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Needless to say, from the very first episode we can figure out where the plot will take us.

After realizing how much “joie de vivre” she’s bringing to the household, Mr. The Nanny still can be seen in syndication (it was rightfully acquired by LGBT cable channel Logo in 2011) but with the way viewers consume television, changing so drastically in the past few years, the fact that The Nanny isn’t available on any streaming service has left it into semi-obscurity.Īt its core, the show was nothing more than another retelling of the Cinderella story, a middle class unemployed hairdresser called Fran Fine (Drescher) arrives at the house of widowed, and very British, Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield (Charles Shaughnessy) who mistakenly hires her as the new nanny to look after his three children, Maggie (Nicholle Tom), Grace (Madeline Zima, yes this is why she’s now famous) and Brighton (Benjamin Salisbury). In part, this must have something to do with the fact that the show has remained largely unattainable since it went off the air in 1999. Perhaps its self indulgent camp, and the unique qualities of its leading lady - truly one of the boldest casting decisions made in any network television series - more often than not have reduced it to a curio. With nostalgia for the last decade of the 20th century being exploited in fashion, music, and other art forms, it seems almost conspicuous that Fran Drescher’s CBS show doesn’t get more mentions. Out of all the famous sitcoms from the ’90s, The Nanny might just be the most underrated.