The Nanny: Season 1

1993 · 22 episodes · ★ 6.9

What Season 1 of The Nanny

Fran Fine is a street-smart, down-on-her-luck diva who finds herself hired for a job for which she never even applied! Now, she's the nanny for a rich, sophisticated family in Manhattan, and when this blue-collar girl from the block moves in with a blue blood, widowed Broadway producer and his three children, the comedy is red hot!

22episodes

Nov 3, 1993Aired

May 16, 1994latest episode

8.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 The Nanny
Nov 3, 1993 · 25 min · ★ 6.7
Fran has just been dumped by her fiancé and employer, and is selling cosmetics door-to-door, when she happens to be in the right place at the right time.
Directing: Lee Shallat Chemel · Writers: Prudence Fraser, Peter Marc Jacobson, Fran Drescher · Starring: Renée Taylor, DeeDee Rescher, Curtis Hood, James Marsden
1x02 Smoke Gets in Your Lies
Nov 10, 1993 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
When Brighton is caught smoking at school, Fran thinks it might be her fault.
Directed by: Lee Shallat Chemel · Written by: Prudence Fraser, Peter Marc Jacobson, Fran Drescher · Starring: Blanche Rubin, Esther Lapidus, Michael C. McCarthy, Carol Channing
1x03 My Fair Nanny
Nov 17, 1993 · 23 min · ★ 6.7
Fran agrees to be made over by Niles and Maxwell in order to host a social.
Directing: Lee Shallat Chemel · Writers: Prudence Fraser, Michael Rowe, Robert Sternin · Starring: Magda Harout, Dorothy Lyman, Nikki Cox, Heather Lynne Allen
1x04 The Nuchslep
Nov 24, 1993 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
Fran chaperones Maggie and her date, who ends up being attracted to Fran.
Directing: Lee Shallat Chemel · Writers: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin · Starring: James Marsden, Aaron Heyman, Fritzi Burr
1x05 Here Comes the Brood
Dec 6, 1993 · 23 min · ★ 6.5
C.C. tells Grace that Fran acts like she loves them only because she's paid to.
Directed by: Lee Shallat Chemel · Written by: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin · Starring: Renée Taylor, Lila Garrett, Blake McIver Ewing, Allen Bloomfield
1x06 The Butler, the Husband, the Wife and Her Mother
Dec 8, 1993 · 23 min · ★ 7.9
Niles poses as Fran's husband to impress her visiting relatives.
Directed by: Lee Shallat Chemel · Writers: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin · Starring: Renée Taylor, Brian George, Ian Abercrombie, Zack Norman
1x07 Imaginary Friend
Dec 15, 1993 · 23 min · ★ 7.3
Fran and Maxwell face a sticky situation after Fran eats Grace's imaginary friend.
Directed by: Lee Shallat Chemel · Writers: Prudence Fraser, Howard Meyers, Robert Sternin · Starring: Candy Trabuco, Cristine Rose, John Bishop, Devon Williams
1x08 Christmas Episode
Dec 22, 1993 · 24 min · ★ 5.2
Fran celebrates her first Christmas with the family.
Directed by: Lee Shallat Chemel · Writers: Prudence Fraser, Sally Lapiduss, Pamela Eells · Starring: Kort Falkenberg, Lawrence Mandley, Allan Rich, William Palmieri
1x09 Personal Business Mid-Season Finale
Dec 29, 1993 · 24 min
Fran agrees to help Maxwell close a deal by dating a young and restless soap-opera star.
Directed by: Lee Shallat Chemel · Written by: Prudence Fraser, Peter Marc Jacobson, Fran Drescher · Starring: Stephen Nichols, Rachel Chagall
1x10 The Nanny-in-Law
Jan 12, 1994 · 23 min · ★ 6.8
Maxwell's beloved Nanny Mueller makes herself at home, but makes Fran feel insecure.
Directing: Lee Shallat Chemel · Writers: Prudence Fraser, Peter Marc Jacobson, Fran Drescher · Starring: Peggy Blow, Irene Olga López, Lu Leonard, Cloris Leachman
