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{{short description|American television sitcom (1993–1999)}}
{{about||the 1965 film|The Nanny (1965 film)|other uses|Nanny (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox television
| image                = The Nanny (TriStar Television) logo.svg
| genre                = [[Sitcom]]
| creator              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Peter Marc Jacobson]]
* [[Fran Drescher]]
}}
| developer            = {{Plainlist|
* Robert Sternin
* Prudence Fraser
}}
| showrunner           = Peter Marc Jacobson
| writer               = <!-- Writers vary from episode to episode -->
| director             = <!-- Directors vary from episode to episode -->
| starring             = {{Plainlist|
* Fran Drescher<!-- Already wikilinked in "creator", do not link again -->
* [[Charles Shaughnessy]]
* [[Daniel Davis (actor)|Daniel Davis]]
* [[Lauren Lane]]
* [[Nicholle Tom]]
* [[Benjamin Salisbury]]
* [[Madeline Zima]]
* [[Renée Taylor]]
* [[Rachel Chagall]]
* [[Ann Morgan Guilbert]]
}}
| theme_music_composer = [[Ann Hampton Callaway]]<br />(Pilot episode: [[Cy Coleman]] and [[Dorothy Fields]])
| open_theme            = "The Nanny Named Fran", written and performed by [[Ann Hampton Callaway]] (performed with [[Liz Callaway]])
| end_theme             = "The Nanny Named Fran" (instrumental)
| composer             = Timothy Thompson
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 6
| num_episodes         = 146
| list_episodes        = List of The Nanny episodes
| executive_producer   = {{Plainlist|
* Peter Marc Jacobson (pilot episode, seasons 2–6)
* Robert Sternin (seasons 1–4)
* Prudence Fraser (seasons 1–4)
* Fran Drescher (seasons 4–6)
* Diane Wilk (seasons 4–6)
* Frank Lombardi (season 6)
* Caryn Lucas (season 6)
}}
| camera               = [[Videotape]]; [[Multi-camera]]
| runtime              = 22–24 minutes
| company              = {{Plainlist|
* Sternin & Fraser Ink Inc.
* [[Fran Drescher|Highschool Sweethearts Productions]] (seasons 3–6, starting with "Dope Diamond")
* [[TriStar Television]]
}}
| network              = [[CBS]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1993|11|3}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1999|6|23}}<ref name="tv.com">{{cite web| url=http://www.tv.com/shows/the-nanny/episodes/| title=Episodes| website=[[TV.com]]| quote=The series finale of ''The Nanny'' aired on May 12, 1999. Because they had not been shown in March and April as originally scheduled, CBS showed the six unaired season 6 episodes in June 1999. The last first-run episodes of ''The Nanny'' aired on June 23, 1999.| access-date=September 23, 2020| archive-date=January 8, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108002344/http://www.tv.com/shows/the-nanny/episodes/| url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

'''''The Nanny''''' is an American [[sitcom]] that originally aired on [[CBS]] from November 3, 1993, to June 23, 1999, starring [[Fran Drescher]] as [[Fran Fine]], a [[Jewish]] [[wikt:fashionista|fashionista]] from [[Flushing, Queens]], who becomes the nanny of three children from an Anglo-American upper-class family in New York City. The show was created and produced by Drescher and her then-husband [[Peter Marc Jacobson]], taking much of its inspiration from Drescher's personal life growing up, involving names and characteristics based on her relatives and friends. The sitcom has also spawned several [[#Foreign adaptations|foreign adaptations]], loosely inspired by the original scripts. One of the most successful adaptations is the Turkish adaptation of the series "[[:tr:Dadı (dizi)|Dadı]]".

The show earned a [[Rose d'Or]],<ref>{{cite news| title=Rose d'Or: winners| url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/may/02/broadcasting| newspaper=[[The Guardian]]| location=London| access-date=July 30, 2013| date=May 2, 2006| archive-date=January 7, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107101851/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/may/02/broadcasting| url-status=live}}</ref> and one [[Emmy Award]], out of a total of twelve nominations;<ref>{{cite web| title=The Nanny| url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/nanny| publisher=Emmy Awards| access-date=July 30, 2013| archive-date=May 15, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515012316/http://www.emmys.com/shows/nanny| url-status=live}}</ref> Drescher was twice nominated for a [[Golden Globe]] and an [[Emmy]]. The sitcom was the first new show delivered to CBS for the 1993 season and the highest-tested pilot at the network in years.<ref name="hw-reporter"/> The series was hugely successful internationally, especially in Australia,<ref name="hw-reporter"/> where it was one of the highest-rated programs of the decade. ''The Nanny'' has been called "the '90s version of ''[[I Love Lucy]]''" and "well written and entertaining."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thenannytv.com/about2.html |title=The Nanny: About the Show |website=Sony Pictures |access-date=June 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824201259/http://www.thenannytv.com/about2.html |archive-date=August 24, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Plot==
Fran Fine (Drescher) turns up on the New York City doorstep of British [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] producer Mr. Maxwell Sheffield ([[Charles Shaughnessy]]) peddling [[cosmetics]] after being dumped, and subsequently fired, by her bridal-shop-owner ex-boyfriend. Reluctantly, Mr. Sheffield instead hires Fran to be the nanny of his three children, Maggie, Brighton, and Gracie. In spite of his initial misgivings, Fran turns out to be just what he and his family needed.

While Fran manages the children, acerbic British [[butler]] Niles ([[Daniel Davis (actor)|Daniel Davis]]) manages the household and watches all the events that unfold with Fran as the new nanny. Niles, recognizing Fran's gift for bringing warmth back to the family (as Maxwell is a [[widow]]er), does his best to undermine Maxwell's business partner C.C. Babcock ([[Lauren Lane]]), who has her eye on the very available and desirable Mr. Sheffield. Niles is often seen making witty comments directed toward C.C., with her replying in a similarly witty fashion, in their ongoing game of [[one-upmanship]].

As the series progresses, it becomes increasingly obvious that Mr. Sheffield is smitten with Fran, although he will not admit it, and Fran is clearly smitten with him. The show teases the viewers with their closeness, featuring many "near-misses" and moments of jealousy, as well as an engagement. In the later seasons, the two do finally marry and expand their family by having [[Fraternal Twins|fraternal twins]] named Jonah and Eve.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.thenanny.com/nannystory.html| title=The Story of The Nanny, FAQ & Trivia| website=The Nanny Home Page| access-date=September 22, 2020| archive-date=November 30, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130192220/http://thenanny.com/nannystory.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> Later in the series, it is also clear that Niles and C.C.'s constant sharp barbs are their own bizarre form of [[flirtation]] and affection; after a few false-starts (including multiple impulsive and failed proposals from Niles), the pair marry in the same delivery room where Fran is giving birth to the twins, and subsequently discover they, too, are expecting a child.

