E01
Pilot (a.k.a. The Nanny)
Door-to-door cosmetics sales lady Fran Fine inadvertently becomes the nanny to the three children of a widowed Broadway producer.
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The Nanny
EndedFirst aired 1993-11-03CBS
Comedy · Family
In The Nanny, a cosmetics saleswoman stumbles upon the opportunity to become a nanny to the three rambunctious children of rich, widowed Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield. With her off-beat style of nurturing and straightforward honesty, she turns out to be the best thing that has ever happened to the family... whether they realize it or not.
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Season by season.
146 listed episodes across 6 seasons. Air dates are provided by TVmaze and can change.
Season 1 22 episodes
E02
Smoke Gets in Your Lies
As a result of Brighton getting caught smoking, Fran takes him to see her grandma Yetta who has been smoking all her life.
E03
My Fair Nanny
Fran hosts a tea party for Maggie's friends, however Maxwell wonders if Fran has the class to pull it off.
E04
The Nuchslep
When Fran acts as a chaperon on Maggie's date, Maggie's boyfriend shows an interest in Fran.
E05
Here Comes the Brood
C.C.'s attempts to get closer to Maxwell's children results in Gracie running away.
E06
The Butler, the Husband, the Wife and Her Mother
When status-conscious relatives visit from Florida, Fran pretends that Niles is Maxwell and they are married.
E07
Imaginary Friend
Gracie is traumatized when Fran "eats" her imaginary friend.
E08
Christmas Episode
Much to his children's disappointment as well as Fran's, Maxwell has to be in Washington, D.C. on Christmas day. Meanwhile, Fran has overextended herself in buying gifts.
E09
Personal Business
Maxwell wants to hire popular soap star Brock Storm for his latest show, but he'll only do it if he gets a date with Fran.
E10
The Nanny-in-Law
Maxwell's old nanny comes to visit and is unimpressed with Fran's unconventional ways and lack of formal training.
E11
A Plot for Nanny
Sylvia buys Fran a cemetery plot to get her closer to the cemetery manager.
E12
The Show Must Go On
Fran agrees to direct Grace's school play, but then Maxwell maneuvers his way into her position.
E13
Maggie the Model
A world-renowned model thinks Maggie would make a good fashion model.
E14
The Family Plumbing
When the water goes out in the house, Maxwell reluctantly agrees to let Fran hire her uncle as a plumber. Meanwhile, Maggie wants to go to a party, but when her father learns there will be boys there he forbids it.
E15
Deep Throat
When all the children get sick, Fran takes Grace to the doctor and learns she needs a tonsillectomy.
E16
Schlepped Away
A blizzard paralyzes the city and forces Fran and the Sheffields to move their Bermuda vacation to her mother's apartment in Queens.
E17
Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off
Maxwell's sister comes to visit and she decides then to marry her intended.
E18
Sunday in the Park with Fran
A play-date between Gracie and the child of a Broadway critic does not go well.
E19
The Gym Teacher
Fran learns that her old, tyrannical gym teacher is now Maggie's gym teacher.
E20
Ode to Barbra Joan (a.k.a. Daddy Dearest)
C.C.'s father comes to visit. When C.C. turns down his offer to see Barbra Streisand in concert, Fran, who adores all things Streisand, gets the opportunity.
E21
Frannie's Choice
Fran must decide between the Sheffields and her old boy friend that proposes.
E22
I Don't Remember Mama
Mother's Day is approaching, and as usual, Maxwell is trying to preoccupy the children so that they won't think about their mother, Sara. Fran, on the other hand, thinks it a good idea to talk to the kids about their mother.
Season 2 26 episodes
E01
Fran-Lite
Fran pushes Maxwell to date again, and he ends up dating a woman very much like Fran. Brighton has a problem being smaller than everyone else in school.
E02
The Playwright
A man whom Fran snubbed in high school has written a play and threatens to jump off a ledge unless Maxwell reads it.
E03
Everybody Needs a Bubby
Yetta moves in with the family when her home is fumigated, but Fran thinks she might be a bad influence for the children.
E04
Material Fran
Fran goes out with a much older rich man.
