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The Nanny(TV show/series, 1993-1999)

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| 24min per episode | Genre: Comedy

Scripted Reality in 6 seasons with 145 episodes

The NannyRating: 4.1/5 (with 524 votes) 333
The Nanny is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from November 3, 1993, to June 23, 1999, starring Fran Drescher as Fran Fine, a Jewish fashionista from Flushing, Queens who becomes the nanny of three children from an Anglo-American upper-class family in New York. The show was created and produced by Drescher and her then-husband Peter Marc Jacobson, taking much of its inspiration from Drescher's personal life growing up, involving names and characteristics based on her relatives and friends. The show earned a Rose d'Or, and one Emmy Award, out of a total of twelve nominations; Drescher was twice nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy. The sitcom has also spawned several foreign adaptations, loosely inspired by the original scripts. ()
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About The Nanny

Fran, fresh out of her job as a bridal consultant in her boyfriend’s shop, first appears on the doorstep of Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield peddling cosmetics, and quickly stumbled upon the opportunity to become The Nanny for his three children. But soon Fran, with her offbeat nurturing and no-nonsense honesty, touches Maxwell as well as the kids.

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The Nanny Seasons and Episodes

09/30/1998Season 6 - 22 episodes
The sixth and final season of the American television sitcom The Nanny aired on CBS from September 30, 1998, to June 23, 1999. The series was created by actress Fran Drescher and her-then husband Peter Marc Jacobson, and developed by Prudence Fraser and Robert Sternin. Produced by Sternin and Fraser Ink Inc., Highschool Sweethearts and TriStar Television, the series features Drescher, Jacobson, Fraser, Sternin, Caryn Lucas and Diane Wilk as executive producers. Based on an idea inspired by Drescher's visit with a friend and The Sound of Music, the series revolves around Fran Fine, a Jewish woman from Flushing, Queens, New York, who is hired by a wealthy Broadway producer to be the nanny to his three children. Drescher stars as the titular character, Charles Shaughnessy as British-born producer Maxwell Sheffield, and the children – Maggie, Brighton and Grace – portrayed by Nicholle Tom, Benjamin Salisbury, and Madeline Zima. The series also features Daniel Davis as Niles, the family butler, and Lauren Lane as C.C. Babcock, Maxwell's associate in his production company who is smitten with him. Several recurring characters also played a role in the sitcoms plotlines, many of whom were related to Fran. The opening sequence changed slightly in this season. Producer Kathy Landsb... ()
#0 | 12/06/2004Episode 0
The Nanny gang comes back to say hi and catch up on old times, and watch bloopers.
#1 | 09/30/1998The Honeymoon's Overboard
3.0/5 (with 5 votes)
Fran and Maxwell find themselves on a desert island after falling off their honeymoon yacht.
#2 | 10/07/1998Fran Gets Shushed
3.3/5 (with 4 votes)
While trying to learn to live together Fran agrees to be less forward if Maxwell will learn to be less uptight. They both tryout their new personalities at a business dinner meeting.
#3 | 10/14/1998Once a Secretary, Always a Secretary
3.0/5 (with 4 votes)
Brighton wants to go to Atlantic City and his father is totally against it. Fran finds herself torn between being nanny and wife.
#4 | 10/21/1998Sara's Parents
3.1/5 (with 4 votes)
#5 | 10/28/1998Maggie's Boyfriend
3.0/5 (with 4 votes)
Fran couldn't be happier with Maggie's rich, handsome, Jewish, model boyfriend, but when they decide to move in together, Maxwell wants Fran to put her foot down.
#6 | 11/04/1998I'm Pregnant
3.0/5 (with 4 votes)
When Maggie thinks that she is pregnant, Fran takes her to the doctor and finds that she is the expectant mother.
#7 | 11/11/1998Mom's the Word
3.1/5 (with 4 votes)
Fran is excited about the news of her pregnancy though Maxwell doesn't seem to want any more children.
#8 | 11/18/1998Making Whoopi
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)
Fran's devastated after hearing from Dr. Reynolds she was never pregnant at all, that it was a false positive. Maxwell keeps hiding her pregnancy tests to avoid further sadness, and even invites Fran and her relatives to join him on his special appearance on the Hollywood Squares. Val, Sylvia and Yetta advise Fran to go see a herbalist to help Maxwell's swimmers. At the herbal store, Fran buys a special shake that will help Maxwell's little swimmers swim faster and some special cookies that will make them hot for each other. The shake doesn't help, so Dr. Reynolds prescribes hormones for Fran, who also buys an ovulation kit. Her timing couldn't be worse when she starts ovulating right when Maxwell is up on the squares. But nothing that Whoopi Goldberg's dressing room can't fix. Meanwhile, C.C. and Niles accidentally eat the special cookies and feel hot for each other, and Val quits her brightness pills because it was making her too gassy.
#9 | 11/25/1998Oh, Say, Can You Ski?
3.2/5 (with 5 votes)
On a ski trip to Aspen, the Sheffields accept a dinner invitation from the President. Fran's blood test needed to get some antibiotics have some wonderful results.
#10 | 12/16/1998The Hanukkah Story
3.3/5 (with 4 votes)
While excited about celebrating her first Hanukkah with her new husband and family, Maxwell, C.C. and Gracie have to drive to Boston in a snowstorm. Fran is worried sick when they don't arrive on time after they run off the road.
#11 | 01/06/1999The In-Law Who Came Forever
3.1/5 (with 4 votes)
After Aunt Freida buys her parent's condo, the Fines move into the Sheffield mansion.
#12 | 01/20/1999The Fran in the Mirror
2.9/5 (with 4 votes)
After Fran lends a college buddy of Maxwell's $1 million, she hears that he is broke and has been swindling others.
#13 | 02/03/1999The Yummy Mummy
2.9/5 (with 4 votes)
Fran finds out that she and Maxwell are having twins and she is disturbed when Brighton doesn't want her go with him on his tour of colleges.
#14 | 03/31/1999California, Here We Come
2.6/5 (with 4 votes)
Maxwell is asked to turn one of his plays into a sitcom and the Sheffields might be moving to California. And her mother may be having an affair.
#15 | 06/02/1999Ma'ternal Affairs
2.6/5 (with 4 votes)
Fran checks into a man that his mother is seeing and coaches her father on spicing up their marriage.
#16 | 06/09/1999The Producers
3.8/5 (with 4 votes)
Fran tries to produce a play written by a friend of Niles and he confesses his love for C.C.
#17 | 06/16/1999The Dummy Twins
3.3/5 (with 4 votes)
Fran is coaching Niles in his unappreciated courtship of C.C. Finally Niles calls her pathetic and lonely after which the Sheffields find them in bed together.
#18 | 06/16/1999Yetta's Letters
3.9/5 (with 4 votes)
Maxwell uses Yetta's letters as the basis for a play on Broadway beating out Andrew Lloyd Webber who also wanted to use them.
#19 | 06/23/1999Maggie's Wedding
3.1/5 (with 4 votes)
Fran learns that Micheal's cousin is James Brolin and that Barbra Streisand is coming to Maggie and Micheal's wedding. Fran is so excited that she goes into premature labor almost missing Barbra.
#20 | 06/23/1999The Baby Shower
3.0/5 (with 4 votes)
After her fortune telling hair dresser sees Maxwell in bed with a blonde while in California Fran flies out to check on him. Fran Fine Sheffield also runs into actress Fran Drescher and there is a bit of a resemblance.
#21 | 05/12/1999The Finale, Part 1
3.1/5 (with 4 votes)
C.C. flees after Niles proposes again. Fran runs after her and gets stuck in an elevator with her and goes into labor.
#22 | 05/12/1999The Finale, Part 2
3.3/5 (with 4 votes)
C.C. and Niles get married while Fran is in labor and find out that they are also expectant parents. Maggie and Brighton head off to Europe as the Sheffields head to California with the new twins and a new life together.
10/01/1997Season 5 - 23 episodes
09/18/1996Season 4 - 26 episodes
09/11/1995Season 3 - 26 episodes
09/12/1994Season 2 - 26 episodes
11/03/1993Season 1 - 22 episodes
?Specials - 3 episodes