==Episodes==
{{Main|List of The Nanny episodes}}
{{:List of The Nanny episodes}}

==Characters==
===Main characters===
{{Main|List of The Nanny characters}}
* [[Fran Fine|Francine "Fran" Joy Fine (later Sheffield)]] is the nasal-voiced, outgoing protagonist of the series. She starts off working for her boyfriend Danny Imperialli in a bridal shop but is dumped and fired not long after. Fran ends up meeting Maxwell Sheffield and his family while going door to door to sell cosmetics. She winds up as the nanny to Mr. Sheffield's three children: Maggie, Brighton, and Gracie.   Her character has an outgoing and humorous personality. As a result of her mother's overbearing personality, Fran often feels the need to date and is compelled to get married as well. She is usually seen getting into trouble and having to solve those problems through using her street smarts.
* [[Maxwell Sheffield|Maxwell Beverly Sheffield]] is the male protagonist who ends up hiring Fran to watch over his three children. He is a widowed Broadway producer, having lost his wife Sara four years before the start of the series. While he does have some success as a producer, he remains constantly in the shadow of his rival [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]], who always seems to have the upper hand. He does not spend a lot of time with his children due to his busy schedule, hence the need for a nanny in the first place. Despite his mutual attraction to Fran, he tries to keep their relationship professional for fear of commitment. However, in season 5 episode 14, Maxwell tells Fran that he loves her and does not take it back, having done so earlier; the couple's engagement follows, ending the romantic tension between them. Following several snafus, they are finally married in the season 5 finale.
* [[Niles (The Nanny)|Niles]] is the loyal butler and chauffeur for the Sheffield family. He and Maxwell have known each other their whole lives. He bonds with Fran immediately, viewing her as the breath of fresh air that the Sheffield family needs. Niles is known as the household snoop as he is constantly seen listening in on conversations via intercoms, keyholes, and even in the very rooms where the conversations are taking place. He tends to manipulate events in Fran's favor to undermine C.C., his nemesis. In spite of this, over time it becomes clear that Niles has himself fallen for C.C. and their contentious relationship is a cover for a mutual attraction.
* [[C.C. Babcock|Chastity Claire "C.C." Babcock]] is the egocentric business partner of Maxwell Sheffield, with whom she has been working for almost 20 years. She clearly wants him as more than a business partner. Maxwell, however, appears oblivious to her feelings, and C.C.'s serious moves on him are thwarted by this, or by his longtime butler Niles. A [[running gag]] is that she cannot remember the names of Maxwell's children, in spite of having known them their entire lives. From her first meeting with Fran, she accurately views the newly hired nanny as a threat and tries to undermine her. Fran is not C.C.'s only enemy in the Sheffield house, as she has an even more contentious relationship with Niles (who hates her just as much as she hates him). In spite of this, over time it becomes clear that C.C. has herself fallen for Niles and their continual barbs towards each other are covering for a mutual attraction. Throughout the series she is referred to only as "C.C.", with her full name – Chastity Claire – revealed only in the last few minutes of the series finale.
* [[Margaret Sheffield|Margaret "Maggie" Sheffield (later Brolin)]] is the eldest child of Maxwell Sheffield. She is constantly seen bickering with her brother, Brighton, who views her as a nerd. Her relationship with her sister Gracie is generally much warmer. At the beginning of the series, Maggie is shy and awkward but, with Fran's influence, she becomes a somewhat popular young woman. Upon meeting Fran, the two bond almost instantly, with Fran behaving like a friend or sister except on the rare occasions that Maggie needs to be disciplined. Near the end of the series, Maggie meets and marries an underwear model, Michael Brolin.
* [[Brighton Sheffield|Brighton Milhouse Sheffield]] is the middle child of the family and the only son of Maxwell Sheffield. Due to being the only son, he often feels left out. This causes him to purposely bring about trouble for his two sisters. He does not bond with Fran at first, having disliked all his previous nannies, but eventually becomes close with her as well. He variously plans to become a Broadway producer, like his father, or to simply wait until he can access his [[trust fund]] so he does not have to work.
* [[Grace Sheffield|Grace "Gracie" Sheffield]] is the youngest and arguably most intelligent of the Sheffield children. At the start of the series, Gracie was undergoing [[psychotherapy]] frequently, but under Fran's influence and guidance, she quickly reaches the point where she does not need it at all. As a result, however, she has a habit of naming medical conditions and using complicated words that Fran and Maxwell barely understand. This behavior is contrasted by her tendency to pick up some of Fran's faux-[[Yinglish]] slang and dressing habits.

===Supporting characters===
* [[Sylvia Fine|Sylvia Fine]] (née Rosenberg) is the mother of Fran Fine, portrayed in early seasons by Fran Drescher (in flashbacks to Fran's childhood). Sylvia is based on Drescher's real-life mother.
* [[Val Toriello]] is Fran's best friend since attending kindergarten through high school together in Flushing, Queens, New York. When the show began, Val had been working at the bridal shop with Fran. Val is of [[Italians|Italian]] descent.
* [[Grandma Yetta|Yetta Rosenberg-Jones]] is Fran's grandmother and the mother of Sylvia and Uncle Jack. The character was played by actress [[Ann Morgan Guilbert]]. Yetta is based on Drescher's real-life maternal grandmother.

==Cast==

===Main===
''The Nanny'' maintained an [[ensemble cast]], keeping the same set of characters for its entire six-season run.
* [[Fran Drescher]] as [[Fran Fine]]
* [[Charles Shaughnessy]] as [[Maxwell Sheffield]]
* [[Daniel Davis (actor)|Daniel Davis]] as [[Niles (The Nanny)|Niles]]
* [[Lauren Lane]] as [[C.C. Babcock]]
* [[Nicholle Tom]] as [[Maggie Sheffield]]
* [[Benjamin Salisbury]] as [[Brighton Sheffield]]
* [[Madeline Zima]] as [[Gracie Sheffield]]

===Supporting===
* [[Renée Taylor]] as [[Sylvia Fine (The Nanny)|Sylvia Fine]]
* [[Rachel Chagall]] as [[Val Toriello]]
* [[Ann Morgan Guilbert]] as [[Yetta Rosenberg]]

===Guest stars===
Although largely operating around the main ensemble cast, ''The Nanny'' featured an enormous number of guest stars over the years. Notable repeat guests included [[Lainie Kazan]] as Fran's paternal aunt Freida,<ref name="gs-imdb">{{cite web| title=Full cast and crew for "The Nanny" (1993)| url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106080/fullcredits#cast| website=[[IMDb]]| access-date=July 30, 2013| archive-date=December 8, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208143403/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106080/fullcredits#cast| url-status=live}}</ref> [[Steve Lawrence]] as Fran's never before seen father Morty Fine,<ref name="gs-imdb"/> [[Pamela Anderson]] as Fran's bubble-headed nemesis Heather Biblow,<ref name="gs-imdb"/> [[Jonathan Penner]] as Fran's old boyfriend Danny Imperiali, [[Ray Charles]] as Yetta's fiancé Sammy,<ref name="gs-imdb"/> [[Spalding Gray]] as Fran's therapist Dr. Jack Miller,<ref name="gs-imdb"/> [[Fred Stoller]] as the frequently featured pharmacist Fred,<ref name="gs-imdb"/> and [[Andrew Levitas]] as Maggie's boyfriend Michael.<ref name="gs-imdb"/> Several celebrities guested as characters in single episodes, such as [[Jason Alexander]], [[John Astin]], [[Roseanne Barr]] as Fran's cousin Sheila, [[Eric Braeden]], [[Margaret Cho]], [[Joan Collins]] as Maxwell's stepmother, [[Jeanne Cooper]], [[Cloris Leachman]], [[Dina Merrill]] as Maxwell's mother, [[Rita Moreno]], [[George Murdock (actor)|George Murdock]], [[Wallace Shawn]], [[Twiggy]] as Maxwell's sister (in her first appearance, in season 1), [[Robert Urich]], [[Joan Van Ark]], [[Robert Vaughn]] as Maxwell's father, and [[Efrem Zimbalist Jr.]]

