It was also an inspired choice to cast Ann Morgan Guilbert on The Nanny as Fran Fine's chain-smoking, hopelessly senile grandmother Yetta Rosenberg, whom Fran Drescher based off of her real-life grandmother. That being said, it appears we may have a while before that happens, so for now, let’s just take a look at what the original The Nanny cast has been up to, beginning with the real Fran. However, in early 2020, the actress claimed she could not confirm or deny a return for the TV show, adding that it would not happen until after her stage musical adaptation hits Broadway. With sitcoms being resurrected left and right, Fran Drescher has hinted at a possible revival of The Nanny in recent years. Sheffield’s butler, Niles (Daniel Davis), but not so much with her employer's business partner, C.C. After losing her job and getting dumped by her boyfriend, New Yorker Fran Fine ( played by Fran Drescher, of course) at first becomes a door-to-door cosmetic saleswoman until she is unexpectedly given a second chance in the form of becoming the live-in caretaker to the three children of a widowed Englishman named Maxwell Sheffield (Charles Shaughnessy).

The plot of the hit sitcom, which lasted six seasons on CBS, is explained in full by its lavish ear worm of a theme song, complimented by a brightly animated title sequence.

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