The Nanny (1993)

The Nanny (1993) - CBS

CBS

Series

1993

TVPG

Sitcom

Comedy

Romance

A flamboyant and outspoken woman from Queens becomes the caretaker for the children of a wealthy, widowed Broadway producer.

Where to Stream

1993–1999 Series 6 Seasons148 Episodes

Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Friday, October 17

Immaculate Concepcion

Season 5 • Episode 19

Maxwell's father dies, leaving his entire estate to a secret love-child, Concepcion.

Friday, October 17

The Pre-nup

Season 5 • Episode 20

Maxwell tells Fran that she must sign a prenuptial agreement or the wedding will be canceled.

Friday, October 17

The Best Man

Season 5 • Episode 21

Maxwell learns Nigel proposed to Fran; Fran finds out about Maxwell's fling with Marla Maples.

Friday, October 17

The Wedding

Season 5 • Episode 22

In a dream, Fran chats with "Lucy" about her wedding; the next day, she has second thoughts.

Saturday, October 18

The Wedding

Season 5 • Episode 23

In a dream, Fran chats with "Lucy" about her wedding; the next day, she has second thoughts.

Saturday, October 18

The Honeymoon's Overboard

Season 6 • Episode 1

Honeymooners Fran and Maxwell fall overboard and wash up on a desert island.

Saturday, October 18

Fran Gets Shushed

Season 6 • Episode 2

Fran is indignant when Maxwell scolds her for extreme loudness in the bedroom.

Saturday, October 18

Once a Secretary, Always a Secretary

Season 6 • Episode 3

Fran is hurt when Maxwell accidentally calls her his nanny while being interviewed.

Saturday, October 18

Green Card

Season 3 • Episode 25

Brighton's French tutor inspires Fran's love and Maxwell's distrust.

Saturday, October 18

Ship of Fran's

Season 3 • Episode 26

Fran sets sail for love on a cruise liner headed for the Bahamas.

Saturday, October 18

A Pup in Paris

Season 3 • Episode 27

C.C.'s dog and Fran tag along to Paris; Maxwell's brother opens a cabaret.

Saturday, October 18

The Tart With Heart

Season 4 • Episode 1

Maxwell takes back saying I love you to Fran; Fran decides to date a blind man.

Saturday, October 18

The Cradle Robbers

Season 4 • Episode 2

Fran chaperons Maggie on a date with an older man and falls for the man's 25-year-old friend.

Saturday, October 18

The Bird's Nest

Season 4 • Episode 3

Brighton must pass science or Maxwell will send him to military school.

Sunday, October 19

The Rosie Show

Season 4 • Episode 4

While Fran's talk-show fame scares Maxwell, C.C. wants to be her agent.

Sunday, October 19

Frieda Needa Man

Season 4 • Episode 5

Fran plays matchmaker to expedite the departure of her recently evicted Aunt Frieda.

Sunday, October 19

Me and Mrs. Joan

Season 4 • Episode 6

Fran tries to reunite Maxwell with his estranged father and stepmother.

Sunday, October 19

The Taxman Cometh

Season 4 • Episode 7

Jay Leno unwittingly saves Fran from going to jail after she and Maxwell appeal her tax audit.

Sunday, October 19

An Affair to Dismember

Season 4 • Episode 8

Nigel Sheffield, rather than Maxwell, pops the question to Fran, who agrees to join him in London.

Sunday, October 19

Tattoo

Season 4 • Episode 9

Maxwell wants to see Fran's concealed tattoo, while her mother suggests that Dr. Roberts remove it.

Sunday, October 19

The Car Show

Season 4 • Episode 10

Fran enters a beauty contest to win a car, but the celebrity judge is not impressed with her.

Sunday, October 19

Hurricane Fran

Season 4 • Episode 11

Fran misses the Sheffield estate when she takes Val on a Caribbean vacation during a hurricane.

Sunday, October 19

Danny's Dead and Who's Got the Will?

Season 4 • Episode 12

Fran consoles her ex-fiance's grieving widow (Pamela Anderson).

Sunday, October 19

Kissing Cousins

Season 4 • Episode 13

The man of Fran's dreams, a handsome, young doctor, turns out to be her first cousin.

Sunday, October 19

The Fifth Wheel

Season 4 • Episode 14

Fran becomes a burden to her dating friends when her therapist convinces her to stop dating.

Sunday, October 19

The Nose Knows

Season 4 • Episode 15

Fran's hero-worship dissolves when she catches her therapist in a disgusting habit.

Monday, October 20

The Family Plumbing

Season 1 • Episode 14

The plumbing fails; Maxwell imposes a double standard on the children.

