Nanny 911
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| Nanny 911 | |
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| Starring | Stella Reid Deborah Carroll Yvonne Shove Yvonne Finnerty Lilian Sperling |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Paul Jackson Bruce Toms |
| Producers | Suzanne Ali Karyn Benkendorfer Stacey Dowdy Travis Thomas Loureiro Paulette Terry Stacey Travis |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Production company | Granada America |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox (2004-2007) CMT (2009-present) |
| Release | November 3, 2004 – present |
Nanny 911 is a reality television show in the United States, which originally aired on FOX (and airs in the UK on ITV2, whose sister company, Granada America, produces the show).
In April 2005, a potential spin-off for the show was aired as a "special episode" entitled Marriage 911. It was framed as though Chris and Laura King's marriage problems had proved too much for Nanny Stella and a marriage counselor was needed. The series never materialized.
On February 27, 2008, FOX announced that they sold the rights to Nanny 911 (as well as its partnered FOX show, Trading Spouses) to CMT. The show has also had reruns on ABC Family (where it no longer airs). New episodes of the series began airing in April 2009.[1][2]
Synopsis
Nanny 911 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. A similar show, Supernanny, is its main competitor.
The families that are eligible for the show usually have four or more children (though some episodes show homes with fewer children), and the children are usually younger than 9 years of age (though also not always the case). The parents usually have an income that allows them to be upper middle-class.
The introduction features montages of several clips of unruly children (and the nannies' surprised reactions), whereupon stock footage shows a "call" being made to Nanny 911 where "Head Nanny Lilian" (Lilian Sperling, featured as "Nanny to the British Royal Family") answers "Nanny 911" (on an old rotary dial phone).
After the intro the selected family is featured on a separate clip. The video screen is then returned via a rotating device into a standard fireplace picture (performed by an uncredited male). Head Nanny Lilian and the other nannies – "Nanny Deb" (Deborah Carroll), "Nanny Stella" (Stella Reid), and "Nanny Yvonne" (originally Yvonne Shove, later replaced by Yvonne Finnerty for unspecified reasons; in Season 4 she will not appear due to budgetary reasons) discuss the clip, whereupon Lilian announces (based on the major need; each nanny specializes in one area, such as proper etiquette or controlling temper tantrums) which nanny will visit the family. The nannies are featured visiting the family in traditional nanny dress (similar to that worn by Mary Poppins).
The nanny's first day is spent solely in observing the family dynamics in order to determine a suitable plan of action for changing the children's behavior; at the end of the day the nanny discusses what needs to be done. The remainder of the week shows the plan being implemented, along with the parents' reactions (which can be quite negative, especially when the nanny mentions how the parents' actions have resulted in the problem). At the end of the week, the nanny generally complements the family for the changed behavior. The last segment shows the family receiving a substantial gift from the nanny (such as a new car or a home renovation).
Episodes
Season 1
| Season Episode # | Series Episode # | Family Name | Assigned Nanny | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Rock Family (Series Pilot)" | Deborah Carroll | |
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Matt and Karen have two children – Dylan (4, who acts up) and Natalie (2, who cries and screams). | ||||
| 2 | 2 | "McCray Family" | Stella Reid | |
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Craig and Tracey have five children, all boys, including one set of twins – CJ (9, has bad behavior that rubs off on his brothers), Michael (6), Joseph (3) Jack (2), and Francis (2). | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "McRoberts Family" | Deborah | |
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Doug and Dianna have five children, all boys, one a set of triplets and the other a set of twins – Nate (7), Sam (7), Josh (7), Jake (3) and Joey (3). All five boys are very rough and disrespect their parents. | ||||
| 4 | 4 | "Priore Family" | Stella | |
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Joe and Nina have five children, including one set of quadruplets – Faith (10), John (8), Joseph (8, extremely aggressive, often pile-drives his siblings), Lynn (8), and Nicole (8). Joe usually communicates in a very loud voice to the rest of the family. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | "Lorimor Family" | Stella | |
