"The Nanny" (1993) TV series 1993-1999

Creators:

Fran Drescher
Peter Marc Jacobson
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

3 November 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

After being fired from her job and dumped by her boyfriend, a cosmetics saleswoman becomes the nanny to the three children of a rich British widower. As time passes, the two fall for each other.

Plot Keywords:

Nanny | Sexual Tension | Butler | Jew | New York City

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 5 wins & 33 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Dec. 30	11:00 PM	NIK	The Butler, the Husband, the Wife and Her Mother	#1.5
Wed. Dec. 30	11:30 PM	NIK	A Plot for Nanny	#1.10

Cast

Fran Drescher	...	Fran Fine / ... (145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Charles Shaughnessy	...	Maxwell Sheffield / ... (145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Daniel Davis	...	Niles (145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Lauren Lane	...	Chastity Claire 'C.C.' Babcock (145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Nicholle Tom	...	Margaret 'Maggie' Sheffield / ... (145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Benjamin Salisbury	...	Brighton Sheffield (145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Madeline Zima	...	Grace Sheffield (145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Renée Taylor	...	Sylvia Fine (94 episodes, 1993-1999)
Rachel Chagall	...	Val Toriello (79 episodes, 1993-1999)
Ann Morgan Guilbert	...	Yetta Rosenberg (56 episodes, 1993-1999)

Series Directed by
Dorothy Lyman		(74 episodes, 1995-1998)
Lee Shallat Chemel		(29 episodes, 1993-1995)
Peter Marc Jacobson		(21 episodes, 1998-1999)
Gail Mancuso		(6 episodes, 1994)
Paul Miller		(4 episodes, 1994)
Linda Day		(3 episodes, 1994)
Will Mackenzie		(2 episodes, 1994)
Fran Drescher		(2 episodes, 1998-1999)

Series Writing credits
Fran Drescher		(145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Prudence Fraser		(145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Peter Marc Jacobson		(145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Robert Sternin		(145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Frank Lombardi		(21 episodes, 1994-1999)
Diane Wilk		(16 episodes, 1993-1998)
Rick Shaw		(14 episodes, 1994-1999)
Jayne Hamil		(13 episodes, 1994-1999)
Caryn Lucas		(13 episodes, 1995-1999)
Ivan Menchell		(7 episodes, 1997-1999)
Sally Lapiduss		(6 episodes, 1993-1996)
Eileen O'Hare		(6 episodes, 1994-1996)
Dana Reston		(6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Robbie Schwartz		(5 episodes, 1994-1996)
Dan Amernick		(5 episodes, 1996-1999)
Jay Amernick		(5 episodes, 1996-1999)
Nastaran Dibai		(5 episodes, 1996-1998)
Jeffrey B. Hodes		(5 episodes, 1996-1998)
Suzanne Gangursky		(5 episodes, 1997-1999)
Pamela Eells		(4 episodes, 1993-1995)
Howard Meyers		(3 episodes, 1993-1994)
Eric Cohen		(3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Janis Hirsch		(3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Sean Hanley		(3 episodes, 1997-1999)
Cody Farley		(3 episodes, 1998-1999)
Suzanne Myers		(3 episodes, 1998-1999)
Eve Ahlert		(2 episodes, 1993-1994)
Dennis Drake		(2 episodes, 1993-1994)
Bill Lawrence		(2 episodes, 1994)
David M. Matthews		(2 episodes, 1994)
Erik Mintz		(2 episodes, 1995-1996)
Chandler Evans		(2 episodes, 1999)
Matthew J. Berman		(1 episode, 1998)

