Ratings: Fringe Fares Well on Friday; Medium Ends on High Note
Supernanny
- 2005-2020
- 8 seasons
- ABC
- Documentary, Reality
- TV-Y7
Parenting expert Jo Frost goes around America helping parents deal with their children's behavior.
- 2005-2020
- 8 seasons
- ABC
- Documentary, Reality
- TV-Y7
Parenting expert Jo Frost goes around America helping parents deal with their children's behavior.
Supernanny Jo Frost Gives Parenting Advice for Technology-Crazed Kids
Do you have a kid who's always texting, gaming or surfing the net? Supernanny's Jo Frost stopped by our studio to give us a sneak peek at the new season and to discuss one of the most common issues parents are faced with today: the abuse of technology. Frost offers solutions to protect kids without restricting their online freedoms. ...
Tonight's TV Hot List: Friday, March 12, 2010
Medium9/8c CBS Psychic drama mama Allison DuBois does the time warp. The series takes a bounce back in time to Allison and Joe's nuptials, a special day that finds the couple prepping for their big "I do" moment. But even as she opens this new chapter in her life, Allison sees her paranormal gift coming into play, and she's forced to face up to its ever-expanding powers. Bruce Gray and Kathy Baker return in their roles as Joe's parents. Actor David Paymer directed the episode.Read on for previews of Numb3rs, Supernanny, Who Do You Think You Are? and Life and Times of Tim.
Is Ugly Betty Doomed?
Uh-oh! ABC announced Tuesday that it plans to move Ugly Betty to Fridays in the fall, wedged between wacky neighbors Supernanny and 20/20. A move to Friday is often a show's last stop before cancellation, but ABC Entertainment president Steve McPherson expressed confidence in Betty during his presentation of the network's fall schedule. "I love the show," he said. "I'd love to see it have a great run on Friday night, the way Ghost Whisperer has." He said he hopes that Betty will hold on to Supernanny's lead-in. What's taking Betty's place? Read on to find out...
Tonight's TV Hot List for Friday, April 10, 2009
Friday Night Lights9 pm/ET NBCThe Lights are going down on the third season of NBC's critically acclaimed (and recently renewed!) drama. In tonight's season finale, everyone's eyes are on the future, some more enthusiastically than others. Billy and Mindy finally tie the knot, while Eric anxiously awaits the status of his contract review. Meanwhile, the teens are doing their own reflecting as Tyra waits for news about college, Matt considers leaving his grandma and Julie, and Riggins and Lyla wonder about the future of their relationship.Read on for previews of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Supernanny, Supernanny and 400 Years of the Telescope.
Tonight's TV Hot List: Friday, Jan. 23, 2009
Monk9 pm/ET USA Monk's latest investigation leads him to a place where he may truly belong: a museum of oddities. Read on for previews Wolverine and X-Men, Battlestar Galactica, Supernanny and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Tonight's TV Hot List: Friday, Nov. 14, 2008
Supernanny9 pm/ET ABC Although Jo Frost is a tough act to follow, child therapist Mike Ruggles is up to the challenge for this special episode of Supernanny (and not just literally but figuratively, too, since Jo goes to the U.K. at 8 pm/ET). Read on for previews of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Suite Life on Deck and Sanctuary.
VIDEO: Look, Up in Our Studio, It's... Supernanny!
As the father of soon-to-be-6-year-old twin boys, I more than appreciate the work that Jo Frost does as TV's Supernanny. So it was my pleasure to pick Jo's brain and have her share the single biggest mistake that today's parents tend to make. (That useful nugget comes at the 2:00 mark.) Jo also talks about last week's episode, in which she assisted a family that was largely deaf, and previews an upcoming job in which the parents go through a divorce while Supernanny is under their roof. "The children are caught in the middle of it all," Frost says of that unfortunate circumstance. "It was a challenging situation." Jo also details the sorts of advice parents can find at her website (3:15) and in a book she wrote earlier this year. "I'm really happy that [the Supernanny series] continues to be [successful]," she says. "Having now done four years working closely with American families, it gives me another chance to do more of that." Watch my video with Jo here.
