Coming soon...


Lifetime Television has announced a major expansion of original movies, reality programming and specials for the 2004-05 season, highlighted by a 50 percent increase in Lifetime Original
Movies from 12 to 19 -- a single-year record for the network.
Along with movies starring actresses such as Dana Delany, Mariska Hargitay, Lauren Holly, Mary-Louise Parker, Kathleen Quinlan and Debra Winger, this figure includes Lifetime's first-ever original miniseries, scheduled for 2005.
In addition to the expansion of its movie franchise, Lifetime will
increase its reality programming with a new Friday night reality block featuring the popular sophomore shows "Merge" and "Head 2 Toe," the fall premiere of a new series from the producers of "American Idol" titled "How Clean Is Your House," along with returning favorites "What Should You Do?" and "Lifetime's Speaking of Women's Health."
Specials range from "The Nanny Reunion" and "TV's Greatest Sidekicks" to "TV Movie Superstars: Women We Love."

Yay, a reunion!! I expect it'll be similar to the GG and DW ones. That ought to be really cool. Thanks for the heads-up, Pav! Now if we could only get the show on DVD.....

Kristen

Wow! That's so cool! I can't believe that! It'll be great fun to see them all together again! Did they give an exact air date for The Nanny Reunion already? Where did you get the info? Can you post link.... pleeeease! ;)

This is Great News I cant to see what they are all upto now
and what ever happen to Niles and CC I know I am going to be watching The Nanny Reunion on Lifetime When The Nanny went Off The Air Niles and CC fround out that they we're going to Have a Baby On The Series Final

Oh i cant wait..this is going to be exciting!!!

Originally posted by gmfox8@cox.net
This is Great News I cant to see what they are all upto now
and what ever happen to Niles and CC I know I am going to be watching The Nanny Reunion on Lifetime When The Nanny went Off The Air Niles and CC fround out that they we're going to Have a Baby On The Series Final

I don't think it's going to be that kind of a reunion. It'll probably be more like the Golden Girls and Designing Women ones we've already seen on Lifetime, where the cast gets together to talk about the show and shows clips.

Kristen

The info was taken from an article at Yahoo:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040415/nyth138_1.html

I hope that it's true that they'll do a reunion show. I would love to see the cast together again! I think it would be fun if they would get them together to show some clips and see them talk about the show! I hope there are more detailed info soon! Can't wait to learn more!!

I've a question about the Golden Girls and Designing Women reunion shows. Did the cast sit together and talk about the show and introduce some of their favorite clips or was there a host who did interviews? Maybe you can tell a little bit more about it, Kristen? I wonder what kind of show they did? I hope they don't have a Nanny Marathon with some of the cast members being the hosts! That would be disappointing!

Originally posted by Rill
The info was taken from an article at Yahoo:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040415/nyth138_1.html

I hope that it's true that they'll do a reunion show. I would love to see the cast together again! I think it would be fun if they would get them together to show some clips and see them talk about the show! I hope there are more detailed info soon! Can't wait to learn more!!

I've a question about the Golden Girls and Designing Women reunion shows. Did the cast sit together and talk about the show and introduce some of their favorite clips or was there a host who did interviews? Maybe you can tell a little bit more about it, Kristen? I wonder what kind of show they did? I hope they don't have a Nanny Marathon with some of the cast members being the hosts! That would be disappointing!

Sure I can, Rill! I'm a bigger "Golden Girls" fan than I am of "Desiging Women," so let me tell you about the GG reunion.

It was a special. The cast was never physically together, but they each took turns introducing sets of clips arranged around a "theme." For example, clips dealing with each character's bestmoments, scenes about men and dating, famous guest stars, etc. I think this is what the "Nanny" reunion will probably look like. Of course, I'd much rather that they were all in the room together rather than doing it one at a time!

Hope that gives you some idea what to expect.
Kristen
PS--Lifetime usually does "best-of" marathons in the week leading up to the reunion, to kind of promote it. So we might see some of that, too.

