This show was part of ABC's classic Friday night block of sitcoms from the early 1970's. To me Nanny was a more subtle version of "Bewitched". However, whereas "Bewitched" was very much into visual effects, the magic of this show was more subtle and didn't really need the special effects. Also, Juliet Mills was perfectly cast as Phoebe Figalilly (aka Nanny). This could almost have been a foreshadowing as some thirty years later she would play another lady with magical powers in the person of Tabitha Lenox in the daytime soap Passions. However, where Tabitha is pretty much a villain, Phoebe was all sweetness and light.
Review of Nanny and the Professor