Monday, October 20

Deep Throat

Season 1 • Episode 15

The doctor checks Fran's throat and schedules her for a tonsillectomy.

Monday, October 20

Schlepped Away

Season 1 • Episode 16

Sheffield household spends the weekend at Fran's parents' when they are stranded by a blizzard.

Monday, October 20

Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off

Season 1 • Episode 17

Maxwell's sister is engaged to a duke but loves her chauffeur.

Monday, October 20

Sunday in the Park With Fran

Season 1 • Episode 18

An attempt to win a powerful theater critic's (Eric Braeden) favor backfires.

Monday, October 20

The Gym Teacher

Season 1 • Episode 19

Fran faces an old nemesis while helping Maggie pass a gymnastics final.

Monday, October 20

Ode to Barbara Joan

Season 1 • Episode 20

C.C.'s feelings are hurt when her estranged father visits and invites Fran to a concert.

Monday, October 20

Frannie's Choice

Season 1 • Episode 21

Fran's ex-boyfriend proposes, but she has misgivings about leaving the Sheffields.

Monday, October 20

I Don't Remember Mama

Season 1 • Episode 22

Fran and Grace enter a mother/daughter beauty pageant; Grace doesn't remember her mom.

Monday, October 20

Fran Lite

Season 2 • Episode 1

Mr. Sheffield goes to a hot new club with Fran and Val meets Fran's Doppelganger.

Monday, October 20

The Playwright

Season 2 • Episode 2

An ex-classmate threatens to kill himself if Fran doesn't agree to marry him.

Monday, October 20

Everybody Needs a Bubby

Season 2 • Episode 3

Fran's Grandma Yetta moves in with the Sheffields while her retirement home is treated for termites.

Monday, October 20

Material Fran

Season 2 • Episode 4

Fran's wealthy date takes her for a night on the town in Paris.

Tuesday, October 21

Curse of the Grandmas

Season 2 • Episode 5

Grace's girls group visits a nursing home; Maxwell forgets Fran's first anniversary as nanny.

Tuesday, October 21

The Nanny Napper

Season 2 • Episode 6

Fran's good deed gets her charged with kidnapping when she brings home a baby.

Tuesday, October 21

A Star Is Unborn

Season 2 • Episode 7

A director seeking to sabotage his own play casts Fran as the lead.

Tuesday, October 21

Pishke Business

Season 2 • Episode 8

Sylvia and her canasta group invest in Maxwell's latest play.

Tuesday, October 21

Sara's Parents

Season 6 • Episode 4

Grandparents threaten legal action to keep Fran from adopting the children.

Tuesday, October 21

Maggie's Boyfriend

Season 6 • Episode 5

Maxwell reacts badly when Maggie announces her decision to move in with her boyfriend.

Tuesday, October 21

I'm Pregnant

Season 6 • Episode 6

Maggie has her first serious, romantic relationship; Niles buys C.C.'s car.

Tuesday, October 21

Mom's the Word

Season 6 • Episode 7

Fran may be pregnant, but wants to delay telling Maxwell until the time is right.

Wednesday, October 22

Making Whoopi

Season 6 • Episode 8

Fran wants to conceive, but Maxwell is appearing on "Hollywood Squares."

Wednesday, October 22

Oh, Say, Can You Ski?

Season 6 • Episode 9

Fran and the Sheffields go on a ski trip with the first family.

Wednesday, October 22

The In-Law Who Came Forever

Season 6 • Episode 11

Aunt Frieda buys Fran's parents' building and kicks them out, forcing them to move into the mansion.

Wednesday, October 22

The Fran in the Mirror

Season 6 • Episode 12

Maxwell's conniving college buddy swindles Fran out of a fortune; Niles inherits a royal title.

Thursday, October 23

The Yummy Mummy

Season 6 • Episode 13

Fran discovers she may have more than one baby; Fran meets Lynn Redgrave.

Thursday, October 23

California Here We Come

Season 6 • Episode 14

The Sheffields consider moving to California when Maxwell gets a movie deal; guest Hal Linden.

Thursday, October 23

Ma'ternal Affairs

Season 6 • Episode 17

Fran's mother considers having an affair; C.C. directs Grace's school play.

Thursday, October 23

The Producers

Season 6 • Episode 18

Fran plays matchmaker when she discovers that Niles is in love with C.C.

Friday, October 24

The Dummy Twins

Season 6 • Episode 19

Maxwell is angry when Fran plays matchmaker for Niles and C.C.

Friday, October 24

Yetta's Letters

Season 6 • Episode 20

Fran tries to convince Maxwell to turn Yetta's old love letters into a Broadway musical.

Friday, October 24

Maggie's Wedding

Season 6 • Episode 21

Fran has a chance to meet Barbra Streisand at Maggie's wedding; Fran goes into labor.

