The Nanny | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
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Showrunner | Peter Marc Jacobson |
Starring | |
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 |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | 146 (list of episodes) |
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Camera setup | Videotape; Multi-camera |
Running time | 22–24 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | November 3, 1993 June 23, 1999[1] | –
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The Nanny is an American sitcom that 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 of three children from an Anglo-American upper-class family in New York. The show was 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 sitcom has also spawned several foreign adaptations, loosely inspired by the original scripts.
The show earned a Rose d'Or,[2] and one Emmy Award, out of a total of twelve nominations;[3] 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.[4] The series was hugely successful internationally, especially in Australia,[4] 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."[5]
The series finale of The Nanny aired on May 12, 1999. Because they had not been shown in March and April as originally scheduled, CBS showed the six unaired season 6 episodes in June 1999. The last first-run episodes of The Nanny aired on June 23, 1999.
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