Ratings: Whisperer Makes Some Noise
How Friday's fare... fared: 8 pm/ET Ghost Whisperer was the evening's most-watched program, delivering 9.3 million total viewers, a seven percent increase over its year-ago opener. 5th Grader (5.8 mil) was a distant second, followed by Wife Swap, Toughest Jobs and the CW's returning comedy combo of Everybody Hates Chris (2.09 mil) and The Game (1.91 mil). 9 pm This is where Moonlight fans will be tempted to say, "Told you so!" The Ex List topped the first half-hour with 7.2 mil (or 73 percent retention coming immediately out of GW), but then ceded the lead to Deal or No Deal during its back half, dropping to 6.49 mil. Moonlight, Les Moonves will scold me for reminding you, premiered a year ago to 8.63 mil and even mustered 7.56 mil in its May finale. That said, the luminous Ms. Reaser appears to have drawn slightly better demos. Elsewhere, Fox's Lyrics (4.35 mil) edged out ABC's Supernanny (4.19 mil). 10 pm Numbers' numbers were down a mil from its previous premiere, but it still came out on top with 8.13 mil. 20/20 followed with 6.34 mil, while NBC's Life (5.44 mil) was down 24 percent from its Monday premiere (the first of two "special" Monday airings).
Ratings: Whisperer Makes Some Noise
How Friday's fare... fared: 8 pm/ET Ghost Whisperer was the evening's most-watched program, delivering 9.3 million total viewers, a seven percent increase over its year-ago opener. 5th Grader (5.8 mil) was a distant second, followed by Wife Swap, Toughest Jobs and the CW's returning comedy combo of Everybody Hates Chris (2.09 mil) and The Game (1.91 mil). 9 pm This is where Moonlight fans will be tempted to say, "Told you so!" The Ex List topped the first half-hour with 7.2 mil (or 73 percent retention coming immediately out of GW), but then ceded the lead to Deal or No Deal during its back half, dropping to 6.49 mil. Moonlight, Les Moonves will scold me for reminding you, premiered a year ago to 8.63 mil and even mustered 7.56 mil in its May finale. That said, the luminous Ms. Reaser appears to have drawn slightly better demos.Elsewhere, Fox's Lyrics (4.35 mil) edged out ABC's Supernanny (4.19 mil). 10 pm Numbers' numbers were down a mil from its previous premiere, but it still cam...
ABC to Keep on Dancing, Renews Five Unscripted Shows
Stars better keep those Dancing shoes shined, and wives better be wary: ABC announced its renewal of five unscripted shows, including Dancing with the Stars. Along with DWTS, the net said Thursday that it's bringing back Wife Swap, Supernanny, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and America's Funniest Home Videos — for its 19th season (!). Conspicuously absent from the list was that Dancing-like newbie Dance Wars, which never quite got moving. Don't worry about the mate-seekers being left out — following the upcoming season of the Bachelor (with that smokin' British leading man), the show will be swapped out next season with a new version of The Bachelorette.ABC's roster of five confirms the renewal of its veteran unscripteds, and repeats a similar move last year, when it beat its competitors to the renewal-announcement punch. — Anna Dimond
Exclusive: Supernanny Goes Hollywood!
This winter, Supernanny Jo Frost will work her magic on the ABC reality series' first celebrity family. Wilson Phillips singer Wendy Wilson and her husband Dan Knutson invite the British nanny to move in to their home six weeks after Wilson gives birth to their twins, Willem and Jesse. Between midnight feedings, play dates for sons Beau, 3, and Leo, 4, and drastically different parenting styles, the couple is sleep-deprived and overwhelmed when Supernanny arrives for a crash course in tough love. Wilson is also in the midst of rehearsals for a Wilson Phillips tour with her sister Carnie, who drops by in the Feb. 20 episode."They applied just like every other mom and dad," says U.S. casting director Johnnie Raines. "Wendy Wilson is a mom of four and two of those kids are newborn twins so that's a lot for anyone to deal with — whether you've got a Grammy or not!" — Dana Meltzer Zepeda
ABC Announces Its Fall Schedule
Scheduled to debut next season are four new comedy entries — Carpoolers, Cavemen, Miss/Guided and Sam I Am; along with seven new drama series — Big Shots, Cashmere Mafia, Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, Private Practice, Pushing Daisies and Women's Murder Club. Oprah's Big Give is also slated to debut.In addition to the new series, ABC previously announced season renewals for Brothers & Sisters, Men in Trees, Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, Desperate Housewives, Boston Legal, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Dancing with the Stars, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, The Bachelor, Supernanny, America's Funniest Home Videos and Wife Swap. October Road and Notes from the Underbelly will also return for second seasons.As previously announced, Saturday Night College Football will return for a second season on Saturday, September 1 (8:00 pm, ET).ABC's fall prime-time schedule is as follows (all times listed are Eastern, with new shows in bold):MONDAY: 8 pm Dancing with the Stars9:30 pm Sam I ...
