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The Nanny (1993)

Comedy · Romance

That flashy girl from Flushing with the heart of an angel (and the voice of a slighty more nasal angel). The comic misadventures of the sweet and sassy Fran Fine, her sophisticated employer, Broadway producer Mr. Sheffield, his boisterous brood and his wisecracking staff.

IMDb rating
7.2 (55,810 votes)
Episode average
7.7 ↑ +0.5 vs IMDb
Seasons
6
Streaming (US)
Hulu · Amazon Prime Video
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 6 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1993)

7.78 avg 22 episodes 8.2 → 8.5 27 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 983 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 729 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 680 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 663 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 637 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 640 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 614 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 654 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 564 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 578 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 541 votesEp 12: 7.3 · 524 votesEp 13: 7.2 · 539 votesEp 14: 7.9 · 561 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 535 votesEp 16: 8.4 · 574 votesEp 17: 7.6 · 534 votesEp 18: 7.7 · 553 votesEp 19: 7.4 · 519 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 503 votesEp 21: 7.8 · 497 votesEp 22: 8.5 · 581 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Nanny8.2983
2Smoke Gets in Your Lies7.6729
3My Fair Nanny7.8680
4The Nuchslep7.7663
5Here Comes the Brood7.8637
6The Butler, the Husband, the Wife and Her Mother8.3640
7Imaginary Friend7.8614
8Christmas Episode7.7654
9Personal Business7.5564
10The Nanny-in-Law7.7578
11A Plot for Nanny7.6541
12The Show Must Go On7.3524
13Maggie the Model7.2539
14The Family Plumbing7.9561
15Deep Throat7.9535
16Schlepped Away8.4574
17Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off7.6534
18Sunday in the Park with Fran7.7553
19The Gym Teacher7.4519
20Ode to Barbra Joan7.8503
21Frannie's Choice7.8497
22I Don't Remember Mama8.5581

Season 2 (1994)

7.83 avg 26 episodes 8.0 → 7.7 29 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 524 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 508 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 512 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 486 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 466 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 494 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 475 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 476 votesEp 9: 7.9 · 500 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 512 votesEp 11: 7.3 · 498 votesEp 12: 7.5 · 469 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 451 votesEp 14: 7.6 · 491 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 480 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 488 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 463 votesEp 18: 7.7 · 445 votesEp 19: 8.6 · 526 votesEp 20: 7.7 · 491 votesEp 21: 8.7 · 589 votesEp 22: 8.2 · 506 votesEp 23: 7.5 · 453 votesEp 24: 8.6 · 507 votesEp 25: 5.7 · 619 votesEp 26: 7.7 · 456 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Fran-Lite8.0524
2The Playwright7.9508
3Everybody Needs a Bubby8.2512
4Material Fran7.5486
5Curse of the Grandmas7.8466
6The Nanny-Napper7.9494
7A Star Is Unborn7.9475
8Pishke Business7.7476
9Stock Tip7.9500
10The Whine Cellar8.3512
11When You Pish Upon a Star7.3498
12Take Back Your Mink7.5469
13The Strike7.7451
14I've Got a Secret7.6491
15Kindervelt Days7.8480
16Canasta Masta8.2488
17The Will8.1463
18The Nanny Behind the Man7.7445
19A Fine Friendship8.6526
20Lamb Chop's on the Menu7.7491
21Close Shave8.7589
22What the Butler Sang8.2506
23A Kiss Is Just a Kiss7.5453
24Strange Bedfellows8.6507
25The Chatterbox5.7619
26Fran Gets Mugged7.7456

Season 3 (1995)

7.76 avg 27 episodes 8.2 → 7.9 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 492 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 429 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 433 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 481 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 442 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 434 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 479 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 435 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 471 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 428 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 428 votesEp 12: 7.9 · 432 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 434 votesEp 14: 6.8 · 410 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 444 votesEp 16: 6.7 · 433 votesEp 17: 7.8 · 402 votesEp 18: 7.6 · 417 votesEp 19: 7.9 · 409 votesEp 20: 7.7 · 403 votesEp 21: 7.7 · 473 votesEp 22: 7.7 · 424 votesEp 23: 7.6 · 394 votesEp 24: 7.9 · 422 votesEp 25: 8.0 · 447 votesEp 26: 7.8 · 427 votesEp 27: 7.9 · 450 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pen Pals8.2492
2Franny and the Professor7.6429
3The Dope Diamond7.5433
4A Fine Family Feud8.3481
5Val's Apartment7.7442
6Shopaholic7.6434
7Oy Vey, You're Gay8.1479
8The Party's Over7.7435
9The Two Mrs. Sheffields8.4471
10Having His Baby7.6428
11The Unkindest Cut7.8428
12The Kibbutz7.9432
13An Offer She Can't Refuse7.8434
14Oy to the World6.8410
15Fashion Show8.1444
16Where's Fran?6.7433
17The Grandmas7.8402
18Val's Boyfriend7.6417
19Love Is a Many Blundered Thing7.9409
20Your Feets Are Too Big7.7403
21Where's the Pearls?7.7473
22The Hockey Show7.7424
23That's Midlife7.6394
24The Cantor Show7.9422
25Green Card8.0447
26Ship of Fran's7.8427
27A Pup in Paris7.9450