Series Produced by
Fran Drescher	....	producer / executive producer (145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Peter Marc Jacobson	....	executive producer / co-executive producer (145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Prudence Fraser	....	executive producer / consulting executive producer (144 episodes, 1993-1999)
Janice Minsberg	....	associate producer / co-producer (144 episodes, 1993-1999)
Robert Sternin	....	executive producer / consulting executive producer (144 episodes, 1993-1999)
Kathy Landsberg	....	producer / co-executive producer (143 episodes, 1993-1999)
Diane Wilk	....	co-executive producer / executive producer / ... (121 episodes, 1993-1998)
Frank Lombardi	....	producer / supervising producer / ... (107 episodes, 1995-1999)
Caryn Lucas	....	producer / supervising producer / ... (96 episodes, 1995-1999)
Nastaran Dibai	....	supervising producer / producer (52 episodes, 1996-1998)
Jeffrey B. Hodes	....	supervising producer / producer (52 episodes, 1996-1998)
Ivan Menchell	....	supervising producer / producer / ... (50 episodes, 1997-1999)
Jayne Hamil	....	co-producer / producer (44 episodes, 1997-1999)
Howard Preiser	....	associate producer / co-producer (44 episodes, 1997-1999)
Dana Reston	....	producer / co-producer (37 episodes, 1995-1996)
Rick Shaw	....	producer / co-producer (32 episodes, 1998-1999)
Robbie Schwartz	....	associate producer / co-producer (30 episodes, 1995-1996)
Lee Shallat Chemel	....	producer (29 episodes, 1993-1995)
Eric Cohen	....	supervising producer (24 episodes, 1994-1995)
Pamela Eells	....	co-executive producer (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Sally Lapiduss	....	co-executive producer (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Janis Hirsch	....	consulting producer (22 episodes, 1994-1995)
Jennifer Destiny Mackenzie	....	associate producer (22 episodes, 1998-1999)
Howard Meyers	....	supervising producer (21 episodes, 1993-1994)
Dorothy Lyman	....	producer (18 episodes, 1997-1998)

Series Original Music by
Timothy Thompson		(145 episodes, 1993-1999)

Series Cinematography by
James Jansen		(74 episodes, 1995-1998)
Mikel Neiers		(47 episodes, 1993-1995)
Robert F. Liu		(22 episodes, 1998-1999)
Donald M. Morgan		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Jim McQueen		(144 episodes, 1993-1999)

Series Casting by
April Webster		(120 episodes, 1994-1999)
Marc Hirschfeld		(24 episodes, 1993-1994)
Meg Liberman		(24 episodes, 1993-1994)

Series Art Direction by
Bernard Vyzga		(120 episodes, 1994-1999)
Bill Brzeski		(24 episodes, 1993-1994)

Series Set Decoration by
Diane O'Connell		(49 episodes, 1995-1997)
Shaunah D. Smith		(47 episodes, 1993-1995)
Susan Mina Eschelbach		(28 episodes, 1998-1999)
Cindy Coburn		(12 episodes, 1997-1998)
Jennifer Polito		(4 episodes, 1997)
Sarah Burdick Stone		(3 episodes, 1997)

Series Costume Design by
Brenda Cooper		(79 episodes, 1993-1996)
Shawn Holly Cookson		(65 episodes, 1996-1999)
Terry Gordon		(65 episodes, 1996-1999)

Series Makeup Department
Kenneth Paul Schoenfeld	....	makeup artist (94 episodes, 1995-1999)
Faye Woods	....	hair styles: Fran Drescher / hair stylist (80 episodes, 1995-1999)
Rena Andreoli	....	makeup artist (68 episodes, 1995-1999)
Dugg Kirkpatrick	....	hair stylist (65 episodes, 1993-1996)
Darrell McIntyre	....	makeup artist (42 episodes, 1993-1995)
Roxanne Baker	....	hair stylist (42 episodes, 1995-1997)
Gloria Blackman	....	makeup artist (12 episodes, 1997-1999)
Wendy Hogan	....	makeup artist (5 episodes, 1993)
Bradley Wexler	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1996)
Tim Burke	....	hair stylist (2 episodes, 1999)
Julie C. Steffes	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1999)
Sylvia Surdu	....	hair stylist (2 episodes, 1999)

