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.
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.
Wednesday, February 4
Where's Fran
Season 3 • Episode 16
Fran quits in a huff after Maxwell catches her puffing on a cigarette.
Wednesday, February 4
The Grandmas
Season 3 • Episode 17
Fran calls on her grandmothers to convince Sylvia and Morty not to split.
Wednesday, February 4
Val's Boyfriend
Season 3 • Episode 18
Fran devises a plan to test Val's new boyfriend's loyalties; C.C. quits her job in a tantrum.
Wednesday, February 4
Love Is a Many Blundered Thing
Season 3 • Episode 19
Maxwell gets a surprise when Fran assumes he is her secret admirer on Valentine's Day.
Thursday, February 5
Your Feets Too Big
Season 3 • Episode 20
Fran is going crazy because her foot model reunion is coming up and her feet got bigger.
Thursday, February 5
Where's the Pearls?
Season 3 • Episode 21
Self-appointed courier Fran loses Elizabeth Taylor's priceless black pearls.
Thursday, February 5
The Hockey Show
Season 3 • Episode 22
Fran's latest beau is a New York Rangers hockey player who believes she will bring him good luck.
Thursday, February 5
That's Midlife
Season 3 • Episode 23
Maxwell has a mid-life crisis after Fran beats him at tennis.
Friday, February 6
The Cantor Show
Season 3 • Episode 24
Maxwell offers Fran's cantor boyfriend the lead in a Broadway play.
Friday, February 6
Green Card
Season 3 • Episode 25
Brighton's French tutor inspires Fran's love and Maxwell's distrust.
Friday, February 6
Ship of Fran's
Season 3 • Episode 26
Fran sets sail for love on a cruise liner headed for the Bahamas.
Friday, February 6
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, February 7
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, February 7
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, February 7
The Bird's Nest
Season 4 • Episode 3
Brighton must pass science or Maxwell will send him to military school.
Saturday, February 7
The Rosie Show
Season 4 • Episode 4
While Fran's talk-show fame scares Maxwell, C.C. wants to be her agent.
Tuesday, February 10
Frieda Needa Man
Season 4 • Episode 5
Fran plays matchmaker to expedite the departure of her recently evicted Aunt Frieda.
Tuesday, February 10
Me and Mrs. Joan
Season 4 • Episode 6
Fran tries to reunite Maxwell with his estranged father and stepmother.
Tuesday, February 10
The Taxman Cometh
Season 4 • Episode 7
Jay Leno unwittingly saves Fran from going to jail after she and Maxwell appeal her tax audit.
Tuesday, February 10
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.
Wednesday, February 11
Tattoo
Season 4 • Episode 9
Maxwell wants to see Fran's concealed tattoo, while her mother suggests that Dr. Roberts remove it.
Wednesday, February 11
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.
Wednesday, February 11
Hurricane Fran
Season 4 • Episode 11
Fran misses the Sheffield estate when she takes Val on a Caribbean vacation during a hurricane.
Wednesday, February 11
Danny's Dead and Who's Got the Will?
Season 4 • Episode 12
Fran consoles her ex-fiance's grieving widow (Pamela Anderson).
Thursday, February 12
Kissing Cousins
Season 4 • Episode 13
The man of Fran's dreams, a handsome, young doctor, turns out to be her first cousin.
Thursday, February 12
The Fifth Wheel
Season 4 • Episode 14
Fran becomes a burden to her dating friends when her therapist convinces her to stop dating.
Thursday, February 12
The Nose Knows
Season 4 • Episode 15
Fran's hero-worship dissolves when she catches her therapist in a disgusting habit.
Thursday, February 12
The Bank Robbery
Season 4 • Episode 16
A bank robber regrets taking Fran and her mother Slyvia hostage.
Friday, February 13
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.
Friday, February 13
The Facts of Lice
Season 4 • Episode 18
All but Maxwell get head lice; Fran finds a threatening note.
Friday, February 13
Fran's Roots
Season 4 • Episode 19
A woman believes that she, not Sylvia, is Fran's mother due to a hospital mix-up.
Friday, February 13
The Nanny and the Hunk Producer
Season 4 • Episode 20
Maxwell's Broadway success gets him and Fran in the tabloids.
Saturday, February 14
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.
Saturday, February 14
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.
Saturday, February 14
You Bette Your Life
Season 4 • Episode 23
To meet Bette Midler, Fran offers her services at a charity auction.
Saturday, February 14
The Heather Biblow Story
Season 4 • Episode 24
The widow of Fran's ex-fiance lands a role on a daytime drama.
Tuesday, February 17
The Boca Story
Season 4 • Episode 25
Sylvia buys a Florida condo; Maxwell judges the Miss Universe Pageant.
Tuesday, February 17
Fran's Gotta Have It
Season 4 • Episode 26
Fran hopes a romantic London interlude will prompt Maxwell to commit.
Tuesday, February 17
The Morning After
Season 5 • Episode 1
Maxwell asks Fran to redecorate the kitchen, to distract her.
Tuesday, February 17
First Date
Season 5 • Episode 2
Maxwell and Fran have their first date -- at a party being thrown by Elton John.
Wednesday, February 18
The Bobbie Fleckman Story
Season 5 • Episode 3
Promoter Bobbie Fleckman shoots a rock video at the Sheffields'.
Wednesday, February 18
Fransom
Season 5 • Episode 4
Fran tries to raise money for a shower gift for Yetta; Cece's dog is kidnapped.
Wednesday, February 18
The Ex-Niles
Season 5 • Episode 5
Niles quits in a snit about money; Dr. Joyce Brothers recommends a mate for Maxwell.
Wednesday, February 18
A Decent Proposal
Season 5 • Episode 6
In Atlantic City, Fran thinks Chevy Chase has a crush on her; Niles hits the slots.
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