The Nanny (1993)
TVPG
Sitcom
Comedy
Romance
A flamboyant and outspoken woman from Queens becomes the caretaker for the children of a wealthy, widowed Broadway producer.
Cast & Crew
Fran Drescher Fran Fine
Charles Shaughnessy Maxwell Sheffield
Lauren Lane Chastity Claire 'C.C.' Babcock
Daniel Davis Niles
Nicholle Tom Maggie Sheffield
Benjamin Salisbury Brighton Sheffield
Madeline Zima Grace Sheffield
Renee Taylor Sylvia Fine
Fran Drescher Creator
Peter Marc Jacobson Creator
Robert Sternin Executive Producer
Prudence Fraser Executive Producer
Dorothy Lyman Director
Lee Shallat Chemel Director
Fran Drescher Writer
Peter Marc Jacobson Writer
Fran Drescher Executive Producer
Peter Marc Jacobson Executive Producer
Fran Drescher Producer
Kathy Landsberg Producer
Frank Lombardi Producer
⨁Full Cast & Crew
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Saturday, January 17
Deep Throat
Season 1 • Episode 15
The doctor checks Fran's throat and schedules her for a tonsillectomy.
Saturday, January 17
Schlepped Away
Season 1 • Episode 16
Sheffield household spends the weekend at Fran's parents' when they are stranded by a blizzard.
Saturday, January 17
Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off
Season 1 • Episode 17
Maxwell's sister is engaged to a duke but loves her chauffeur.
Saturday, January 17
Sunday in the Park With Fran
Season 1 • Episode 18
An attempt to win a powerful theater critic's (Eric Braeden) favor backfires.
Tuesday, January 20
The Gym Teacher
Season 1 • Episode 19
Fran faces an old nemesis while helping Maggie pass a gymnastics final.
Tuesday, January 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.
Tuesday, January 20
Frannie's Choice
Season 1 • Episode 21
Fran's ex-boyfriend proposes, but she has misgivings about leaving the Sheffields.
Tuesday, January 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.
Wednesday, January 21
Fran Lite
Season 2 • Episode 1
Mr. Sheffield goes to a hot new club with Fran and Val meets Fran's Doppelganger.
Wednesday, January 21
The Playwright
Season 2 • Episode 2
An ex-classmate threatens to kill himself if Fran doesn't agree to marry him.
Wednesday, January 21
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.
Wednesday, January 21
Material Fran
Season 2 • Episode 4
Fran's wealthy date takes her for a night on the town in Paris.
Thursday, January 22
Curse of the Grandmas
Season 2 • Episode 5
Grace's girls group visits a nursing home; Maxwell forgets Fran's first anniversary as nanny.
Thursday, January 22
The Nanny Napper
Season 2 • Episode 6
Fran's good deed gets her charged with kidnapping when she brings home a baby.
Thursday, January 22
A Star Is Unborn
Season 2 • Episode 7
A director seeking to sabotage his own play casts Fran as the lead.
Thursday, January 22
Pishke Business
Season 2 • Episode 8
Sylvia and her canasta group invest in Maxwell's latest play.
Friday, January 23
Stock Tip
Season 2 • Episode 9
Fran tries to stop Maxwell from repeating a bogus stock tip to business associates.
Friday, January 23
The Whine Cellar
Season 2 • Episode 10
Fran and C.C. become trapped in the wine cellar during Fran's mother's 50th birthday bash.
Friday, January 23
When You Pish Upon a Star
Season 2 • Episode 11
Maxwell and C.C.'s child star wants to quit after spending time with Fran.
Friday, January 23
Take Back Your Mink
Season 2 • Episode 12
Fran inherits a mink coat, then offends her mother by not wearing it.
Saturday, January 24
The Strike
Season 2 • Episode 13
Maxwell is hung out to dry on "Sally Jessy Raphael" after he forces Fran to cross a picket line.
Saturday, January 24
I've Got a Secret
Season 2 • Episode 14
Maxwell's celebrity friend recuperates at the Sheffields', but Fran blabs.
