Supernanny
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| Starring | Jo Frost |
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| Opening theme | "Be Good Johnny" by Men at Work (USA version only) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 (UK) / 7 (USA) |
| No. of episodes | 43 (UK) / 108 (USA) (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 42 minutes |
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| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 2010-12 |
| Original release | 7 July 2004 – 7 September 2012 |
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| Related shows |
Jo Frost: Family Matters Jo Frost: Nanny On Tour World's Strictest Parents |
| External links | |
| Official website (UK) | |
| Official website (USA) | |
Supernanny is a reality TV programme which originated in the United Kingdom, about parents struggling with their children's behaviour, mealtime, potty training, etc. The United Kingdom version has aired on Channel 4 with E4 showing repeats since 2004. The program returned to Channel 4 after a two-year break in 2010, with E4 also showing more repeats. The show features professional nanny Jo Frost, who devotes each episode to helping a family where the parents are struggling with their child-rearing. Through instruction and observation, she shows the parents alternative ways to discipline their children and regain order in their households. Frost is a proponent of the "naughty chair" theory of discipline and is strictly opposed to spanking. Its competing series was Nanny 911.
In the United States, it aired on ABC and Style Network and currently airs on Up TV. The series ended in the US on 18 March 2011, due to low ratings, and ended on 7 September 2012 in the United Kingdom. A spin-off of the show was produced and is titled America's Supernanny.
Supernanny starring Jo Frost was originally broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 on 7 July 2004, following the success of Channel 4's Cutting Edge programme "Bad Behaviour". Supernanny is one of Channel 4's most popular shows, reaching nearly 5 million viewers in the first series, with consistently high ratings throughout the series. Supernanny USA is also shown on Channel 4 (and its sister channel E4) with respectable viewing figures.
The premiere episode for the third series attracted 3.1 million viewers with a 14% audience share. These values are half of those from the previous two series. Series 2 (UK) episodes 5 to 12 and Supernanny USA etc. is narrated by Nick Frost (no relation to Jo Frost). The theme song is "Be Good Johnny" by Men at Work (though the show's version is Colin Hay's version that appears on the album Man @ Work, and beginning with US Season 6, the song was discontinued. The fourth series of Supernanny began on 29 August 2007 at 8pm with "Beyond The Naughty Step" following straight afterwards on E4. The fifth run, broadcast over a year later on Channel 4, began on 24 September 2008. The sixth and seventh run of Supernanny in the UK begins starting from 9 February 2010 as Jo Frost: Extreme Parental Guidance. The eighth and final episode of the seventh series was postponed to 7 September 2012 and it aired on E4 instead of Channel 4. Supernanny UK Series 6 was narrated by Bob Marsden and Series 7 brought back Anthony Green as narrator after a break of 7 years.
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