Nanny 911
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Nanny 911 | |
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Genre | Reality |
Starring | Stella Reid Deborah Carroll Yvonne Finnerty Lillian Sperling |
Country of origin | United States |
Language(s) | English |
No. of episodes | 34 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Suzanne Ali Karyn Benkendorfer Stacey Dowdy Travis Thomas Loureiro Paulette Terry Stacey Travis |
Executive producer(s) | Paul Jackson Bruce Toms |
Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | FOX |
Original run | November 3, 2004 – present |
Links | |
Official website |
Nanny 911 is a reality television show in the United States, which airs on FOX (and airs in the UK on ITV2, whose sister company, Granada America, produce the show). It is loosely based on the British television programme Little Angels, in which American families with unmanageable children are reformed by ex-pat British nannies, including one who served for the British Royal Family.
Each nanny specializes in one area, ranging from proper etiquette to controlling temper tantrums. Each nanny attempts to help unruly families get into working order. They are usually very successful. The nannies are Deborah Carroll, Stella Reid, and Yvonne Finnerty (who replaced Yvonne Shove). Head Nanny Lilian decides which nanny goes to which family. It should be noted that Yvonne gets picked less often than Deb and Stella.
The families that are eligible for the show are usually large families with a minimum of 5 children (though at least one episode showed a home with only 2 children). The parents usually have an income that allows them to be upper middle-class.
In April 2005, a potential spinoff for the show was aired as a "special" episode of Nanny 911 entitled Marriage 911, framed as though Chris and Laura King's marriage problems had proved too much for Nanny Stella and a marriage counsellor needed to be brought in. A series never materialized.
Nanny 911 has started production again Summer 2006 and premiered on September 8, 2006. The show is currently on hiatus until Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? finishes its run. The show will resume in late April/ early May. It is currently unknown whether or not the show will be renewed for a fourth season.
It was spoofed on South Park along with the more highly rated Supernanny.
[edit] Episode Guide
- Rock Family: Carrie, Craig, two children
Nanny: Deborah Carroll - McCray Family: Tracey, Craig, five boys
Nanny: Stella Reid - McRobert's Family: Dianna, Doug, five boys under eight years of age
Nanny: Deborah Carroll - Priore Family: Nina, Joe, ten-year-old daughter, eight-year-old quadruplets
Nanny: Stella Reid - Lorimor Family: Theron Sr. (ex-marine), Ginger (ex-nanny), two children: Theron, Jr. (3) and Siersha (4)
Nanny: Stella Reid - Johnston Family: Kristin, Scott, seven girls under the age of seven
Nanny: Yvonne Shove - Paul Family: Cindy, Tim, eight-year-old daughter, four-year-old triplets
Nanny: Deborah Carroll - Sterneman Family: John, Roxanne, ten-year-old son, seven- and three-year-old daughters
Nanny: Deborah Carroll - Finck Family: Debra, Paul, 3 sets of twins under the age of ten
Nanny: Deborah Carroll - Cubbison Family: Amy, Neil, three children under the age of seven
Nanny: Stella Reid - Dunleavy Family: Denise, Kevin, four boys and a daughter with Down Syndrome
Nanny: Deborah Carroll - Amico Family: Dawn, David, 1 set of quadruplets and a boy
Nanny: Deborah Carroll - McKelvin Family: Stevi, John, seven-year-old daughter, three sons (six, three and two years old)
Nanny: Yvonne Shove - King Family (revisited in Marriage 911): Chris, Laura, five children, nine pets
Nanny: Stella Reid - Lawrence Family: Jim, Tammy, two young boys
Nanny: Stella Reid - Silcock Family: Ann, Jim, 24 adopted sons with special needs
Nanny: All three nannies - Dickson Family: Kirsten (recently widowed), two kids: Jacqueline (8) and Colin (7)
Nanny: Deborah Carroll - Tieso Family: Andrea, Joe, seven year old twins and a three-year old son
Nanny: Deborah Carroll - Abner Family: Michelle, Dennis, five kids
Nanny: Deborah Carroll - Race Family: Tracy, Kevin, four children
Nanny: Stella Reid - Maucione Family: Dawn, Michael, 4 year old son and 3 year old twins
Nanny: Yvonne Finnerty - Nannis Family: Amy, Brian, six children and a grandmother, Peggy
Nanny: Yvonne Finnerty - Spaulding Family: Vicki, Brent, six homeschooled boys (one of which has Spina Bifida)
Nanny: Deborah Carroll - Moore Family: Barbra, Darrell, one set of twins and one boy and two girls
Nanny: Stella Reid - Graham Family: Jeanine, Steve, four boys with the youngest two being very violent
Nanny: Deborah Carroll - Delaney Family: Janice, Kerry, two young girls, a pet pig named Mickey)
Nanny: Yvonne Finnerty - George Family: Theresa, Jeffery, four-year old girl and 2 year-old twin boys
Nanny: Deborah Carroll - Longairc Family: Michelle, Adam (stepfather), three kids
Nanny: Stella Reid - Morris Family: Heidi, Craig, three kids
Nanny: Stella Reid - Scharnitzky Family: Jen, John (called Jay and in the Marines), three kids
Nanny: Stella Reid - Arilotta Family: Kammy, Chris, three boys and a nanny (Lena) who left the family
Nanny: Deborah Carroll - Giannetto Family: Kelly, Anthony, one son in college and five mischievous kids and a grandma
Nanny: Yvonne Finnerty - Elgin Family: Suzy, Rich, one extremely stubborn eight-year old girl Shasta, named after an angry volcano, and two young kids, Shiloh, 6, and Kea, 2
Nanny: Stella Reid - McCafferty Family: two police parents, one set of triplets and one set of twins, and one year old baby girl
Nanny: Stella Reid - Landsberger Family: Melissa and Bob, 3 girls: Courtney (11 yrs old), Madison (6 yrs old), and Paige (4 yrs old)
Nanny: Yvonne Finnerty - Walker Family: Jim and Nikki, and two kids: Jordyn (9) and Jackson (5)
Nanny: Deborah Carroll - McDowell Family: Eileen, Kevin, 3 boys, Ryan 9 yrs old, Michael 5 yrs old and Christopher almost 3 yrs old
Nanny: Deborah Carroll - Dirks Family: Amber and Paul, 3 1/2 yr old Amari and 2 yr old Anissa
Nanny: Stella Reid - Brogdon Family: Angela and Dave (police dad) and 3 triplets Joe, Beth and Dave
Nanny: Deborah Carroll - Mills Family: Kenny and Jennifer (parents) Matthew (9), Madison (6), Maxwell (2), and Mason (1)
Nanny: Yvonne Finnerty
[edit] Parodies
- In the South Park episode "Tsst," Cartman drives away a nanny sent by the show to control him, telling her the only reason why she's a nanny is because no one wanted to marry her because she's ugly and her uterus started to degenerate. Head Nanny Lilian was depicted as a Skeksis from Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal.
- In The Little Wolf and the Bad Little Girl comic episode "Jane Hates Nannies", Jane Roberts is on the nanny TV show. Jane pushed the Little Naughty Wolf, and he pushed Nanny Deb, and she fell into a water in a bathtub and made a big splash and got all wet.
- In The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Mandy's parents call a nanny in order to control her and so they can regain their lives. Grim makes a comment that "this is similar to a stupid reality show called "Hey Nanny Nanny" with some British-speaking nanny that everyone likes for some reason."