Others appeared as themselves, primarily in connection with Maxwell's business relations, such as [[Dan Aykroyd]], [[Bob Barker]], [[Carol Channing]], [[Chevy Chase]], [[Andrew Dice Clay]], [[Robert Culp]], [[Billy Ray Cyrus]], [[Lesley-Anne Down]], [[Erik Estrada]], [[Eydie Gormé]], [[Hugh Grant]], [[Elton John]], [[Richard Kline]], [[Joe Lando]], [[Shari Lewis]] and [[Lamb Chop (puppet)|Lamb Chop]], [[Bette Midler]], [[Shemar Moore]], [[Joshua Morrow]], [[Lynn Redgrave]], [[Melody Thomas Scott]], [[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]], Dame [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Alex Trebek]] and [[Hunter Tylo]]; media personalities [[Roger Clinton, Jr.|Roger Clinton]], [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Jay Leno]], [[David Letterman]], [[Alicia Machado]], [[Rosie O'Donnell]], [[Sally Jessy Raphael]] and [[Donald Trump]]; and musicians [[Burt Bacharach]], [[Michael Bolton]], [[Ray Charles]], rapper [[Coolio]], [[Celine Dion]], [[Eartha Kitt]], [[Patti LaBelle]], [[Steve Lawrence]], [[Lisa Loeb]], and [[Brian Setzer]]. [[Jonathan Penner]] appeared as Fran's former fiancé, Danny Imperialli. [[James Marsden]] appeared as Maggie's boyfriend, Eddie, and [[Telma Hopkins]] appeared as Fran's "mother" in the episode "Fran's Roots". [[Scott Baio]] also made an appearance as a rookie doctor who was Fran's former schoolmate. [[Marvin Hamlisch]] appeared as Fran's former high school music teacher, a Hamlisch look-alike. [[Jon Stewart]] portrayed a Jewish love interest of Fran's until it was discovered at a family wedding that the two were cousins; on the June 29, 2011, airing of ''The Daily Show'', Stewart stated he agreed to make an appearance after receiving a personal call from Drescher.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Tom Hanks |series=The Daily Show |date=June 29, 2011 |url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-june-29-2011/tom-hanks?xrs=share_copy |network=Comedy Central |last=Stewart |first=Jon (host)}}</ref>

Drescher also reprised her role of Bobbi Fleckman from the 1984 film ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'' and made a [[cameo appearance]] as herself in the third to last episode. Shaughnessy had a double role as a fictional Middle Eastern oil potentate in one episode. Drescher's real-life parents initially appeared as a couple in the waiting room of Gracie's therapist and made subsequent appearances as Fran's Uncle Stanley and Aunt Rose; her [[Pomeranian (dog)|Pomeranian]] Chester appeared as C.C.'s pet in more than a dozen episodes. Renée Taylor's husband, actor [[Joseph Bologna]], and their son Gabriel Bologna had guest roles on the show. [[Ray Romano]] appeared as Fran's former high school classmate [[Ray Barone]], linking ''The Nanny'' with his comedy ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]''. Romano and Drescher both actually knew each other in high school.<ref>{{cite news| last1=Gliatto| first1=Tom| last2=Tomashoff| first2=Craig| title=Home Truths| url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20142516,00.html| access-date=December 29, 2014| newspaper=[[People (magazine)|People]]| date=October 14, 1996| quote=While a student at Hillcrest High (where The Nanny's Fran Drescher was a classmate), he performed in a comedy troupe at church.| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528005204/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20142516,00.html| archive-date=May 28, 2014}}</ref> [[Tom Bergeron]] appeared as himself, the host of ''[[Hollywood Squares]]'', in an episode in which Maxwell appeared as a star on the show's board as a replacement for [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]. [[Tyne Daly]] appeared as a fellow nanny facing forced retirement. [[David Letterman]] made an uncredited appearance during a fantasy sequence, where Fran describes how she exaggerated her fame to impress a pen pal. [[Donna Douglas]], who played Elly Mae Clampett on ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', made her last television appearance in an episode.

==Theme song and opening credits==
The theme song featured in the pilot was a version of "[[If My Friends Could See Me Now]]", performed by [[Gwen Verdon]] from the 1966 Broadway musical ''[[Sweet Charity]]''.<ref>{{cite web| title=Original Nanny Intro from the Pilot episode| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvhjX7AUIwk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/lvhjX7AUIwk| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live| publisher=YouTube| access-date=July 30, 2013| date=August 1, 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Following the pilot, the theme changed to "The Nanny Named Fran", written by [[Ann Hampton Callaway]] and performed by her and her sister [[Liz Callaway]].<ref name="Communications2001">{{cite magazine| magazine=Los Angeles Magazine| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iV8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA138| access-date=August 2, 2013| date=February 2001| title=Theater, Performance & Cabaret: Ann Hampton Callaway| page=138| issn=1522-9149}}</ref> Along with the change of the theme song came a different, animated opening sequence that would be used for the entire series run. Like the song, it summarizes the events that lead Fran from losing her job and boyfriend to being hired as nanny of the Sheffield children.

The sequence begins with Fran walking into the bridal shop, only to be kicked out. A taxicab takes her across the bridge from [[Queens]] to [[Manhattan]], and she arrives at the Sheffield mansion to sell cosmetics. Maxwell opens the door and pulls Fran into the house. She falls into a flowerpot, where Niles dusts her off and puts a cap marked "Nanny" on her head. At her whistle, Maxwell's children fall in behind her and the four form a [[conga line]]. C.C. arrives at the door and Fran bumps it with her hip to close it in her face. Finally, the Sheffields, Niles and Fran gather on and around the couch for a group picture. However, the camera explodes when Fran triggers its shutter, covering everyone with soot and ruining their hair and clothes.

==Production==
===Development===
''The Nanny'' began in 1991 with a chance meeting on a transatlantic flight between Drescher and Jeff Sagansky, at the time president of [[CBS Corporation]], for whom she had starred in the short-lived TV series ''[[Princesses (TV series)|Princesses]]''. Drescher persuaded Sagansky to let her and her then-husband Jacobson pitch an idea for a sitcom to CBS. Sagansky agreed to a future meeting once all of the parties were back in Los Angeles; however, neither Drescher nor Jacobson had any idea what to pitch.<ref>{{cite news| first=Phil| last=Rosenthal| title=''The Nanny'' Finds A Home With Viewers| newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]| date=October 28, 1994| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1994/10/28/the-nanny-finds-a-home-with-viewers/| access-date=September 22, 2020| url-access=subscription| archive-date=August 8, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808195942/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-10-28/features/9410280002_1_nanny-fran-drescher-liz-smith| url-status=live}}</ref>

Later, Drescher was visiting friend [[Twiggy Lawson]] and her family in [[London]], where she went on a culture-clash shopping tour with Lawson's then-teenage daughter. Drescher was inspired by her behavior towards the teenage daughter on the shopping trip as functioning in a less parental but "humorous [...] kind of Queens logic, self-serving advice" mode.<ref name="hw-reporter">{{cite news| title=Enter Winning| newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]| url=http://home.frognet.net/~ritchie/hrenterwinning.htm| access-date=September 22, 2020| last=Abbott| first=Denise| date=May 21, 1997| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823140259/http://home.frognet.net/~ritchie/hrenterwinning.htm| archive-date=August 23, 2007}}</ref> Drescher immediately called her husband in Los Angeles with her sitcom idea, which she pitched as a spin on ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]'', except, in Drescher's words, "Instead of [[Julie Andrews]], '''I''' come to the door." Jacobson replied: "That could be it" and the idea for ''The Nanny'' was spawned.<ref>{{cite book| last=Drescher| first=Fran| author-link=Fran Drescher| title=Enter Whining| year=1996| publisher=[[Regan Books]]| isbn=978-0-06-039155-3| page=[https://archive.org/details/enterwhining00dres/page/126 126]| url=https://archive.org/details/enterwhining00dres/page/126}}</ref>

Back in Los Angeles, the pair pitched their idea to Tim Flack and Joe Voci, both in comedy development at CBS.<ref name="hw-reporter"/> Sagansky brought in experienced producers Robert Sternin and Prudence Fraser,<ref name="hw-reporter"/> another husband-and-wife team with whom Drescher had worked before while guesting on ''[[Who's the Boss?]]'' in 1985 and 1986.<ref>{{cite news| last1=Fox| first1=Jesse David| title=Comedy Undercard: Who's the Boss? vs. The Nanny| url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/the-nanny-vs-whos-the-boss-sitcom-smackdown.html| access-date=January 13, 2016| work=[[Vulture.com|Vulture]]| date=March 8, 2013| archive-date=February 20, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220235639/http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/the-nanny-vs-whos-the-boss-sitcom-smackdown.html| url-status=live}}</ref> Interested, both couples teamed up to write the script for the pilot together, creating a character with the intention to build off Drescher's image. "Our business strategy was to create a show that was going to complement our writing, complement me as a talent," Drescher said in a 1997 interview with ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''. As a result, the characters draw deeply on the Drescher family, including [[Fran Fine]]'s parents, Sylvia and Morty, and grandmother Yetta, who all were named after their real-life counterparts.<ref name="hw-reporter"/>

