Nanny 911 is an American reality television series that originally aired on Fox from November 3, 2004, to February 23, 2007, and on CMT from April 18 to June 6, 2009.
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 "Hello, this is Nanny 911" (on an old rotary dial phone).
After the intro the selected family is featured on a separate clip. 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) 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).[2]
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 compliments 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).
The families that are eligible for the show usually have four or more children and have multiples i.e.: triplets, twins, quadruplets (though some episodes show homes with fewer children and singletons), 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.
After Season Two, the gift portion was removed. In Season Four, Nanny Yvonne did not appear due to budgetary reasons and the format changed. Rather than showing a clip to the nannies then deciding which one would go, Lillian just called one of them and sent them to the family. In some episodes this season, the nanny observes for two days rather than one.
Move to CMT
On February 27, 2008, Fox announced that it sold the rights to Nanny 911 (as well as its partnered Fox show, Trading Spouses) to CMT.[3]
Matt and Karen Rock have two children: 4-year-old Dylan and 2-year-old Natalie. Dylan runs the house with his tantrums, swearing and destructive behavior. Natalie has picked up her brother's behavior. Both parents have marital issues as they are not on the same page about discipline and don't even sleep in the same bed together. The kids' behavior has made for a chaotic household.
Craig and Tracy McCray have five sons: 9-year-old C.J, 6-year-old Michael, 3-year-old Joseph, and 2-year-old twins Jack and Francis. Both parents have totally different parenting styles. C.J and Mikey are destructive and roughhouse constantly. The three youngest run around the house, throwing tantrums, and climbing the walls. Because Craig is away for long hours he feels guilty, so he over indulges the kids to the point of going behind Tracy's back.
Douglas and Dianna McRoberts have five sons: 7+1⁄2-year-old triplets Nathaniel "Nate", Samuel "Sam", Joshua "Josh," and 3-year-old twins, Joseph "Joey" and Jacob "Jake". Doug and Dianna lose there temper and shout at their boys who survive on junk food and candy causing them to go sugar-fueled rampages that consist of roughhousing, screaming, and misbehaving.
Nina and Joseph Sr Priore have five children: 10-year-old Faith and 8-year-old quadruplets Nicole, John, Lynn and Joseph Jr. The kids constantly yell and fight. Both parents are in a power struggle with Joseph Jr., who is the badly behaved child out of the 5. Joe Sr has resorted to shouting and spanking, while Nina depressed and concerned for the future of her chaotic family.
Theron Lorimor Sr and Former Nanny Ginger have two children: 4-year-old Seersha, and 3-year-old Theron Jr. Theron Sr is a Marine leaving Ginger to raise 2 defiant kids. Theron Jr is turning into a violent child often getting physical, Seersha beats up on her brother behind the scenes. Ginger spoils the kids by giving them pacifiers, and baby bottles. Theron Sr is strict with the kids.
Scott and Kristen Johnston have seven daughters: 8-year-old Olivia, 6-year-old Hannah, 5-year-old Kaeley, 4-year-old Amelia, and 2-year-old identical triplets Molly, Rebecca, and Natalie. Scott is an NYPD officer, but when he comes home, he prefers to watch tackle football. Kirsten is left dealing with her rowdy daughters and has no time for herself. She was also diagnosed with heart arrhythmia.
Tim and Cyndi Paul have four children: 8-year-old Kimberly and 4-year-old triplets, Bethany, Michael, and Lauren. The kids scream, pull their hair, make messes and create chaos. The house is mess and Cyndi doesn't give the kids responsibility or rules.
John and Roxanne Sterneman have three children: 10-year-old Tyler, 6-year-old Dana, and 3-year-old Lauren. John works long hours leaving Roxanne and 3 out of control kids. Tyler has anger issues and often explodes into foul-mouthed and violent rampages. Dana locks herself in the bathroom to get away from her parents, when things don't go her way she throws ear-splitting tantrums. Lauren has picked up on Dana's stubborn behavior, she refuses to go potty and is still in a diaper. Roxanne is at her wits' end and screams at the kids. She is often negative and nags constantly.
