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The Nanny: Directed by Lee Shallat Chemel. With Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane. Door-to-door cosmetics sales lady Fran Fine inadvertently becomes the nanny to the three children of a widowed Broadway producer.
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- Comedy, Family, Romance
- Lee Shallat Chemel
- 1993-11-03
The Nanny (. The Nanny. episode) " The Nanny " is the self-titled pilot episode of the CBS television sitcom The Nanny. It was filmed in 1993 at Culver Studios on 9336 W. Washington Blvd. in Culver City, California. [1] The pilot aired on November 3, 1993. Picked up by CBS shortly after, the show would go on to produce 145 more episodes, ending ...
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"Pilot" is the premiere of the first season of the CBS television series The Nanny was aired on November 3, 1993.
Fran has just been dumped by her fiancé and employer, and is selling cosmetics door-to-door, when she happens to be in the right place at the right time.
Fran Fine, the Jewish girl from Flushing, Queens, worked at the bridal shop of her fiancé, Danny. However, Danny dumps Fran for their high school friend, Heather Biblow and fires her as he wants to give Fran's sales job to Heather. Fran decides to try selling cosmetics door-to-door. The first house she knocks on is that of British widower and Broadway theater producer, Maxwell Sheffield. Niles, the Sheffield's proper, but quick-tongued butler, mistakes Fran as the new nanny for Maxwell's children: shy teenager Maggie, precocious preteen Brighton, and angst ridden adolescent Grace. The only adult female influence in the Sheffield household is C.C. Babcock, Maxwell's business associate who obviously is attracted to Maxwell, but not his children. Niles' favorite pastime is tormenting C.C.
Although Maxwell quickly realizes Fran is not a nanny, he hires her anyway on a temporary basis as the nanny agency is unable to send anyone else immediately. Fran ends up being not your traditional nanny. She first decides that she will eat meals with the family. Although, the biggest decision she makes is that she and the kids will crash Maxwell's upcoming investor's party at the house. Having the kids at the party ends up being a windfall as the investors love them. However, Fran gets in the doghouse when Maxwell catches Maggie in the embrace of the party waiter, who gives her her first ever kiss. Maxwell and Fran argue specifically about how Maggie should be raised in her formative teenage years. Maxwell promptly fires Fran over this incident. Fran takes solace at her mother's house. Fran's retreat back to Queens is short-lived as Maxwell quickly realizes that Fran may have been right. Perhaps Fran Fine will have a life at the Sheffield household after all.
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 •Rachel Chagall as Valerie Toriello
Co-Starring
•Jonathan Penner as Danny Imperiali •Dee Dee Rescher as Dottie •James Marsden as Eddie •Ray Johnson as Piano Player •Curtis Hood as Investor
•Fran: Oh, please! I come from Flushing. There is nothing these kids can throw at me that I haven't seen before. Except maybe their trust funds
•Niles: Miss Babcock for you, sir.
Maxwell: Thank you Niles, I'll take her in the library.
Niles: Miss Babcock loves to be taken in the library.
•Brighton: I hate her.
Maxwell: No Brighton, let's not be hasty.
•Sylvia is also the name of Fran Drescher's mother. Just like Morty (Fran Fine's father, who will later appear) is Drescher's father's name
•This episode is also know as "The Nanny".
•This episode was shot in early 1993 at Culver Studios in Culver City, California. After a pilot presentation in April 1993, the series was picked up by CBS shortly after.
•In the pilot presentation, there was a different bridal shop scene, a live-action opening credits featuring only Drescher that was set to "If My My Friends Could See Me Now" (performed by Gwen Verdon) and an office scene featuring Maxwell, C.C. and Niles that took place before Fran arrived at the Sheffield residence. The bridal shop scene was reshot, the live-action opening credits were scrapped, the live-action opening credits were replaced with a new animated opening credits and the office scene was excluded from the final product.
•Most of the set designs in this episode differed from the ones used for the rest of the series. This because when filming a pilot episode for a proposed series, rented sets that were leftover from other television programs are used instead of purchasing all new sets. This is to save money just in case the pilot isn't picked up by a television network.
•The set used for the house is from the cancelled NBC show The Powers That Be.
Pilot. Season 1 Episode 124m. TVPG. Fran goes to work for Maxwell after being fired from her boyfriend's bridal boutique. Home. TV Series. The Nanny. Season 1 Episode 1.
Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot. 1993 · 25 min. TV-PG. Comedy. A door-to-door cosmetics saleswoman falls into a job as a wealthy family's nanny. Subtitles: English. Starring:Fran DrescherCharles ShaughnessyDaniel DavisNicholle TomBenjamin SalisburyMadeline Zima. Directed by:Lee Shallat-Chemel. Watch The Nanny Season 1 Episode 1 Pilot Free Online.
- Lee Shallat-Chemel
- January 1, 1993
- Fran Drescher
S1 E17 - Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off. March 15, 1994. 23min. TV-PG. Maxwell's sister Jocelyn gets engaged to Nigel, the Duke of Salisbury, but the wedding seems ill-fated after Fran discovers that Jocelyn is really in love with her chauffeur, Lester. S1 E18 - Sunday in the Park with Fran. March 22, 1994. 24min.
Nov 3, 1993 · Pilot. Available on Peacock, Prime Video, Max. S1 E1: A door-to-door cosmetics saleswoman falls into a job as a wealthy family's nanny. Comedy Nov 3, 1993 21 min. TV-PG.
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