Fran Drescher Says a ‘Nanny’ Revival Could Happen

Fans of The Nanny rejoice: The classic nineties sitcom just might be coming back to the small screen. On Monday, Fran Drescher said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight that she’s been “talking about” the possibility of a Nanny revival with co-creator Peter Marc Jacob (who also happens to be her ex-husband). “People really love that show,” she told Entertainment Tonight. “It’s unreal.”

She also teased a “very big project” that she’s been working on with Jacob. “It’s going to be very exciting for the fans, but I’m not at liberty to announce it yet,” she said. “But it’s gonna be big.”

In the event that the Nanny does get brought back, Drescher said she hopes her character will be much more socially conscious. “She would’ve maybe gotten involved in more things [that] Fran Drescher is involved with,” she told Entertainment Tonight. “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.”

As for Woke Fran’s storyline, Drescher said it would have to be set way after the original show ended. “The thing is ,our show would be the same characters 20 years later,” she said. “We can’t just pick up where we left off. But in a way, that could be really good because the show can have a whole fresh bend to it.”

The news of a possible Nanny revival comes three weeks after the cancellation of fellow nineties sitcom Roseanne‘s revival. When asked about fans’ suggestion that The Nanny would be the perfect Roseanne replacement, Drescher told Entertainment Tonight that she’s “not mad at that suggestion.” “I mean, I’m waiting to get the call,” she said.