

Where they were divorced from their senses, she was overeating and constantly horny. Where they were stoic, she was emotional and very inclined to talk about it. The show made Fran the antidote to the Sheffield’s waspy, American Beauty-esque existence. The crux of its humor was the upstairs-downstairs friction between the classless “no rules just right” Fine family and the hoity-toity and emotionally withdrawn Sheffield clan. Rounding out the cast was Fran’s extended family, the distant dad/love interest Maxwell Sheffield, his business partner CC Babcock, and snarky butler Niles. Fran Drescher played Fran Fine, who falls into the job of nanny for the three Sheffield children. The Nanny ran for six seasons on CBS, and lives on in syndication to this day. The Nanny was a three-camera sitcom on the three-cammiest of networks, but it was a credit to the form.

But on the second count, I can say with nasal authority that you are wrong. Personally, I can’t stand men who talk in the back of their throats like they’re gargling. Annoyances are as personal and unique as fingerprints. On the first count, I can do nothing to dissuade you. Critiques of The Nanny generally fall into two categories: 1) Fran Drescher is annoying, and 2) The Nanny was a three camera sitcom on CBS and Thou Shalt Not Permit A Three-Camera Sitcom On CBS To Live.