Paul and Deborah Finck have six children: They adopted 9-year-old identical twin girls Alexandra and Amanda, then they had 4-year-old fraternal twins Stephen and Katarina using vitro, and finally they had 3-year-old identical twin boys David and Daniel. The kids whine, cry, and scream constantly. They tend to be dangerously violent with each other. Paul refuses to help Deborah which causes her to lose her temper often.
Amy and Neil Cubbison have three children: 6-year-old William, 3-year-old Jac, and 8-month-old Kaylie. Jac acts like a big baby and refuses to go potty, he even peed in the street once. William is like a monkey. He spanks Jac believing he's punishing him as Amy doesn't. Neil has picked up a hobby called racing pigeons, he spends the whole day playing with the pigeons and never helps out Amy. Bedtime is another problem the boys don't sleep in their own beds and usually, the dog, the kids, and mom and dad are in the same bed.
Kevin Sr. and Denise Dunleavy have five children: 9-year-old Connor, 8-year-old Kyle, 6-year-old Logan, 4-year-old Kevin Jr., and 3-year-old Corrine, who has Down syndrome. The boys are fight with one another constantly, and show no respect which frustrates Denise. Repeated moves have been upsetting for the family, because of Kevin Sr's home improvement business the house is under construction putting the kids safety at risk. Denise and Kevin have poor communication skills, different parenting styles and a lack of respect for each-other which is jeopardizing their marriage.
David and Dawn Amico have five children: 6-year-old Salvatore, and 5-year-old quadruplets Gianna, Gabriella, Christopher, and Carmella. With David busy running a family restaurant called "Amico's Pizza" and Dawn going back to school while being a stay at home mom which has left the kids fighting for attention. They spit, kick, throw things, pull hair, scream, and wrestle.
John and Stevi McKelvain have four children: 7-year-old Madeline, 6-year-old Jack, 3-year-old Andrew, and 2-year-old Samuel. All four children fight and scream constantly. the three boys are rowdy and bother Madeline. Madeline fights with her brothers. Stevi is overrun by her four kids and housework she has no time for herself. John doesn't help out or discipline the kids but when he does he resorts physical punishment, spanking the kids.
Chris Sr and Laura King have five children: 7-year-old Danielle, 6-year-old Chris Jr, 4-year-old Courtney, 2-year-old Connor, and 1-year-old Kate and nine pets. If Laura and Chris don't get their marriage under control more damage will be done to their family.
Jim and Tammy Lawrence have two sons: 5-year-old James, and 4-year-old Jacob. James is very shy while Jacob whines constantly. Both boys are babied by their parents and drink from sippy cups. Jim and Tammy believe they have the perfect life but, at bedtime the boys' refuse to sleep in their own bed they scream, and cry for hours, and get out of bed several times especially James, Tammy believes that he is traumatized or afraid of something so at the end of the day Tammy, Jim and the boys sleep in one big bed.
Ann and Jim Silcock have 32 sons (23 are in the house): 18-year-old Hunter, 17-year-old Viktor, 16-year-olds Matthew, Jimmy & Nikolai, 14-year-old Alex, 13-year-old Val, 12-year-olds Ivan, Michael, Javier, & Phillip, 11-year-olds Jeffrey & Alin, 10-year-olds Paul & George, 9-year-olds Grant, Saul & Justin, 8-year-olds Kavin, Jarrod, & Jordan, 6-year-olds David & Paul, and 4-year-old Dylan. Most of the boys have ADHD, Cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, PTSD, and Autism, with one child (David) having a traumatic brain injury caused by child abuse. With a of mob disabled boys who can't mind their manners, Ann has her hands full everyday she uses 7 vans, several boxes of eggs, milk and other foods, 36 loads of laundry and schedule's therapy sessions to help the boys with their special needs. Jim is also disabled due to a diving accident back in 1987, he is Quadriplegic.
Kirsten Dickson has two children: 8-year-old Jacqueline, and 7-year-old Colin. Kirsten's husband Clay, had died 1 year ago from a car accident. Ever since Clay's death the kids fight, swear, kick, punch and exhibit destructive behavior, Kirsten has lost control of her household.