Series Production Management
Nikki Vanzo	....	production supervisor (1 episode, 1995)
Debbie Elbin	....	unit production manager: NY (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jennifer Reed	....	associate director (63 episodes, 1996-1999)
Buzz Sapien	....	associate director (43 episodes, 1993-1995)
Jody Margolin	....	associate director (31 episodes, 1994-1996)
Michael Dow	....	associate director (3 episodes, 1999)

Series Art Department
Dale Head	....	property master (143 episodes, 1993-1999)
Lorne Grant	....	assistant property master (84 episodes, 1993-1997)
Margaret Mazzola	....	set dresser (70 episodes, 1996-1999)
Melody Harrop	....	assistant art director (17 episodes, 1995-1999)
Lilly Frank	....	paint decorator (6 episodes, 1995-1996)
Keith Giller	....	set dresser (2 episodes, 1999)
David Hopgood	....	set dresser (2 episodes, 1999)
Mary Lindes	....	set dresser (2 episodes, 1999)
Susan Matheny	....	property (2 episodes, 1999)
Adam Pearlman	....	set dresser (2 episodes, 1999)

Series Sound Department
John Bickelhaupt	....	sound re-recordist / re-recording / ... (142 episodes, 1993-1999)
Tamara Johnson	....	sound re-recordist / re-recording / ... (115 episodes, 1993-1999)
Marti D. Humphrey	....	sound re-recordist / re-recording mixer / ... (25 episodes, 1993-1994)
Ron Garrard	....	sound recordist (9 episodes, 1993)
Todd Grace	....	sound re-recordist (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Allen Patapoff	....	sound re-recordist (2 episodes, 1995)
Errol Aubrey	....	audio (2 episodes, 1999)
John Badenhop	....	audio (2 episodes, 1999)
Paul Greiner	....	audio (2 episodes, 1999)
Robert Hunt	....	audio (2 episodes, 1999)
Peter Rand	....	audio (2 episodes, 1999)
William Remhild	....	audiomix (2 episodes, 1999)
Derek Casari	....	sound (unknown episodes)
Brent Ellingwood	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Mike Olman	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Gene Semel	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Vincent Montefusco	....	special effects: mech/flying (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Andy Jolliff	....	digital compositor (1 episode, 1995)
Don W. Kim	....	digital compositor (1 episode, 1995)

Series Stunts
Chino Binamo	....	stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 1996-1998)
D.J. Johnson	....	utility stunts (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
Monty L. Simons	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Ric Urbauer	....	best boy grip (78 episodes, 1994-1997)
Steven G. Ross	....	videotape operator (70 episodes, 1996-1999)
Ron Provenzano	....	set lighting (45 episodes, 1996-1998)
Jenna Abrahamson-Minardi	....	first best boy electrician (12 episodes, 1998)
Ali Vossough	....	camera utility (8 episodes, 1994-1997)
Michael Yarish	....	still photographer (8 episodes, 1998-1999)
Lindy Alsobrooks	....	grip / key grip (2 episodes, 1999)
Gary Anderson	....	gaffer (2 episodes, 1999)
Raphe Berry	....	best boy electric (2 episodes, 1999)
Don Davis	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1999)
Jack Hill	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1999)
Toulouse Holliday	....	best boy grip (2 episodes, 1999)
Paul Kleinschmidt	....	electrician (2 episodes, 1999)
James Martin	....	electrician (2 episodes, 1999)
Bob Minges	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1999)
Vito Mirabella	....	grip (2 episodes, 1999)
Frank Orozco	....	grip (2 episodes, 1999)
James R. Renfro	....	electrician (2 episodes, 1999)
David Rhea	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1999)
Rich Rose	....	video control operator / video controller (2 episodes, 1999)
John Walker	....	electrician (2 episodes, 1999)
Adam Glick	....	set lighting technician (unknown episodes)
Dave Heckman	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Jaime Heintz	....	grip (unknown episodes)
Stephen A. Jones	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Larry Newberg	....	still photographer (unknown episodes)
Tom Wholey	....	electrician (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Jeff Brennan	....	assistant animator (22 episodes, 1993-1994)

