The Nanny

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.

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.

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.

• Who's the Boss?shared workplace-family sitcom comedy with a brash working-class heroine in a wealthy household
• Everybody Loves Raymondshared New York sitcom warmth, sassy female lead, and domestic family comedy
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Airshared broad family sitcom comedy with an outsider entering a wealthy household

Created by

Fran Drescher, Peter Marc Jacobson

Release Date

1993-11-03

Episode runtime

24 min

Rating

7.2 / 10 (1349)

What is The Nanny about?

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

What is The Nanny like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Nanny as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.

Is The Nanny violent?

No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Nanny.

What did critics think of The Nanny?

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.

Which shows are like The Nanny?

Shows with a similar feel include Who's the Boss?, Everybody Loves Raymond, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

How long is The Nanny?

The Nanny: 6 seasons, 144 episodes.

Is The Nanny still running?

No, The Nanny has ended.

Where can I watch The Nanny?

In United States, The Nanny streams on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.