Investigation Discovery's nostalgia hunters are going after Nick and Aaron Carter next

In a move it’s very difficult not to see in terms of the recent nostalgia/horror firestorm surrounding the network’s Nickelodeon docuseries Quiet On Set, Investigation Discovery has announced that it’ll soon be launching a four-part investigative series into ’90s and 2000s pop culture mainstays Nick and Aaron Carter. Titled Fallen Idols: Nick And Aaron Carter, the series promises to explore “the dark side of fame and fraught family dynamics.” And, perhaps owing to backlash that’s been pointed at Quiet On Set’s treatment of its subjects and subject matter, the press statement also promises that the series will put especial focus on the lives of the multiple women who’ve accused Nick Carter of sexual assault over the years.

Those accusations, in which at least three women have accused Carter of sexually assaulting them during his time in the Backstreet Boys, came to light from 2017 onward; the docuseries promises to show “the intense backlash Nick’s accusers have faced since their decision to speak publicly and the lasting impact that has had on their lives.” At the same time, the accusations were a major breaking point in the already strained relationship between the two brothers, with Aaron Carter—who died in 2022—stating that he believed and supported his brothers’ accusers. (He also accused Nick of being abusive toward him, and his sister Leslie, who died in 2012, of sexually abusing him when he was young.) All three women, Melissa Schuman of pop group Dream, Ashley Repp, and Shay Ruth, will appear in the docuseries.

The fall of the Carters has been about as publicly documented as the decay of maybe any family in America—often with their own participation, through a series of reality shows, including House Of Carters on E!. It’s not hard to see why ID, having found massive success in rooting around in the dark side of its audience’s childhood lately, would go after this story next—although it’s also not clear how much of a stomach people have for this particular tale, considering how incredibly bleak it gets.

[via THR]