Saturday, January 24
Kindervelt Days
Season 2 • Episode 15
To impress a rival, Fran brings Erik Estrada to her summer-camp reunion.
Saturday, January 24
Canasta Masta
Season 2 • Episode 16
Mr. Sheffield wants Brighton to play more sports; Brighton joins Yetta's canasta team.
Tuesday, January 27
The Will
Season 2 • Episode 17
Mr. Sheffield asks Fran to be guardian of his children in the event of his death.
Tuesday, January 27
The Nanny Behind the Man
Season 2 • Episode 18
Maxwell wines and dines a playwright to win rights to his latest play.
Tuesday, January 27
A Fine Friendship
Season 2 • Episode 19
When Fran befriends an attractive male nanny, Mr. Sheffield reveals his possessive side.
Tuesday, January 27
Lamb Chop's on the Menu
Season 2 • Episode 20
Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop visit, then the dog has sock remnants in his mouth.
Wednesday, January 28
Close Shave
Season 2 • Episode 21
When Maggie's social life clashes with her job as a candy striper, Fran comes to the rescue.
Wednesday, January 28
What the Butler Sung
Season 2 • Episode 22
Niles does a different kind of job for Mr. Sheffield when he sings at a backers' audition.
Wednesday, January 28
A Kiss Is Just a Kiss
Season 2 • Episode 23
Fran and Maggie enter a contest where the winner appears on the cover of a Billy Ray Cyrus album.
Wednesday, January 28
Strange Bedfellows
Season 2 • Episode 24
After attending a retirement party for a friend, Fran stumbles into bed with Maxwell.
Thursday, January 29
The Chatterbox
Season 2 • Episode 25
Fran helps an out-of-work actress get a job at her beauty parlor.
Thursday, January 29
Fran Gets Mugged
Season 2 • Episode 26
When Fran and Brighton are mugged in Central Park, the perpetrator gets more than a purse.
Thursday, January 29
Pen Pal
Season 3 • Episode 1
Fran panics when her longtime pen pal wants to meet face-to-face.
Thursday, January 29
Franny and the Professor
Season 3 • Episode 2
C.C.'s college-professor brother bets he can make Fran a "Jeopardy" contestant.
Friday, January 30
The Dope Diamond
Season 3 • Episode 3
Fran accepts a marriage proposal from a doctor, but the groom-to-be vanishes.
Friday, January 30
A Fine Family Feud
Season 3 • Episode 4
Fran's exciting plans for Maggie's Sweet Sixteen party go awry because of family antagonisms.
Friday, January 30
Val's Apartment
Season 3 • Episode 5
Fran decides to share an apartment with Val when she feels stressed out.
Friday, January 30
Shopaholic
Season 3 • Episode 6
News of her ex-boyfriend's engagement sends Fran on a limitless shopping spree.
Saturday, January 31
Oy Vey, You're Gay
Season 3 • Episode 7
Maxwell's new publicist takes a romantic interest in a member of the household.
Saturday, January 31
The Party's Over
Season 3 • Episode 8
Fran is arrested for operating a singles-party business without a license.
Saturday, January 31
The Two Mrs. Sheffields
Season 3 • Episode 9
To get back at his overbearing mother, Maxwell proposes to Fran.
Saturday, January 31
Having His Baby
Season 3 • Episode 10
An actress who is a single mother prompts Fran to consider artificial insemination.
Tuesday, February 3
The Unkindest Cut
Season 3 • Episode 11
Fran wins a trip to Hollywood and wanders onto the "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" set.
Tuesday, February 3
The Kibbutz
Season 3 • Episode 12
Fran convinces Maxwell to send Maggie to a kibbutz rather than a convent for the holidays.
Tuesday, February 3
An Offer She Can't Refuse
Season 3 • Episode 13
Fran suspects her new beau is involved in some shady business.
Tuesday, February 3
Fashion Show
Season 3 • Episode 15
Fran's cousin Toddy helps with costumes for a Broadway benefit.
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