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Production country: United States of America (USA)
Derivative works/Adaptions: "My Fair Nanny" (TV show/series, 2004-)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 26 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Bosnian (BS), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 11/03/1993
Last episode released on: 06/23/1999
Appearing Characters: Sylvia Fine, Fran Fine, Maxwell Sheffield, Niles, C.C. Babcock, Grace Sheffield, Brighton Sheffield, Val Toriello, Yetta Rosenberg, Danny Imperiali, Heather Biblow, Morty Fine
Cast: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane, Nicholle Tom, Benjamin Salisbury, Madeline Zima, Renée Taylor, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Rachel Chagall, Lainie Kazan, Darryl Hickman, Andrew Levitas, Sophie Ward, Dan Aykroyd, James Marsden, Joseph Bologna, Bess Armstrong, Catherine Oxenberg, Robert Vaughn, John Astin, Rosie O'Donnell, Whoopi Goldberg, Coolio, Robert Culp, Ian Buchanan, Ivana Miličević, Nikki Cox, Rob Corddry, Dakin Matthews, Marianne Muellerleile, Margaret Cho, Ray Charles, Kathryn Joosten, Thomas Dekker, Jake Richardson, Lance Reddick, Michael Bacall, Paolo Seganti, Joan Collins, María Conchita Alonso, Hugh Grant, Jackie Tohn, Philip Casnoff, Hal Linden, Judith Hoag, Eric Braeden, Chris Elliott, Lauren Tom, Jane Seymour, Joe Lando, Billy Ray Cyrus, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Trump, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Chevy Chase, Céline Dion, Nora Dunn, Liz Torres, Caroline Rhea, Chris Bruno, Stanley Kamel, Ryan McPartlin, Christopher Rich, Yvonne Sciò, Christina Pickles, Jane Sibbett, Donna Douglas, Twiggy Lawson, Chad Everett, Cristine Rose, Donna Dixon, Jessica Tuck, Lane Davies, Derek Webster, Joan Van Ark, Dennis Dun, Eartha Kitt, Jonathan Penner, Dayton Callie, Joel Murray, Spalding Gray, Zack Norman, Lauren Koslow, Stephen Nichols, Jeanne Cooper, Melody Thomas Scott, Peter Bergman, George Coe, Leann Hunley, Tracy Nelson, Gordon Thomson, Jay Robinson, J. D. Daniels, Richard Kline, Morgan Brittany, Tom Bergeron, George Furth, George Murdock, Roseanne Barr, Steven Anderson, Marla Maples, Patti LaBelle, Jayne Meadows, Ellen Albertini Dow, Bette Midler, Wallace Shawn, Jason Alexander, Jay Leno, Harry Hamlin, Andy Mackenzie, Pamela Anderson, Steve Lawrence
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"超级管家"

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