Series Casting Department
Marc Hirschfeld	....	original casting (120 episodes, 1994-1999)
Meg Liberman	....	original casting (120 episodes, 1994-1999)
Paula Rosenberg	....	casting associate (47 episodes, 1996-1999)
Paula Parker	....	casting associate (27 episodes, 1996-1997)
Brian Myers	....	casting associate (25 episodes, 1993-1994)
Scott Baldyga	....	casting assistant (unknown episodes)
Byron Crystal	....	extras casting (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Vincent Lapper	....	costumer (6 episodes, 1993)
Bianca White	....	costumer (2 episodes, 1994-1998)
Laura Guzik	....	wardrobe (2 episodes, 1997-1999)
Leonie De Sielvie	....	wardrobe (2 episodes, 1999)
Ilona Fodor	....	wardrobe (2 episodes, 1999)
Judi Mann	....	wardrobe (2 episodes, 1999)
Julia Schklair	....	costumer (unknown episodes, 1995)
Shawn Holly Cookson	....	costumer (unknown episodes)
Brenda Cooper	....	costume supervisor (unknown episodes)
Terry Gordon	....	costumer (unknown episodes)
Gilda Texter	....	costumer (unknown episodes)
Erica Toriello	....	costumer (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Michelle Berman	....	post-production coordinator (1 episode, 1995)
Claudia Katz	....	editor: Rough Draft Studios (1 episode, 1995)

Series Music Department
Ann Hampton Callaway	....	composer: theme music (144 episodes, 1993-1999)

Series Transportation Department
Mark Valdez	....	transportation coordinator (123 episodes, 1994-1999)

