Season 1 is the first season of the American television series The Nanny aired on CBS from November 3, 1993 to May 16, 1994.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Fran Drescher as Fran Fine
- Charles Shaughnessy as Maxwell Sheffield
- Daniel Davis as Niles
- Lauren Lane as C.C. Babcock
- Nicholle Tom as Maggie Sheffield
- Benjamin Salisbury as Brighton Sheffield
- Madeline Zima as Grace Sheffield
Guest Starring[]
- Renée Taylor as Sylvia Fine (7 episodes)
- Carol Channing as Herself ("Smoke Gets in Your Lies")
- Cloris Leachman as Clara Mueller ("The Nanny-in-Law")
- Lesley-Anne Down as Chloe Simpson ("Maggie the Model")
- Twiggy Lawson as Jocelyn Sheffield ("Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off")
- Leigh J. Lawson as Lester ("Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off")
- Rachel Chagall as Valerie Toriello (6 episodes)
Co-Starring[]
- Gregg Rogell as Kenny Keroucan (2 episodes)
- Ann Morgan Guilbert as Yetta Rosenberg ("Smoke Gets in Your Lies")
- Anthony Cistaro as Carlo ("Maggie the Model")
- Andy Dick as Bernie/Pepé ("Maggie the Model")
- Lane Davies as Nigel Waters ("Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off")
Episodes[]
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Writer | Director | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | The Pilot | Fran Drescher (Story), Peter Marc Jacobson (S/T), Robert Sternin & Prudence Fraser (Teleplay) | Lee Shallat-Chemel | November 3, 1993 | |
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Door-to-door cosmetics sales lady Fran Fine inadvertently becomes the nanny to the three children of a widowed Broadway producer. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | Smoke Gets in Your Lies | Michael Rowe | Lee Shallat-Chemel | November 10, 1993 | |
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As a result, of Brighton getting caught smoking, Fran takes him to see her grandma Yetta who has been smoking all her life. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | My Fair Nanny | Andy Goodman | Lee Shallat-Chemel | November 17, 1993 | |
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Fran hosts a tea party for Maggie's friends, however, Maxwell wonders if Fran has the class to pull it off. | |||||
| 4 | 4 | The Nuchslep | Eve Ahlert & Dennis Drake | Lee Shallat-Chemel | November 24, 1993 | |
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When Fran acts as a chaperon on Maggie's date, Maggie's boyfriend shows an interest in Fran. | |||||
| 5 | 5 | Here Comes the Brood | Diane Wilk | Lee Shallat-Chemel | December 6, 1993 | |
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C.C.'s attempts to get closer to Maxwell's children results in Gracie running away. | |||||
| 6 | 6 | The Butler, the Husband, the Wife and Her Mother | Howard Meyers | Lee Shallat-Chemel | December 8, 1993 | |
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When status-conscious relatives visit from Florida, Fran pretends that Niles is Maxwell and they are married. | |||||
| 7 | 7 | Imaginary Friend | Pamela Eells & Sally Lapiduss | Lee Shallat-Chemel | December 15, 1993 | |
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Gracie is traumatized when Fran "eats" her imaginary friend. | |||||
| 8 | 8 | Christmas Episode | Fran Drescher & Peter Marc Jacobson | Lee Shallat-Chemel | December 22, 1993 | |
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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. | |||||
| 9 | 9 | Personal Business | Fran Drescher & Peter Marc Jacobson | Lee Shallat-Chemel | December 29, 1993 | |
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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. | |||||
| 10 | 10 | The Nanny-in-Law | Eve Ahlert & Dennis Drake | Paul Miller | January 12, 1994 | |
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Maxwell's old nanny comes to visit and is unimpressed with Fran's unconventional ways and lack of formal training. | |||||
| 11 | 11 | A Plot for Nanny | Paul Miller | January 19, 1994 | ||
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Sylvia buys Fran a cemetery plot to get her closer to the cemetery manager. | |||||
| 12 | 12 | The Show Must Go On | Frank Lombardi & Dana Reston | Will Mackenzie | January 26, 1994 | |
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Fran agrees to direct Grace's school play, but then Maxwell maneuvers his way into her position. | |||||
| 13 | 13 | Maggie the Model | Diane WIlk | Will Mackenzie | February 2, 1994 | |
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A world-renowned model thinks Maggie would make a good fashion model. | |||||
| 14 | 14 | The Family Plumbing | Bill Lawrence | Linda Day | February 9, 1994 | |
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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. | |||||
| 15 | 15 | Deep Throat | Pamela Eells & Sally Lapiduss | Linda Day | March 2, 1994 | |
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When all the children get sick, Fran takes Grace to the doctor and learns she needs a tonsillectomy. | |||||
| 16 | 16 | Schlepped Away | Fran Drescher & Peter Marc Jacobson | Linda Day | March 9, 1994 | |
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A blizzard paralyzes the city and forces Fran and the Sheffields to move their Bermuda vacation to her mother's apartment in Queens. | |||||
| 17 | 17 | Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off | Diane WIlk | Gail Mancuso | March 16, 1994 | |
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Maxwell's sister comes to visit and she decides then to marry her intended. | |||||
| 18 | 18 | Sunday in the Park with Fran | Howard Meyer | Gail Mancuso | March 23, 1994 | |
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A play date between Gracie and the child of a Broadway critic does not go well. | |||||
| 19 | 19 | The Gym Teacher | Alan Eisenstock & Larry Mintz | Gail Mancuso | April 6, 1994 | |
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Fran learns that her old, tyrannical gym teacher is now Maggie's gym teacher. | |||||
| 20 | 20 | Ode to Barbra Joan | David M. Matthews (Story), Frank Lombardi & Dana Reston (Teleplay) | Gail Mancuso | April 13, 1994 | |
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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. | |||||
| 21 | 21 | Frannie's Choice | Tracy Newman & Jonathan Stark | Paul Miller | April 20, 1994 | |
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Fran must decide between the Sheffields and her old boyfriend that proposes. | |||||
| 22 | 22 | I Don't Remember Mama | Howard Meyers & Diane Wilk | Paul Miller | May 19, 1994 | |
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With Mother's Day approaching, Maxwell arranges for the entire family to join a country club to deflect attention away from Sarah. Fran and Grace enter a mother-daughter pageant. | |||||
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