History YMMV / TheNanny

* MemeticMutation: Maxwell Sheffield's hate for Creator/AndrewLloydWebber became this. On the Website/LiveJournal gossip community Oh No They Didn't, it's pretty much obligatory to include "commentary" from Maxwell in Broadway-related posts in which he still has it in for Lloyd Webber, he's not particularly impressed with ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'' either. In 2019 Patti Lupone in a [[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/21/magazine/patti-lupone-broadway-company.html New York Times interview]] was...very blunt about her feelings about Lloyd Webber. Once it got shared on other social media sites, a few of the comments mentioned how Maxwell must be feeling vindicated after all these years. Imagine Maxwell's reaction to ''Cats'' first being made into a movie, and his reaction to the movie itself. We can only hope he had nothing to do with it.

** Played with when Maxwell hires a lesbian promoter (he thought she was straight) and she mistakes Fran for being gay since Fran "is over 30 and she has no man in her life." Fran responds with [[NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat "I'm not gay, I'm just pathetic."]]
*** Immediately afterward:
-->'''Sydney:''' Well, that's a shame I would've asked you out.\\

* MemeticMutation: On the Website/LiveJournal gossip community Oh No They Didn't, it's pretty much obligatory to include "commentary" from Maxwell Sheffield in Broadway-related posts. He still has it in for Creator/AndrewLloydWebber, he's not particularly impressed with ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'' either.
** Imagine Maxwell’s reaction to Cats first being made into a movie, and his reaction to the movie itself. We can only hope he had nothing to do with it.
** In 2019 Patti Lupone in a [[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/21/magazine/patti-lupone-broadway-company.html New York Times interview]] was...very blunt about her feelings about Webber. Once it got shared on other social media sites, a few of the comments mentioned how Maxwell must be feeling vindicated after all these years.

** Fran is shown to have a few friends that work as nannies, but they don’t appear in any other episodes besides “Strange Bedfellows.”

** The first season's episode featuring Cloris Leachman as Clara Mueller has aged like milk in regards to the subplot between her and Niles being old lovers. Specifically because the episode goes out of its way to explicitly point out that the two were in a secret relationship back when Clara was Maxwell's nanny and Niles was a teenager... when she was 32. Meaning Clara essentially committed statutory rape.
*** [[DownplayedTrope Maybe not]]; Niles did point out that he had just begun in domestic service; presumably he was 18 at the time of his first job.
** Season 5's episode "Not Without My Nanny" has aged very poorly. Besides the egregiously stereotypical portrayal of Middle Easterners ([[{{Qurac}} even in a fictional Middle Eastern nation]]), the Sultan is played by Charles Shaughnessy in {{Brownface}}, a practice now frowned upon in Hollywood.

** Some of Niles' zingers against C.C. amount to him calling her UsefulNotes/{{transgender}}, which have aged very poorly as trans people and issues have become better known and understood. These remarks would make him much less of a sympathetic ServileSnarker in a modern context.
*** Several other comments amount to fat shaming or slut shaming, both of which are treated much more seriously these days.

** The episode in which Fran thinks she's pregnant only to reveal it was a false positive on the test leading to her crying softly to herself on the hospital bed, is a lot harder to watch after you find out a medical procedure has left the actress herself infertile and incapable of ever bearing children.
** "Pishke Business" features Fran playing C.C. to butter up an investor (played by Wallace Shawn) whose condition for putting money into a show is "[[SexualExtortion No chick, no check]]." Later, after a disgusted Max ends the plan, C.C. chases after Shawn's character to get him to reconsider. It all falls under this trope after learning that [[https://thebrag.com/the-nannys-lauren-lane-claims-wallace-shawn-made-sexual-advance/ Wallace Shawn was alleged to have made unwanted advances on Lauren Lane]] off-camera.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: In "The Strike", Fran refuses to cross a picket line of striking busboys at the theater for Maxwell's new show, and Maxwell gets in trouble when he tries to force Fran through the picket line before apologizing about his inconsiderate behavior. In 2021, Creator/FranDrescher got elected president of SAG-AFTRA, and in 2023, she led the union in a strike alongside the WGA.

*** Maybe not; Niles did point out that he had just begun in domestic service; presumably he was 18 at the time of his first job.

