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★ 8.1That 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.
- Aired
- 1993–1999
- Seasons
- 6 · 144 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Fran Drescher, Peter Marc Jacobson
- Network
- CBS
- Genres
- Comedy, Family
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Key facts
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Created by
- Peter Marc Jacobson Fran Drescher
- Developed by
- Robert Sternin Prudence Fraser
- Showrunner
- Peter Marc Jacobson
- Starring
- Fran Drescher Charles Shaughnessy Daniel Davis Lauren Lane Nicholle Tom Benjamin Salisbury Madeline Zima Renée Taylor Rachel Chagall Ann Morgan Guilbert
- Theme music composer
- Ann Hampton Callaway , (Pilot episode: Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields )
- Opening theme
- "The Nanny Named Fran", written and performed by Ann Hampton Callaway (performed with Liz Callaway )
- Ending theme
- "The Nanny Named Fran" (instrumental)
- Composer
- Timothy Thompson
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of episodes
Article
The Nanny is an American television sitcom. It originally aired on CBS from November 3, 1993, to June 23, 1999, starring Fran Drescher as Fran Fine, a Jewish fashionista from Flushing, Queens, who becomes the nanny to three children from an Anglo-American upper-class family in New York City. The show was developed by Robert Sternin and Prudence Fraser, and 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 series was produced by Sternin & Fraser Ink Inc., Highschool Sweethearts Productions (seasons 3–6) and TriStar Television.
The show earned a Rose d'Or, and one Emmy Award, out of a total of twelve nominations; 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. The series was hugely successful internationally, especially in Australia, 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." The sitcom has also spawned several foreign adaptations, loosely inspired by the original scripts.
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