E05
Curse of the Grandmas
Gracie's Red Robin troop goes to Grandma Yetta's retirement home to "adopt" a grandparent. When Gracie's first and second picks pass away, it sours her on scouting.
E06
The Nanny Napper
On the subway, a Russian immigrant accidentally leaves her baby, and Fran picks it up, believing it to be abandoned.
E07
A Star is Unborn
A director plans to sabotage his production of "Romeo and Juliet" by casting Fran in the lead role.
E08
Pishke Business
Maxwell has Fran pretend to be C.C. in order to get theatrical backing from a man C.C. attacked to get a cab.
E09
Stock Tip
Fran gives Maxwell a stock tip that turns out to be from a hot dog vendor.
E10
The Whine Cellar
During Sylvia's 50th birthday party, Fran gets stuck in the wine cellar with C.C.
E11
When You Pish Upon a Star
Fran inadvertently persuades an obnoxious child star set to star in Maxwell's revival of "Oliver!" to give up show business.
E12
Take Back Your Mink
Maggie is upset when Fran inherits a mink coat. Fran decides to give it up to appease Maggie, but Sylvia won't hear of it.
E13
The Strike
Mr. Sheffield is opening a new play, "Norma", based on Norma Rae. But there's a busboy strike going on at the cast party, and Fran refuses to cross the picket line. The picture of Mr. Sheffield dragging Fran out of the line is published on the newspaper and they end up going to Sally Jesse Raphael's show to settle this misunderstanding.
E14
I've Got a Secret
Maxwell refuses to divulge the identity of the celebrity recuperating from surgery in the Sheffields' house.
E15
Kindervelt Days
Fran receives a surprise when Sylvia sends in a long-lost "Win a Date With Erik Estrada" contest entry form.
E16
Canasta Masta
After Brighton joins Sylvia's canasta team, Fran is dumped from it.
E17
The Will
Maxwell draws up a will which states that Fran will remain nanny in the event of his death. Meanwhile, she thinks that a fax of a potential client's heart-sensitive diet given to Niles is really for Maxwell.
E18
The Nanny Behind the Man
Fran sets Grandma Yetta up with Dakota Williams, a hard-drinking Southern playwright from whom Maxwell hopes to buy his latest play.
E19
A Fine Friendship
Fran strikes up a friendship with a male nanny whom she erroneously assumes is gay.
E20
Lamb Chop's on the Menu
C.C. plans to move into feature film production with a star vehicle for Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop. When Shari and Lamb Chop visit the Sheffield mansion, C.C.'s dog Chester tries to eat Lamb Chop.
E21
Close Shave
Maggie is a candy striper at the hospital. When she takes off to go on a date, Fran fills in for her and must shave Maxwell for an appendectomy.
E22
What the Butler Sang
Maxwell hears Niles singing and asks him to sing for his backers' audition. Meanwhile, Fran clashes with her sister Nadine.
E23
A Kiss is Just a Kiss
Maggie is upset when Fran beats her in a kissing contest. The winner is to appear on an album cover with Billy Ray Cyrus.
E24
Strange Bedfellows
Fran worries about her future when Mona, one of her fellow nannies, retires to Florida. The night of Mona's goodbye party, Fran gets drunk and staggers into Maxwell's bed.
E25
The Chatterbox
Fran takes Maggie to her favorite beauty salon to prepare for a party; while there she arranges a job there for an actress who loses a Sheffield audition.
E26
Fran Gets Mugged
An valuable Shakespearian document is taken from Fran when she is mugged in New York's Central Park.
Season 3 27 episodes
E01
Pen Pal
Mr. Sheffield pushes Fran to accept a date from her long time pen-pal who she has never met.
E02
Franny and the Professor
C.C. makes a bet with her brother than he can't get Fran on Jeopardy. Fran gets on and wins and gets Renaissance Fair tickets from their new next door neighbor Roger Clinton when Maxwell can't.
E03
Dope Diamond
Going out with the man who asks Fran to marry him, he steals the engagement ring that they were looking at.
E04
A Fine Family Feud
Instead of a boring 16th birthday for Maggie, Fran has it at her Aunt Freida's bar and the kids have a wonderful time.
