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Supernanny started off as a British TV series. The show was successful enough that overseas versions of Supernanny were broadcast in France, Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Denmark, The Netherlands, Israel, Belgium, Austria, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Sweden with five further local format versions in production from Chile to Slovakia. Added to this, the UK and US English-language version have been broadcast in 47 different territories.

Supernanny (U.K.)[]

See also: List of Supernanny (U.K.) episodes The British Supernanny began airing on Channel 4 on July 7, 2004. The show spanned twenty-nine episodes contained into five series and the last episode was broadcast on October 8, 2008. Moonshine music was used for most of the series.

Supernanny (U.S., ABC)[]

See also: List of Supernanny (U.S.) episodes The first American Supernanny show began airing on ABC on January 17, 2005. The show spanned 126 episodes contained into seven seasons. The last episode was aired just before the COVID-19 Pandemic. A shortened version of "Be Good Johnny" was used as the theme song for seasons 1-6 (Hulu’s Print)while a Shorted version theme was used for the rest of Seasons 6-7.

Unlike the British version, the first American version of Supernanny shares the parent's ages. The British version introduces the families with the families in front of the camera, and the narrator talking about the families. Most of these episodes contain "submission reels" from the families.

The narrator for the ABC series was Jeff Bartsh who was an announcer for Fat March and Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge and Nick Frost for British airings of the American series like with the original show.

Supermanny[]

Supermanny

This reality project, Supermanny, centers on the tough-love guidance of Chicago-based child therapist Mike Ruggles.

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America's Supernanny[]

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Hosted by Deborah Tillman, the series aired on Lifetime from November 29, 2011 to March 6, 2013. America's Supernanny had a similar format to the American Supernanny show hosted by Jo Frost.

Supernanny (U.S., Lifetime)[]

A new Supernanny show aired from January 1 to September 22, 2020 on Lifetime.

Term[]

The earliest known usage of the word "Supernanny" comes from an article published on The Telegraph, dated 23 January 2002.[1]

Trivia[]

  • Despite the show being wildly successful, it is also one of the more controversial reality shows, due to its depiction of corporal punishment, and abuse.
  • Despite being heavily praised for her work as a nanny, Jo Frost was sometimes disliked for her tendency to not call authorises when it came to dealing with abusive parents. Instead showing them attending abuse counselling. Many have defended Jo doing this however, due to the shows focus of fixing family behaviours, rather than arresting parents.

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