The Nanny
The Hanukkah Story
TV Flash files “The Hanukkah Story” as hour 134 of 146 in the TV Flash guide — The Nanny (1993–1999) on CBS, season 6, episode 10, aired 1998-12-16, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E10: listed hour 134 of 146 in the The Nanny guide, hour 10 of 22 in season 6. It aired 1998-12-16 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Oh, Say, Can You Ski?” (S06E09). Next is “The In-Law Who Came Forever” (S06E11).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
While excited about celebrating her first Hanukkah with her new husband and family, Maxwell, C.C., and Gracie have to drive to Boston in a snowstorm. Fran is worried sick when they don't arrive on time after they run off the road.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Hanukkah Story sit in the The Nanny guide?
S06E10 is listed hour 134 of 146 — hour 10 of 22 in season 6, season 6 episode 10.
When did The Nanny S06E10 air?
The Hanukkah Story aired 1998-12-16 and is listed at 30 minutes.
What is the core premise?
A Queens cosmetics saleswoman becomes nanny to a wealthy British Broadway producer's children — class collision as farce.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Fran Fine from Flushing detonates a Broadway producer's household with Queens volume, fashion, and Yiddish-inflected timing. Drescher co-creates and stars opposite Charles Shaughnessy's dry Sheffield; Niles and C.C. keep the class war in the foyer. Loud style, soft heart, catchphrases that still travel. Fish-out-of-water multi-cam with better coats.
CBS, November 3, 1993: a cosmetics saleswoman from Flushing detonates a Broadway producer's household with Queens volume, fashion, and Yiddish-inflected timing. Fran Drescher co-created the farce with Peter Marc Jacobson and starred opposite Charles Shaughnessy's dry Maxwell Sheffield. Lauren Lane's C.C. and Daniel Davis's Niles keep the class war in the foyer. The children complete a machine with wardrobe as characterization. Six seasons through 1999. Loud style, soft heart, catchphrases that still travel.…
Filed against
- Fran Drescher as Fran Fine
Fran Drescher detonated a Broadway household as Fran Fine on The Nanny — Flushing volume, fashion, Yiddish-inflected timing, Charles Shaughnessy's dry Sheffield, Niles and C.C. in the foyer class war. She co-created the loud style with a…
- Charles Shaughnessy as Maxwell Sheffield
Charles Shaughnessy played Maxwell Sheffield on The Nanny — Fran Fine from Flushing detonating a Broadway producer's household with Queens volume, fashion, and Yiddish-inflected timing. Drescher co-creates and stars; Niles and C.C. keep…
- Lauren Lane as C.C. Babcock
Lauren Lane's C.C. Babcock kept The Nanny's foyer class war armed — Fran Fine from Flushing detonating a Broadway producer's household, Niles as sparring partner, Queens volume versus dry Sheffield. Loud style, soft heart. TV Flash files…
- Daniel Davis as Niles
Daniel Davis’s Niles kept The Nanny’s class war in the foyer — Broadway producer’s butler, Fran Fine from Flushing detonating the townhouse with Queens volume, C.C. as the other knife. Drescher’s fashion and Yiddish-inflected timing;…
- Nicholle Tom as Maggie Sheffield
Nicholle Tom’s Maggie Sheffield grew up in The Nanny’s foyer class war — Fran Fine from Flushing detonating a Broadway producer’s household, 1990s Queens volume, fashion, Yiddish-inflected timing, Charles Shaughnessy’s dry Sheffield,…