

The Nanny
Created by Fran Drescher, Peter Marc Jacobson
That flashy girl from Flushing with the heart of an angel (and the voice of a slighty more nasal angel). The comic misadventures of the sweet and sassy Fran Fine, her sophisticated employer, Broadway producer Mr. Sheffield, his boisterous brood and his wisecracking staff. From TMDB
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The Nanny is a 1993 comedy family TV series, created by Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson, starring Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy and Daniel Davis.
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Critics, per Wikipedia
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." 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." Although later emerging as a favorite at CBS, sponsors questioned whether the writers had ventured too far in terms of…
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60 of 237 · most liked firstAn old doodle from the #mydeernannyAU it was a redraw of one of the scenes from the AU’s other big inspo show—The Nanny ☺️🍎🦌📺 #radioapple #radiostatic #applemedia
neutral · AI labelView post →Something fun I drew up for The Nanny au with Nick and Judy. Based off the 90s show The Nanny. #zootopia #wildehopps
neutral · AI labelView post →Nonexhaustive corrections to this graphic: ⬆️🟩 Parker Lewis Can't Lose ⬆️🟧 Family Ties ⬆️🟨 Three's Company ⬆️🟥 Community ⬇️🟦 Two and a Half Men ⬆️🟥 South Park ⬆️🟥 Bob's Burgers ⬆️🟧 New Girl ⬆️🟥 The Cosby Show* ⬇️🟩 The Nanny ⬇️🟩 Full House ⬇️⬛️ How I Met Your Mother ⬆️🟧 Good Times *Knowing only what we knew then
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite thing is how in Book Omens it's only implied that the Nanny and the gardener were Aziraphale and Crowley but for the show they were like 'we have David Tennant how can we not put a skirt on him'
neutral · AI labelView post →Good evening, Queers and Weirdos🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🥸 I didn’t watch the inauguration—instead, I watched The Nanny, a show that’s silly, fun, and embraces everyone. Sometimes, choosing joy and nostalgia is the best way to cope in uncertain times. 1. I love you. ❤️ 2. Remember to love yourself 🥰 3. Take your fiber.
positive · AI labelView post →When I’m watching an episode The Nanny but I missed the opening theme and I am in hell because I have not been reminded of the general concept of the show
neutral · AI labelView post →Things that made me gay, in no particular order - the union suit/long underwear pages of the llbean catalog - when batman would get tied up in the animated series - that episode of Man vs Food when he was in a bathtub - The Nanny - whatever was going on between Ryan Ross and Brendon Urie
neutral · AI labelView post →The Nanny (TV Series 1993–1999)
neutral · AI labelView post →Today we finished “The Nanny” What a good fking show
positive · AI labelView post →The Nanny (TV Series 1993–1999).
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched The Nanny when it aired but only til about season 4. I just finished it and I can't stop crying! It was such a good show. So witty and funny. Fran Drescher was such an icon! I'm so glad younger people are discovering it now. 🥰
positive · AI labelView post →#LetsGetAcquainted #MusicChallenge (9) Your Fav TV Show Song The High Strung - The Luck You Got Hard to decide because there are lots of TV show songs I love like The Nanny, The O.C, Growing Pains, Full House, That ’70s Show, TBBT, Spongebob, Three’s Company, The Love Boat, Friends etc.
neutral · AI labelView post →Batman: The Animated Series Superman: The Animated Series Daria Futurama The Golden Girls The Nanny Pushing Daisies
neutral · AI labelView post →Sadat and Sharon were the Horseman of the first apocalypse. Now Mojtaba and the guest star of HBOs hit series Sex and the City and CBS all-time classic The Nanny
neutral · AI labelView post →Sabrina Carpenter The Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert In ✨THE✨ Lillie Rubin by Susan Night that Fran Fine had on during The Nanny’s pilot episode #Fashionsky
neutral · AI labelView post →King of Queens was based on the Archie Bunker mold, and while Fran Fine from The Nanny was from Queens (Flushing!) that show is set in Manhattan. And by the time that show was airing the Queens that Fran Drescher grew up in was transitioning from very Jewish, Italian and Irish to primarily Asian
neutral · AI labelView post →I love people looking at this and flipping out because it's not Fran Drescher. Polish-American actress Marika Dominczyk was in WB's 2004 series "The Help" as Anna The Nanny in a cast that included Tori Spelling as Molly the Dog Walker and Antonio Sabato Jr. as Dwayne the Trainer.