E05
Val's Apartment
Fran and Val take a small apartment together when Fran feels that her job is taking over her personal life. Even though Mr. Sheffield supports her, he really wants her to move back.
E06
Shopaholic
The marriage of her former intended (who threw her out in one of those crushing scenes) turns Fran into a shopaholic. Only a kiss from Mr. Sheffield snaps her out of it.
E07
Oy Vey, You're Gay
When Maxwell hires a female publicist to changes his image, C.C. and Fran think that he is falling for her. Actually the woman is gay and is more interested in Fran.
E08
The Party's Over
While Maxwell is in Boston, Fran throws a singles party and gets arrested.
E09
The Two Mrs. Sheffields
When Maxwell's mother wants him to get rid of Fran, he proposes to her and she makes him feel very guilty for using her.
E10
Having His Baby
Fran considers having a baby sans husband; and Maxwell assumes she is asking him to be the donor.
E11
The Unkindest Cut
Brighton faints while filming Fran's cousin's bris and Fran sends it to Hollywood. Everybody visits Hollywood and Fran keeps getting thrown off the set of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
E12
The Kibbutz
Fran inadvertently talks Maggie into going to a kibbutz in Israel for the Christmas vacation instead of a convent.
E13
An Offer She Can't Refuse
Fran is very happy with her new Italian boyfriend until she finds out that he has underworld connections and is now afraid to break up with him.
E14
Oy to the World
An animated Christmas special. Brighton is acting very selfishly, and Fran wishes he could learn that Christmas is not about what you get but what you give. On their way to help at a homeless shelter a gust of wind whisks Fran, Brighton, and Chester to the North Pole where they meet Santa Claus, who looks a lot like Mr. Sheffield, and learn that Santa might not make it this year because of an entity called the Amazing Babcock.
E15
Fashion Show
When Mr. Sheffield rushes Fran out the door to a premier before she can get a matching handbag, she ends up on a magazine's fashion mistake list.
E16
Where's Fran?
When Fran gets Mr. Sheffield to teach her a lesson about smoking for Maggie's sake, he pushes Fran right out the door to the Clinton residence.
E17
The Grandmas
When her mother throws her father out of the house, Fran seeks advice from her grandmothers. She also thinks that Mr. Sheffield needs a change in his life.
E18
Val's Boyfriend
Val gets a new boyfriend and Fran goes through an unusual situation: her best friend has a date and she doesn't! When Val's boyfriend makes a move on Fran, she thinks it's just jealousy and goes out with C.C., but later Val's boyfriend goes a little too far.
E19
Love is a Many Blundered Thing
Thinking Mr. Sheffield wants her to be her valentine, she puts up a billboard in Times Square.
E20
Your Feets Too Big
Fran is going crazy because her foot model reunion is coming up and her feet went up an entire shoe size.
E21
Where's the Pearls?
Mr. Sheffield has Elizabeth Taylor over, and like with all celebrities, Fran can't control herself until she meets her. A very friendly Elizabeth asks Fran to take her black pearls necklace to a courier, but of course Fran has to do it in her own way.
E22
The Hockey Show
Fran dates a very superstitious NY Ranger who claims that her red shoes jinxed the team and caused them to lose. After a much heard comment, the entire City of New York thinks that she is a jinx.
E23
That's Midlife
After Fran beats him in tennis, Maxwell is feeling old and goes out and buys a younger image and a sports car.
E24
The Cantor Show
Fran suggests that her cantor boyfriend should audition for Maxwell's next show.
E25
Green Card
Brighton's handsome French tutor proposes to Fran who finds out he is flirting with other women and needs a green card.
E26
Ship of Fran's
Fran decides to take a cruise to meet guys and Mr. Sheffield and family join her.
E27
A Pup in Paris (1)
Fran runs onto Mr. Sheffield's plane with his bag and ends up having to go to Paris with him. On the flight back as the plane is plummeting down he tells Fran that he loves her.
Season 4 26 episodes
E01
The Tart with Heart (2)
Upon returning home from Paris, Fran couldn't be happier when C.C. says Maxwell just hired her for her looks. To find out if this is true, Fran tries dating a blind guy. Meanwhile Maxwell tries to back-peddle after what he told Fran on the plane.