Yes! That gives me an idea! Thanks! I will check at the Lifetime website to see what they'll do! I hope they'll have the reunion show soon! ;) Too bad they didn't have the cast of the Golden Girls together but it's fun to hear them talk about the show, I guess. Sounds like fun! I hope they'll do something like that with The Nanny! And I really hope they'll have *all* of the main cast members!

Originally posted by Rill
Yes! That gives me an idea! Thanks! I will check at the Lifetime website to see what they'll do! I hope they'll have the reunion show soon! ;) Too bad they didn't have the cast of the Golden Girls together but it's fun to hear them talk about the show, I guess. Sounds like fun! I hope they'll do something like that with The Nanny! And I really hope they'll have *all* of the main cast members!

In light of this discussion, I decided to pull out my tape of the Golden Girls reunion. There were a couple things on there that I forgot to mention. In additon to introducing clips, each of the women did interviews where they talked about their characters and their fave moments, etc. There were also interviews with the producers and directors, too. And there were outtakes!! I think I can safely say that if the TN reunion follows this format (Which I think it will!), the fans won't be disappointed.

Kristen

Hey! This is so exciting! I hope a date is released soon...planning haha I was kind of wondering if they would do one this soon its been about 5 years so yea...

Cool that you checked your Golden Girls tapes, Kristen! Thanks for letting us know! I *really* would love to see such a reunion for The Nanny. Nevertheless there was a message at the other board by a person who wrote to Charles Shaughnessy's webmaster. He (she?) let the poster know that Charles wasn't contacted yet about a reunion show. I guess nothing is really planed yet. I think it's odd that Lifetime would announce such a show and would not contact the cast first. I hope they'll do such a show but I've doubts now. I guess we can only wait and see... :(

Originally posted by Rill
Cool that you checked your Golden Girls tapes, Kristen! Thanks for letting us know! I *really* would love to see such a reunion for The Nanny. Nevertheless there was a message at the other board by a person who wrote to Charles Shaughnessy's webmaster. He (she?) let the poster know that Charles wasn't contacted yet about a reunion show. I guess nothing is really planed yet. I think it's odd that Lifetime would announce such a show and would not contact the cast first. I hope they'll do such a show but I've doubts now. I guess we can only wait and see... :(

I saw that post, too, but it's nothing to worry about. The impression I got from that Yahoo article was that it's all very much in the "talking" phase. I'm sure Charlie will be approached very shortly. Plus, a lot of times celebs are busy and they're slow to update their official sites. Right now, all we can really do is watch and wait.

I just read a comment at Benjamin's website about the reunion. He said:

"Hey all,

There has been much talk about a Nanny reunion being in the works. I can't really comment on it, but I will say keep your eyes open as you never know what can happen in Hollywood...

Love to all,
b"

http://benjamin-salisbury.com/forums/

This gets more and more mysterious IMHO!

Originally posted by Rill
I just read a comment at Benjamin's website about the reunion. He said:

"Hey all,

There has been much talk about a Nanny reunion being in the works. I can't really comment on it, but I will say keep your eyes open as you never know what can happen in Hollywood...

Love to all,
b"

http://benjamin-salisbury.com/forums/

This gets more and more mysterious IMHO!

I saw that, too, and I meant to post it here but didn't LOL. Glad you saw it anyway. :)

I think what that means is, Lifetime hasn't approached Ben yet. From what I've read on his site, I can't see any reason why, if they did ask him to be in it, he would turn it down. Of course, that's JMO, but I really can't imagine him not wanting to do it. In his posts, he's always spoken highly of his castmates, and he obviously enjoyed doing the show. Really, all we can do now is wait.

Kristen

I miss "The Nanny!" But they ended the show at the right moment - Fran and Mr. Sheffield were getting a little too mushy at times as a married couple. Nevertheless, it would be great to see a real reunion.

Here's a question- would you rather have a reunion like DW and GG or a reunion episode?