Friday, October 24

The Baby Shower

Season 6 • Episode 22

An emotional Fran is convinced Maxwell is having an affair; Brighton doesn't want to attend Harvard.

Saturday, October 25

The Finale

Season 6 • Episode 15

Maxwell comforts Fran by throwing a beautiful anniversary party for her.

Saturday, October 25

The Finale

Season 6 • Episode 16

Fran succeeds in reconciling Niles and C.C. and goes into labor.

Saturday, October 25

Pilot

Season 1 • Episode 1

Fran goes to work for Maxwell after being fired from her boyfriend's bridal boutique.

Saturday, October 25

Smoke Gets in Your Lies

Season 1 • Episode 2

When Brighton is caught smoking at school, Fran thinks it might be her fault.

Saturday, October 25

The Bank Robbery

Season 4 • Episode 16

A bank robber regrets taking Fran and her mother Slyvia hostage.

Saturday, October 25

Samson, He Denied Her

Season 4 • Episode 17

A judge finds it difficult to control Fran when she hears a case against a romance-novel model.

Saturday, October 25

The Facts of Lice

Season 4 • Episode 18

All but Maxwell get head lice; Fran finds a threatening note.

Saturday, October 25

Fran's Roots

Season 4 • Episode 19

A woman believes that she, not Sylvia, is Fran's mother due to a hospital mix-up.

Saturday, October 25

The Nanny and the Hunk Producer

Season 4 • Episode 20

Maxwell's Broadway success gets him and Fran in the tabloids.

Sunday, October 26

The Passed-Over Story

Season 4 • Episode 21

Fran re-evaluates her life when her high-school rival lands a starring role in Sheffield's new play.

Sunday, October 26

No Muse Is Good Muse

Season 4 • Episode 22

Fran decides to write music as she tries to get a famous rock star to record one of her songs.

Sunday, October 26

You Bette Your Life

Season 4 • Episode 23

To meet Bette Midler, Fran offers her services at a charity auction.

Sunday, October 26

The Heather Biblow Story

Season 4 • Episode 24

The widow of Fran's ex-fiance lands a role on a daytime drama.

Sunday, October 26

The Boca Story

Season 4 • Episode 25

Sylvia buys a Florida condo; Maxwell judges the Miss Universe Pageant.

Sunday, October 26

Fran's Gotta Have It

Season 4 • Episode 26

Fran hopes a romantic London interlude will prompt Maxwell to commit.

Sunday, October 26

The Morning After

Season 5 • Episode 1

Maxwell asks Fran to redecorate the kitchen, to distract her.

Sunday, October 26

First Date

Season 5 • Episode 2

Maxwell and Fran have their first date -- at a party being thrown by Elton John.

Sunday, October 26

The Bobbie Fleckman Story

Season 5 • Episode 3

Promoter Bobbie Fleckman shoots a rock video at the Sheffields'.

Sunday, October 26

Fransom

Season 5 • Episode 4

Fran tries to raise money for a shower gift for Yetta; Cece's dog is kidnapped.

Sunday, October 26

The Ex-Niles

Season 5 • Episode 5

Niles quits in a snit about money; Dr. Joyce Brothers recommends a mate for Maxwell.

Sunday, October 26

A Decent Proposal

Season 5 • Episode 6

In Atlantic City, Fran thinks Chevy Chase has a crush on her; Niles hits the slots.

Sunday, October 26

Mommy and Mai

Season 5 • Episode 7

An orphan Fran and Val adopted for a grade-school project looks them up.

Sunday, October 26

Fair Weather Fran

Season 5 • Episode 8

Fran auditions to pursues and old dream of hers to become a weather girl.

Sunday, October 26

Educating Fran

Season 5 • Episode 9

Fran's new interest is handsome, Jewish, a professor and guided by astrology.

Sunday, October 26

From Flushing With Love

Season 5 • Episode 10

Fran gets Maxwell (and the Fines and the Sheffields) to Niagara Falls.

Sunday, October 26

Rash to Judgment

Season 5 • Episode 11

Fran has an allergic reaction and a concert date with Maxwell on the same night.

Sunday, October 26

One False Mole and You're Dead

Season 5 • Episode 12

Fran accidentally reveals a leading lady's beauty secret to a columnist.

Monday, October 27

Call Me Fran

Season 5 • Episode 13

Fran wants Maxwell to use her first name; Maggie takes Brighton to a bring-a-geek party.

Monday, October 27

The Engagement

Season 5 • Episode 15

Maxwell buys an engagement ring and invites Fran and the Fines to dinner.