E02
The Cradle Robbers
After Maxwell tells Fran to make Maggie break up with a 25 year old, Fran starts dating his same age friend.
E03
The Bird's Nest
Despite Mr. Sheffield's objections Fran helps Brighton with his science project. He plans on hatching some bird eggs, but Fran waits too long and hard boils them.
E04
The Rosie Show
After getting picked from the audience for the Rosie Show, Fran finds herself a regular, giving parenting advice. As her celebrity grows, Maxwell becomes afraid he's going to lose her.
E05
Freida Needa Man
With Aunt Freida broke, she moves into the Sheffield mansion. Fran's solution is to get her boyfriend to propose, but instead he has a heart attack.
E06
Me and Mrs. Joan
Fran tries to have Maxwell and his father make peace by inviting the secretary that broke up his parent's marriage to dinner.
E07
The Taxman Cometh
Fran is watching Jay Leno's dog and getting audited by the Internal Revenue Service.
E08
An Affair to Dismember
Nigel Sheffield (Harry Van Gorkum), rather than Maxwell, pops the question to Fran (Fran Drescher), who agrees to join him in London.
E09
Tattoo
Maxwell (Charles Shaughnessy) wants to see Fran's (Fran Drescher) concealed tattoo, while her mother (Renee Taylor) suggests that Dr. Roberts (John Astin) remove it.
E10
The Car Show
Mr. Sheffield won't get Maggie a car, so she convinces Fran to enter a beauty constest to win her one.
E11
Hurricane Fran
Fran misses the Sheffield estate when she takes Val on a Caribbean vacation in the middle of hurricane season.
E12
Danny's Dead and Who's Got the Will?
Fran attends the funeral of her former fiancé and wonders if she is going to be left alone in the world.
E13
Kissing Cousins
The man of Fran's dreams, a handsome, young doctor, turns out to be her first cousin.
E14
The Fifth Wheel
Fran, Val and C.C. all go out together and Fran is the only one who doesn't find a date.
E15
The Nose Knows
Fran gets very upset with Maxwell when she finds him making out in the living room with his date. Fran is told by her therapist that she is treating him like her husband rather than her boss.
E16
The Bank Robbery
While at a bank, Fran and her mother becomes hostages to a very inept bank robber. Fran starts to become very good friends with the gentleman.
E17
Samson, He Denied Her
Mr. Sheffiled calls from the limo saying he has to repair a mistake he made to Fran 6 moths ago. She's very excited thinking he might take back taking back saying he loved her, but for her misery he only wanted to pay her extra money he got from tax refund. Tired of living on high expectations, Fran decides to take some time off the house and joins C.C. on jury duty.
E18
The Facts of Lice
Fran accuses Maxwell of not spending enough time with his children when they get head lice but he is spared.
E19
Fran's Roots
A woman believes that she, not Sylvia, is Fran's mother due to a hospital mix-up.
E20
The Nanny and the Hunk Producer
The tabloids print a fictitious story about Maxwell cheating on his late wife during their honeymoon.
E21
The Passed-Over Story
Fran re-evaluates her life when her high-school rival lands a starring role in Sheffield's new play.
E22
No Muse is Good Muse
Fran will do anything to get her song lyrics to a new rock star. They bond, but she finds that Val is a better muse.
E23
You Bette Your Life
Fran is involved with a charity auction hosted by Maxwell and Bette Midler. Fran takes a child prodigy to Yetta's nursing home and the death of a resident so traumatizes the child that he swears he will never play the piano again.
E24
The Heather Biblow Story
The woman who stole Fran's job and fiance now has a job on "The Young and the Restless." Fran steals that job from her and she takes Fran's nanny job instead.
E25
The Boca Story
Sylvia decides to invest in a condo in Boca. This much anticipated fact that should come as a blessing for Fran upsets her deeply, and Dr. Miller says it's because deep down she doesn't want her mother to leave. Mr. Sheffield thinks if he takes Fran to see the condo she'll accept the idea, and just when Fran finally realized how much peace she'd get from that, they discover there isn't any condo, only a swamp.