neutral · AI labelView post →Share a 90's TV series you love. 📺 My choice: The Nanny
positive · AI labelView post →Do you have any shows that you wish Bea had guest-starred on? My top 5: 1. The Muppet Show 2. Murder She Wrote 3. The Nanny 4. Mad About You 5. The Carol Burnett Show Bonus, taking place outside of her lifetime: The Masked Singer
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite opening credits are probably #TwinPeaks. I'm an opening credits NERD. I miss real, good opening credits to ease you out of real life (or your last show) into the world of the show. Game of Thrones is up there. Westworld. ST: VOY. The Nanny on the comedy side.
neutral · AI labelView post →There's actually a whole ass website for the Nanny, which really speaks to the dedication both the fans and crew on the show www.franfinedatabase.com
neutral · AI labelView post →Quote is from the TV show: "The Nanny"! Nothing concrete yet but the Morningstar family are celebrity royalty in this AU. A lot of influence in law, entertainment, and business (specifically hotels and hospitality).
neutral · AI labelView post →My comfort shows: I Love Lucy The Cosby Show The Golden Girls Murder She Wrote Everybody Loves Raymond Bewitched Mama’s Family The Dick Van Dyke Show The Nanny
neutral · AI labelView post →Fran just made a MURDER SHE WROTE joke on THE NANNY and my god, why don’t we have a cozy mystery series with Fran Drescher. i need it. i can write it. please, gods, love me
neutral · AI labelView post →How I Met Your Mother was insane in how openly bigoted it could be. Friends, MASH, Frasier, The Nanny, Hogan's Heroes, and many other earlier sitcoms have moments that date but none with the sort of gleefully bigoted attitude of that show. It's genuinely shocking.
neutral · AI labelView post →The nineties was absolutely filthy with good sitcoms. Seinfeld, NewsRadio, Frasier, The Drew Carey Show, Get A Life, Third Rock From The Sun, The Nanny, The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, The Simpsons, Married With Children, Roseanne. Friends also aired around the same time
neutral · AI labelView post →We have been watching The Nanny as our last show of the day/ pallet cleanser and I don't think I have laughed out loud at a sitcom like this so consistently. I remember liking it when it was on, but I wasn't expecting it to be this good on a rewatch.
positive · AI labelView post →I’ll never forget this conversation Me: oh, The Nanny! I loved that show so much. People talked so much shit about Fran Drescher’s voice being annoying but five-year-old me couldn’t get enough Husband: …and your family acted like they didn’t know you were gay?
positive · AI labelView post →watching The Nanny for the first time for @tastingmenu.bsky.social, a show that’s B+ on its own merits, and even that might be generous, just because the “we used to make real TV” vibes are off the charts
neutral · AI labelView post →Share a 90s TV show that deserves more love. 📺 My choice: The Nanny
positive · AI labelView post →Different show, but every Yetta appearance on The Nanny is a joy.
neutral · AI labelView post →10 shows to get to know me 1. Major Crimes 2. Greys Anatomy 3. Bones 4. The Office 5. Battlestar Galactica 6. The Nanny 7. That 70s Show 8. The West Wing 9. Desperate Housewives 10. Reign
neutral · AI labelView post →10 Shows to get to know me 1. South Side 2. Arrested Development 3. Living Single 4. Star Trek: TNG 5. Sailor Moon S 6. America's Test Kitchen (what??) 7. Lost 8. The Nanny 9. The Muppet Show 10. The Untamed
neutral · AI labelView post →The Nanny is truly a comfort show
positive · AI labelView post →Get to know me with 10 TV Series (no order) 1. Avatar: the Last Airbender 2. For All Mankind 3. Chernobyl 4. The Nanny 5. Bob's Burgers 6. Game of Thrones 7. The Bear 8. Star Trek: Deep Space 9 9. RuPaul's Drag Race 10. The Bethenny seasons of the Real Housewives of New York City
neutral · AI labelView post →On October 24, 1994, TV show 'The Nanny' aired episode "A Star Is Unborn"
neutral · AI labelView post →The Nanny should not rank less for "definitely working class" than king of the hill. Her job title is the name of the show and he's equated to royalty
neutral · AI labelView post →With yesterday being the 32nd anniversary of "The Nanny" TV show debuting on CBS, here's Sabrina Carpenter rocking her best Fran Fine look while heading to "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" last year.
