Proudly running the Sheffield household is the butler, Niles (Daniel Davis), who watches all events with a bemused eye and levels problems with his quick wit. Niles quickly saw that Fran was the best thing to walk through the mansion door and was even more excited about her wedding day than the bride-to-be. Maxwell's business partner, C.C. Babcock (Lauren Lane), who for years had her eye on the eligible Maxwell, has, in her moments of inconsolable jealousy, turned her affections on Niles, not unsuccessfully, either.

Along with marrying Fran, Maxwell must contend with Fran's ravenous mother, Sylvia (Renee Taylor), who has given herself free access to the Sheffield household and has guided, and misguided, her daughter over many a piece of coffee cake at the Sheffield's kitchen table. Val (Rachel Chagall), Fran's best friend, gives advice which makes Fran's logic seem like the Theory of Relativity. And Yetta (Ann Guilbert), Fran's grandmother, offers up her own anecdotes which often leaves others speechless.

Viewers for Quality Television calls The Nanny the "90's version of 'I Love Lucy' it is well written and entertaining."

Robert Sternin, Prudence Fraser, Peter Marc Jacobson, Fran Drescher, Frank Lombardi and Caryn Lucas are executive producers of The Nanny for Sternin/Fraser Ink, Inc. and High School Sweethearts in association with TriStar Television, Inc. Kathy Landsberg is co-executive producer.