This year marks the 25th anniversary of the premiere of The Nanny and Fran Drescher talks about the beloved sitcom’s possible revival.
“People really love that show,” the 60-year-old star told ET at Revolution, Broadway Sings for Pride’s Annual Charity Concert, in New York City on Monday. “It’s unreal.”
The actress recalled how the show gave her the opportunity to explore and follow her passion in life.
“It was a turning point for me in my career without question,” Drescher explained, adding that the new-found level of fame gave her the “ability to leverage celebrity for the greater good and [for] the things that I’m passionate about.”
Today where sitcom revival is a trend, the chance to bring The Nanny back to small screen is more likely to happen and Drescher reveals that discussions are at works.
“We’re talking about it. Peter and I are talking about it,” the actress shared, referring to ex-husband and collaborator, Peter Marc Jacob, who co-created the popular show with her. “We’re working on a very big project. It’s going to be very exciting for the fans, but I’m not at liberty to announce it yet. But it’s gonna be big.”
If the reboot will get the go signal, Drescher said that her character would like have become more involved in social issues over the last 20 years.
“She would’ve maybe gotten involved in more things [that] Fran Drencher is involved with,” she explained. “All kinds of things from environmental issues, to health, to civil liberties, that’s what I think Fran would be doing now– opening her big Queens mouth for the greater good.”
The sitcom, which ran for six seasons from 1993 to 1999, was based on Drescher’s personal experience growing up in Queens, New York. It follows the life of Fran Fine, a Jewish fashion queen who becomes a nanny to 3 children of millionaire British Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield. The show ends with Fran and Maxwell getting married and having kids of their own.
Drescher said that a reboot is not simply a continuation of the same storylines.
“The thing is our show would be the same characters 20 years later. We can’t just pick up where we left off,” she explained. “But in a way, that could be really good because the show can have a whole fresh bend to it.”
