet.
“Ridiculous,” he told the Times, explaining that kids simply find feet funny and that it was not intended to sexualize the young actors. A...
For 20 years, Schneider helmed kids’ shows that continue to inform the millennial and Gen-z pop culture zeitgeist: “All That, “The Amanda Show,” “Drake & Josh,” “Zoey 101,” “Victorious” and the aforementioned “iCarly.” After he departed from Nickelodeon in 2018, Schneider retreated from the public eye and the television industry until June 30, when he gave his first major interview to the New York Times.
In the article, Schneider is questioned point-blank about the online video compilations and TV show screenshots people have used as evidence to question the appropriateness of his behavior with child actors, particularly when it came to showing their feet.
“Ridiculous,” he told the Times, explaining that kids simply find feet funny and that it was not intended to sexualize the young actors. A...
- 7/3/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
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