The Nanny
The flashy girl from Flushing, the Nanny named Fran.
The Nanny (1993-1999)
Seasons: 6,
episodes: 144
Episode runtime: 24 min
Average rating:
7.2/10
59 108
Production
Status
Completed
Creators
Scenario
Fran Drescher
Author
Producer
Actors
Fran Drescher
Fran Fine
Charles Shaughnessy
Maxwell Sheffield
Daniel Davis
Niles
Lauren Lane
C.C. Babcock
Nicholle Tom
Margaret Sheffield
Benjamin Salisbury
Brighton Sheffield
Madeline Zima
Grace Sheffield
Renée Taylor
Sylvia Fine
Short description
That flashy girl from Flushing with the heart of an angel (and the voice of a slighty more nasal angel). The comic misadventures of the sweet and sassy Fran Fine, her sophisticated employer, Broadway producer Mr. Sheffield, his boisterous brood and his wisecracking staff.
Seasons
| Season | Episodes | Release date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
Season 1 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 th…
|
22 | 1993-11-03 | 6.7 |
Season 2 In the second season, Nanny Fine continues her inimitable style of witty one-liners, physical comedy, and fashion flair. As the season unfolds, Fran is mistaken for a nurse, arrested for kidnapping a baby, and cast in a Broadway production. Sparks of affection continue to fly between Miss Fine an…
|
26 | 1994-09-12 | 6.2 |
Season 3 Fran Drescher returns for a star-studded third season. This year, the best-dressed nanny dates more men than she can handle, hosts a wild sweet sixteen party for Maggie, seeks treatment for her out-of-control shopping and finally gets Mr. Sheffield to profess his love for her when he thinks their p…
|
26 | 1995-09-11 | 6.3 |
Season 4 The irrepressible Fran Drescher returns for the hilarious fourth season of The Nanny, a sitcom classic that dresses to impress. Nanny Fran Fine and the Sheffields are up to all-new shenanigans and misadventures in this fresh and funny fourth season.
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26 | 1996-09-18 | 6 |
Season 5 The fashionably funny Fran Drescher is back for more in the fifth season of The Nanny, the nineties sitcom with style and flair to spare. In Season Five, Fran Fine is fully ensconced as the comedic caregiver to the Sheffield children. But her "Will they or won't they?" romance with dreamy Broadwa…
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23 | 1997-10-01 | 6.1 |
Season 6 The fashionably faultless Fran Drescher is back to bring the whole schmear to a close in the final season of The Nanny. Finally married to the dashing Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield, the former Miss Fine is a nanny no longer! But just as soon as Fran and Maxwell settle into marital bliss, th…
|
21 | 1998-09-30 | 6.5 |
What's left behind the scenes
- After the series aired in the UK, viewers repeatedly criticized Charles Shaughnessy (who played Maxwell Sheffield) for his 'implausible' British pronunciation, suggesting he take a leaf out of his co-star Daniel Davis's book and practice his pronunciation with him. The actors involved found this quite amusing, as Shaughnessy is actually from the UK, born in London, whereas Davis is an American from Arkansas. A nod to this situation appeared in a storyline in the final season, where Davis's character appears in a school play and is subsequently criticized for how unnatural he sounds on stage.
- Lauren Lane and Rachel Hagglund became pregnant during the filming of the series' fifth season. Instead of trying to hide this from the viewers, as creators of other projects often do in similar circumstances (by partially obscuring the character behind props or showing them sitting down), the producers here preferred to avoid such tactics. However, they explained the absence of Lane's character from the screen during the final stages of the actress's pregnancy as her departure to a resort.
- Roddy McDowall also auditioned for the role that eventually went to Daniel Davis. Davis himself believed the part would go to McDowall, but Fran Drescher, who played Fran Fine, reassured him that the role would be his; otherwise, "The Nanny" would have become McDowall's project, "and this is Drescher's project, not McDowall's."
- During the development of the series concept, it was initially intended that the Sheffield family would have only two children—Brighton and Grace. However, the creators wanted an older daughter for whom Fran could serve as a mentor, so the character of Maggie was specifically created and added to the storyline.
- Renee Taylor (who played Sylvia Fine) was brought into the project as a guest star; she remained in this capacity throughout the entire series, including the final season, appearing on screen in nearly a hundred episodes.
- Fran Drescher was returning to London after completing her work on the television series "Princesses" (1991), and on the plane, her seat happened to be next to Jeff Sagansky from CBS. He later became one of the first people in Los Angeles with whom she discussed the idea for "The Nanny."
- Initially, the series' ratings were unsatisfactory, and the project was nearly canceled after the first season. The show owes its survival to Jeff Sagansky.
- Rachel Chagdoll's character repeatedly wore outfits that had previously been worn by the character played by Fran Drescher. These included, for example, satin blouses, suit jackets, and even the famous black mini-skirt.
- Sets used in the sitcom 'The Powers That Be' (1992-1993) were repurposed for the filming of 'The Nanny'.
- Yetta (played by Anne Morgan Gilbert) told various and often contradictory stories about herself (claiming, for instance, to be a survivor of the Titanic or to have been at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese air raid); the show's writers attributed this quirk to the character's senility.
- When the series' ratings began to decline, studio executives gave Fran Drescher and director, writer, and producer Peter Marc Jacobson a choice: either the show would be canceled after the fifth season, or Fran Drescher's character and Charles Shaughnessy's character would get married in the fifth season, in which case the project would be renewed.
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