The Nanny

1993–1999 · Comedy, Family · 6 seasons · ★ 8.1

Ended

Synopsis of The Nanny

Fran Fine is a young Jewish American woman from Queens, New York. Her boyfriend, who was also her boss at a bridal shop, dumps her and fires her. Out of work, Fran goes door to door selling cosmetics to make a living, until she knocks on the door of Maxwell Sheffield, a widowed British theater producer who lives in New York with his three children. Through a misunderstanding, she is mistaken for the nanny they were expecting for the weekend. Maxwell, unconvinced, agrees to hire her on a trial basis to look after Maggie, Brighton and Grace. While the butler Niles watches the newcomer's every move, Fran discovers that her personality can bring warmth back to a family that has lost it.

«The flashy girl from Flushing, the Nanny named Fran.»

6seasons

144episodes

24 minper episode

8.1audience scoreTMDB · 1,352 votes

7.2IMDb rating55,718 votes

Seasons of The Nanny

Season 11993 · 22 ep. · ★ 6.9

Season 21994 · 26 ep. · ★ 6.4

Season 31995 · 26 ep. · ★ 6.3

Season 41996 · 26 ep. · ★ 6.0

Season 51997 · 23 ep. · ★ 6.1

Season 61998 · 21 ep. · ★ 6.5

Cast by The Nanny

Fran DrescherFran Fine144 episodes

Charles ShaughnessyMaxwell Sheffield144 episodes

Daniel DavisNiles144 episodes

Lauren LaneC.C. Babcock144 episodes

Nicholle TomMargaret Sheffield144 episodes

Benjamin SalisburyBrighton Sheffield144 episodes

Madeline ZimaGrace Sheffield144 episodes

Renée TaylorSylvia Fine94 episodes

Rachel ChagallVal Toriello77 episodes

Ann Morgan GuilbertYetta Rosenberg55 episodes

Spalding GrayDr. Miller9 episodes

Morty DrescherRetired Man (uncredited)8 episodes

Nora DunnDr. Reynolds7 episodes

Sue GoodmanYoung Jewish Woman7 episodes

DeeDee RescherBridal Shop Clerk5 episodes

Lawrence MandleyOrderly5 episodes

Steve PosnerCar Dealer5 episodes

Ray CharlesSammy4 episodes

Sophie WardJocelyn Sheffield4 episodes

Andrew LevitasMichael4 episodes

Fred StollerFred4 episodes

Lainie KazanAunt Freida4 episodes

John BishopStewart4 episodes

Roz KernNurse4 episodes

James EdsonConcession Stand Clerk4 episodes

Jean FordMaid #24 episodes

Darryl HickmanDoctor4 episodes

Casey WilliamsNurse4 episodes

Zack NormanJack3 episodes

Roger Clinton Jr.Roger Clinton3 episodes

Magda HaroutMadam Moleska3 episodes

Jamie Renée SmithYoung Fran3 episodes

Steve LawrenceSteve Lawrence3 episodes

Allan RichRay3 episodes

Kane PicoyJeff3 episodes

Harry Van GorkumNigel Sheffield3 episodes

Adeline DrescherNurse #13 episodes

Sylvia DrescherRose3 episodes

Joyce BrothersJoyce Brothers2 episodes

Blanche RubinOld Lady2 episodes

Technical Details

Created by: Fran Drescher, Peter Marc Jacobson
Address: Dorothy Lyman, Lee Shallat Chemel, Peter Marc Jacobson, Gail Mancuso, Will Mackenzie
Writing: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin, Fran Drescher, Peter Marc Jacobson, Ivan Menchell
Production companies: TriStar Television, Sternin & Fraser Ink, Highschool Sweethearts, Columbia TriStar Television
Network or Platform: CBS
Country: United States
Original Language: English
Premiere: November 3, 1993
Last Episode: June 23, 1999 (6x21)
Status: Ended
Type: Fiction
Awards: Won 1 Emmy Award; 9 wins and 35 nominations in total.
Links: IMDb · TMDB

Awards for The Nanny

🏆 Zilveren Televizier-Tulp (1999)

Source: Wikidata

Trivia about The Nanny

The idea came up during a shopping trip in London and was conceived as a twist on The Sound of Music, with Fran knocking on the door instead of Julie Andrews.

Sagansky watched a few episodes with his relatives in Fort Lauderdale, sensed that he had a hit on his hands, and ordered a first season of 22 episodes.

After a violent break-in at his home in 1985, Fran Drescher asked that the studio audience be pre-selected, and the series hired a group of laugh track performers through Central Casting.

The series had a weak first year and came close to being canceled, until CBS executive Jeff Sagansky defended it by citing the historic test results of the pilot.

The show won a Rose d'Or and an Emmy Award, out of a total of twelve nominations.

Lauren Lane told the producers that she was pregnant during the fifth season, and the pregnancy happened while the series was returning from its summer break to film new episodes.

CBS canceled the series in 1999 after its ratings fell during the sixth season, which ended after six years on the air.

Fran Drescher said that a possible reunion for the 30th anniversary could turn into a backdoor pilot, though he also noted that several options were still on the table.

Sources: Wikipedia (English)