E26
Fran's Gotta Have It (1)
Fran follows Maxwell to London and after a wonderful afternoon they almost commit to each other until they learn that Niles has had a heart attack. C.C. realizes that she doesn't hate Niles as much as she appears to.
Season 5 23 episodes
E01
The Morning After (2)
Mr. Sheffield wants to buy himself some time before his relationship with Fran grows, so he asks Fran to redecorate the kitchen. Fran invites her cousin Sheila over to help her, and Sheila proposes a special aphrodisiac decoration to give Fran a little push in conquering Maxwell's heart.
E02
First Date
Maxwell invites Fran to be his date at the very exclusive dinner party given by Elton John to celebrate Tantrums and Tiaras, the new film he and his partner, David Furnish, are premiering. Unfortunately, Fran's lurid past catches up with her when she appears in the film as the fam who prompted one of John's "Tantrums" by verbally abusing Elton.
E03
The Bobbie Fleckman Story
When Maxwell's old partner Bobbi Flekman starts moving in on him, Fran's friends suggest that Maxwell only likes her because she looks like Fran.
E04
Fransom
After Chester is kidnapped while under Fran's care, she and Val try to find him and end up kidnapped themselves.
E05
The Ex-Niles
Fran and C.C. agree to let Dr. Joyce Brothers decide who's the better woman for Maxwell; Niles quits after he's denied a raise, a demand based on his faulty impression of Fran's salary.
E06
A Decent Proposal
Maxwell is jealous of Chevy Chase's attention to Fran, but he finds that she brings him luck for his poker game.
E07
Mommy and Mai
When a Cambodian woman that Fran and Val sponsored as a child visits New York and comes between the two friends, Fran fears she'll come between her and Maxwell too. To stay in the family Frans comes up with a plan to get engaged to Brighton.
E08
Fair Weather Fran
With Yetta's wedding approaching Fran looks for a new job and gets an audition for a job on television.
E09
Educating Fran
Fran goes to Maggie's school to have a word with her Philosophy teacher and ends up developing a crush on him. After having to ask Maggie for her approval, Fran starts dating the gorgeous Jewish bachelor, which, of course, upsets Mr. Sheffield (who won't do anything regarding his true feelings towards Fran).
E10
From Flushing with Love
Fran takes Mr. Sheffield to the Fine Family Reunion at Niagara Falls to give both her and Niles the weekend off. Maxwell proposes and then hits his head.
E11
Rash to Judgment
Fran has a romantic date with Maxwell just as she breaks out and swells up due to an allergic reaction to her mother's squash pasta.
E12
One False Mole and You're Dead
Fran has a run-in with actress Margo Lange, who is starring in one of Maxwell's plays, when she discovers that her famous mole is a fake.
E13
Call Me Fran
Fran's father will not use the basketball tickets that come from Mr. Sheffield. Fran questions her relationships with men and Maxwell agrees to call her Fran.
E14
Not Without My Nanny
Grace's pen pal, Billy, is the son of the Sultan of Koorestan, a country in the Middle East. Billy has invited Grace for a visit.
E15
The Engagement
Maxwell is ready to propose to Fran and thanks to Niles everyone already knows it. At the big announcement dinner everyone is there except Maxwell.
E16
The Dinner Party
Maxwell and Fran go shopping for engagement rings while Fran starts to feel that she isn't good enough for Maxwell's friends and lifestyle.
E17
Homie-Work
When Fran hires a gift wrapper instead of a singer rapper, she has to turn him into a singing sensation.
E18
The Reunion Show
Fran goes to her high school reunion and finds all of her friends getting divorced while she is engaged.
E19
Immaculate Concepcion
Maxwell's father unexpectedly passes away, and in his will he leaves everything to Concepcion, a secret daughter he had with a flamenco dancer. C.C. is back from the sanatorium and doesn't miss the opportunity of terrifying Fran and trying to split Fran and Maxwell up.
E20
The Pre-nup
Pressured by his family, Maxwell wants Fran to sign a pre-nup, which upsets her. She thinks he doesn't trust her and/or doesn't have faith their marriage will last forever. Unbelievably, Val is the one that opens her eyes to what's happening and how it is better for Fran to sign it.