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Theron Sr and Ginger have two children – Seersha (4, beats her brother and mother) and Theron Jr (3, very physical). Theron Sr is a United States Marine who is very strict in parenting; Ginger is a former British nanny who is very lenient. Both children repeatedly beat on each other and their mom, and still sleep with "dodies" (pacifiers) and sippy cups. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Johnston Family" | Yvonne Shove | |
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Scott and Kristin have seven daughters, including one set of triplets – Olivia (8, disobeys her parents), Hannah (6), Kaeley (5), Amelia (4), Molly (2), Natalie (2), and Rebecca (2). Mom Kristin has a heart condition from the stress in her family life. | ||||
| 7 | 7 | "Paul Family" | Deborah | |
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Tim and Cindy have four children, including one set of triplets – Kimberly (8), Bethany (4), Michael (4), and Lauren (4). All four children are extremely messy and have way too many toys, which are the main cause of the mess. | ||||
| 8 | 8 | "Sterneman Family" | Deborah | |
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John and Roxanne have three children – Tyler (10, talks back to parents and beats on his sisters), Dana (6, talks back and has tantrums), and Lauren (3, takes after Dana, resists potty training). Roxanne is very nagging toward her children. | ||||
| 9 | 9 | "Finck Family" | Deborah | |
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Paul and Deborah have six children from three sets of twins – Alexandra (9), Amanda (9), Katarina (4), Stephen (4), Daniel (3), and David (3). Alexandra and Amanda were adopted. | ||||
| 10 | 10 | "Cubbison Family" | Stella | |
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Neil and Amy have three children – William (7, disciplines his brother), Jac (3, urinates in the shower or outdoors), and Kaylee (1). | ||||
| 11 | 11 | "Dunleavy Family" | Deborah | |
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Kevin Sr and Denise have five children – Connor (9, tries to make the Nanny leave), Kyle (7), Logan (6), Kevin Jr (4), and Corinne (3, has Down Syndrome). | ||||
| 12 | 12 | "Amico Family" | Deborah | |
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David and Dawn have five children, including a set of quadruplets – Sal (6, beats on his siblings), Carmella (5), Christopher (5), Gabriella (5), and Gianna (5). | ||||
| 13 | 13 | "McKelvain Family" | Yvonne Shove | |
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John and Stevi have four children – Madelyn (7, beats her brothers but is also "Mommy's Little Helper"), Jack (6), Andrew (3), and Sam (2, screams). John regularly threatens and spanks his children. | ||||
| 14 | 14 | "King Family" | Stella | |
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Chris and Laura have five children – Danielle (7, tattles on herself), Christopher (6, destructive), Courtney (4, screams and her language is terrible), Connor (2, still drinks from a bottle and is jealous of his baby sister), and Kaity (1, harmed by Connor). Chris regularly bullies Christopher but thinks that he is parenting him. This family was later featured on the show Marriage 911. | ||||
| 15 | 15 | "Lawrence Family" | Stella | |
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Jim and Tammy have two children – James (5) and Jacob (3). | ||||
| 16 | 16 | "Silcock Family" | Deborah, Stella, Yvonne Finnerty | |
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Ann and Jim have 23 adopted sons, all of whom have some form of disability such as spina bifida, cerebral palsy, and quadreplegia. Due to the large number of children involved, all three nannies were assigned. | ||||
| 17 | 17 | "Dickson Family" | Deborah | |
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Kirsten has two children – Jacqueline (8, very violent and abusive) and Colin (7, copies his sister and is rude to her). Kirsten was widowed after losing husband Clay and the children express their grief and anger on her and each other. | ||||
Season 2
| Season Episode # | Series Episode # | Family Name | Assigned Nanny | |
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| 1 | 19 | "Tieso Family" | Deborah | |
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Joe and Andrea have three children – Brandon (7, is very aggressive), Madison (7, is the "invisible child"--she does not cause any trouble at all), and Andrew (3, is "spoiled" in Brandon's eyes). Joe undermines Andrea left and right, which lets the children do and get whatever they want. | ||||
| 2 | 20 | "Abner Family" | Deborah | |
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Dennis and Michelle have five children – Emily (11, on the phone constantly), Bridget (8, is a very picky eater), Rachel (6), Heidi (4), and Jacob (1). Dennis puts the kids' lives in danger, such as taking them on the 3-wheeler without safety helmets, leaving a drill for the kids to play with and not covering the electric sockets. | ||||
| 3 | 21 | "Race Family" | Stella | |
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Kevin and Tracy have four children – Camden (Tracy's son, 12, has a smart mouth), Chloe (Kevin's daughter, 6, has an attitude), Keagan (Kevin's son, 5, physically assaults his mom by hitting, kicking, and biting), and Kylie (Kevin's daughter, 4, copies all her siblings' behavior and hits, kicks, bites, and spits at her mom). The children disrespect their mother but not their father, because they know he will punish them. | ||||
