
When she appears on the doorstep of wealthy widower Maxwell Sheffield's New York home, cosmetics saleswoman Fran Fine unexpectedly gets a job as the nanny for the Broadway producer's three children, Maggie, Brighton and Grace. Fran brings her no-nonsense honesty, sharp sense of humor and "Queens logic" into the Sheffield household, helping them become a happy, healthy family -- a family that Fran eventually joins when she marries Maxwell. Also in the Sheffield household is sarcastic English butler Niles.

To help Maxwell's (Charles Shaughnessy) efforts to woo a playwright (Ray Stricklyn), Fran (Fran Drescher) offers to set the man up with a feisty woman. Guest star: Roger Clinton.

When Fran (Fran Drescher) befriends an attractive male nanny (Christopher Rich), Mr. Sheffield (Charles Shaughnessy) reveals his possessive side.

C.C.'s (Lauren Lane) dog is the main suspect when house guest Shari Lewis' (guest starring as herself) puppet Lamb Chop is missing.

When Maggie's (Nicholle Tom) social life clashes with her job as a candy striper, Fran (Fran Drescher) comes to the rescue.