
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.

The entire Sheffield household spends the weekend at Fran's parents' when they are stranded by a blizzard.

Fran discovers that Maxwell's sister is secretly in love with the chauffeur even though she is engaged to a duke.

Fran's (Fran Drescher) altercation in the park with a theater critic's (Eric Braeden) son threatens the success of Max's (Charles Shaughnessy) new play.

Fran returns to school to help Maggie pass her gymnastics final and encounters her high-school gym teacher.