Several recurring characters also played a role in the sitcoms plotlines, many of whom were related to Fran. Babcock, Maxwell's associate in his production company who is smitten with him. The series also features Daniel Davis as Niles, the family butler, and Lauren Lane as C.C. Drescher stars as the titular character, Charles Shaughnessy as British-born producer Maxwell Sheffield, and the children – Maggie, Brighton and Grace – portrayed by Nicholle Tom, Benjamin Salisbury, and Madeline Zima.

Produced by Sternin and Fraser Ink Inc., Highschool Sweethearts and TriStar Television, the series features Drescher, Jacobson, Fraser, Sternin, Caryn Lucas and Diane Wilk as executive producers.īased on an idea inspired by Drescher's visit with a friend and The Sound of Music, the series revolves around Fran Fine, a Jewish woman from Flushing, Queens, New York, who is hired by a wealthy Broadway producer to be the nanny to his three children.

The series was created by actress Fran Drescher and her-then husband Peter Marc Jacobson, and developed by Prudence Fraser and Robert Sternin. The fourth season of the American television sitcom The Nanny aired on CBS from September 18, 1996, to May 21, 1997.