neutral · AI labelView post →Favorite 10 TV comedies in no particular order Absolutely Fabulous Vicar of Dibley Golden Girls The Nanny The Underground Army Kenny Everett Video Show Ghosts Family Guy Will & Grace Keeping Up Appearances
neutral · AI labelView post →13 shows to get to know me Pushing Daisies Farscape The Muppet Show The Magicians Black Sails Agatha All Along Twin Peaks The Nanny Doctor Who Sense8 Friday Night Dinner Upstart Crow Gravity Falls
neutral · AI labelView post →Fell into a Wikipedia rabbit hole and discovered Hallie Todd (Blanche’s promiscuous niece Lucy from The Golden Girls) is the daughter of Ann Morgan Guilbert (Millie from The Dick Van Dyke Show and Yetta from The Nanny).
neutral · AI labelView post →The theme song to the Nanny has been stuck in my head all day. I haven’t watched that show in almost 20 years.
neutral · AI labelView post →Now a show? I’ll rewatch that so many times. Especially older shows. Like I’ve lost count how many times I’ve seen e.g. Living Single, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Nanny or Friends.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Nanny is a fabulous bedtime show if anyone wants to come watch with me.
positive · AI labelView post →I've been rewatching The Nanny" As of late. It's such a weirdly adorable show and one of my favourites!
positive · AI labelView post →Funny enough, my Indian mother's all-time favorite show was The Nanny, so I guess the love goes both ways
neutral · AI labelView post →I’d recommend starting with the first episode, The Highway, to enjoy the Twilight Zone atmosphere of the series but if you want to try the longer versions of The Midnight Scenes stories, get The Nanny & From The Woods. store.steampowered.com/app/1771070/... store.steampowered.com/app/2197760/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Share a TV show you love with fashionable characters. 📺🛍 My choice: The Nanny
positive · AI labelView post →I absolutely adore "The Nanny" series!😍❤️ I really recommend reading it! #applerose #appleblossom #hazbinhotel #fanficrecommendation archiveofourown.org/series/4336606
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyway I finished rewatching The Nanny and I have some shows to catch up on, but I need a new show and have no idea what to do with. I have Hulu, Peacock, Netflix, Starz, and HBO.
neutral · AI labelView post →Five shows to know me: • OFMD • The Nanny • The Mentalist • Bob’s Burgers • The Muppet Show Bonus I Love Lucy
neutral · AI labelView post →Did Fran Drescher's show The Nanny air in the UK and if so, did they change the lyric in the theme song about being "out on her fanny"
neutral · AI labelView post →Name your comfort shows: Good Omens Taskmaster HouseMD FRIENDS Mad About You The Nanny The Little Lulu Show British Panel shows: QI/WILTY/Cats Countdown
neutral · AI labelView post →Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only. The X- Files Buffy TVS The Wire Living Single X-Men The Wayans Bros Absolutely Fabulous Girlfriends Twin Peaks Fresh Prince Golden Girls M.A.N.T.I.S Batman the Animated Series Freaks and Geeks The Nanny
neutral · AI labelView post →Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Law & Order: SVU Star Trek (minus ENT and DIS, don't come for me) Supernatural Doctor Who Sherlock Squid Game The Mandalorian The West Wing Oz Futurama Batman: The Animated Series The Golden Girls The Nanny I Love Lucy
neutral · AI labelView post →The Nanny is a show about how pretty and nice Fran is
positive · AI labelView post →I remember Juliet Mills was the Nanny on that show. #Svengoolie #HouseOnHauntedHill
neutral · AI labelView post →TV show the gays love to rewatch: * Charmed * Buffy the Vampire Slayer * The Golden Girls * The Nanny
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't get married and pursue the relationship because it'll tank your ratings. #RelationshipAdviceFromSitcoms #HashTagGames #TheNanny
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm nearly the same age as Maxwell Sheffield when he was in the Nanny (39). Not sure how I feel about that. I'm already older than Fran Drescher was at the start of the series (36).
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