13 Fun Facts About "The Nanny"

The ’90s were great, weren’t they? Not only could people get away with wearing faded flannel anywhere they went, but pop culture seemed to be way better too. Seriously, the ’90s were my heyday. Everything on the radio sounded better, movies were more exciting AND, of course, TV was better. Shows like Full House, Fresh Prince Of Bel Air and Roseanne made for easy laughs and valuable life lessons while others like Home Improvement had us all grunting like cavemen at our TV sets. But whenever someone starts a discussion about the best ’90s sitcoms, I feel like one always gets forgotten: The Nanny. 

Fran Drescher’s hilarious situational comedy saw a rough-around-the-edges housekeeper rubbing off on the hoity-toity lifestyle of a wealthy Broadway producer and his family. Needless to say, the show was great. Don’t believe me? Well, then look at these cool facts and get back to me. 

1. Fran Drescher’s real love life struggled throughout the show’s success.

As the show became more and more popular, Drescher struggled to maintain her own relationship to her husband, series producer Peter Marc Jacobson. They would divorce in 1999. 

2. Fans used to complain about Max Sheffield’s British accent.

They used to say that Niles the butler’s accent was much better, which is funny because the actor who played Maxwell was British and the actor who played Niles was American. 

3. C.C. Babcock’s dog on the show was Drescher’s in real life.

His name was Chester!

4. Daniel Davis’s accent was so believable that the entire cast and crew thought he was actually British.

He didn’t tell them he was American until after the first episode was filmed.