Series Other crew
Steve Posner	....	dialogue coach (144 episodes, 1993-1999)
Dennis Capps	....	stage manager (139 episodes, 1993-1999)
Gabrielle Wallack Godfrey	....	production staff / production coordinator (93 episodes, 1994-1998)
Jay Amernick	....	production staff / story editor / ... (91 episodes, 1994-1999)
Greg Lenert	....	stage manager / production staff (91 episodes, 1995-1999)
Suzanne Gangursky	....	executive assistant / story editor / ... (84 episodes, 1995-1999)
Michael Dow	....	production staff (78 episodes, 1996-1999)
Susan Diamant-Neigher	....	stage manager (75 episodes, 1993-1996)
Jennifer Destiny Mackenzie	....	production staff / executive assistant: Fran Drescher / ... (74 episodes, 1995-1998)
Frances Alet	....	production associate (71 episodes, 1993-1996)
Chandler Evans	....	production staff / executive assistant (67 episodes, 1996-1999)
Kristin Hallmark	....	production staff (67 episodes, 1996-1999)
Bonnie Morley	....	script supervisor / production associate (65 episodes, 1996-1999)
Rick Shaw	....	story editor / executive story editor (64 episodes, 1995-1998)
Andy Mackenzie	....	production staff / production coordinator (64 episodes, 1996-1999)
Sean Hanley	....	executive assistant / production staff (57 episodes, 1993-1999)
Howard Preiser	....	executive assistant / executive assistant: Fran Drescher & Peter Marc Jacobson (53 episodes, 1995-1997)
Jayne Hamil	....	executive story editor / story editor (52 episodes, 1995-1997)
Deirdre Cecil	....	production staff (52 episodes, 1997-1999)
Susan Haight	....	production staff (48 episodes, 1993-1995)
Robbie Schwartz	....	production staff (46 episodes, 1993-1995)
Kirsten Vensel	....	production staff (46 episodes, 1993-1995)
Matthew J. Berman	....	production staff (44 episodes, 1997-1999)
Dan Passman	....	executive assistant: Fran Drescher / production staff (44 episodes, 1997-1999)
Cory Sanders	....	production staff (43 episodes, 1994-1996)
Susan Ashley Basinski	....	executive assistant (40 episodes, 1996-1998)
Dan Amernick	....	story editor / production staff (37 episodes, 1996-1999)
Allen Wilson	....	production staff (29 episodes, 1995-1996)
Sal Ortiz	....	production staff (28 episodes, 1993-1994)
Scott Miles	....	production staff (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Eileen O'Hare	....	story editor (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Matthew Viera	....	production staff (26 episodes, 1998-1999)
Roz Kern	....	production staff / choreographer / ... (25 episodes, 1998-1999)
Andy Glickman	....	production staff (24 episodes, 1994-1995)
Blake Harrison	....	production staff (24 episodes, 1994-1995)
Frank Lombardi	....	story editor / executive story editor (24 episodes, 1994-1995)
Dana Reston	....	story editor / executive story editor (24 episodes, 1994-1995)
Sylvia Green	....	production staff (23 episodes, 1995-1996)
Corey Frey	....	production staff (23 episodes, 1996-1997)
Andy House	....	production executive (22 episodes, 1993-1994)
David M. Matthews	....	production staff (22 episodes, 1993-1994)
Paula Rosenberg	....	production staff (22 episodes, 1995-1996)
J.D. Dunlop	....	production staff (22 episodes, 1997-1998)
Alex Bernstein	....	production staff (22 episodes, 1998-1999)
William Klug	....	production staff (22 episodes, 1998-1999)
Lorest Briggs	....	production staff (21 episodes, 1994-1995)
Bob Mostacci	....	production staff (20 episodes, 1993-1994)
Emma Tillinger	....	production staff (18 episodes, 1993-1994)
Domingo Maldonado	....	production staff (18 episodes, 1995-1996)
Eric Nieber	....	production staff (14 episodes, 1994-1995)
Rebecca Feldman	....	production staff (13 episodes, 1997-1998)
Michael Rowe	....	story editor (12 episodes, 1993-1994)
Cary Gillenwater	....	production staff (12 episodes, 1998-1999)
Allen J. Zipper	....	executive story editor (12 episodes, 1998-1999)
Camelia Kath	....	executive assistant (10 episodes, 1999)
Eric Monsky	....	production staff (10 episodes, 1999)
Tracy Newman	....	creative consultant (9 episodes, 1994)
Jonathan Stark	....	creative consultant (9 episodes, 1994)
Christopher Lisotta	....	production staff (9 episodes, 1997)
Heather Lennon	....	production staff (9 episodes, 1999)
Silvia Cardenas Olivas	....	production staff (8 episodes, 1995)
Alexander Bulkley	....	production staff (8 episodes, 1997)
Eric Wise	....	production staff (5 episodes, 1994)
La Trina Deshotel	....	production staff (5 episodes, 1995)
Terri Prizant	....	production associate / production staff (3 episodes, 1993-1996)
Carol Anne Miller	....	stage manager (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Suzanne Fitzpatrick	....	production staff (3 episodes, 1995)
Jon Gunn	....	production staff (3 episodes, 1995)
Rachel Sweet	....	story editor (3 episodes, 1996)
Robert Blair	....	creative consultant (2 episodes, 1994)
Joe Abramson	....	production staff (2 episodes, 1995)
Lamar Sally	....	production staff (2 episodes, 1996)
Diana Jimenez Pulver	....	production associate (2 episodes, 1997)
Greg Burns	....	stand-in (2 episodes, 1999)
Gary J. Charlton	....	production accountant (2 episodes, 1999)
Brian Dee	....	production staff (2 episodes, 1999)
Ryan Dow	....	production staff (2 episodes, 1999)
Heather Grier	....	production staff (2 episodes, 1999)
Leslie Hall	....	production staff (2 episodes, 1999)
D.J. Johnson	....	stand-in (2 episodes, 1999)
Tomi L. Katz	....	production accountant (2 episodes, 1999)
James Pass	....	production staff (2 episodes, 1999)
Michele Roth	....	stand-in (2 episodes, 1999)
Mike Sandon	....	engineer (2 episodes, 1999)
Erica Toriello	....	production staff (2 episodes, 1999)