NOTE: The King Family was also featured on the spin-off Marriage 911 to help their marriage.
Joe and Andrea Tieso have three children: 7-year-old twins Brandon & Madison, and 3-year-old Andrew. The boys are aggressive and throw extreme tantrums that drive their mother crazy. Brandon acts out because he feels unloved by Andrea and is jealous of Andrew. Madison is ignored by her parents because she doesn't cause any trouble. Joe undermines Andrea constantly leaving the kids to do whatever they want.
Dennis and Michelle Abner have five children: 11-year-old Emily, 8-year-old Bridget, 6-year-old Rachel, 3-year-old Heidi, and 1-year-old Jacob. Dennis is often putting the children in danger by putting them on Three-wheelers without helmets, allowing them to play in the street, and play with fire. Bridget, Rachel & Heidi roughhouse and disrespect Michelle. The kids have no respect for Dennis and Michelle and think of her as a nerd, a party pooper, and a geek.
Tracy and Kevin Race have four children: 12-year-old Camden, 6-year-old Chloe, 5-year-old Keagan, and 4-year-old Kylie. The children show no respect towards Tracy and talk back, spit, kick, bite, scream, and curse. The children have no manners and are spoiled. When Kevin walks through the door the kids behave and respond because they’re afraid of him knowing he used to yell and spank, Kevin's anger not only affects the children but Tracy too.
Mike and Dawn Maucione have three children: 5-year-old Michael, and 3-year-old identical twin girls Alexandra and Amanda. Michael lies and is treated differently from the twins. Bedtime is a disaster because the kids have excuses to be out of bed. Both parents want their children to grow up but they have some growing up to do themselves. Mike is childish and bullies Michael, leaving Dawn to run the house and the kids which stresses her out causing her to scream at the kids.
Brian and Amy Nannis have six children: 8-year-old Caroline, 7-year-old Abby, 5-year-old Mary, 3-year-old Emory, 1-year-old Thomas, and 5-month-old Maggie. The kids are loud and unruly and the tantrums are endless, sassy Mary is the ringleader. Amy is tired of taking care of her six children and has checked out, making Caroline become a mini mom. Brian works from morning to evening and when he comes home he'll try to tolerate the chaos for as long as he can and when he can't take it any more, he'll rush out of the house for choir practice at his church.
Brent and Vicki Spaulding have six sons: 9-year-old Luke, 7-year-old Seth, 6-year-old Aiden, 4-year-old Owen, 2-year-old Gabriel, and 4-month-old Cameron. Seth was born with Spina bifida and is more aware of his condition, this has made him feel left out and insecure In an attempt to shelter the kids, Vicki homeschools the boys but it disintegrates into chaos as the boys fight amongst themselves and struggle to focus. Gabriel and Owen run in and out of the schoolroom and cause mischief . When Brent comes home from work he roughhouses with the kids leaving Vicki to do everything. At bedtime, Brent lays with each son until they go to sleep due to his lonely and fatherless childhood, because of this, the boys fear being alone.
Darrell and Barbara Moore have five children: 10-year-old fraternal twins Ryan and Trevor, 8-year-old Spencer, 7-year-old Emily, and 5-year-old Natalie. The kids are constantly screaming across the house, fighting amongst themselves, and disrespect and defy Barbara and refuse to clean up after themselves. Barbara has no control over the kids while Darryl is lazy, judgemental, and doesn't understand his family mainly his wife and daughters
Steve and Jeanine Graham have four sons: 13-year-old Zack, 6-year-old Max, and 5-year-old twin boys Reece and Trevor. Both parents are busy with their respective jobs so they allow the boys to play violent video games that involve killing and shooting, This only causes the boys to be violent towards each other and cause serious injuries to each other. They have given each other black eyes, and stitches, and have even cracked each other's heads open. Since Max is a middle child he feels left out and feels like he gets no attention.