Drescher also drew from her own life in creating her character. Like the character in ''The Nanny'', Drescher was born and raised to a Jewish family in [[Flushing, Queens]], and attended [[beauty school]]. However, unlike her on-screen counterpart, Drescher never worked in a bridal shop; Drescher wrote that into the character as a tribute to her mother, who did work in a bridal shop.<ref name="Communications1994">{{cite magazine| last=Belson| first=Eve| magazine=[[Orange Coast (magazine)|Orange Coast]]| title=Diva| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EhMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46| access-date=September 22, 2020| date=October 1994| page=46| issn=0279-0483}}</ref> While visiting with his relatives in [[Fort Lauderdale]] around the holidays, Sagansky watched a few episodes with his relatives, realized that he had a hit, and ordered a full 22 episodes for [[List of The Nanny episodes#Season 1 (1993/94)|the first season]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Hal |last=Boedeker |date=March 2, 1994 |title=Nanny Loves South Florida, And So Does Fran Drescher |newspaper=[[Miami Herald]] |url=https://miamiherald.newspapers.com/image/637977314/?terms=The%2BNanny%2BLoves%2BSouth%2BFlorida%2C%2BAnd%2BSo%2BDoes%2BFran%2BDrescher |access-date=September 22, 2020 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001184043/https://miamiherald.newspapers.com/image/637977314/?terms=The%2BNanny%2BLoves%2BSouth%2BFlorida,%2BAnd%2BSo%2BDoes%2BFran%2BDrescher |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Crew===
[[File:7 East 75th Street 001.JPG|thumb|7 East 75th Street on the [[Upper East Side]] of [[New York City]] was used for the exterior shots of the Sheffield townhouse.]]
Most of the early episodes of ''The Nanny'' were shot in front of a live studio audience on Stage 6 at the [[Culver Studios]]. On Mondays, the cast went through the script as a [[table read]]. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, they rehearsed before the series' producers and executives. And, on Thursdays and Fridays, the series was shot using a multi-camera set-up in front of a live studio audience. During later seasons the taping was no longer performed before an audience due to the complexities of the [[fantasy]] sequences, costume changes, etc.<ref name="hw-reporter2">{{cite news| last=Abbott| first=Denise| title=Nanny on the Spot| url=http://home.frognet.net/~ritchie/hrnannyonthespot.htm| newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter| access-date=July 30, 2013| date=May 21, 1997| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703043754/http://home.frognet.net/~ritchie/hrnannyonthespot.htm| archive-date=July 3, 2013}}</ref>

Nearly 100 crew members were involved in the shooting of a single episode.<ref name="hw-reporter4">{{cite news| last=Abbott| first=Denise| title=In A Family Way| url=http://home.frognet.net/~ritchie/hrinafamilyway.htm| newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter| access-date=July 30, 2013| date=May 21, 1997| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703072610/http://home.frognet.net/~ritchie/hrinafamilyway.htm| archive-date=July 3, 2013}}</ref> Although Drescher, Fraser, Jacobson and Sternin, the show's only executive producers for the first four seasons, coordinated "pretty much everything" at the beginning,<ref name="hw-reporter4"/> according to Sternin, they eventually found their niche and in the following years, Drescher and Sternin decided to focus on writing story outlines, while Jacobson presided over the writing team, and Fraser observed the run-throughs.<ref name="hw-reporter4"/> The four of them were later joined by Frank Lombardi, Caryn Lucas and Diane Wilk, who served as the series' executive producers throughout the fifth and sixth seasons.<ref name="gs-imdb"/>

===Professional laughers===
Stemming from a [[home invasion]] and attack she experienced in 1985, [[Fran Drescher]] requested the show to provide [[prescreened]] [[studio audience|audiences]], based upon her fear of having random strangers invited to the productions. The show hired [[Central Casting]] to gather a cast of "laughers" who would be recorded during taping. The audio track of the laughers would then be added to the episodes in post-production. [[Casting director]] Lisette St. Claire became the world's first "laugher wrangler" for this new type of service.<ref name="Laughers">{{cite magazine| first1=Joel| last1=Warner| first2=Peter| last2=McGraw| title=The Humor Code: Professional Laughers, Straight Out of Central Casting| url=https://www.wired.com/2012/01/humor-code-professional-laughers/| access-date=May 30, 2018| magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]| date=January 25, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Flaherty">{{cite news| last1=Flaherty| first1=Julie| title=Look Busy, Feign Interest and Be Paid| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/06/jobs/look-busy-feign-interest-and-be-paid.html| access-date=May 30, 2018| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=June 6, 2011| url-access=subscription| archive-date=December 14, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214065939/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/06/jobs/look-busy-feign-interest-and-be-paid.html| url-status=live}}</ref>

==Humor==
The comedy in ''The Nanny'' was formulated with many [[running gag]]s, which contributed heavily to the success of the series. Much of this formula was character-based, with all major characters possessing a specific trait or quirks that provided a source of parody for other characters. The conflicting elements of each character's own comedy were often played off against one another ([[Fran Fine|Fran]] and [[Maxwell Sheffield|Maxwell]], [[Niles (The Nanny)|Niles]] and [[C.C. Babcock|C.C.]], [[Maggie Sheffield|Maggie]] and [[Brighton Sheffield|Brighton]]). Occasionally the characters would break the [[fourth wall]] and comment on the situations themselves, or Fran would comment to the audience or look into the camera. Other running gags are the many references to [[Beatles]] songs and the musicals ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' and ''[[My Fair Lady]]''. Most of the humor Fran uses is aimed toward a Jewish audience. She makes references to Yiddish words and teaches the Sheffield children to be stereotypical Jews. Much of this humor is featured in scenes including her mother, Sylvia.

At times, they would also make humorous references to the stars' previous careers or real-life off-screen time. This was noticeable when Yetta saw her reflection in the mirror and thought she was seeing Millie Helper from ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' (the role that Guilbert played), Maxwell remembering how he wanted to hire a former cast member from ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' but thought he was not "British" enough (a reference to Shaughnessy's former series), and C.C. using props to hide Lane's real-life pregnancy at the time.<ref name=peoplemagazine>{{cite journal| title=''The Nanny'': 1993–1999| url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20131614,00.html| journal=People| access-date=July 30, 2013| date=June 26, 2000| archive-date=March 3, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234114/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20131614,00.html| url-status=live}}</ref> Drescher also appeared in the series as tough-talking music publicist Bobbi Fleckman, reprising her role from ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'', setting up a visual gag where Fran would disguise herself as Fleckman in order to get Mr. Sheffield's attention. More running gags include Fran's frequent references to classic TV sitcoms (''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' and ''[[Bewitched]]'') and her many eccentric family members; Fran lying about her age—especially to men; Maxwell fighting through his rivalry with actual Broadway producer [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]; Maxwell's physical resemblance to [[Pierce Brosnan]]; Maxwell's fondness for [[Kaye Ballard]]; and Sylvia loving food in excess.<ref name="peoplemagazine"/>

In one episode Streisand's sister, [[Roslyn Kind]] appears singing a song with Fran thinking Barbra is at the Sheffield home. There was also the occasional tryst between Niles and C.C., contrasting with their typical open disdain for each other, which was actually love. Season 4 featured a running gag where both Fran and Maxwell kept secret from the other household members "The Thing" (Maxwell telling Fran he loves her in the season 3 finale). It is also following "The Thing" that whenever Maxwell makes comments denying he has feelings for Fran, she is temporarily "paralyzed". In addition, there is also a great deal of [[physical comedy]] in ''The Nanny'' including exaggerated falls and chases.