| 4 | 22 | "Maucione Family" | Yvonne | |
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Michael and Dawn have three children, including one set of twin girls – Mikey (5, cries and sticks his tongue out at his mother), Alexandra (3), and Amanda (3). Father Michael acts like a child. | ||||
| 5 | 23 | "Nannis Family" | Yvonne | |
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Brian and Amy have six children – Caroline (8, complains about doing household chores), Abby (7, is the troublemaker), Mary (5, is sassy), Emory (3, plays in the toilet), Thomas (1), Maggie (5 months), and Grandmother Peggy (called Nanny 911). Father Brian tries to get away from his family as much as possible, going to his church choir practice every night. | ||||
| 6 | 24 | "Spaulding Family" | Deborah | |
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Brent and Vicki have six boys – Luke (9, gets very upset when left alone), Seth (7, has Spina Bifida and a heart defect), Aiden (6), Owen (4, torments younger brother), Gabriel (2), and Cameron (4 months). Vicki homeschools the three older ones and is a stay-at-home mom to the younger three, so the household gets very chaotic. | ||||
| 7 | 25 | "Moore Family" | Stella | |
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Darryl and Barbara have five children – Ryan (10, screams and disrespects her parents), Trevor (10, beats on anyone who makes him mad), Spencer (8, disrespects his mom), Emily (7), and Natalie (5, wo tells her mom that she hates her). The kids yell and scream across the house 24/7 and run the show. | ||||
| 8 | 26 | "Graham Family" | Deborah | |
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Steve and Jeanine have four boys, including one set of twins – Zack (13), Max (6), Reese (5) and Trevor (5). Mom Jeanine lets all four boys play violent video games for hours at a time. | ||||
| 9 | 27 | "Delaney Family" | Yvonne Finnerty | |
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Janice and Kerry have two girls – Julia (3, takes charge), Zoey (18 months, throws feces from her diaper), and Mickey (7, family's pet pig). Both children eat from off the floor, at times will drink from the pet bowls and eat Mickey's food and the family shares one bed. Kerry tries to make his daughters follow the rules, but Janice lets them do whatever they want, favors the pets more than her children and despises the nanny. | ||||
| 10 | 28 | "George Family" | Deborah | |
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Jeff and Theresa have three children, including one set of twin boys – Imari (4, Jeff's daughter, doesn't share with her brothers and is bossy towards them), Kadin (2, fake cries to get what he wants), and Kobi (2, the "ringleader") | ||||
| 11 | 29 | "Longairc-Green Family" | Stella | |
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Adam and Michelle have three children – the children are Michelle's; Sean (8, disrespects Mom and Dad), Erica (6), and Adam (5, tells everybody to "F" off) Michelle nitpicks her family and the nanny, therefore, failed to be impacted. | ||||
Season 3
| Season Episode # | Series Episode # | Family Name | Assigned Nanny |
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| 30 | Morris Family | Craig and Heidi have 3 children — Parker (5, has issues regarding sharing), Jackson (3, takes after Parker in the sharing field), and Ella (1). Craig is constantly on the phone, much to the dismay of his children. | Stella |
| 31 | Scharnitzky | Jay, Jen, Alex (8, gets very emotional), Sam (4, tries to keep himself out of bed using every trick in the book such as water, blowing his nose, sleeping on the floor, having the dog and cat sleep with him, drinks, etc.), and Abby (2, copies Sam) | Stella |
| 32 | Arilotta | Chris, Kammy, Christopher (5, thinks harming people is funny), Justin (5, the most aggressive), Tyler (5, the most sensitive), and Nanny Lena (left the family) | Deborah |
| 33 | Giannetto | Anthony Sr, Kelley (curses), Marco, Charles (7, curses and yells), Anthony Jr (6), Gianna (5), Samantha (3), Dominick (2, curses), and Grandma (name and which side of family is unspecified) | Yvonne |
| 34 | Elgin | Rich, Suzie, Shasta (8, beats on her mother and talks about hating her parents and about her mother being dead), Shiloh (6, beats on Shasta), and Kea (2, mimics siblings) | Stella |
| 35 | McCafferty | Sean, Siobhan (who curses & treats her children like prisoners), Deirdre (5), John (5, feels left out because he's the only brother) Kathleen (2), Mary (2, has big tantrums), Siobhan (2), and Ann (1) | Stella |
| 36 | Landsberger | Bob (Paige's and Madison's dad, Courtney's stepdad), Melissa (biological mom to all three children, nitpicks her family), Courtney (11, hits Madison and runs away), Madison (6, whines and is bullied by Courtney), and Paige (4, babied by her parents, sucks her thumb and has a blankie she can't be away from) | Yvonne |