** The show's depiction of gay people who aren't single note jokes built around their sexuality has aged very well. Fran in particular is shown capable of getting along great with gay men and women, and at one point seemed to actually consider getting together with Sydney Mercer (but didn't because Sydney wasn't Jewish). Sylvia's also made it clear she wouldn't care if Fran was gay; her only issue is that idea Fran would settle for someone like Val.

** C.C. and Maxwell are both New York professionals but none of them are seen using cell phones or computers, placing this show in a time period before such technologies became mainstream.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: C.C. wasn't well liked by anyone in the main cast but Maxwell (and Niles, [[StrangledByTheRedString not that you'd know it]]) but she was a fan favorite. Fans loved it when she gave Niles as much crap as he gave her.

*** In addition after the closing of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Theatre/CinderellaLloydWebber Cinderella]] on the West End, Andrew Lloyd Webber has been getting a lot of scorn from the theatre community due to his poor handling of it and his treatment of the cast. Maxwell's probably loving every minute of it.

*** In addition after the closing of [[Theatre/Cinderella(Lloyd Webber) Cinderella]] on the West End, Andrew Lloyd Webber has been getting a lot of scorn from the theatre community due to his poor handling of it and his treatment of the cast. Maxwell's probably loving every minute of it.

*** In addition after the closing of [[Theatre / Cinderella (Lloyd Webber) Cinderella]] on the West End, Andrew Lloyd Webber has been getting a lot of scorn from the theatre community due to his poor handling of it and his treatment of the cast. Maxwell's probably loving every minute of it.

*** In addition after the closing of Theatre / Cinderella (Lloyd Webber) on the West End, Andrew Lloyd Webber has been getting a lot of scorn from the theatre community due to his poor handling of it and his treatment of the cast. Maxwell's probably loving every minute of it.

* DesignatedHero[=/=]DesignatedVillain: Niles and C.C. respectively [[spoiler: when he pesters her with marriage proposals. Sure, she delighted in humiliating him and can be a little harsh at times, but considering Niles has proposed to her four times completely out of the blue, while still making jokes at her expense he’s not even on a First name basis with her. She’s within her right to say no him, yet she's made out to be a bitch for refusing him. Also, Niles is portrayed as righteous during his ReasonYouSuckSpeech in which he calls her out on pining after Maxwell, despite the fact he himself is “in love with” her yet won’t accept that she’s said no to him. The "you'll die alone and old...” argument he makes towards her when she says no screams EntitledToHaveYou. All of this somehow has the effect of humbling C.C. and getting her to realise that Niles is the one for her, and they wind up married with a baby.]]
** Don’t worry though the actor who plays Niles hates this story line too.

** As the series ended, Maxwell moved to Hollywood and left the theater business. After that, it was announced in real-life media ''Cats'' would no longer be on stage. How to you think Max reacted to that news and the eventual bomb of the Live Action Cats movie.

** Fran's ex-boyfriend/ex-boss is [[Characters/SurvivorCookIslands Jonathan]] [[Characters/SurvivorPhilippines Penner]]

** "Pishke Business" features Fran playing C.C. to butter up an investor (played by Wallace Shawn) whose condition for putting money into a show is "[[SexualExtortion No chick, no check]]." Later, after a disgusted Max ends the plan, C.C. chases after Shawn's character to get him to reconsider. It all falls under this trope after learning that [[https://thebrag.com/the-nannys-lauren-lane-claims-wallace-shawn-made-sexual-advance/ Wallace Shawn was alleged to have made unwanted advances on Lauren Lane]] off camera.

** Season 5's episode "Not Without My Nanny" didn't age well. Besides the egregiously stereotypical portrayal of Middle Easterners ([[{{Qurac}} even in a fictional Middle Eastern nation]]), the Sultan is played by Charles Shaughnessy in {{Brownface}}, a practice now frowned upon in Hollywood.
** Fran (and sometimes C.C.) are nagged at for being over 30 and not married with children. Fast forward to the 2010s where factors like the escalating costs of weddings, the 2008 Recession, more awareness about child abuse and emotional neglect of children, couples simply living together or practicing polyamory, and the rising cost of living have led to people putting off children (and sometimes marriage) until they have their economic situation together or put it off because they aren't ready emotionally to properly care for children of their own. (Fran’s mom being extremely desperate for her daughter to be married and the lengths she goes to for that goal would be seen as signs of parental abuse today).
*** If the show was made today Fran could have a career, boyfriend and possibly children on her schedule, and the only person rushing her into anything would be her mother. (Which would be shown to be in the wrong.)

