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bliss · 02-28-2011, 02:48 AM

In a complete series box set like "The Mothers-In-Law" that MPI released last year. Remastered, uncut, and chock full of special features. There was only 54 episodes total.

biffbronson · 02-28-2011, 09:53 AM

Amen to that! It's hard to believe there were so few episodes relative to other series -- Nanny & the Prof was notable and memorable, picking up new fans (like me) when it ran in syndication. Excellent cast, including the late Richard Long who sadly did not live much longer.

bliss · 07-31-2011, 07:33 PM

I don't know what the hold-up is. I've seen worse shows on DVD.

I just saw Richard Long in a few Twilight Zone episodes and he was a talented actor especially as the extremely handsome man in "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" where he plays all these different male parts.

gopyle · 10-22-2011, 11:52 PM

The last I knew, episodes were available on HULU.com.

born2late · 10-23-2011, 12:00 AM

I agree, I would love to have the show on dvd. I also loved the theme song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_dgM...eature=related

bliss · 11-27-2011, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by born2late

I agree, I would love to have the show on dvd. I also loved the theme song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_dgM...eature=related

Very 70's

I love it.

Shout Factory may be our only hope of ever getting this series on DVD.

old grouch · 11-28-2011, 10:49 AM

Cute show. I would buy it.

bliss · 12-25-2011, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by old grouch

Cute show. I would buy it.

Good to know there are many N&TP fans out there!

Supernatural shows like Bewitched and I Dream Of Jeannie get the complete series DVD treatment yet Nanny and the Professor is still a hidden gem.

Kim Richards who played one of the kids is doing the Bravo channel reality series "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" so I would think Fox would milk the cash cow and release this classic tv series to the public.

biffbronson · 08-13-2013, 01:56 AM

I think some fans today have no idea of this show's past popularity -- I mean in the '70s it ran in syndication pretty much just as Bewitched and Jeannie did. For some reason, its availabilty waned.

It was a quality show, well-cast, well-written and endearing. Not having a single DVD release to this day is surprising and frustrating.

bliss · 12-12-2013, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by biffbronson

I think some fans today have no idea of this show's past popularity -- I mean in the '70s it ran in syndication pretty much just as Bewitched and Jeannie did. For some reason, its availabilty waned.

It was a quality show, well-cast, well-written and endearing. Not having a single DVD release to this day is surprising and frustrating.

It is indeed frustrating. With Kim Richards being a former child star turned popular reality show housewife. TPTB would take advantage and release the complete series on DVD. Hell Juliet Mills, the nanny herself, is still alive & active in the entertainment industry and I'm sure she would do an interview talking about the show.

jehobden · 02-14-2014, 03:10 PM

I'd love to find this show on DVD too. A while back, I downloaded S1 episode "The New Butch" somewhere off the Internet, but I don't think I have it anymore. I remember seeing it in reruns back in the 70s or 80s on WMTW-TV (Poland Spring, ME), but it was edited badly, including removal of its closing AND opening credits there.

It might be hard to put Nanny on DVD unless it's released all at once, since its season-by-season episode count was 15/24/15. ABC scheduled it really badly in S3, dumping it Monday night at 8 PM ET, leaving 8:30 PM to the affiliates (This was the first year of the Primetime Access law, which led to some strange schedules the first couple years as the networks became used to it.), and then showing Monday Night Football live to the country starting at 9 PM. This scheduling meant that the show was only actually shown in its scheduled timeslot in the Eastern & Central time zones, since all of Mountain time primetime on ABC Monday night (7-10) was taken by the game, and then in Pacific time, the game would be over sometime after 9 PM local time, after which the affiliates could show Nanny or local programming. (I'm sure more chose local programming at that hour, considering that Nanny was geared more toward children, who would mostly be in bed by that time. Stations in Mountain time had to offer the show outside of primetime altogether or preempt something else in ABC primetime.) I have a TV Guide from Portland, OR, from fall 1971, and I saw that the ABC affiliate there dumped Nanny into a Sunday afternoon hour paired with the flop Partridge Family "spinoff", Getting Together. Nanny probably got its best ratings, I imagine, in its second season, when it aired between The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family, but the Primetime Access Law forced The Brady Bunch out of its earlier timeslot back into Nanny's timeslot, forcing Nanny into its new, probably much worse, timeslot.