Originally posted by Dannie IsNotHere
Here's a question- would you rather have a reunion like DW and GG or a reunion episode?

Def. something more like the DW and GG reunions. New episodes don't always work.

BTW, I read at the RUNHP that Daniel will be there, at least according to TV Tome.

Kristen

Originally posted by Kristen
BTW, I read at the RUNHP that Daniel will be there, at least according to TV Tome.

Kristen


Yes, I read that, too. Let's hope it's true! :D

What makes me wonder is that there's still no official info at Charle's site but maybe it's just because no date for shooting is set yet...

In any way I've great hopes now!! :woohoo:

Originally posted by Rill
Yes, I read that, too. Let's hope it's true! :D

What makes me wonder is that there's still no official info at Charle's site but maybe it's just because no date for shooting is set yet...

In any way I've great hopes now!! :woohoo:

Great news, Rill! Charlie finally posted about the reunion on his site! Here's the link: http://www.charlesshaughnessy.com/events.html

So I'm thinking that the "one missing cast member" that Madeline Zima mentioned on her site might be Lauren. :( Won't be the same without the "Fab Four" there. (Of course, I could be wrong about this, and I really hope I am!)

Just thought I'd add that update, although I'm sure you probably already know! ;)

Eeeeek! Yahoo!!!! That's sooooo cool! :happyface I just got up and what great news! Thanks for posting, Kristen! I've checked Charles' site yesterday and there was nothing new! I guess it got updated while I was sleeping! Damn time zones! lol

Anyway. I've great hope that *all* main cast members will join the reunion. I think the cast member who was not supposed to join was Daniel Davis. There were rumors that he didn't want to join but now TV Tome says he will. I guess that the info that one cast member won't be there is just out of date now. I think it's very possible that Lauren will be there. She's teaching but I guess that it's possible that she made it to the taping. I doubt taping will need *that* long.

CU later!

Aww, I'm jumpy now and can't work! lol :banana:

More great news! Ben just posted on his site that he'll be there, too. Just judging from the kind of guy he seems to be, I never really had doubts that he'd do it, but it's still nice to have some sort of confirmation.

I know this is sort of OT for this thread, but Ben also posted some info about the DVD. He says it WON'T be out in Aug. as we originally thought. So I guess the earliest we can expect it is Sept. But this isn't necessarily a bad thing, b/c it could be that they need more time to put extra's on the discs! :D The glass is still half-full, LOL.

Kristen

Aww, that's great that Ben will be part of the reunion, too. I never had doubts here either. ;) Where did he post that? I can't find it at Ben's board. :(

I guess there'll be more news soon!! It's already June so they probably tape the Reunion Show in some weeks. :)

I just found the info at Ben's site! (D'oh!) Very cool news! They will do a reunion where the cast will sit together and remember the show! I really whished they would get them together for something like that! That's soooo cool! Can't wait to see that!

;)

The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh To Remember was taped on Wednesday, June 16 and is tentatively scheduled to air on Monday, October 11.

Originally posted by pavanbadal
The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh To Remember was taped on Wednesday, June 16 and is tentatively scheduled to air on Monday, October 11.

Yeah, there was a little blurb in TV Guide which said that. I can't wait! :D If Sony were smart, they'd try to time the DVD release accordingly and tie it in with the reunion.

Kristen

Originally posted by Kristen
Yeah, there was a little blurb in TV Guide which said that. I can't wait! :D If Sony were smart, they'd try to time the DVD release accordingly and tie it in with the reunion.

Kristen

I bet the DVD will be out Oct. 5 or 12.

Originally posted by pavanbadal
I bet the DVD will be out Oct. 5 or 12.

According to what was posted recently at http://www.benjamin-salisbury.com, the DVD is supposed to be out in Nov. or Dec. I guess that's still subject change, though, and I hope you're right Pav!

I know I will be watching The Nanny Reunion on Lifetime.