Kerry and Janice Delaney have two daughters: 3-year-old Julia and 18-month-old Zoey. The family also has a Vietnamese Pot-bellied pig, Mickey who is 7 years old. There is no schedule for anyone but the pig which has distracted Janice from being a parent to her girls. She allows the pig to bite the girls Kerry has to deal with the girls, Zoey digs in her diaper for Feces and flings it around daily while her sister, Julia drinks out of cat bowls, makes messes, and drinks water out of the toilet. The whole family sleeps in one big bed to Kerry's dismay. The house is untidy, unsafe and a disaster.
Jeffrey and Teresa George have three children: 4-year-old Imari (Teresa's stepdaughter/George's daughter from a previous marriage), and 2-year-old twins Kobi & Kadin. Jeffrey is a stay-at-home dad while Teresa goes to work, but things are changing, Jeffrey is going back to work and Teresa is becoming a stay-at-home mom. The kids aren't handling the change too well, They whine constantly, refuse to share, and behave in a wild manner. Teresa practically spoils the kids by giving them whatever they want and loading them up with sugary treats like cookies, soda, cupcakes, popsicles, ice cream, donuts, etc. When Jeffrey is around the kids are good because he actually disciplines them.
Adam Longaric and Michelle Green have three children who are all from Michelle's first marriage: 8-year-old Sean, 6-year-old Erica, and 5-year-old Adam. The kids have no respect for anyone or anything, Swear, spit, misbehave, and are sassy. Michelle is usually lazy and lets Adam handle everything but when he tries to discipline the kids he's disrespected and denied because he's the stepfather.
Michelle remains stubborn throughout the episode thus causing Nanny Stella to fail on Michelle, but stay to help Adam and the kids Sean, Erica, and Adam.
NOTE: Episodes 12 and 13 are also Season 2 but were added to Season 3.
Craig and Heidi Morris have three children: 5-year-old Parker, 3-year-old Jackson, and 18-month-old Ella. Parker throws tantrums when things don't go his way. He also has difficulty sharing his toys. Jackson is starting to take after Parker's behavior, and the two of them get into fights about sharing. Heidi has no idea how to deal with Parker and Jackson she often gives into Parker's tantrums. Craig works long hours, when he comes home he ignores his family and heads for the laptop or the phone, leaving Heidi stressed, upset, and desperate for help.
Jason and Jennifer Scharnitzky have three children: 8-year-old Alex, 4-year-old Sammy and 2-year-old Abby. Jason is in the Marines and has returned from serving for Operation Iraqi Freedom. All three children have tantrums frequently and have anger issues. Bedtime is an issue, Sammy has tantrums and will use every excuse in the book to stay out of bed because he fears that Dad won't be there when they wake up because he's deployed overseas for long periods of time.
Chris and Kammy Arilotta have a set of triplet boys Justin, Christopher, & Tyler. Both parents tag-team when it comes to work. When Kammy is home she struggles with the boys constantly and nags. And when Chris is home he plays around and roughhouses with the boys which only increases there wild behavior. Christopher and Justin mock, disobey, and assault their parents regularly. Tyler is the most sensitive of the trio and is often left out. While Chris and the other boys are playing rough, Tyler walks away.
Tony and Kelly Giannetto have six children: an unnamed 20-year-old son, 7-year-old Charles, 6-year-old Anthony, 5-year-old Gianna, 3-year-old Samantha, and 2-year-old Dominick. The five younger kids scream, swear, and run amok. Kelly is at the end of her rope and responds by screaming and blowing up which causes conflict between her and the kids especially Gianna and Anthony. Tony just tunes the kids out and doesn't know how to deal with them.
Rich and Suzy Elgin have three children: 8-year-old Shasta, 6-year-old Shiloh, and 2-year-old Kea. Shasta is defiant, foul-mouthed, and verbally harasses her parents, and she often throws long-day tantrums. Shiloh is angry and aggressive, while Kea is following her siblings’ footsteps. Suzy is often left with the kids because Rich goes out mountain biking or working.
