SETTING THE SCENE
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
The Nanny
1993–1999SERIES
After being fired from her job and dumped by her boyfriend, a cosmetics saleswoman becomes the nanny to the three children of a rich English widower. As time passes, the two fall for each other.
ComedyRomance
THE STORY UNFOLDS
Episodes 22
EPISODE 01Pilot (a.k.a. The Nanny)
Fran gets a job as a nanny for the Sheffields after being fired from her job at her fiancé's bridal store.
Nov 4, 1993
EPISODE 02Smoke Gets in Your Lies
When Brighton gets caught smoking in school, Fran takes him to see her grandma Yetta to teach him a lesson.
Nov 11, 1993
EPISODE 03My Fair Nanny
Fran hosts a tea party for Maggie and her friends in order to make Maggie fit in, but Maxwell is worried that Fran's lack of class may ruin the sofisticated party.
Nov 18, 1993
EPISODE 04The Nuchshlep
Fran and Maggie end up fighting after Maggie's boyfriend gets interested in Fran. Maxwell gives C.C. a dog for her birthday.
Nov 25, 1993
EPISODE 05Here Comes the Brood
After C.C. tries to bond with the children, Gracie runs away to Fran's parents' house.
Dec 7, 1993
EPISODE 06The Butler, the Husband, the Wife, and Her Mother
Niles has to pose as Fran's husband when her relatives comes to visit.
Dec 9, 1993
EPISODE 07Imaginary Friend
Grace, the youngest, has invented an imaginary friend, Imogene. One day Grace accuses Fran of having accidentally killed her dear friend!
Dec 16, 1993
EPISODE 08The Christmas Show
Fran and the kids prepare to celebrate Christmas alone when Maxwell and C.C. have to go on a business trip.
Dec 23, 1993
EPISODE 09Personal Business
Maxwell convinces Fran to go on a date with a soap opera star to get him to agree to appear in a play.
Dec 30, 1993
EPISODE 10The Nanny-in-Law
Maxwell's old nanny comes to visit and complains about Fran's job as a nanny.
Jan 13, 1994
EPISODE 11A Plot for Nanny
Sylvia gets Fran plots at the cemetery for her birthday as a way to set her up with the mortuary manager.
Jan 20, 1994
EPISODE 12The Show Must Go On
Maxwell volunteers Fran to produce Gracie's school play.
Jan 27, 1994
EPISODE 13Maggie the Model
Famous model Chloe Simpson gets Maggie interested in becoming a model, to Fran and Maxwell's dislike.
Feb 3, 1994
EPISODE 14The Family Plumbing
Fran thinks Maxwell treats his children unfairly when Maggie is not allowed to go to a makeout party, but Brighton is encouraged after kissing a relative of Fran's.
Feb 10, 1994
EPISODE 15Deep Throat
Fran gets sick and has to have her tonsils removed.
Mar 3, 1994
EPISODE 16Schlepped Away
A snowstorm traps the Sheffields, Fran, Niles and C.C. at Fran's parents' house.
Mar 10, 1994
EPISODE 17Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off
Maxwell's sister Jocelyn comes to visit with her fiancè, and the two decide to get married.
Mar 17, 1994
EPISODE 18Sunday in the Park with Fran
C.C. encourages Grace to go on a playdate with a critic's son in order to get him to like Maxwell's new show, but problems arise after Fran hits the obnoxious child with a baguette.
Mar 24, 1994
EPISODE 19The Gym Teacher
Maggie has problems with her gym class teacher and asks Fran for help in order to pass the class. Maxwell has problems with a spoiled actor.
Apr 7, 1994
EPISODE 20Ode to Barbra Joan
C.C.'s father invites her to a Barbra Streisand concert in an attempt to bond with his daughter, but after C.C. declines, her father invites Fran to the concert, which makes C.C. jealous.
Apr 14, 1994
EPISODE 21Frannie's Choice
Fran must choose whether to stay with the Sheffields or not when her ex-boyfriend Danny returns, and proposes to Fran.
Apr 28, 1994
EPISODE 22I Don't Remember Mama
Fran convinces Maxwell and the children to celebrate mothers' day, by taking Grace to a mother-daughter beauty pageant, but another contestant complains about Fran not being Grace's mother, which makes Grace run home crying.
May 17, 1994
