America's Supernanny (also known as America's Supernanny: Family Lockdown) is an American reality documentary television series broadcast on Lifetime. It is a spin-off on the ABC series Supernanny. The series aired from November 29, 2011, to March 13, 2013.
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| Also known as | America's Supernanny: Family Lockdown |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Starring | Deborah Tillman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
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| Production company | Shed Media |
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| Network | Lifetime |
| Release | November 29, 2011 – March 13, 2013 |
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Production history
editOn August 9, 2011, Lifetime announced they had green-lit the series for an eight episode first season but the network had yet to decide who was going to lead the series.[1] On October 6, 2011, after numerous casting calls, it was announced that Deborah Tillman was chosen to be "America's Supernanny".[2]
On December 4, 2012, Lifetime announced that the series had been renewed for a second season, which debuted on January 8, 2013, with the new title America's Supernanny: Family Lockdown. Tillman visited the homes of families who requested her help to raise their children, and the families were visited on notice, rather than by surprise.
Episodes
editSeason 1 (2011–2012)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Location | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "The Weeks-Suszczynski Family" | Accord, New York | November 29, 2011 | |
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Mark Suszczynski and Kim Weeks have three children: 9-year-old Neva, 5-year-old Nora, and 4-year-old Tate. With Mark out often, Kim is stuck handling her three misbehaving children who scream, hit, and spit. Neva feels left out and has low-self esteem, prompting her to act like a teenager, and wear makeup. Tate is always creating chaos, taking the attention from everyone, and Nora is very clingy, not wanting her parents to leave her when they leave the house. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Paul-Sheckles Family" | Camby, Indiana | December 6, 2011 | |
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Amy Paul and Mandy Sheckles have six children: 9-year-old Amanda, 7-year-old Bradley, and 2 1/2-year-old fraternal quadruplets Harper, Kennedy, Kerry, and Tillie. The quadruplets give their mothers a hard time with tantrums, messes, and havoc. Amanda and Bradley feel left out. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Denton Family" | Danville, New Hampshire | December 13, 2011 | |
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Bruce and Melissa Denton have four children: 9-year-old Dillon, 4-year-old Ayla, 3-year-old Cameron, and 1-year-old Mackenna. With an extraordinarily busy schedule, it's difficult for Bruce and Melissa to keep track of their kids. Dillon is defiant and exhibits violence towards his parents and sisters. The girls are picking up Dillon's behavior. | |||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Carzell Family" | Charlotte, North Carolina | December 20, 2011 | |
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Sam and Nicole Carzell have ten children: 14-year-old Desmond, 12-year-old Deshon, 11-year-old Desja, 10-year-old Damir, 9-year-old Nevada, 5-year-old Septimber, 4-year-old fraternal twins Brook-Lyne and Bailey, 3-year-old Ashton, and 1-year-old Morgan. Sam and Nicole use violence and anger on their kids when they misbehave. The children bully and exhibit violence toward each other. Desmond feels like a third parent since he's often forced to take care of his younger siblings. Nevada feels unloved and has low-self esteem because she is called "dark" and she's beat up by her siblings. | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Gregg Family" | Independence, Kentucky | December 27, 2011 | |
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Bill and Traci Gregg have five children: 6-year-old triplets Roman, Xavier, and Giovanni; 4-year-old Armani; and 1-year-old Scarlet. The boys are wild. They swear, roughhouse, run into the street, and deliberately defy their parents. Scarlet is picking up on the boys' behavior. | |||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Fitzgerald Family" | San Jose, California | January 3, 2012 | |
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Andy and Jenny Fitzgerald have four children: 10-year-old Jake, 9-year-old Dawson, 8-year-old Garrett, who was born with Down syndrome, and 3-year-old Carly. Garrett has dominant behavior issues. Carly whines to get her mother's attention. The other children feel left out. Andy is a pastor and focuses more on his work than on the family. | |||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Edwards Family" | Summerville, Georgia | January 24, 2012 | |
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Duke and Mary Edwards have two sons: 8-year-old Austin, who was born with ADHD, and 7-year-old Brandon. Duke's 12-year-old great niece, Aryel, also lives with the family. Austin is verbally and physically abusive towards his family, mainly directed at his mother. Aryel has a poor attitude and feels insecure about her self so she uses makeup. Mary spoils her Brandon and Austin and does everything for them. Duke is disabled so he can't discipline Austin. | |||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Skluzacek Family" | Montgomery, Minnesota | January 31, 2012 | |