Season 4 (1996)

7.61 avg 26 episodes 7.5 → 8.3 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 430 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 394 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 397 votesEp 4: 6.9 · 498 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 445 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 425 votesEp 7: 6.9 · 392 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 423 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 391 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 394 votesEp 11: 6.8 · 405 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 407 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 412 votesEp 14: 7.7 · 399 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 393 votesEp 16: 8.4 · 429 votesEp 17: 7.7 · 426 votesEp 18: 8.1 · 404 votesEp 19: 7.3 · 399 votesEp 20: 7.4 · 384 votesEp 21: 7.4 · 382 votesEp 22: 7.1 · 388 votesEp 23: 7.4 · 419 votesEp 24: 7.7 · 408 votesEp 25: 7.4 · 364 votesEp 26: 8.3 · 417 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Tart with Heart7.5430
2The Cradle Robbers7.3394
3The Bird's Nest8.0397
4The Rosie Show6.9498
5Freida Needa Man7.9445
6Me and Mrs. Joan7.8425
7The Taxman Cometh6.9392
8An Affair to Dismember7.6423
9Tattoo7.7391
10The Car Show7.7394
11Hurricane Fran6.8405
12Danny's Dead and Who's Got the Will?8.0407
13Kissing Cousins8.1412
14The Fifth Wheel7.7399
15The Nose Knows7.7393
16The Bank Robbery8.4429
17Samson, He Denied Her7.7426
18The Facts of Lice8.1404
19Fran's Roots7.3399
20The Nanny & the Hunk Producer7.4384
21The Passed-Over Story7.4382
22No Muse Is Good Muse7.1388
23You Bette Your Life7.4419
24The Heather Biblow Story7.7408
25The Boca Story7.4364
26Fran's Gotta Have It8.3417

Season 5 (1997)

7.67 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 8.0 31 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 405 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 425 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 416 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 392 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 370 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 386 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 393 votesEp 8: 7.3 · 365 votesEp 9: 7.6 · 367 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 373 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 393 votesEp 12: 7.5 · 369 votesEp 13: 7.4 · 370 votesEp 14: 7.4 · 400 votesEp 15: 8.3 · 402 votesEp 16: 7.7 · 371 votesEp 17: 7.5 · 380 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 376 votesEp 19: 7.3 · 363 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 372 votesEp 21: 8.1 · 370 votesEp 22: 8.0 · 411 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Morning After7.6405
2First Date8.2425
3The Bobbi Flekman Story7.4416
4Fransom7.6392
5The Ex-Niles7.4370
6A Decent Proposal7.5386
7Mommy and Mai7.5393
8Fair Weather Fran7.3365
9Educating Fran7.6367
10From Flushing with Love7.9373
11Rash to Judgment8.1393
12One False Mole and You're Dead7.5369
13Call Me Fran7.4370
14Not Without My Nanny7.4400
15The Engagement8.3402
16The Dinner Party7.7371
17Homie-Work7.5380
18The Reunion Show7.5376
19Immaculate Concepcion7.3363
20The Pre-Nup7.9372
21The Best Man8.1370
22The Wedding8.0411

Season 6 (1998)

7.82 avg 22 episodes 7.5 → 8.6 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 376 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 364 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 345 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 347 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 361 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 357 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 353 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 340 votesEp 9: 7.6 · 356 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 348 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 336 votesEp 12: 7.4 · 326 votesEp 13: 7.5 · 337 votesEp 14: 7.3 · 341 votesEp 15: 7.6 · 366 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 348 votesEp 17: 8.2 · 337 votesEp 18: 8.2 · 379 votesEp 19: 8.2 · 351 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 336 votesEp 21: 8.3 · 361 votesEp 22: 8.6 · 433 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Honeymoon's Overboard7.5376
2Fran Gets Shushed7.4364
3Once a Secretary, Always a Secretary7.8345
4Sara's Parents7.9347
5Maggie's Boyfriend8.1361
6I'm Pregnant7.8357
7Mom's the Word7.6353
8Making Whoopi7.5340
9Oh, Say, Can You Ski?7.6356
10The Hanukkah Story7.7348
11The In-Law Who Came Forever7.8336
12The Fran in the Mirror7.4326
13The Yummy Mummy7.5337
14California, Here We Come7.3341
15Ma'ternal Affairs7.6366
16The Producers8.2348
17The Dummy Twins8.2337
18Yetta's Letters8.2379
19Maggie's Wedding8.2351
20The Baby Shower7.8336
21The Finale: Part 18.3361
22The Finale: Part 28.6433
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