Drescher's facial expressions, when shocked or surprised, can also be seen as reminiscent of [[Lucille Ball]]'s portrayals of [[Lucy Ricardo]] and [[The Lucy Show|Lucy Carmichael]].<ref name=EWReview>{{cite magazine| last=Tucker| first=Ken| title=The Nanny Review| url=https://ew.com/article/1996/02/09/nanny/| magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]| access-date=August 8, 2013| date=February 9, 1996}}</ref> The parallels were suggested in a few episodes, where an exasperated Mr. Sheffield refers to Fran as "Mrs. Carmichael", and asks in another: "Mr. Mooney fire you from the bank again?" Another Lucy reference is when he alludes to Fran and "Ethel" stealing [[John Wayne]]'s footprints in Hollywood, and again when Maxwell says, "Miss Fine, you got some 'splaining to do!" like Ricky Ricardo often said to Lucy Ricardo. The episode that featured a visit from [[Elizabeth Taylor]] (who also appeared on ''[[Here's Lucy]]'') began with Maxwell and Niles trying to hide the visit from Fran ("Boys, boys, boys. Now do you think my mother gave birth to a dummy 25 years ago?") followed by her gripe "You never introduce me to any of the stars that you know; I've got a good mind to take Little Ricky and... oh. Never mind." In another episode of ''The Nanny'', Fran sees a man watching ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' on TV and as the theme song plays, she gets the idea to gain entry into Sheffield's men's only club dressed as a man.

==Broadcast==

===Domestic syndication===
The show began off-network syndication in September 1997, distributed by [[Columbia TriStar Television Distribution]] on various broadcast television networks in the United States. The show aired on [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] from 2000 until 2008. It was also seen on [[Nick at Nite]] from April 2009 to October 5, 2013, in the United States, but was pulled and its timeslot of 6AM-7AM was replaced with ''[[Hangin' with Mr. Cooper]]''. It also appears on [[The Hallmark Channel]] in the Philippines, [[Super RTL]] and [[VOX (German TV channel)|VOX]] in Germany, and [[Go! (Australian TV channel)|Go!]] and [[TV1 (Australia)|TV1]] in Australia. On February 8, 2010, Drescher hosted a week-long marathon of ''The Nanny'', titled "Valentine Schmalentine", on Nick at Nite.<ref>{{cite press release| title=Fran Drescher Dishes on Love and Romance as Host of Nick at Nite's Valentine's Week Marathon Beginning Monday, February 8| url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fran-drescher-dishes-on-love-and-romance-as-host-of-nick-at-nites-valentines-week-marathon-beginning-monday-february-8-83029502.html| access-date=July 31, 2013| publisher=[[Nickelodeon]]| via=PRNewswire| date=January 29, 2010}}</ref>

The success of the stunt led to Fran hosting "Falling for Fran", a similar week-long Valentine's Day marathon in February 2011.
On August 2, 2010, ''The Nanny'' began airing on [[TV Land]], commencing with a week-long marathon and remained on the channel until 2016.<ref>{{cite press release| title=Fran Drescher is in Charge When 'The Nanny' Joins TV Land Beginning August 2| url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fran-drescher-is-in-charge-when-the-nanny-joins-tv-land-beginning-august-2-99551064.html| access-date=July 31, 2013| date=July 29, 2010| publisher=TV Land| via=PRNewswire}}</ref> On January 1, 2011, ''The Nanny'' began airing on [[Antenna TV]], a new digital broadcast network. On August 16, 2011, it began airing on [[Logo TV|Logo]]. On January 1, 2018, [[Cozi TV]] started airing the show.<ref>https://www.cozitv.com/shows/the-nanny/</ref> Similarly, on April 30, 2018, [[Freeform (TV channel)|Freeform]] began airing the series, showing 5-episode blocks in the early morning hours. It was then removed from the channel on September 30, 2018. Additionally, the show can be seen on local US television channels.

===Streaming===
The series' third and fourth seasons are available for streaming on [[Pluto TV]], [[The Roku Channel]] rotates between seasons 1–2 and 3–4, and on April 1, 2021, the entire series became available on [[HBO Max]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 1, 2021|title='The Nanny' Is Now Streaming on HBO Max!|url=https://decider.com/2021/04/01/the-nanny-now-streaming-on-hbo-max/|access-date=December 16, 2021|website=Decider|language=en-US|archive-date=December 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216030520/https://decider.com/2021/04/01/the-nanny-now-streaming-on-hbo-max/|url-status=live}}</ref> The entire series is also available to stream on [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]] as of March 18, 2024.<ref>https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/the-nanny/8237748493387639112</ref> The entire series is available to stream, for free with ads on the [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] app in Canada under the "Throwbacks" section. In 2021, Sony Pictures launched a channel dedicated to the show on [[YouTube]] and posted some episodes and clips of the show.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/@TheNanny|title=The Nanny|website=YouTube|access-date=August 24, 2024}}</ref>

===International syndication===
Outside of North America, ''The Nanny'' is broadcast in various other countries and television networks, each with their own schedule for the series. In the United Kingdom, the entire series aired on the digital network [[Living (channel)|Living]]. In France, the show was broadcast and rebroadcast the same multi-and was a huge success on the channel [[M6 (TV channel)|M6]] then W9. The French title is ''Une nounou d'enfer'' ("A Hell of a Nanny"). In Italy Fran was in the dubbing became Francesca, an Italian from Ciociaria (a rural area). ''The Nanny'' airs include:

{|class="wikitable"
|+ International syndication
|-
! Country / Region
! Name
! Television Network
! [[Dubbing]] / [[Subtitles]]
|-
| {{Flag|Austria}}
| ''Die Nanny'' <small>(English: "''The Nanny''")</small>
| [[ORF1]] <small>(2005–present)</small>,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.wunschliste.de/4936| title=Die Nanny| website=TV Wishlist| access-date=September 22, 2020| language=de| archive-date=July 16, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716070453/http://www.wunschliste.de/4936| url-status=live}}</ref> [[ATV (Austria)|ATV]] <small>(2006–2010)</small>
| German
|-
| {{Flag|Australia}}
| ''The Nanny''
| [[Network Ten]] <small>(1994–1999)</small>, [[Nine Network]] <small>(2007–2009)</small>, [[9Go!]] <small>(2009–2011, 2020–)</small>, [[9Gem|GEM]] <small>(2010–2011)</small>, [[7flix]] <small>(2016–2019)</small>, [[TV1 (Australia)|TV1]] <small>(1998–2013)</small>, [[TV Hits]] <small>(2014)</small>, [[111 (Australian TV channel)|111]] <small>(2014–2019)</small>
| None
|-
| {{Flag|Belgium}}
| ''The Nanny''
| [[Eén]], [[VIER|VT4]], [[VIJF]], [[VTM (TV channel)|VTM]],
| Dutch subtitles
|-
| {{Flag|Belgium}}
| ''Une nounou d'enfer'' <small>(English: "''A Hell of a Nanny''")</small>
| RTL-TV, [[Plug RTL]] <small>(2011–2012)</small>
| French
|-
| {{Flag|Brazil}}
| ''The Nanny''
| [[Rede Record]], [[Rede 21]], [[Sony Entertainment Television|SET]], [[Comedy Central (Latin America)|Comedy Central]] (2012–present)
| Portuguese dubbing
|-
| {{Flag|Canada}}
| ''The Nanny''
| [[Crossroads Television System]], [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] (November 3, 1993 – May 16, 1994), [[CTV Television Network]] (September 12, 1994 – June 23, 1999)
| None
|-
| {{flag|Catalonia}}
| ''La Tata'' <small>(English: "''The Nanny''")</small>
| [[TV3 (Catalonia)|TV3]]
| Catalan dubbing
|-
| {{flag|Costa Rica}}
| ''La Niñera''
| [[Sony Entertainment Television]]
| Spanish dubbing
|-
| {{flag|Croatia}}
| ''Dadilja'' <small>(English: "''Nanny''")</small>
| [[RTL Televizija]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.rtl.hr/dadilja-serije-24| title=Dadilja| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128094035/http://www.rtl.hr/dadilja-serije-24| archive-date=November 28, 2009| language=hr| website=RTL Televizija}}</ref>
| [[Croatian language|Croatian]] subtitles
|-
| {{flag|Czech Republic}}
| ''Chůva k pohledání'' <small>(English: "''Nanny''")</small>
| [[TV Prima]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.iprima.cz/porady/chuva-k-pohledani| title=Chůva k pohledání| website=Prima televize| access-date=July 30, 2013| archive-date=July 28, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728125432/http://www.iprima.cz/porady/chuva-k-pohledani| url-status=live}}</ref>
| Czech dubbing
|-
| {{Flag|Denmark}}
| ''Alletiders barnepige'' <small>(English: "''All-times greatest nanny''")</small>
| [[TV3 (Denmark)|TV3]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv3.dk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21932&ttid=1050843&Itemid=2280 |title=Alletiders barnepige |access-date=September 22, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618144245/http://www.tv3.dk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21932&ttid=1050843&Itemid=2280 |archive-date=June 18, 2010 |language=da}}</ref>
| Danish subtitles
|-
| {{Flag|Estonia}}
| ''Nanny''
| [[TV3 (Estonia)|TV3]]
| [[Estonian language|Estonian]] subtitles
|-
| {{Flag|Finland}}
| ''Nanny''
| [[Nelonen (television)|Nelonen]], [[Kutonen (TV channel)|The Voice]]
| Finnish subtitles
|-
| {{Flag|France}}
| ''Une nounou d'enfer'' <small>(English: ''A Hell of a Nanny'')</small>
| [[M6 (TV channel)|M6]], [[W9 (TV channel)|W9]], 6ter, [[TMC (TV channel)|TMC]], [[TF1 Séries Films]]
| French
|-
| {{Flag|Germany}}
| ''Die Nanny'' <small>(English: "''The Nanny''")</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wunschliste.de/4936 |title=Die Nanny |website=wunschliste.de |access-date=July 30, 2013 |archive-date=July 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716070453/http://www.wunschliste.de/4936 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| [[VOX (German TV channel)|VOX]] <small>(2002–2011)</small>, [[Super RTL]] <small>(2007–2012)</small>, [[RTL Television|RTL]] <small>(1995–2002)</small>, [[Fox Channel (Germany)|FOX Germany]] <small>(2010–2012)</small>, [[ZDF neo]]<small> (2012–2014)</small>, [[Disney Channel (Germany)|Disney Channel]] <small>(2014–2021)</small>, [[RTLup]] <small>(2021–present)</small>
| German dubbing
|-
| {{Flag|Greece}}
| ''Ntanta amesou draseos'' <small>(English: "''Urgent nanny''")</small>
| [[Mega Channel|Mega]], [[Alpha TV|Alpha]], [[Makedonia TV]]
| Greek subtitles
|-
| {{Flag|Hungary}}
| ''A dadus'' <small>(English: "''The Nanny''")</small>
| [[TV2 (Hungary)|TV2]], [[RTL Klub]], [[Cool TV]]
|Hungarian
|-
| {{Flag|Israel}}
| ''נני <small>(English: "Nanny")</small>''
| [[Channel 3 (Israel)|Channel 3]]
| Hebrew subtitles
|-
| {{Flag|Italy}}
| ''La tata'' <small>(English: "''The Nanny''")</small>
| [[Canale 5]] <small>(1995)</small>, [[Italia 1]] <small>(1996–2000)</small>, [[Boing (Italy)|Boing]] <small>(2006)</small>, [[Mya (TV channel)|Mya]] <small>(2008)</small>, [[Fox Life (Italy)|Fox Life]] <small>(2009)</small>, [[La5]] <small>(2011)</small>, [[Fox Retro]] <small>(2011)</small>
| Italian dubbing
|-
| [[Latin America]]
| ''The Nanny''
| [[Sony Entertainment Television (Latin America)]]
| Spanish dubbing
|-
| {{Flag|Latvia}}
| ''Auklīte'' <small>(English: "''Nanny''")</small>
| Duo 6<ref>{{cite web |title=Programma – Duo 6 LV |url=https://duo6.lv/lv/epg?date=2022-05-29 |website=duo6.lv |access-date=September 1, 2024 |language=lv}}</ref>
| Latvian dubbing
|-
|-
| {{Flag|Lithuania}}
| ''Auklė'' <small>(English: "''Nanny''")</small>
| [[TV3 (Lithuania)|TV3]]
| Lithuanian dubbing
|-
| {{Flag|Malaysia}}
| ''The Nanny''
| [[TV2 (Malaysia)|TV2]], [[Astro (Malaysian satellite television)|Astro]]
| [[Malay language|Bahasa Malaysia]] subtitles
|-
| {{Flag|Mexico}}
| ''The Nanny''
| [[Azteca 7]], [[Sony Entertainment Television (Latin America)]]
| Spanish dubbing
|-
| {{Flag|Netherlands}}
| ''The Nanny''
|  NPO1, [[RTL 5]], [[NET5]], [[RTL Lounge]]
| Dutch subtitles
|-
| {{Flag|Norway}}
| ''Nanny''
| [[TV3 (Norway)|TV3]]
| Norwegian subtitles
|-
| {{Flag|Philippines}}
| ''The Nanny''
| [[ABS-CBN]], [[Studio 23]]
| None
|-
| {{Flag|Poland}}
| ''Niania'' / ''Pomoc domowa'' <small>(English: "''House helper''")</small>
| [[TV Puls]], [[Polsat]], [[TVN 7]]
| Polish
|-
| {{Flag|Portugal}}
| ''Competente e Descarada'' <small>(English: "''Competent and shameless''")</small>
| [[Televisão Independente|TVI]]
| Portuguese Subtitles
|-
| {{Flag|Romania}}
| ''Dădaca'' <small>(English: "Nanny")</small>
| [[Pro TV]], [[Pro Cinema]]
| Romanian Subtitles
|-
| {{Flag|Russia}}
| ''Няня'' <small>(English: "Nanny")</small>
| [[Domashny]], ДТВ
| Russian dubbing
|-
| {{Flag|Spain}}
| ''La niñera'' <small>(English: "''The Nanny''")</small>
| [[Antena 3 (Spanish TV channel)|Antena 3]] <small>(2001)</small>, [[Telemadrid]] <small>(1993–1999)</small>
|Spanish
|-
| {{Flag|Sweden}}
| ''Nanny''
| [[TV3 (Sweden)|TV3]], [[TV4 (Sweden)|TV4]]
| Swedish subtitles
|-
| {{Flag|Switzerland}}
| ''Die Nanny'' <small>(English: "''The Nanny''")</small>
| [[SF zwei]] <small>(2006–2008)</small>, 4+ <small>(2015–present)</small>
| German
|-
| {{Flag|Switzerland}}
| ''La Tata'' <small>(English: "''The Nanny''")</small>
| [[RSI La 1|RSI LA1]]
| Italian
|-
| {{Flag|Thailand}}
| ''The Nanny''
| [[Hallmark Channel (Asia)|Hallmark]], [[TrueVisions]]
| Thai
|-
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}<br>{{Flag|Ireland}}
| ''The Nanny''
| [[Sky One]], [[Living TV]], [[TLC (TV network)#United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland|TLC]]
| None
|}