E21
The Best Man
Maxwell's brother and best man Nigel arrives to throw him a bachelor party. Fran is worried that he will tell Maxwell that they almost got married themselves.
E22
The Wedding (1)
Even though Maxwell's family tells Fran that their marriage won't work, Maxwell tells her how much he loves her and that their lives together will never be dull. That night they both fall off their honeymoon yacht.
E23
The Wedding (2)
Finally, after 5 long years, the wedding day has arrived. Fran spends her last night as a single woman at her mom's house, where Sylvia reads her a letter she wrote to Fran when Fran was born.
Season 6 22 episodes
E01
The Honeymoon's Overboard
Fran and Maxwell find themselves on a desert island after falling off their honeymoon yacht.
E02
Fran Gets Shushed
While trying to learn to live together Fran agrees to be less forward if Maxwell will learn to be less uptight. They both tryout their new personalities at a business dinner meeting.
E03
Once a Secretary, Always a Secretary
Brighton wants to go to Atlantic City and his father is totally against it. Fran finds herself torn between being nanny and wife.
E04
Sara's Parents
Sara's parents are visiting, and Max is afraid they might not like Fran, as he never told them about the marriage. Fran tries to do all the right things, but can't get it right.
E05
Maggie's Boyfriend
Fran couldn't be happier with Maggie's rich, handsome, Jewish, model boyfriend, but when they decide to move in together, Maxwell wants Fran to put her foot down.
E06
I'm Pregnant
When Maggie thinks that she is pregnant, Fran takes her to the doctor and finds that she is the expectant mother.
E07
Mom's the Word
Fran is excited about the news of her pregnancy though Maxwell doesn't seem to want any more children.
E08
Making Whoopi
Fran is depressed over her inability to conceive. She finds out that she is ovulating just as they are making an appearance on Hollywood Squares.
E09
Oh, Say, Can You Ski?
On a ski trip to Aspen, the Sheffields accept a dinner invitation from the President. Fran's blood test needed to get some antibiotics have some wonderful results.
E10
The Hanukkah Story
While excited about celebrating her first Hanukkah with her new husband and family, Maxwell, C.C., and Gracie have to drive to Boston in a snowstorm. Fran is worried sick when they don't arrive on time after they run off the road.
E11
The In-Law Who Came Forever
After Aunt Freida buys her parents' condo, the Fines move into the Sheffield mansion.
E12
The Fran in the Mirror
After Fran lends a college buddy of Maxwell's $1 million, she hears that he is broke and has been swindling others.
E13
The Yummy Mummy
Fran finds out that she and Maxwell are having twins and she is disturbed when Brighton doesn't want her go with him on his tour of colleges.
E14
California Here We Come
Maxwell is asked to turn one of his plays into a sitcom and the Sheffields might be moving to California. And her mother may be having an affair.
E15
The Finale (1)
C.C. flees after Niles proposes again. Fran runs after her and gets stuck in an elevator with her and goes into labor.
E16
The Finale (2)
C.C. and Niles get married while Fran is in labor and find out that they are also expectant parents. Maggie and Brighton head off to Europe as the Sheffields head to California with the new twins and a new life together.
E17
Ma'ternal Affairs
Fran checks into a man that his mother is seeing and coaches her father on spicing up their marriage.
E18
The Producers
Fran tries to produce a play written by a friend of Niles and he confesses his love for C.C.
E19
The Dummy Twins
Fran is coaching Niles in his unappreciated courtship of C.C. Finally Niles calls her pathetic and lonely after which the Sheffields find them in bed together.
E20
Yetta's Letters
Maxwell uses Yetta's letters as the basis for a play on Broadway beating out Andrew Lloyd Webber who also wanted to use them.
E21
Maggie's Wedding
Fran learns that Micheal's cousin is James Brolin and that Barbra Streisand is coming to Maggie and Micheal's wedding. Fran is so excited that she goes into premature labor almost missing Barbra.
E22
The Baby Shower
After her fortune telling hair dresser sees Maxwell in bed with a blonde while in California Fran flies out to check on him. Fran Fine Sheffield also runs into actress Fran Drescher and there is a bit of a resemblance.
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