Sean and Siobhan McCafferty have six children: 5-year-old twins Deirdre and John, 2-year-old triplets Mary, Kathleen and Siobban and, 1-year-old Ann. Siobhan works in the NYPD and treats her children like prisoners, yelling at them, berating them, and using the "F" word out of frustration. She shows no affection. The kids are noisy, and unruly and tantrums are endless. Mary has a loud scream when she's angry. Only son John feels left out and ses crying and complaining to get attention.
Bob and Melissa Landsberger have three daughters: 11-year-old Courtney (from Melissa’s first marriage), 6-year-old Madison and 4-year-old Paige. Melissa is constantly nitpicking and belittling at her children and husband. Courtney is argumentative and feels as if she's treated differently from her younger sisters; she doesn't see eye to eye with Melissa which causes Courtney to run away. Madison bothers Courtney and barges into her room. Bob is uninvolved and oblivious which frustrates Melissa, plus, Courtney and Bob have a strained relationship.
Jim and Nikki Walker have two children: 9-year-old Jordyn and 5-year-old Jackson. Jordyn is defiant and verbally harasses her mother, while Jackson is hyperactive and violent. Nikki prefers to be a friend and undermines Jim's efforts to set boundaries. Because of this, Jim reads his newspapers while the kids run the house.
Kevin and Eileen McDowell have three sons: 9-year-old Ryan, 5-year-old Michael, and 2-year-old Christopher. Ryan enjoys joking around but often takes it too far to the point of bullying. Christopher talks back and sleeps with his parents, if he doesn't sleep with his parent, he'll have a long meltdown. Eileen and Kevin differ in parenting styles. Kevin roughhouses with the boys and thinks that they don't need discipline or chores. Because of Kevin's leniency, things get destroyed and the boys get hurt which frustrates Eileen; as a result, she's become an unlikeable nag and is in competition with Ryan.
Paul and Amber Dirks have two children: 3+1⁄2-year-old Amari and 2-year-old Anissa. Both parents are busy working (a software engineer and vocalizer respectively) so in an attempt to distract them, Paul and Amber have gave their children a large capacity of toys. The toys have not distracted the children and has left them looking for attention. Amari is violent and stubborn, his behavior has gotten him booted out of preschool. Anissa has anger issues and turns her aggression on her parents.
David and Angela Brogdon have a set of 4-year-old triplets: Joe, Beth, and Dave. Beth and Dave have horrible tempers and struggle with sharing. Joe gets into fights with his siblings and whines. Angela favors Dave over Joe. The triplets give their father more respect than there mother.
Kenneth and Jennifer Mills have four children: 9-year-old Mathew, 6-year-old Madison, 2-year-old Mason, and 1-year-old Maxwell. Mathew is on his elementary schools football team and constantly pile-drives and attacks his mom and sister. Mason is difficult to deal with and refuses to brush his teeth or go to sleep without a fight. Kenny has no respect for Jennifer and sits around watching sports, calling Jennifer a b**** and demanding bottles of beer and food he also doesn't handle any fighting with the kids. Mathew often copies Kenny's behavior.
Ted and Jessica Kramer have four children: 6-year-old Brevin, 4-year-old Ryland, 2-year-old Nolan, and 3-month-old Annika. Because both parents are busy tending to Annika and working, the boys have taken over the house they talk-back, scream, throw tantrums to get their way, and often leave the house and play near the busy highway. By the end of the day, Ted is exhausted and looking for the easy way out so for bedtime he puts the boys in the minivan and drives them around until they sleep.
On December 26, 2008, Ted and Brevin were crossing the highway to go sledding, when Brevin was hit by a pickup truck and died in the hospital a day later.[5] The weather conditions were to blame and the man behind the pickup was not charged.[6]
Chris and Camille Keffer have two children: 7-year-old Madison, and 2-year-old Carter. Camille is a perfectionist and appears to show no emotion to anyone, she incessantly criticizes her children. Chris is a pushover and finds it easier to let the kids have whatever they want. Due to this, Madison is confused and has a bad temper, she screams, growls, cries, and feels as if she has to please her mother and has also become a perfectionist. Carter copies Madison's behavior.