A fourth peek at Charles's site is up! Aaaah! So cool they are still updating the slideshow! I was waiting so long for that! lol There are only two or three new pictures but it's still fun. There's Esther! ;)

LIFETIME TELEVISION PRESENTS “THE NANNY REUNION: A NOSH TO REMEMBER” A TRIBUTE TO ONE OF TELEVISION’S MOST MEMORABLE COMEDIES

Fran Drescher and Friends Reunite for Special Night of Food, Fun and Laughter

LOS ANGELES – Following last summer’s enormously popular reunions for “The Golden Girls” and “Designing Women”—the two highest-rated specials in LIFETIME’s 20-year history—the network today announced that Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy and the rest of “The Nanny” cast are reuniting for “The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember,” scheduled to air on Lifetime Monday, October 11 at 8PM (ET/PT).

The cast will reminisce about the series which centered around the comedic misadventures of Fran Fine, a middle-class Jewish girl from Queens who, by accident, becomes a nanny for the children of Maxwell Sheffield (Charles Shaughnessy), a successful British theatrical producer.

In addition to Drescher and Shaughnessy, the special welcomes back fellow cast members Nicholle Tom, Benjamin Salisbury, Madeline Zima, Renee Taylor, Anne Guilbert, Rachel Chagall and Lauren Lane and features clips, outtakes and home movies from the series, while enjoying a homecooked meal at Drescher’s house.

The Emmy Award-nominated sitcom, “The Nanny,” left viewers cheering when Fran Fine (Drescher) won her way into the heart of prim and proper Maxwell Sheffield, and he finally made the flashy girl from Flushing his bride. The popular sitcom ran on CBS from 1993-99, and currently airs on LIFETIME.

In making the announcement, Bill Brand, Senior Vice President, Reality Programming, said “It has been great fun spending time with Fran planning this special. Fran’s vision for this show is unlike any reunion show ever produced. She’s literally opening her home and welcoming the entire cast in for a big dinner party.”

Said Drescher, “For six years we all had the greatest environment, and we all loved coming to work. I can’t wait to sit down with everyone and talk about the good old days. But since I’m cooking the meal, the big question is, what exactly will I serve them? Bagels and schmeer isn’t going to do the job.”

“This has been such a fun project,” said Gay Rosenthal, executive producer. “I think fans of the show will be thrilled to see all their favorite characters gather together again and get a real behind-the-scenes glimpse into the show. Fran and I last worked together on her Lifetime ‘Intimate Portrait,’ and it has been wonderful to work with her again.”

Viewers for Quality Television once called “The Nanny” the “90’s version of ‘I Love Lucy.’” The series won an Emmy Award in 1995 and a BMI TV Music Award in 1996. It also received numerous nominations including the Golden Globe Award, American Comedy Award, Golden Satellite Award, Image Award, TV Guide Award, Young Artist Award and Young Star Award.

“The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember” will be produced by Gay Rosenthal Productions and Uh-Oh Productions in association with LIFETIME Television and Sony Pictures Television. Executive producers are Gay Rosenthal, Fran Drescher and Paul Barrosse. Supervising producer is Nicholas Caprio. Natalie Aaron is co-producer, and Peter Jacobson directs.

It sounds great, but it's such a shame only *1* person (Daniel Davis) is a no-show. To get ALL the cast back is great but then not have one person? LOL. Oh well, it will still be great.

So DD isn't going to be there? First I hear he isn't, then I hear he is, now I hear he isn't again. Which is it? I hope he will show up, as Niles was one of my favorite characters.

Originally posted by Koyasu
So DD isn't going to be there? First I hear he isn't, then I hear he is, now I hear he isn't again. Which is it? I hope he will show up, as Niles was one of my favorite characters.

According to what Ben said on his website, DD isn't in the reunion. Ben ought to know, since he was there, LOL!

