Jo Frost on how Supernanny has changed, and creating ‘compassion and more empathy’ for families
Jo Frost and a Supernanny executive producer talk about rebooting the Lifetime show, and how it’s changed from the early 2000s version.
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Supernanny is returning to Lifetime again, this time with Jo Frost
The original Supernanny will return next year, with 20 episodes of helping families who have “chaos in their homes.”
Lifetime resurrects Supernanny, but with an American nanny this time
Lifetime plans to resurrect Supernanny, the ABC reality series that ended last season after Jo Frost quit the show. The cable network is now searching for America’s Supernanny, which will be “the first true U.S. version of the hit global format that will feature an American homegrown nanny,” Lifetime said in a press release. Producers …
Supernanny Jo Frost quitting after this season
The seventh season of ABC’s Supernanny debuts tonight at 8 p.m. ET with an episode about out-of-control teenagers, and marks the beginning of the show’s last season, as its star wants to move on to other things. Jo Frost said she’s leaving to focus on having a family of her own. “I have decided to …
ABC plans Supernanny spin-off with male nanny
ABC is planning to air a pilot of for a spin-off of its series Supernanny, and the new show will star a non-British, non-female nanny. Instead of Jo Frost, it will star “gruff Chicago child therapist Mike Ruggles,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. A back-door pilot of Supermanny (note the consonant change) will air sometime …