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Bruce and Chris Skluzacek have four sons: 8-year-old Landon, 5-year-old identical twins Luke and Connor, and 3-year-old Evan. The boys cause complete chaos in their household by hitting, yelling, and swearing. | |||||
Season 2 (2013)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Location | Original air date | US viewers (millions) | |
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| 9 | 1 | "The Guido Family" | Rutherford, New Jersey | January 8, 2013 | 1.22[3] | |
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Melissa Guido has three sons: 13-year-old Gavin and 6-year-old identical twins Mateo and Genaro. Melissa's parents, Michael and Patricia, also live with the family. Melissa is very authoritative towards the boys by yelling and hitting them, but it's not enough as they cause a plethora of misbehaviors. Gavin has anger issues while the twins are violent towards others. | ||||||
| 10 | 2 | "The Zurlinden Family" | Hamilton, Ohio | January 15, 2013 | 1.03[4] | |
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Jay Zurlinden has three children: 11-year-old Gabby, 10-year-old Kylie, and 6-year-old Jayden. Jay's fiancée, Cassie, has a 5-year-old son named Brayden. With Cassie and Jay's marriage being a month away, they're nowhere near happily ever after as they have to deal with the antics of their four children. Brayden and Jayden are violent towards each other and do not respect their parents. Gabby spends a lot of her time on her phone than with her family. Kylie is concerned about the future of her family. | ||||||
| 11 | 3 | "The Miller Family" | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | January 22, 2013 | 0.89[5] | |
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Jane Miller has five children: 10-year-old Breonne, 9-year-old Isaiah, 7-year-old Aaliyah, 5-year-old Arielle, and 3-year-old Isaac. Jane is divorced and has full custody of the children. As a single mother, Jane finds it impossible to take charge of her five children, who yell, swear, and have no respect for her. Isaiah has PTSD due to the divorce which causes him to lose his temper often and be stubborn and difficult to deal with. | ||||||
| 12 | 4 | "The Nullet-Boccanfuso Family" | Smithtown, New York | January 29, 2013 | 1.14[6] | |
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Chris Nullet and Jennifer Boccanfuso have five children: 19-year-old Adrianna, 9-year-old Olivia, 7-year-old Andrew, 5-year-old Frankie, and 4-year-old Hope. Adrianna contacted Ms Deborah because her family is at meltdown and she can no longer cope with raising her younger siblings—her brothers Andrew and Frankie yell, swear, defy their parents and fight each other; her sister Hope still sleeps in a crib and uses a pacifier. Chris is hot-headed and loses his patience quickly while he is disciplining the kids; he often says hurtful things, swears, and goes on tirades. Jennifer is tired of arguing with Chris and is on the verge of divorcing him. | ||||||
| 13 | 5 | "The Clarkston Family" | Lafayette, Louisiana | February 20, 2013 | 0.65[7] | |
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Patrick and Aleashia Clarkston have seven children: 16-year-old Deonte, 14-year-old Tyler, 10-year-old Diana, 8-year-old P.J., 6-year-old Destiny, 4-year-old Alayni, and 1-year-old Xavier. Patrick and Aleashia are teachers but at home they whip their children and make them lean against the wall with their hands up but it hasnt stopped them as the five middle children cause havoc and disobey their parents. | ||||||
| 14 | 6 | "The Wells Family" | Ringgold, Georgia | February 27, 2013 | 0.56[8] | |
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Jernard and Keena Wells have seven children: 17-year-old Carleisha, 11-year-old Jernard Jr., 10-year-old Kameron, 8-year-old Keenan, 6-year-old Jacobe, 5-year-old Jasmine, and 3-year-old Zoe. Jernard Sr is an executive chef has passed down his love of food down to the kids but in a bad way while Keena uses snacks and electronics to distract the children but it hasn't worked as the six younger kids roughhouse and yell Jernard Jr is constantly eating junk food and overeating which has caused him to be overweight. | ||||||
| 15 | 7 | "The Arnold Family" | Wernersville, Pennsylvania | March 6, 2013 | 0.48[9] | |
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Alex and Kelly Arnold have five children: 11-year-old Abby, 8-year-old Gabe, 5-year-old twins Ben and Sam, and 4-year-old Luke. Alex and Kelly are negative, lazy and rude leaving the kids to run amok; the boys fight, scream, cause havoc, and disobey their parents. The whole family uses technology heavily. | ||||||
| 16 | 8 | "The Wilson-Speer Family" | Surprise, Arizona | March 13, 2013 | N/A | |
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Sean Speer and Shari Wilson have five children: 16-year-old Kaylie, 13-year-old Kira, 11-year-old Kami-K are from Shari's previous marriage, 11-year-old Karlee is from Sean's previous marriage and 6-year-old Teagen are Sean and Shari's child together. Shari hasn't gave any of her daughters discipline, rules or boundaries which has caused them to become out-of-control Kaylie is spoiled, Kira and Kami-K are reckless and they terrorize Karlee. Teagan whines to get his way and sleeps with his parents. Whenever Sean tries to discipline Shari's daughters she will give Sean a hard time, to add insult to injury Shari had an affair and it has driven a wedge between the entire family. | ||||||
References
edit- ^ "Lifetime Picks Up New Unscripted Series "America's Supernanny"". Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- ^ "Deborah Tillman Named "America's Supernanny"". Retrieved December 7, 2012.
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