Monday, October 27

The Dinner Party

Season 5 • Episode 16

Fran learns that some of Maxwell's high-society chums are making fun of her behind her back.

Monday, October 27

Homie-Work

Season 5 • Episode 17

Sammy's nerdy nephew wants to be a rapper; C.C. finally snaps.

Monday, October 27

A woman is hired to care for the family of a widowed Broadway producer.

Monday, October 27

A woman is hired to care for the family of a widowed Broadway producer.

Monday, October 27

A woman is hired to care for the family of a widowed Broadway producer.

Monday, October 27

A woman is hired to care for the family of a widowed Broadway producer.

Monday, October 27

A woman is hired to care for the family of a widowed Broadway producer.

Monday, October 27

A woman is hired to care for the family of a widowed Broadway producer.

Monday, October 27

A woman is hired to care for the family of a widowed Broadway producer.

Monday, October 27

A woman is hired to care for the family of a widowed Broadway producer.

Monday, October 27

A woman is hired to care for the family of a widowed Broadway producer.

Monday, October 27

A woman is hired to care for the family of a widowed Broadway producer.

Monday, October 27

A woman is hired to care for the family of a widowed Broadway producer.

Monday, October 27

A woman is hired to care for the family of a widowed Broadway producer.

Monday, October 27

A woman is hired to care for the family of a widowed Broadway producer.

Tuesday, October 28

A woman is hired to care for the family of a widowed Broadway producer.

Tuesday, October 28

A woman is hired to care for the family of a widowed Broadway producer.

Tuesday, October 28

A woman is hired to care for the family of a widowed Broadway producer.

Tuesday, October 28

The Nuchshlep

Season 1 • Episode 4

Tension arises after Fran chaperons Maggie on a date and the young man becomes interested in Fran.

Tuesday, October 28

Here Comes the Brood

Season 1 • Episode 5

C.C. feels threatened by Fran's relationship with the children and decided to take them to the zoo.

Tuesday, October 28

The Butler, the Husband, the Wife and Her Mother

Season 1 • Episode 6

Fran persuades Niles to pose as her husband after her mother tells their cousins she is married.

Tuesday, October 28

Imaginary Friend

Season 1 • Episode 7

Grace becomes hysterical when Fran accidentally eats her imaginary friend.

Wednesday, October 29

Personal Business

Season 1 • Episode 9

A soap star will appear in Maxwell's play if Fran will date him.

Wednesday, October 29

The Nanny-in-Law

Season 1 • Episode 10

When Maxwell's childhood nanny visits, she is appalled by Fran's unique child-care methods.

Wednesday, October 29

A Plot for Nanny

Season 1 • Episode 11

Fran's mom buys her a cemetery plot to fix her up with the funeral director.

Wednesday, October 29

The Show Must Go On

Season 1 • Episode 12

Fran casts Grace as the lead in the school pageant; Maxwell becomes the producer.

Thursday, October 30

Maggie the Model

Season 1 • Episode 13

Maxwell's ex-girlfriend, a 1960s supermodel, decides that Maggie should model.

Thursday, October 30

The Family Plumbing

Season 1 • Episode 14

The plumbing fails; Maxwell imposes a double standard on the children.

Thursday, October 30

Deep Throat

Season 1 • Episode 15

The doctor checks Fran's throat and schedules her for a tonsillectomy.

Thursday, October 30

Schlepped Away

Season 1 • Episode 16

Sheffield household spends the weekend at Fran's parents' when they are stranded by a blizzard.

Friday, October 31

Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off

Season 1 • Episode 17

Maxwell's sister is engaged to a duke but loves her chauffeur.

Friday, October 31

Sunday in the Park With Fran

Season 1 • Episode 18

An attempt to win a powerful theater critic's (Eric Braeden) favor backfires.

Friday, October 31

The Gym Teacher

Season 1 • Episode 19

Fran faces an old nemesis while helping Maggie pass a gymnastics final.

Friday, October 31

Ode to Barbara Joan

Season 1 • Episode 20

C.C.'s feelings are hurt when her estranged father visits and invites Fran to a concert.

Saturday, November 1

Frannie's Choice

Season 1 • Episode 21

Fran's ex-boyfriend proposes, but she has misgivings about leaving the Sheffields.

Saturday, November 1

I Don't Remember Mama

Season 1 • Episode 22

Fran and Grace enter a mother/daughter beauty pageant; Grace doesn't remember her mom.

Saturday, November 1

Fran Lite

Season 2 • Episode 1

Mr. Sheffield goes to a hot new club with Fran and Val meets Fran's Doppelganger.

Saturday, November 1

The Playwright

Season 2 • Episode 2

An ex-classmate threatens to kill himself if Fran doesn't agree to marry him.

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