1x11 A Plot for Nanny
Jan 19, 1994 · 24 min · ★ 6.5
Fran begins dating a funeral director she meets through her mother.
Directing: Paul Miller · Writers: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin · Starring: Renée Taylor, Matt McCoy
1x12 The Show Must Go On
Jan 26, 1994 · 23 min · ★ 6.5
Fran directs Grace's school production until Maxwell takes over.
Directing: Will Mackenzie · Writers: Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser · Starring: Thomas Dekker, Kellen Hathaway, Marianne Muellerleile, Maree Cheatham
1x13 Maggie the Model
Feb 2, 1994 · 24 min · ★ 6.2
A former model sets up a photo test for Maggie, but Fran is pushed out of the picture.
Directed by: Will Mackenzie · Writers: Prudence Fraser, Dana Reston, Robert Sternin · Starring: Victoria Hulett, Anthony Cistaro, Andy Dick, Lesley-Anne Down
1x14 The Family Plumbing
Feb 9, 1994 · 24 min · ★ 5.9
Fran catches her young cousin kissing Brighton in the bathtub.
Directing: Linda Day · Writers: Prudence Fraser, Peter Marc Jacobson, Fran Drescher · Starring: Laurelyn Scharkey, Jackie Tohn, Louis Guss, Melanie Good
1x15 Deep Throat
Mar 2, 1994 · 23 min
Fran has to have her tonsils removed, so Maxwell puts C.C.'s reunion on hold to await the outcome of Fran's surgery.
Directed by: Linda Day · Written by: Prudence Fraser, Peter Marc Jacobson, Sally Lapiduss · Starring: Lawrence Mandley, Lauren Koslow, Pamela Dillman, Francesca P. Roberts
1x16 Schlepped Away
Mar 9, 1994 · 23 min
On the way to catch a flight to the islands, heavy snow maroons the family at Fran's parents' home in Queens.
Directing: Linda Day · Writers: Prudence Fraser, Peter Marc Jacobson, Fran Drescher · Starring: Renée Taylor, Gregg Rogell
1x17 Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off
Mar 16, 1994 · 23 min
Fran plans a wedding for Maxwell's sister, but she's in love with her chauffeur, not her fiancé.
Directed by: Gail Mancuso · Writers: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin · Starring: Leigh Lawson, Gregg Rogell, Lane Davies, Twiggy
1x18 Sunday in the Park with Fran
Mar 23, 1994 · 24 min · ★ 7.8
Fran has a run-in with the son of the town's toughest critic, and that could be catastrophic for Maxwell and CC's new play.
Directed by: Gail Mancuso · Writers: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin · Starring: Eric Braeden, Nick Salamone, Miko Hughes, Dan Aykroyd
1x19 The Gym Teacher
Apr 6, 1994 · 24 min · ★ 7.6
Maggie's tyrannical gym teacher turns out to be Fran's former teacher. Maxwell hires an abrasive megastar.
Directing: Gail Mancuso · Writers: Prudence Fraser, Robert Sternin · Starring: Joseph Bologna, Tracy Nicole Kerestes, Rita Moreno, Rachel Chagall
1x20 Ode to Barbra Joan
Apr 13, 1994 · 24 min · ★ 6.4
C.C. won't warm up to her father's offer of Streisand tickets, but Fran's hot to go in her place.
Directed by: Gail Mancuso · Writer: Fran Drescher · Starring: Renée Taylor, Robert Culp, Loren Michaels
1x21 Frannie's Choice
Apr 27, 1994 · 24 min
Fran accepts a proposal from the guy who once dumped her.
Directed by: Gail Mancuso · Written by: Prudence Fraser, Dana Reston, Robert Sternin · Starring: Renée Taylor, Jonathan Penner, Rachel Chagall
1x22 I Don't Remember Mama Season Finale
May 16, 1994 · 24 min · ★ 7.0
Fran and Grace enter a mother-daughter pageant at the country club.
Directing: Paul Miller · Writers: Prudence Fraser, Tracy Newman, Jonathan Stark · Starring: Patti LaBelle, Miriam Flynn, Leann Hunley, Kimberly Natasha Ali