==Home media==
[[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] has released seasons 1, 2 and 3 of ''The Nanny'' on DVD in regions 1, 2 and 4. Season 3 was released on March 17, 2009, in Region 1, almost three years after the release of season 2.<ref>{{cite web| last=Lacey| first=Gord| title=The Nanny – Season 3 is coming (finally)| url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Nanny-Season-3-News/11096| website=[[TVShowsOnDVD.com]]| access-date=July 30, 2013| date=December 25, 2008| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729025440/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Nanny-Season-3-News/11096| archive-date=July 29, 2013}}</ref> On August 27, 2013, it was announced that Mill Creek Entertainment had acquired the rights to various television series from the Sony Pictures library including ''The Nanny''.<ref>{{cite web| last1=Lacey| first1=Gord| title=Mill Creek, Sony Ink Deal for Rereleases of Nanny, Jeffersons, Married..., Bewitched, Jeannie, more| url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Site-News-Mill-Creek-Sony-License-Deal/18902| access-date=September 16, 2015| website=TVShowsOnDVD.com| date=August 27, 2013| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134321/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Site-News-Mill-Creek-Sony-License-Deal/18902| archive-date=October 6, 2014}}</ref> They subsequently re-released the first two seasons on DVD on August 5, 2014.<ref>{{cite web| last1=Lambert| first1=David| title=Season 1 and 2 Package Art for Mill Creek's Upcoming Re-Releases| url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Nanny-Seasons-1-and-2/19877| access-date=September 16, 2015| website=TVShowsOnDVD.com| date=June 5, 2014| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920011327/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Nanny-Seasons-1-and-2/19877| archive-date=September 20, 2015}}</ref>

On January 12, 2015, it was announced that [[Shout! Factory]] had acquired the rights to the series; they subsequently released a complete series set on May 26, 2015. It contains all 146 episodes.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.shoutfactory.com/tv/comedy/the-nanny-the-complete-series| title=The Nanny: The Complete Series| website=[[Shout! Factory]]| access-date=June 16, 2016| archive-date=April 12, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412180441/https://www.shoutfactory.com/tv/comedy/the-nanny-the-complete-series| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Nanny-The-Complete-Series/20718| title=The Nanny DVD news: Press Release for The Nanny – The Complete Series| website=TVShowsOnDVD.com| access-date=June 16, 2016| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205008/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Nanny-The-Complete-Series/20718| archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> In late 2015, Shout! began releasing individual season sets; the fourth season was released on September 22, 2015,<ref>{{cite web| last1=Lambert| first1=David| title=Fran's 'Season 4' Gets a Separate Season Set this September| url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Nanny-Season-4/21156| access-date=September 16, 2015| website=TVShowsOnDVD.com| date=June 2, 2015| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004014846/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Nanny-Season-4/21156| archive-date=October 4, 2015}}</ref> followed by the fifth season on December 22, 2015.<ref>{{cite news| last1=Lambert| first1=David| title='The Complete 5th Season' DVDs...JUST Before Christmas!| url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Nanny-Season-5/21538| access-date=September 16, 2015|website=TVShowsOnDVD.com| date=September 15, 2015| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917132755/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Nanny-Season-5/21538|archive-date=September 17, 2015}}</ref> The sixth and final season was released on March 15, 2016.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Nanny-Season-6/21801| title=The Nanny DVD news: Announcement for The Final Season: Season 6| website=TVShowsOnDVD.com| access-date=June 16, 2016| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422020658/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Nanny-Season-6/21801| archive-date=April 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Nanny-Season-6-Box-Art/21857| title=The Nanny DVD news: Box Art for The Final Season: Season 6| website=TVShowsOnDVD.com| access-date=June 16, 2016| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204749/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Nanny-Season-6-Box-Art/21857| archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#f2f2f2;"
| rowspan="2"|<div style="text-align:center;">'''DVD name'''</div>|| rowspan="2" style="background:#f2f2f2;"|<div style="text-align:center;">'''Ep #'''</div>|| colspan="3" style="background:#f2f2f2;"|<div style="text-align:center;">'''Release dates'''</div>|| rowspan="2" style="background:#f2f2f2;"|<div style="text-align:center;">'''Special features'''</div>
|- style="background:#f2f2f2;"
||<div style="text-align:center;">Region 1</div>|| style="background:#f2f2f2;"|<div style="text-align:center;">Region 2</div>|| style="background:#f2f2f2;"|<div style="text-align:center;">Region 4</div>
|-
| The Complete 1st Season || style="text-align:center;"|22 || July 12, 2005 || August 9, 2005 || July 13, 2005 ||
* Commentary with Fran Drescher
* The Making of The Nanny
|-
| The Complete 2nd Season || style="text-align:center;"|26 || May 2, 2006 || June 8, 2006 || May 10, 2006 ||
* None
|-
| The Complete 3rd Season || style="text-align:center;"|27 || March 17, 2009 || March 5, 2009 || March 11, 2009 ||
* None
|-
| The Complete 4th Season || style="text-align:center;"|26 || September 22, 2015 || TBA || TBA ||
* None
|-
| The Complete 5th Season || style="text-align:center;"|23 || December 22, 2015 || TBA || TBA ||
* None
|-
| The Complete 6th Season || style="text-align:center;"|22 || March 15, 2016 || TBA || TBA ||
* None
|-
| The Complete Series || style="text-align:center;"|146 || May 26, 2015 || TBA || TBA ||
* Executive Producers Fran Drescher And Peter Marc Jacobson in a New, Never-Before-Seen Interview
* The Making of The Nanny
* Selected Episode Commentary by Fran Drescher
|}

==Reception==
The show received positive critical reviews, with an 85% "fresh" rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] for the first season. The website's consensus reads: "Fran Drescher elevates ''The Nanny'''s formulaic writing with chutzpah, hairspray, and a one-of-a-kind comedic performance."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_nanny/s01|title=Season 1 – The Nanny|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> However, the show performed poorly in its first year; when it was nearly cancelled, [[CBS]] executive Jeff Sagansky championed the show, citing the pilot's historically high test numbers. According to Jacobson: "At all those affiliate meetings, he used to say, 'Stick by ''The Nanny''!' He knew it was something special."<ref name="hw-reporter"/>

Although later emerging as a favorite at [[CBS]], sponsors questioned whether the writers had ventured too far in terms of ethnicity and Drescher acted too obviously Jewish.<ref name="hw-reporter"/> The actress, however, declined to change Fran Fine into an Italian American: "On TV, you have to work fast, and the most real, the most rooted in reality to me is Jewish. I wanted to do it closest to what I knew."<ref name="jewishjournal">{{cite news| title=I'm a Survivor!| newspaper=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]]| url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=8435| access-date=June 18, 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708040707/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=8435| archive-date=July 8, 2012}}</ref> By contrast, the producers came to the conclusion that to oppose her should be a family of British origin, so "she wouldn't come across as Jewish so much as the American you were rooting for," Sternin explained. "The idea was to make her the American girl who happens to be Jewish rather than the Jewish girl working for the [[WASP]]s."<ref name="hw-reporter"/>