Nanny and the Professor is probably one of the few series (Providence is another.) which aired for more tv seasons than calendar years in which it originally aired, since it had 3 seasons (1970, 1970-71, 1971) all within calendar years 1970 & 1971.

02-28-2011, 02:48 AM	#1
bliss THAT GIRL Senior Member Join Date: Apr 26, 2009 Posts: 1,000	This show needs to be released on DVD... In a complete series box set like "The Mothers-In-Law" that MPI released last year. Remastered, uncut, and chock full of special features. There was only 54 episodes total.

02-28-2011, 09:53 AM	#2
biffbronson Sentimental Fool Forum Star Join Date: Aug 22, 2009 Location: Near Notre Dame Posts: 10,266	Amen to that! It's hard to believe there were so few episodes relative to other series -- Nanny & the Prof was notable and memorable, picking up new fans (like me) when it ran in syndication. Excellent cast, including the late Richard Long who sadly did not live much longer.
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07-31-2011, 07:33 PM	#3
bliss THAT GIRL Senior Member Join Date: Apr 26, 2009 Posts: 1,000	I don't know what the hold-up is. I've seen worse shows on DVD. I just saw Richard Long in a few Twilight Zone episodes and he was a talented actor especially as the extremely handsome man in "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" where he plays all these different male parts.

10-22-2011, 11:52 PM	#4
gopyle Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 22, 2011 Posts: 235	The last I knew, episodes were available on HULU.com.

10-23-2011, 12:00 AM	#5
born2late Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 01, 2011 Location: Tn Posts: 360	I agree, I would love to have the show on dvd. I also loved the theme song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_dgM...eature=related

11-28-2011, 10:49 AM	#7
old grouch Member Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2010 Location: montana Posts: 1,877	Cute show. I would buy it.

08-13-2013, 01:56 AM	#9
biffbronson Sentimental Fool Forum Star Join Date: Aug 22, 2009 Location: Near Notre Dame Posts: 10,266	I think some fans today have no idea of this show's past popularity -- I mean in the '70s it ran in syndication pretty much just as Bewitched and Jeannie did. For some reason, its availabilty waned. It was a quality show, well-cast, well-written and endearing. Not having a single DVD release to this day is surprising and frustrating.

02-14-2014, 03:10 PM	#11
jehobden Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 06, 2002 Location: DFW Area, TX Posts: 2,004	I'd love to find this show on DVD too. A while back, I downloaded S1 episode "The New Butch" somewhere off the Internet, but I don't think I have it anymore. I remember seeing it in reruns back in the 70s or 80s on WMTW-TV (Poland Spring, ME), but it was edited badly, including removal of its closing AND opening credits there. It might be hard to put Nanny on DVD unless it's released all at once, since its season-by-season episode count was 15/24/15. ABC scheduled it really badly in S3, dumping it Monday night at 8 PM ET, leaving 8:30 PM to the affiliates (This was the first year of the Primetime Access law, which led to some strange schedules the first couple years as the networks became used to it.), and then showing Monday Night Football live to the country starting at 9 PM. This scheduling meant that the show was only actually shown in its scheduled timeslot in the Eastern & Central time zones, since all of Mountain time primetime on ABC Monday night (7-10) was taken by the game, and then in Pacific time, the game would be over sometime after 9 PM local time, after which the affiliates could show Nanny or local programming. (I'm sure more chose local programming at that hour, considering that Nanny was geared more toward children, who would mostly be in bed by that time. Stations in Mountain time had to offer the show outside of primetime altogether or preempt something else in ABC primetime.) I have a TV Guide from Portland, OR, from fall 1971, and I saw that the ABC affiliate there dumped Nanny into a Sunday afternoon hour paired with the flop Partridge Family "spinoff", Getting Together. Nanny probably got its best ratings, I imagine, in its second season, when it aired between The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family, but the Primetime Access Law forced The Brady Bunch out of its earlier timeslot back into Nanny's timeslot, forcing Nanny into its new, probably much worse, timeslot. Nanny and the Professor is probably one of the few series (Providence is another.) which aired for more tv seasons than calendar years in which it originally aired, since it had 3 seasons (1970, 1970-71, 1971) all within calendar years 1970 & 1971.