| 37 | Walker | Jim (hides behind a newspaper), Nikki (acts as a friend more than a parent), Jordyn (9, beats on her brother and parents, over abuses the word "fricken"), and Jackson (5, copies his sister) | Deborah |
| 38 | McDowell | Kevin (encourages the boys to wrestle roughly with each other and himself), Eileen (Is very naggy), Ryan (9, pushes his mom's buttons and wrestles), Michael (5, is bullied by his dad and brothers), and Christopher (2, wrestles roughly) | Deborah |
| 39 | Dirks | Paul, Amber, Amari (3, hits and bites his parents and sister), and Anissa (2, copies and hits and bites her brother Amari and still drinks from a bottle) The children have a large capacity of toys in the house. | Stella |
| 40 | Brogdon | David, Angela (who favors Dave because he is the youngest of the triplets), Beth (4), Dave (4), and Joe (4) | Deborah |
| 41 | Mills | Kenny (treats his wife like a servant), Jennifer, Mathew (9, beats on his sister and takes after his father), Madison (6, bullied by Mathew), Mason (2, can't sleep in his own bed), and Maxwell (1, is often left on his own) | Yvonne |
| 42 | Kramer | Ted, Jessica, Brevin (6, runs away), Ryland (4, runs away), Nolan (2, runs off, writes on the wall and tries to hurt his baby sister), and Annika (3 months old)
Note: On December 26, 2008, while visiting relatives, eight-year-old Brevin Kramer was killed when he was struck by a truck when trying to cross a highway with his father to go sled riding. |
Stella |
| 43 | Keffer | Chris, Camile (perfectionist), Madison (7, acts like a teenager, screams loudly, gets her perfection from mom), and Carter (2, screams loudly like his sister) | Deborah |
| 44 | Hanley | Jim, Alice, Matthew (10) Stephanie (8), and Cassandra (4) | Stella |
Season 4
| Season Episode # | Series Episode # | Family Name | Assigned Nanny |
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| 45 | Mazzei | Marc, Jackie, Jack (4) and Ava (4, very clingy). Both children are addicted to sugary sweets and are incontinent. | Deborah |
| 46 | Baslamo | Sergio, Elaine, Giovanni (11, lies and steals, the house's instigator), Adrianna (9, steals and lies, screams loudly) and Marco (2, copies his siblings and curses) These children cannot stay in the same room together for any time span whatsoever. | Stella |
| 47 | Connolly | Eric (who is stationed overseas), Kelly, Megan (Kelly's Sister and main Backup for Kelly) Kiara (4, has extreme tantrums), Kayla (3, destructive) and Evan (18 months). All 3 children still drink from sippy cups and whine like there is no tomorrow. | Deborah |
| 48 | O'Melia | Jim, Judy, Kayleigh (6, the "prima donna" of the children), Eamon (4, fights to get what he wants), James (4, the headstrong one who resists time-outs), Declan (2, constantly screams) and Finn (1, copies his siblings). Eamon and Declan know exactly why the Nanny came to their house and they tell Nanny Stella they want to rip her to pieces and put her in hot lava, which embarrasses Judy. Jim has two jobs and is not home enough to help Judy, a stay-at-home mom. | Stella |
| 49 | Valenti | Nicholas Sr, Deborah (Doesn't believe in timeouts) , Nicholas Jr (3, Aggressive), Giancarlo (2, still drinks from a bottle and follows Nicholas Jr) and Giovanni (14 months, endangered by siblings). Nicholas and Giancarlo climb like monkeys on the family's safety fences and fight like tigers. | Deborah |
| 50 | Whipple | Robert, Linda have five lazy children: Dougie (14; Robert's son, is a "layback" child), Robbie (12; Robert's son, bullies younger siblings and gets a kick out of it), Jessie Marie (11; Linda's daughter, hates little sister Alexandra and shows so by bullying her), Alexandra "AJ" (5; Robert & Linda's daughter, disrespectful towards parents and is manipulative) and Justin (3; Robert and Linda's son, is the most active and can't sleep in his own bed). The children show NO respect for anything whatsoever. They are very lazy and have VERY messy bedrooms. They also do not do any chores at all. | Stella |
| 51 | Mauro | Ed, Kara, Anthony (9, has anger issues), Paul (6, very smart) and Isabella (3, copies her brothers). Anthony shows no respect towards his father and repeatedly says that he hates him. | Deborah |
| 52 | Henry | Mike, Allison, Jacqueline (12, is high maintenace), Cassandra (10, the wild one) and Michael (6, addicted to violent video games). Allison does everything for the kids since they can't seem to do things for themselves. However, Michael's video games are T for Teens and M for Mature, not E for Everyone. | Stella |
Parodies
- In the South Park episode "Tsst," Cartman drives away Nanny Stella 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. 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 got very 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 reality show called 'Hey Nanny Nanny' with a British-speaking nanny that everyone likes for some reason".
- In the 2007 film The Game Plan, one of the nannies was Yvonne.
- In an episode of The Big Gay Sketch Show, a sketch featured a parody entitled, "Tranny 911," in which two transvestite nannies help a desperate mother deal with her unruly child.
References
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