James and Alice Hanley have three children: 10-year-old Matthew, 8-year-old Stephanie, and 4-year old Cassandra. Matthew has complete dictatorship over the household, if he loses in a game or doesn't get his way he'll assault his sisters and break things. Stephanie and Cassandra have issues with sharing and also give their parents a hard time. Jim doesn't wanna be a disciplinarian and wants to be the kids friend so he allows them to walk all over him, Alice wants to discipline her children but doesn't know how to so the two of them end up clashing about it.
NOTE: Episode 14 and 15 were previously unaired episodes that premiered during CMT's reruns of the show.
Marc and Jackie Mazzei have a set of 4-year-old twins: Jack and Ava. Jack and Ava scream and cry at every inconvenience, Jack fights and argues until he gets his way. Jackie bribes the kids with junk food and sweets to calm them down. The twins aren't potty trained yet and are still in diapers which frustrates Marc.
Sergio and Elaine Balsamo have three children: 11-year-old Giovanni, 9-year-old Adrianna, and 2-year-old Marco. The kids are running a dictatorship, they break things,swear, yell and run around the house. The older ones are on the verge of becoming juvenile delinquents, Giovanni threatens to kill Adriana for money and assaults his parents. Adriana lies, steals money from her mother and refuses to go to bed at night. Sergio and Elaine are brought to tears as they think they're kids disrespect towards them.
Eric and Kelly Connolly have three children: 4-year-old Kiara, 3-year-old Kayla, and 18-month-old Evan. While Eric in the Army, he is deployed overseas and Kelly stays home with her three young children under the age of 5. Kayla is the ringleader of the brood, as she throws tantrums, kicks, defies Kelly, spits, snots, and makes death threats, while Kiara is very emotional and moody. Both girls still use bottles. Kelly is so stressed out that she allows the children to walk all over her
Jim and Judy O'Melia have 5 children: 6-year-old Kayleigh, 4-year-old twins James Jr. & Eamon, 2-year-old Declan, and 1-year-old Finn. Staying with the kids at home all day has taken a toll on Judy, she's so stressed out that she allows bad behavior to go unchecked. James is very violent, rude, and stubborn. Timeout takes an hour with him. James behavior is filtering down to his three younger brothers, they are very loud, rude, and destructive. Jim gets more respect from the children because he is consistent an follows through.
Nicholas and Deborah Valenti have three children: 3-year-old Nicholas Jr., 2-year-old Giancarlo, and 1-year-old Giovanni. The two eldest boys are constantly crying, screaming, fighting, jumping around, and getting hurt.
Robert and Linda Whipple have five children: 14-year-old Doug, 12-year-old Robbie (From Robert's previous marriage), 11-year-old Jessie Marie (from Linda's previous marriage), 5-year-old AJ, and 3-year-old Justin (Robert and Linda's children together).
The U.S. version is shown in Mexico on TVNL and known as Niñera S.O.S.
Katharina Saalfrank is the Nanny 911 in the German version, aired on RTL.
Dorota Zawadzka is the Nanny 911 in the Polish version, aired on TVN, and a co-host of the talk-show I Ty możesz mieć superdziecko (You too can have a superchild), in which Nanny 911 analyzes episodes from her series, talks to celebrity parents, and gives her advice. It is broadcast by TVN Style.
Cathy Sarrai was the Nanny 911 in the French version, aired by M6, until her death from lung cancer on January 19, 2010. The new Nanny is Sylvie Jenaly since November 2013.
Rocio Ramos is the Nanny 911 in the Spanish version, broadcast on Cuatro. Another version with teenagers called S.O.S. Adolescentes is also aired on Cuatro. In the Spanish regions of Catalonia and Basque Country, the original version is broadcast by TV3 with Catalan dubbing and by ETB 1 with Basque dubbing respectively.
The Dutch version is called Eerste Hulp Bij Opvoeden. The name is a play on Eerste Hulp Bij Ongevallen, the Dutch term for first aid. Other similar programmes exist, such as Schatjes, which use a slightly different concept.
The Italian version is called S.O.S. Tata and aired until 2012 on Fox Life and La7, and since 2021 is called Supernanny on discovery+ and Real Time.
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