Nanny 911's Yvonne Reveals the No. 1 Problem with Kids
Are your kids sneaking into the pantry as you read this? Quick, go check. Are they taking over your bed at night? Stop right here. Nanny Yvonne disapproves, and she says there is a way to change it. Relieved? Currently in its third season, Fox's Nanny 911 (Fridays at 8 pm/ET) is reviving families across America one by one, and we wanted to know how they deal with all those screaming monst-, er, children. Yvonne visited TVGuide.com and told us who put her up for the show, where she learned her caretaking techniques, and the No. 1 thing parents everywhere should be doing to keep the peace at home. TVGuide.com: You've had about 20 years of experience working with children, right?Yvonne: It basically started when I was really young. I come from a single-parent family and I have a handicapped brother who I used to look after when my mom went to
Reality Bites: ABC Thinks Its Nanny Is Still Super
ABC has granted early pickups to not one or two but three reality series: America's Funniest Home Videos, which will return for an 18th season of dogs sniffing crotches, and Supernanny and Wife Swap, both of which are currently in their third cycles.
Ratings: Supernanny Babysits 10.5 Million
Not much to mention on this Monday full of CBS and CW repeats, other than:— The Billboard Music Awards placed fourth over its two-hour run, drawing just 6 million total viewers.— Heroes (15 million) slipped 500,000, as it did last week. Hiro, find that sword!— Supernanny returned to an audience of 10.54 mil, a 600K improvement over its previous season premiere, and 2.6 mil more than time slot predecessor The Bachelor's most recent season opener.— At 10, Studio 60 stayed in place with 7.42 million, while What About Brian surged 810,000 from its previous outing, netting its best numbers since Oct. 30.
Jo Frost's Supernanny Is Back with a Spankin' New Season
Have you ever stood in the Naughty Corner? We don't think you'd like it much, considering it took Jennifer Bowersock — the frustrated mom on the Season 3 premiere of ABC's tantrum-taming Supernanny (airing tonight at 9 pm/ET) — hours to keep her stubborn daughter there for more than a second. After getting a sneak peek of the episode — which will certainly amaze viewers with its harsh punishments and emotional turnarounds — TVGuide.com asked Supernanny Jo Frost why she puts up with all the screaming and what she hopes parents will take away from the new season. TVGuide.com: How do you like being in New York this time of year? Jo Frost: It's rather like London, rainy and dark. But New York's great. TVGuide.com: Lots of children taking in the holiday-season sights, right?Fr
Does Supernanny Have Her Kryptonite?
If you've ever seen children in a restaurant running wild and screaming at the top of their lungs, then you've glimpsed the kind of behavior Jo Frost is exposed to every single day. On ABC's Supernanny (Monday at 9 pm/ET), Frost enters a home for 10 days and tries to transform unruly tots into kids who do chores and have manners — and all without raising her voice. How does she do it? A spoonful of sugar, perhaps? Read TVGuide.com's Q&A with Nanny Jo, or else we'll have to put you on the naughty beanbag! TVGuide.com: As a new mom, I've been watching your show and committing it to memory, so I'll be prepared when my child gets a little older. Jo Frost: The point is that you're watching the show, and that puts you
ABC SHAKES SKED SOME MORE
This is truly a bizarre TV season, ain't it? ABC announced on Wednesday a flurry of changes going into effect post-February sweeps. Most notably, Invasion will be shelved for six weeks starting March 22 to make room for the new drama The Evidence. Other arrivals and departures: Supernanny returns March 6 at 9 pm/ET, followed by the premiere of Miracle Workers; Commander in Chief (as previously reported) last airs March 7, then returns April 18 to finish its shortened 19-episode run; Idol snarkmeister Simon Cowell's American Inventor reality show debuts March 16 at 8 pm; and What About Brian, a new drama exec-produced by Lost cocreator J.J. Abrams, gets a sneak peek April 2 after Desperate Housewives, the night before it claims its Mondays-at-10 time slot. (Miracle Workers, we hardly knew ya).
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