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award-giving Body
! Award
! Result
|-
|1994 || [[Young Artist Awards]] || Youth Actress Leading Role in a Television Series ([[Nicholle Tom]]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1994 || [[Young Artist Awards]] || Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Television Series ([[Benjamin Salisbury]], [[Nicholle Tom]], [[Madeline Zima]]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1994 || [[Young Artist Awards]] || Best New Television Series || {{nom}}
|-
|1995 || [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costuming for a Series (Brenda Cooper, for [[The Nanny season 2|'Canasta Masta']]) || {{won}}
|-
|1995 || [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Comedy Series ([[Lee Shallat Chemel]], for [[The Nanny season 2|'Canasta Masta']]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1995 || [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series (Dugg Kirkpatrick, for [[The Nanny season 2|'Stock Tip']]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1995 || [[Young Artist Awards]] || Best Performance by a Youth Ensemble in a Television Series ([[Benjamin Salisbury]], Nicholle Tom, [[Madeline Zima]]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1995 || [[Young Artist Awards]] || Best Performance by a Youth Actress – TV Guest Star (Jacqueline Tone) || {{nom}}
|-
|1995 || [[Young Artist Awards]] || Best Performance by an Actress Under Ten in a TV Series ([[Madeline Zima]]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1996 || [[American Comedy Awards]] || Funniest Female Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) Network, Cable or Syndication ([[Fran Drescher]]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1996 || BMI Film & TV Awards || BMI TV Music Award (Timothy Thompson) || {{won}}
|-
|1996 || [[Golden Globe Awards]] || Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series – Comedy/Musical ([[Fran Drescher]]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1996 || [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || Outstanding Costuming for a Series (Brenda Cooper, for [[The Nanny season 3|'The Kibbutz']]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1996 || [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series ([[Fran Drescher]]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1996 || [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series ([[Renée Taylor]]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1996 || [[Young Artist Awards]] || Best Performance by a Young Actor – TV Comedy Series ([[Benjamin Salisbury]]) || {{won}}
|-
|1996 || [[Young Artist Awards]] || Best Performance by a Young Actress – TV Comedy Series ([[Madeline Zima]]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1996 || [[Young Artist Awards]] || Best Performance by a Young Actress – TV Comedy Series ([[Nicholle Tom]]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1997 || [[Golden Globe Awards]] || Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series – Comedy/Musical ([[Fran Drescher]]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1997 || [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || Outstanding Costuming for a Series (Brenda Cooper, for [[The Nanny season 4|'The Rosie Show']]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1997 || [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || Outstanding Costuming for a Series (Shawn Holly Cookson and Terry Gordon, for [[The Nanny season 4|'The Facts of Lice']]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1997 || [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series ([[Fran Drescher]]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1997 || [[Satellite Awards]] || Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy ([[Fran Drescher]]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1998 || [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Comedy Series (Jimmy E. Jensen, for [[The Nanny season 5|'The Wedding']]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1998 || [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || Outstanding Costuming for a Series (Shawn Holly Cookson and Terry Gordon, for [[The Nanny season 5|'Not Without My Nanny']]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1998 || [[Young Artist Awards]] || Best Performance by a Young Actress – TV Comedy Series ([[Madeline Zima]]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1998 || [[Young Artist Awards]] || Best Performance by a Young Actor – TV Comedy Series ([[Benjamin Salisbury]]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1999 || [[NAACP Image Awards]] || Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series ([[Whoopi Goldberg]]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1999 || [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || Outstanding Costuming for a Series (Shawn Holly Cookson and Terry Gordon, for [[The Nanny season 6|'Oh Say, Can You Ski?']]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1999 || TeleVizier-Ring Gala, Netherlands || Silver TeleVizier-Tulip || {{won}}
|-
|1999 || [[TV Guide Award]] || Favorite Actress in a Comedy ([[Fran Drescher]]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1999 || [[Young Artist Awards]] || Best Performance by a Young Actress – TV Comedy Series ([[Madeline Zima]]) || {{nom}}
|-
|1999 || [[Young Artist Awards]] || Best Performance by a Young Actor – TV Comedy Series ([[Benjamin Salisbury]]) || {{nom}}
|-
| 2008 || [[TV Land Awards]] || Favorite Nanny ([[Fran Drescher]]) || {{won}}
|-
|2019
|Online Film & Television Association Hall of Fame
|Television Program<ref>{{Cite web|title=Television Hall of Fame: Productions – Online Film & Television Association|url=http://www.oftaawards.com/tv-hall-of-fame/television-hall-of-fame-productions/|access-date=November 21, 2020|language=en-US|archive-date=April 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412060241/http://www.oftaawards.com/tv-hall-of-fame/television-hall-of-fame-productions/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Online Film & Television Association (2019)|url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0002704/2019/1/|access-date=November 21, 2020|website=IMDb|archive-date=April 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408140638/https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0002704/2019/1/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{Won}}
|}

==Other media==
===Reunion specials===
{{Main|The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember}}
On December 6, 2004, the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] network aired a reunion special ''[[The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember]]''. The special reunited the entire cast with the exception of Davis, who had work commitments. Drescher and Gary Rosenthal served as executive producers of the special. In March 2020, Drescher announced that the cast would reunite for a live reading of the pilot episode amid the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="TRead">{{Cite web |last=Low |first=Elaine |date=March 31, 2020 |title='The Nanny' Original Cast to Reunite for Virtual Table Read (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/the-nanny-original-cast-table-read-1203550158/ |access-date=August 31, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> The reading was released to [[YouTube]] by Sony Pictures Television on April 6, 2020. The reading featured the entire cast of the pilot—with the exception of [[James Marsden]], who was replaced by Alex Sternin—as well as narration of the original pilot script by Jacobson and a live performance of the theme song by Ann Callaway.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Swift |first=Andy |date=April 6, 2020 |title=The Nanny Cast Reunites After 20 Years for Virtual Table Read – Watch Video |url=https://tvline.com/news/the-nanny-reunion-video-fran-drescher-original-cast-1179557/ |access-date=August 31, 2023 |website=[[TVLine]]}}</ref>

===Foreign adaptations===
[[File:The Nanny adaptations world.PNG|right|thumb|Countries with local versions]]
{{Main|List of foreign adaptations of The Nanny}}
''The Nanny'' was shown in more than eighty countries worldwide. In addition, several local versions of the show have been produced in other countries. These shows follow the original scripts very closely, but with minor alterations in order to adapt to their respective country's culture. The remake in Russia was so popular that some original American writers of the show were commissioned to write new scripts after all original episodes were remade.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |title=Still Married, With Children, But in Russian |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/world/europe/10sitcom.html |access-date=February 2, 2008 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |first=Clifford J. |last=Levy |date=September 10, 2007 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=January 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118021137/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/world/europe/10sitcom.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Potential revival===
In June 2018, in regards to reviving the series, Drescher said, "We're talking about it. Peter and I are talking about it," Drescher told ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'', referencing her ex-husband, Peter Marc Jacobson, who co-created the series with her. "She would've maybe gotten involved in more things [that] Fran Drescher is involved with," the actress told ''Entertainment Tonight''. "All kinds of things from environmental issues, to health, to civil liberties, that's what I think Fran [Fine] would be doing now – opening her big Queens mouth for the greater good."<ref>{{cite journal |first=Augusta |last=Statz |url=https://www.simplemost.com/fran-drescher-reboot-the-nanny-possible/ |title=Fran Drescher Says 'The Nanny' Reboot Is Possible |journal=Simplemost |date=June 22, 2018 |access-date=September 22, 2020 |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925030355/https://www.simplemost.com/fran-drescher-reboot-the-nanny-possible/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Stage adaptation===
On January 8, 2020, it was announced that Drescher and Jacobson were writing the book for a musical adaptation of the series. [[Rachel Bloom]] and [[Adam Schlesinger]] of ''[[Crazy Ex-Girlfriend]]'' fame were to write the songs, while Marc Bruni (''[[Beautiful: The Carole King Musical]]'') was slated to direct. Drescher will not portray the title role, as she joked that if she did "We'd have to change the title to ''The Granny''."<ref>{{cite journal| url=http://www.playbill.com/article/fran-drescher-working-on-the-nanny-musical-rachel-bloom-and-adam-schlesinger-to-pen-score| title=Fran Drescher Working on ''The Nanny'' Musical; Rachel Bloom and Adam Schlesinger to Pen Score| first=Dan| last=Meyer| journal=[[Playbill]]| date=January 8, 2020| access-date=January 8, 2020| archive-date=January 9, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109003308/http://www.playbill.com/article/fran-drescher-working-on-the-nanny-musical-rachel-bloom-and-adam-schlesinger-to-pen-score| url-status=live}}</ref> However, since Schlesinger's unexpected death from [[COVID-19]], the status of the musical is unknown.

== See also ==
* [[List of television show franchises]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Wikiquote|The Nanny}}
* {{IMDb title|0106080}}
* {{YouTube|channel=UC4ENv3IhevkDMu55vTa_h-A|title=The Nanny}}
{{The Nanny}}
{{Fran Drescher}}

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