The Nanny (1993)
The flashy girl from Flushing, the Nanny named Fran.
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.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 3 November 1993 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 23 June 1999 |
| Genre | Comedy, Family |
| Created by | Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson |
| Starring | Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy and Daniel Davis |
| Seasons | 6 seasons, 144 episodes |
| Episode length | about 24 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 58 hours |
| Rated | TV-PG |
| Scores | TMDB users 8.1/10 |
Where to watch The Nanny
The Nanny is streaming on Prime Video ($8.99 a month) in the US. It is also on Hulu ($21.49 a month). At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 2 months of Prime Video, or $17.98 at list price.
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| Andorra | Prime Video |
| Antigua & Barbuda | Prime Video, Max |
| Argentina | Prime Video $5199 ARS, Clarovideo, Max $9590 ARS |
| Australia | Prime Video $12.99 AUD, Binge $19.00 AUD, Foxtel, ARD/ZDF |
| Austria | Prime Video €8.99 |
| Bahamas | Prime Video, Max |
| Barbados | Prime Video, Max |
| Belgium | Prime Video €4.99 |
| Belize | Prime Video, Max |
| Bermuda | Prime Video |
| Bolivia | Prime Video, Max |
| Brazil | Clarovideo, Max R$34.90 |
| Canada | Prime Video $9.99 CAD, Fubo |
| Chile | Prime Video $6490 CLP, Max $9590 CLP, Clarovideo |
| Colombia | Prime Video $24900 COP, Max $24900 COP, Clarovideo |
| Costa Rica | Prime Video, Max |
| Denmark | Prime Video 69 kr DKK |
| Dominican Republic | Prime Video, Max |
| Ecuador | Prime Video $5.99, Max $8.29, Clarovideo |
| El Salvador | Prime Video, Max |
| Fiji | Prime Video |
| Finland | Prime Video €6.99 |
| France | Prime Video €6.99 |
| French Guiana | Prime Video |
| French Polynesia | Prime Video |
| Germany | Prime Video €8.99 |
| Guatemala | Prime Video, Max |
| Guyana | Prime Video, Max |
| Honduras | Prime Video, Max |
| Hong Kong | Prime Video HK$70 |
| Iceland | Prime Video 880 kr ISK |
| Indonesia | Prime Video Rp59000 |
| Italy | Prime Video €4.99 |
| Jamaica | Prime Video, Max |
| Liechtenstein | Prime Video |
| Luxembourg | Prime Video €8.99 |
| Malaysia | Prime Video RM25.00 |
| Mexico | Prime Video $99 MXN, Max $149 MXN, Clarovideo |
| Monaco | Prime Video |
| Netherlands | Prime Video €4.99 |
| New Zealand | Prime Video $8.99 NZD |
| Nicaragua | Prime Video, Max |
| Norway | Prime Video 79 kr NOK |
| Panama | Prime Video $5.99, Max $8.29 |
| Papua New Guinea | Prime Video |
| Paraguay | Prime Video, Max |
| Peru | Prime Video S/25.90, Max S/35.90, Clarovideo |
| Philippines | Prime Video ₱149 |
| Poland | Prime Video 25.99 zł |
| Portugal | Prime Video €4.99 |
| San Marino | Prime Video |
| Singapore | Prime Video $4.99 SGD |
| Spain | Prime Video €4.99 |
| St. Lucia | Prime Video, Max |
| Sweden | Prime Video 69 kr SEK |
| Switzerland | Prime Video CHF8.90 |
| Taiwan | Prime Video NT$290 |
| Thailand | Prime Video ฿149 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Prime Video, Max |
| Turks & Caicos Islands | Prime Video, Max |
| Türkiye | Prime Video ₺39.90 |
| Uruguay | Prime Video $U249, Max $U399 |
| Vatican City | Prime Video |
| Venezuela | Prime Video, Max |
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What kind of watch this is
Fran Fine speaks in a register that sits just above human frequency, and the show leans into it. Six seasons of 24-minute episodes add up to 58 hours of a woman from Flushing navigating the high-society chaos of a Broadway producer’s household. It is a comedy built on the friction between her loud, unapologetic energy and Maxwell Sheffield’s stiff upper lip. The dynamic works because she never apologizes for being herself. You will either find her voice grating or her confidence infectious. There is no middle ground.
What the critics said
The reviews were kinder than the ratings. Rotten Tomatoes gives the first season an 85% "fresh" rating. The consensus notes that Fran Drescher elevates formulaic writing with chutzpah and hairspray. It is a performance that anchors a script that might otherwise float away.
The show almost died in its first year. CBS executive Jeff Sagansky stepped in, citing the pilot’s historically high test numbers. He told affiliates to stick with it. He knew it was something special. Sponsors later questioned the ethnic coding, but Drescher refused to make Fran Fine Italian. She wanted to stay closest to what she knew.
How it did with audiences
No box office figures survive in the data, so the money trail ends before it starts. The only hard number left is the TMDB user score, which sits at 8.1 out of 10. That is high enough to suggest the audience forgave the obvious premise, or perhaps just liked the chemistry enough to ignore the rest. Either way, the viewership records themselves have vanished.
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Sources
- The Nanny on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q464865 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “The Nanny” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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