Fran Drescher set to reunite with the cast of The Nanny for digital table read of the show's pilot

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Fran Drescher had a lot of fun altering her costumes for ‘90s sitcom The Nanny.

Fran Drescher keeps some of her old red carpet looks in case she wants to wear them on vacation.

Fran Drescher is using the wonders of modern telecommunication technology to reconnect with her former co-stars from for a table read, all coming together over Zoom.

Fran Drescher is opening up about the virtual table reading for the pilot episode of The Nanny, which debuted today (April 6) on YouTube.

The cast of The Nanny just recreated their pilot episode with a very special virtual Pandemic Table read.Revisiting the beloved sitcom a full 26-years after its premiere, Fran Drescher and friends were still funny as ever.Drescher, 62, kicked off the clip, saying:'This so great to see the cast back together again' as the cast popped up onscreen in a Brady Bunch-style Zoom grid. Where they started: The cast of The Nanny just recreated their pilot episode with a very special virtual Pandemic Table read a full 26-years after it originally aired.

By Ellise Shafer

Fran Drescher is set to reunite with the stars of her hit TV comedy {The Nanny} for a virtual table read of the show’s pilot episode.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) — Nanny Fine, Maxwell Sheffield and the rest of the gang are getting back together on April 6 — but not in the way you might think.

The Nanny is back – but not in the way you’d expect.

Fran Drescher and the cast of are reuniting! In an Instagram post on Tuesday, the 62-year-old actress announced that the cast of her six-season sitcom will virtually reunite via Zoom to read the pilot episode of the show, which premiered in 1993.

Fran Drescher and the cast of are reuniting! In an Instagram post on Tuesday, the 62-year-old actress announced that the cast of her six-season sitcom will virtually reunite via Zoom to read the pilot episode of the show, which premiered in 1993.

All hail , who so potently understands and, as such, has organized a small but noble distraction. , the original cast of beloved sitcom The Nanny is reuniting for a virtual table read of the 1993 pilot via Zoom, which will be posted on Sony Pictures' YouTube page Monday, April 6.“Laughter is the best medicine! So, in these challenging times, Petah and I thought, wouldn’t it be great if we pulled together the original cast of ‘The Nanny’ for a virtual read of the pilot?” Drescher said in a statement, referring in her classic Queens nasal to show’s co-creator, Peter Marc Jacobson.

The flashy girl from Flushing is getting the gang back together. E! News has learned The Nanny cast is reuniting for virtual table read of the classic sitcom's pilot episode.

Nanny Fine, Maxwell Sheffield and the rest of the gang are getting back together on April 6 — but not in the way you might think.

The day after millionaire pop star Britney Spears called for a 'redistribution of wealth,' The Nanny alum Fran Drescher voiced her own anti-capitalist political views via Twitter.The Queens-born 62-year-old - who's said to have a $25M fortune - 'agreed' with a post from Labor Strikes Back account calling for a 'general strike' against the wealthy ordering employees to return to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic.'I agree. Capitalism has become another word for Ruling Class Elite!' Fran - who boasts 1M social media followers - wrote on Tuesday.

Actress Fran Drescher took some shots at capitalism and expressed her support for a "general strike" amid the national shutdown brought upon by the coronavirus outbreak. The former "Nanny" star took to Twitter on Tuesday and agreed with another Twitter user who blasted the "wealthy owners of capital" who take advantage of labor.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Britney Spears and Fran Drescher have both amplified calls for a general strike via social media.Spears reposted a message on her Instagram to "re-distribute wealth" and "strike." Drescher wrote, "Capitalism has become another word for Ruling Class Elite!"A pandemic, it seems, has a funny way of exposing the world's true colors. College students are stripped down to their selfish cores as they prioritize frolicking across Miami beaches over the health of literally everybody else.

Fran Drescher was among the most recognizable and leading sitcom stars through much of the 1990s with the success of her hit show The Nanny, and her distinct nasal voice and thick New York accent.But come the new millennium, following the end of The Nanny, the New York native was diagnosed with uterine cancer.