# The Nanny (1993)

> A flashy, big-hearted nanny from Flushing brings chaos and warmth to a Broadway producer's Manhattan household.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/2233

## Facts

- Seasons: 6
- Episodes: 144
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy, family
- Created by: Fran Drescher, Peter Marc Jacobson
- Network: CBS
- Cast: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane, Nicholle Tom, Benjamin Salisbury, Madeline Zima, Renée Taylor
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106080/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: breezy, comforting, jokey, warm, cheerful

## What critics say

Viewers generally regard The Nanny as a warm, broadly positive sitcom carried by Fran Drescher's larger-than-life comic performance, though its audience ratings drifted modestly downward after the first season.

## Synopsis

The Nanny (1993-1999) is a American network sitcom created by Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson for CBS. Fran Drescher stars as Fran Fine, a sweet and sassy young woman from Flushing, Queens, who lands a job as nanny to the three children of Maxwell Sheffield (Charles Shaughnessy), a widowed Broadway producer living in a Manhattan townhouse. Daniel Davis plays Niles, the wisecracking, impeccably formal butler, while Lauren Lane appears as Maxwell's sharp-tongued associate C.C. Babcock, and Renee Taylor plays Fran's loud, meddling mother Sylvia. The engine of the show is the collision between Fran's brash, big-hearted working-class energy and the polished world of her employer, with each episode built from misadventures in the Sheffield household, romantic misunderstandings and the show-business schemes that spill into the home. Running for six seasons as a multi-camera sitcom with a studio audience, it moves at the rhythm of classic family comedy. The tone is breezy, warm and jokey, with a comforting, feel-good register. Fans of Who's the Boss?, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Everybody Loves Raymond will find resonance in its mix of domestic chaos and affectionate family humor.

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