Talk:The Nanny (TV series)

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[edit] Guest roles

Chester Drescher the dog is is listed in the credits for his role on the show according to http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0106080/. He is listed as Chester 'Drescher'. Since his owner, Fran Drescher was the show's creator and executive producer it wasn't hard for her to have him listed in the credits. (Alphaboi867 03:59, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC))

Just because the IMDb entry lists his name doesn't mean it actually appeared in the credits broadcast at the end of each show. In any event, he did not appear on a regular basis and therefore would be listed under guest appearances if anywhere, but I still maintain mentioning him at all is superfluous. TOM 16:21, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)

Rachel Chagall,Renee Taylor, and Ann Morgan Guilbert weren't credited cast members either. They were technically guest stars despite appearing in nearly every episode. (Alphaboi867 20:07, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC))

You need to learn the difference between recurring roles (seen regularly) and guest stars (one-time appearances). Once you have further educated yourself, then perhaps you can make accurate contributions to Wikipedia. TOM 20:19, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] uh-oh

It's worth mentioning the Spanish - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396351/ - and Russian - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0442726/ - remakes. They use the same scripts and jokes, taken directly from the original series.

I think it's also worth mentioning that Fran Fine had a sister, Nadine, who appeared in the second season in the show titled "What the Butler Sang." I think she was portrayed by Ellen Ratner...

[edit] Stop putting russian words in this article

Those russian words are very annoying, so could you please remove all russian words in this article--Jsalims 02:13, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Episodes

Anyone thought about creating an episode guide for this show? (Or even just an episode list?) It might be helpful for people who want info on an individual show, or just want to know the name of one.

[edit] Missing celeb from Characters list

Joan Van Ark appeared in a 1998 episode as 'Margo Lange'. Fran accidentally wiped off her trademark mole and destroyed her career.

[edit] Cher

I never knew if Cher really acts as herself in one episode of The Nanny of it was an extra. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 200.45.111.69 (talk) 09:01, 11 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] "One of a handful of successful American comedies..."

Am I missing something here? The article seems to be making a big deal of the fact relatively few shows have Jewish characters. Fewer than 2% of Americans identify themselves as being Jewish according to the article on the Demography of the United States. So by rights, you'd expect less than one in fifty sitcoms to be in some way "Jewish" if demographically fair. To then list big, big shows like Rhoda, Seinfeld, Will & Grace and say that somehow "The Nanny" is special in having a Jewish lead character just seems (to me) ridiculous. There is a not wildly different number of Native Americans compared with Jewish Americans, and yet I haven't seen any Native American sitcoms at all, and something like two or three times as many Asian-Americans, and you definitely don't see more, bigger shows than Seinfeld with Laotian or Bangladeshi American lead characters! So what's the deal here? Cheers, Neale Neale Monks 21:21, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fansite tone

Come on ... here is the most egregious example, among many:

  • "The characters obviously loved one another and enjoyed coming to work. Such great chemistry is rare on television, where egos frequently get in the way of product. Not so here. Miss Drescher's great talent, writing skills, creativity and love for her cast and craft culminated in a close to perfect sitcom. "The Nanny" is sometimes called a modern "I Love Lucy." Miss Drescher greatly admired Lucille Ball and studied her performances. "The Nanny" is every bit the classic "I Love Lucy" is, with not a "dud" episode in the entire six year run. Repeated viewings never are tiresome; one frequenty notices details one may have missed before. "The Nanny" is utterly charming and sincere, with fully rounded consistent characters, superior writing and a truly talented, professional cast. Miss Drescher appears to be very real and down to earth, in addition to being a wonderful comedienne, producer, decorator (she assisted with the beautiful sets) and overall organizer. Television today desperately needs her back! If you enjoy "The Nanny," you will love her hilarious film "The Beautician and the Beast." "

Wikipedia is not a fan site. There is also what appears to be tons of original research, also not appropriate to Wikipedia. We need to tone down the fawning and turn this into a more neutral presentation of verifiable, published facts regarding this long-running TV series. Lawikitejana 10:23, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Couldn't agree more. I'm sitting here watching an episode. It's cliched, trite, over acted and very unfunny. I can't believe it was a primetime comedy - compare it to classics like Cheers, Frasier and Seinfeld. Yet to read this site you'd have thought it was a mould-breaking classic 203.114.139.60 03:01, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DVD Dates

Where is the Region 1 DVD release date for the 3rd season coming from? Dec. 17th is a Monday, and DVD releases are on Tuesdays. Wikipedia gets a very bad reputation for DVD release dates, especially of TV shows, because sources are not cited (as in this case) and lots of supposed release dates get posted that could not possibly be accurate. For example, as someone "in the biz", I know that Sony is only just now announcing October releases, so anything as far out as December is either an unverified rumor or somebody's pure imagination. I recommend that it get deleted from this article until Sony's announcement date, or else point to good sources that provided this info.


A marketing manager has confirmed that the season 3 release date is incorrect, and is not currently planned. Please remove the date from the listing. Gord Lacey - TVShowsOnDVD.com

I'd just like to know what the hold up is. I'm tired of waiting for the DVDs to arrive. It's been nearly two years since season 2 shipped. Meanwhile the entire 8-season run of Magnum P.I. has been released along with a bunch of other series. At this rate I'll be fifty before the whole thing arrives. Are they just trying to eke out some more syndication bucks before releasing the DVDs? At this point I don't really care - I'm just going to Netflix the rest of the series (assuming they ever bother to release it all on DVD!) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.67.93.133 (talk) 03:20, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Russian version

The Russian version of this article talks about a totally different, unrelated TV show (Moya Prekrasnaya Nyanya). What's that all about?

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:TheNanny.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:39, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Nannylogo.JPG

Image:Nannylogo.JPG is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:20, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Looking for help writing an article about the spin-offs and crossovers of this series

I am writing an article about all of the series which are in the same shared reality as this one through spin-offs and crossovers. I could use a little help expanding the article since it is currently extremely dense and a bit jumbled with some sentence structures being extremely repetitive. I would like to be able to put this article into article space soon. Any and all help in writing the article would be appreciated, even a comment or two on the talk page would help. Please give it a read through, also please do not comment here since I do not have all of the series on my watch list. - LA @ 17:20, 16 March 2008 (UTC)