TV Producer Dan Schneider Alleges Docuseries Team Defamed Him

Ex-Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider alleged the recent docuseries “Quiet on Set” falsely portrays him as a child sexual abuser in a lawsuit filed Wednesday against Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. and Sony Pictures Television Inc.

The structure of the limited series and its trailer leads viewers to believe Schneider committed crimes that are in fact attributable to Nickelodeon production assistant Jason Handy and dialogue coach Brian Peck, Schneider said in a defamation complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Schneider, who created children’s TV hits “Drake & Josh” and “iCarly,” said that while it is “indisputable” that two child sexual ...