** "Pishke Business" features Fran playing C.C. to butter up an investor (played by Wallace Shawn) whose condition for putting money into a show is "[[SexualExtortion No chick, no check]]." Later, after a disgusted Max ends the plan, C.C. chases after Shawn's character to get him to reconsider. It all falls under this trope after learning that [[https://thebrag.com/the-nannys-lauren-lane-claims-wallace-shawn-made-sexual-advance/ Wallace Shawn made unwanted advances on Lauren Lane]] off camera.

** In addition to their work on ''The Nanny'', developers and executive producers Robert Sternin and Prudence Fraser are also best known as creators and executive producers of ''Series/TheCharmings''.
** Dorothy Lyman directed 74 episodes and served as producer. Lyman is best known for playing Naomi Oates Harper on ''Series/MamasFamily''.

** Creator/BillLawrence wrote two episodes. Lawrence is best known as creator and executive producer of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', co-creator and executive producer of ''Series/GroundFloor'', co-creator and co-executive producer of ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' and ''Series/CougarTown'', co-developer and co-executive producer of ''Series/RushHour'', and co-creator of ''Series/SpinCity''.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** In the episode where Maxwell and Fran have to deal with the tabloid, there's a scene where the tabloid editor openly brags about the way his paper exploits Princess Diana. Sadly, we all know that Diana would die a few years later when she was trying to escape from the {{paparazzi}}.
** Also, the fact that both [[MyBiologicalClockIsTicking Fran]] and [[IWantGrandkids her mother]] were so obsessed with Fran having children, it can be kind of hard to watch after you hear about Fran Drescher's battle with uterine cancer that required a radical hysterectomy which left her infertile without children. Becomes even worse when you consider that Brighton and Grace were the names she wanted to give to her real-life children.
** In one episode, [[JewishMother Sylvia]] has a freak-out where she threatens to throw herself in the Hudson River, to which Fran responded "Ma, flooding New Jersey is not gonna solve anything!" Flash forward to Fall 2012 and watch what happened to the state after Hurricane Sandy.
** In season 2 episode 23, C.C. complains loudly to Niles ''"My mental health is just a sick game to you isn't it?!"'' and it's played for laughs. Later in season 5 episode 17, C.C. actually ends up in a mental hospital and is absent for several episodes after she finally has a breakdown caused by all the mind games Niles has played on her through the years.

* HoYay: Maxwell and Niles occasionally had some. Like when Maxwell revealed he was going to propose to Fran, Niles reacted as if ''he'' was getting proposed to.

** And, overlapping with FoeYay, Fran and C.C.

* ValuesResonance: The show's depiction of gay people who aren't single note jokes built around their sexuality has aged very well. Fran in particular is shown capable of getting along great with gay men and women, and at one point seemed to actually consider getting together with Sydney Mercer (but didn't because Sydney wasn't Jewish). Sylvia's also made it clear she wouldn't care if Fran was gay; her only issue is that idea Fran would settle for someone like Val.

** Likewise many of the New York skyline shots have the Twin Towers in the background as well. The show ended in 1999, a year before 9/11.

* StrangledByTheRedString: Despite a few moments of BelligerentSexualTension (like the kiss in the first season 3 episode), Niles and C.C. ''hate'' each other and Niles loves to insult and torment C.C. for most of the show... Until the second half of the last season when Niles suddenly reveals that he's actually ''in love with her'' and decides he wants to marry her. Then we only know that C.C. turns him down several times and after an argument Niles gives her a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech...[[spoiler:however at the end of the episode they are discovered in bed together without any explanation. After that, they almost never interact on-screen but it's implied they are having a secret relationship. In the last episode they get married in Fran's DELIVERY ROOM and in the same scene C.C. even learns that she is pregnant with Niles' baby]]. Even Niles's actor [[https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/flashback/daniel-davis-aka-niles-reveals-the-one-thing-he-didnt-get-about-the-nanny/news-story/47e81046e9bbd6dd1974518285816e88 never quite bought it]].