I LOVE this show! I can't go ONE day without missing it! Fran is a GREAT role model.
The Nanny
(Rated TV-PG, Comedy, Starring Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Where to watch: Lifetime Television, DVD)
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Common Sense says
Blue collar meets blue blood in this funny sitcom.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 9 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of The Nanny was written by Emily Ashby
Parents need to know that much of this show's humor derives from sexual banter and playful flirtation between a father and the provocatively clad nanny of his three kids. While none of the discourse is sexually graphic (in fact the word "sex" is almost never heard), astute tween and teen viewers won't miss the suggestive comments and glances. The show also draws comedy from the kids' various woes. Adolescent issues like dating, peer pressure, and self-image are played for laughs, but the adult influence is good, and the overall message is a positive one.
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What’s the Story?
THE NANNY is a classic '90s sitcom about the unlikely pairing of a proper Englishman-turned-New Yorker and his hastily hired nanny from Flushing. Desperately seeking a caregiver for his three children, widower Maxwell Sheffield (Charles Shaughnessy) opens his door one day to find Fran Fine (Fran Drescher), who's selling cosmetics in the affluent neighborhood after being dumped by her fiancé and losing her job in a bridal shop. He hires her on the spot and the two form a quintessential odd couple: He's a successful, buttoned-down Broadway producer, and she's a dramatic single gal with an eye for flashy fashion and ticking biological clock. But bubbly, nasally Fran immediately wins the hearts of the Sheffield children -- Maggie (Nicholle Tom), Brighton (Benjamin Salisbury), and Grace (Madeline Zima). Fran is likewise adored by Niles (Daniel Davis), the Sheffields' buttinsky butler, with whom she enjoys exchanging jabs at the expense of Maxwell's fawning female associate, C.C. Babcock (Lauren Lane).
Is It Any Good?
Playful banter and mild sexual innuendoes are the heart of the show's humor, and little of it is cause for concern. But parents may find the constancy of both Fran's and C.C.'s blatant attempts to catch Maxwell's eye questionable subject matter for their teen or tween daughters. C.C. in particular practically throws herself into Maxwell's arms at every opportunity and looks down her high-society nose at Fran, seeing her as an unworthy adversary for the affections of an eligible bachelor.
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Most Recent Reviews
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I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
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- Good role models
Fran love forever!
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I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
Great for almost anyone.
I think the show is hilarious; the plots are always unpredictable, and Fran Fine is a hilarious character. The only really bad thing is the dialogue, and kids under 10 will have no idea what any of it means. Great show, very funny.
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I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give it
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- Inappropriate sexual content
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It's OK, but Fran's voice can get annoying.
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
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- Good role models
The Nanny
Funny show. My grandma first got me into this show because she watches it so much.
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I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
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- Good role models
:D
i love the nanny sooooo funny!!
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