Series Thanks
Danté	....	in memory of (1 episode, 1994)
Tim Flack	....	in memory of (1 episode, 1995)
Abraham G. Levin	....	in memory of (1 episode, 1995)
Mike Keeler	....	in memory of (1 episode, 1999)

Production Companies

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
• Highschool Sweethearts (1996-1999)
• Sternin & Fraser Ink
• TriStar Television (in association with)

Distributors

• TriStar Television (1993-1997) (worldwide) (TV)
• Columbia TriStar Television (1997-2001) (worldwide) (TV)
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001) (USA) (TV)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-) (worldwide) (TV)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1993-1999) (USA) (TV)
• RTL Entertainment (2007-) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL8)
• RTL Entertainment (????) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5)
• RTL Televizija (2004-) (Croatia) (TV)
• RTL (1995-2000) (Germany) (TV)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005-) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 1)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 2)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 3)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD) (season 2)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (season 3)
• Televisión Federal (Telefe) (Argentina)

Special Effects

• Makeup Effects Laboratories

Other Companies

• Canadian Cystic Forosis Foundation  Céline Dion is a spokesperson for the Canadia Cystic Forosis Foundation, to which CBS and TriStar have made a charitable contribution (episode 4.26)
• Celebrity Cruises  production assistance provided by (episode "Ship of Fran's (1996)")
• Culver Studios  taped at
• Elton John Aids Foundation  CBS and Tristar have made a charitable contribution to th Elton John Aids Foundation (episode 5.2)
• Liberman/Hirschfeld Casting  original casting
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• New York Restoration Project  Bette Midler is chairwoman of the New York Restoration Project, to which CBS and Tristar have made a charitable contribution (episode "You Bette Your Life (1997)")
• Paramount Domestic Television  as Entertainment Tonight (episode "Once a Secretary, Always a Secretary (1998)")
• Sony Pictures Studios  taped at
• The Diamond Information Center  Ms. Drescher's diamond and promotional consideration on behalf of DeBeers (episode "Dinner Party, The (1998)")
• Warner Bros. Pictures  Bo Derek photograph courtesy of (episode "Homie-Work (1998)")
• William A. Bong Limited  scene from "Tantrums & Tiaras" courtesy of (episode 5.2)

Runtime:

30 min (including commercials) (146 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Yiddish

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G (some episodes) | USA:TV-PG | Portugal:M/6 | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

In Italy, where the show is broadcast with the title "La Tata", Fran's name is Francesca and her origins are not Jewish but Italian (from Frosinone in Ciociaria, to be more precise).

Goofs:

Continuity: Maxwell's age is inconsistent - for several years it remains at 42 yet in the 3rd season goes to 41.

Quotes:

Mr. Sheffield: Can you keep a secret?
Niles: Well, I'm good until I meet the next person.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Influences: From Yesterday to Today (1999) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Nanny Named Fran

Hilarious

Everyone is really into their characters, it's great to watch. The line delivery is superb. It can get cheesy sometimes, but what comedy doesn't? The kids are like nowhere to be seen half the time which is sad unto itself. But beyond that, the only one who could remotely act was Brighton. The girls were terrible, but then again, their lines weren't all that great. Apparently Fran D. usurped all those. I love watching the show in syndication of Lifetime. Very funny. I liked her relationship with her mother, but goodness could that woman eat! It was frightening. Val was an idiot, but you need the dumb sidekick to make Fran look better. Niles is hilarious as the Yenta butler. Fran is a mess as the twit who has to get married or she won't know what else to do with her life. She has no skills and basically is telling young girls to wait around for a rich guy to marry you. Nice message, but funny nonetheless.