Supernanny

    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 7, 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 1-4, while an unnamed instrumental theme was used for the rest of the series.

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
This reality project, Supermanny, centers on the tough-love guidance of Chicago-based child therapist Mike Ruggles.
 * Episodes
 * The Griswold Family
 * The Marko Family

Viewership

 * Primetime Broadcast Ratings (7/23/2008) - Supernanny was ranked 10 with 3,905,000 viewers.
 * Primetime Broadcast Ratings (8/6/2008) - Supernanny was ranked 10 with 4,169,000 viewers.
 * Primetime Broadcast Ratings (8/13/2008) - Supernanny was ranked 9 with 3,945,000 viewers.
 * Primetime Broadcast Ratings (8/20/2008) - Supernanny was ranked 9 with 3,711,000 viewers.
 * Primetime Broadcast Ratings (10/3/2008) - Supernanny was ranked 10 with 4,201,000 viewers.
 * Primetime Broadcast Ratings (10/10/2008) - Supernanny was ranked 8 with 4,961,000 viewers.
 * Primetime Broadcast Ratings (10/17/2008) - Supernanny was ranked 9 with 5,116,000 viewers.
 * Primetime Broadcast Ratings (10/31/2008) - Supernanny was ranked 8 with 4,118,000 viewers.
 * Primetime Broadcast Ratings (11/7/2008) - Supernanny was ranked 7 with 5,401,000 viewers.

America's Supernanny
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.

Trivia

 * Despite the show being wildly successful, it is also one of the most controversial reality shows of all time due to its depiction of corporal punishment, child abuse and verbal abuse.
 * Despite being heavily praised for her work as a nanny, Jo Frost was sometimes disliked for her tendency of not calling authorises when it came to dealing with abusive parents. Instead showing them attending abuse counselling, which many stated was something simpler than having the police come and arrest someone on live TV