Daniel won't be in the reunion because he's doing a play. Can't wait 4 the reunion-it's about time they did 1 on "The Nanny". Yes, Charles' site has sum gr8 reunion pics under the news section. Then u click on "Nanny reunion" & look @ how much the cast has changed in the 5 yrs since the show ended. :)

Tiff7

Well, it sucks that DD won't be there, but it will be great to sxee everyone else!

It's said that the Nanny Reunion will air on 11th October. I hope it's true! Can't wait! ;)

New date is Dec. 6:



LIFETIME TELEVISION PRESENTS “THE NANNY REUNION: A NOSH TO REMEMBER” A TRIBUTE TO ONE OF TELEVISION’S MOST MEMORABLE COMEDIES

Fran Drescher and Friends Reunite for Special Night of Food, Fun and Laughter

LOS ANGELES – Following last summer’s enormously popular reunions for “The Golden Girls” and “Designing Women”—the two highest-rated specials in LIFETIME’s 20-year history—the network today announced that Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy and the rest of “The Nanny” cast are reuniting for “The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember,” scheduled to air on Lifetime MONDAY, DECEMBER 6 at 8PM (ET/PT).

The cast will reminisce about the series which centered around the comedic misadventures of Fran Fine, a middle-class Jewish girl from Queens who, by accident, becomes a nanny for the children of Maxwell Sheffield (Charles Shaughnessy), a successful British theatrical producer.

In addition to Drescher and Shaughnessy, the special welcomes back fellow cast members Nicholle Tom, Benjamin Salisbury, Madeline Zima, Renee Taylor, Anne Guilbert, Rachel Chagall and Lauren Lane and features clips, outtakes and home movies from the series, while enjoying a homecooked meal at Drescher’s house.

The Emmy Award-nominated sitcom, “The Nanny,” left viewers cheering when Fran Fine (Drescher) won her way into the heart of prim and proper Maxwell Sheffield, and he finally made the flashy girl from Flushing his bride. The popular sitcom ran on CBS from 1993-99, and currently airs on LIFETIME.

In making the announcement, Bill Brand, Senior Vice President, Reality Programming, said “It has been great fun spending time with Fran planning this special. Fran’s vision for this show is unlike any reunion show ever produced. She’s literally opening her home and welcoming the entire cast in for a big dinner party.”

Said Drescher, “For six years we all had the greatest environment, and we all loved coming to work. I can’t wait to sit down with everyone and talk about the good old days. But since I’m cooking the meal, the big question is, what exactly will I serve them? Bagels and schmeer isn’t going to do the job.”

“This has been such a fun project,” said Gay Rosenthal, executive producer. “I think fans of the show will be thrilled to see all their favorite characters gather together again and get a real behind-the-scenes glimpse into the show. Fran and I last worked together on her Lifetime ‘Intimate Portrait,’ and it has been wonderful to work with her again.”

Viewers for Quality Television once called “The Nanny” the “90’s version of ‘I Love Lucy.’” The series won an Emmy Award in 1995 and a BMI TV Music Award in 1996. It also received numerous nominations including the Golden Globe Award, American Comedy Award, Golden Satellite Award, Image Award, TV Guide Award, Young Artist Award and Young Star Award.

“The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember” will be produced by Gay Rosenthal Productions and Uh-Oh Productions in association with LIFETIME Television and Sony Pictures Television. Executive producers are Gay Rosenthal, Fran Drescher and Paul Barrosse. Supervising producer is Nicholas Caprio. Natalie Aaron is co-producer, and Peter Jacobson directs.


A mini Nanny marathon will air before the reunion from 5 to 8 p.m.:
5:00 p.m. First episode
5:30 p.m. Fran's First Christmas with the Sheffields
6:00 p.m. Fran and Maxwell's Wedding (1 hr)
7:00 p.m. Fran gives birth (1 hour)

Thanks 4 the AWESOME news Pav!!!!! :D

Tiff7

This reunion is going to be a good one, I'm sure. December 6 will be here before we all know it. I mean, seriously. Once Halloween comes the holiday season begins, and that always flies by! :)