
| Num. | Episode Title | Director | Overall | Comedy | Romance | Writer | Additional Cast |
| 4.1 | The Tart With Heart | Dorothy Lyman | 8.9 | 8.5 | 9.0 | Frank Lombardi | Jason Alexander, Joey Dente |
| 4.2 | The Cradle Robbers | Dorothy Lyman | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.0 | Nastaran Dibai, Jeffrey B. Hobes | Brian Bloom, Sean Kanan, Lisa Thames |
| 4.3 | The Bird's Nest | Dorothy Lyman | 7.1 | 7.8 | 6.2 | Jayne Hamil Story by: Robbie Schwartz |
Nora Dunn, Jackie Tohn, Marcia Shapiro |
| 4.4 | The Rosie Show | Dorothy Lyman | 8.0 | 8.2 | 7.2 | Nastaran Dibai, Jeffrey B. Hobes | Rosie O'Donnell, Donald Trump, John McD and the McDLT's |
| 4.5 | Frieda Needa Man | Dorothy Lyman | 7.0 | 7.5 | 5.6 | Frank Lombardi | Donald O'Conner, Marilyn Cooper, Lainie Kazan, George Furth, Neil Zevnik, Sue Goodman, Michele Roth |
| 4.6 | Me and Mrs. Joan | Dorothy Lyman | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.3 | Peter Marc Jacobson | Joan Collins, Robert Vaughn |
| 4.7 | The Taxman Cometh | Dorothy Lyman | 6.6 | 6.7 | 5.3 | Dan and Jay Amernick | Jay Leno, Rich Little, Monty Hall, Dana Gould, Richard Baker, JJ Gales, Chester |
| 4.8 | An Affair to Dismember | Dorothy Lyman | 9.1 | 8.7 | 9.2 | Diane Wilk | Harry Van Gorkum, Christopher J. Edwards |
| 4.9 | Tattoo | Dorothy Lyman | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.5 | Caryn Lucas | John Astin, Sally Kirkland |
| 4.10 | The Car Show | Dorothy Lyman | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.3 | Robbie Schwartz | Roslyn Kind, Tara Holland, John Glen Bishop |
| 4.11 | Hurricane Fran | Dorothy Lyman | 7.2 | 7.5 | 6.8 | Rick Shaw | Les Brandt, Sandy Hackett |
| 4.12 | Danny's Dead and Who's Got The Will? | Dorothy Lyman | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.6 | Jayne Hamil | Pamela Anderson Lee, Todd Graff, Darryl Hickman, Myra Carter, Casey Williams |
| 4.13 | Kissing Cousins | Dorothy Lyman | 6.9 | 7.8 | 6.8 | Caryn Lucas | Jon Stewart, Spalding Gray, Magda Harout, Jeff Mooring |
| 4.14 | The Fifth Wheel | Dorothy Lyman | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.4 | Frank Lombardi | Gordon Thomson, Joel Murray, Roz Kern, Steve Posner, Spalding Gray, Brett Stimely |
| 4.15 | The Nose Knows | Dorothy Lyman | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.3 | Rick Shaw Story by: Suzanne Gangursky |
Spalding Gray, Brenda Doumani, Merrick Deamon, James Edson |
| 4.16 | The Bank Robbery | Dorothy Lyman | 8.1 | 8.5 | 7.3 | Jayne Hamil | Peter Scolari, Jean Ford, Al Rodrigo, Louise Middleton, Chris Devlin |
| 4.17 | Samson, He Denied Her | Dorothy Lyman | 7.0 | 7.4 | 5.9 | Flo Cameron | Barry Livingston, Dee Dee Rescher, Robert Urich, Robert Constanzo, Luigi Amodeo, Gloria Gifford, Laura Kightlinger, Jane Cecil, Lawrence A. Mandley |
| 4.18 | The Facts Of Lice | Dorothy Lyman | 7.4 | 7.8 | 5.9 | Nastaran Dibai, Jeffrey B. Hobes | Fred Stoller |
| 4.19 | Fran's Roots | Dorothy Lyman | 5.0 4.9 |
5.6 5.2 |
2.3 3.8 |
Caryn Lucas | Telma Hopkins, Jamie Renee Smith, Jason Andrews, Benjamin Brown, Donald Willis, Will Potter, Sara Alexis Weiss |
| 4.20 | The Nanny and The Hunk Producer | Dorothy Lyman | 7 7.6 |
7.2 7.6 |
5.9 7.2 |
Frank Lombardi | Spalding Grey, Michael Brandon, Sean Lesure, Michele Roth, Marion Green, Ken Danzigeras |
| 4.21 | The Passed-Over Story | Dorothy Lyman | 7 7.6 |
7.4 8.0 |
4 6.3 |
Rick Shaw | Jane Sibbett |
| 4.22 | No Muse Is Good Muse | Dorothy Lyman | 5.3 5.9 |
5.3 6.0 |
5.2 5.2 |
Jayne Hamil | Jayne Meadows, Ivana Milicevic, Lois Chiles |
| 4.23 | You Bette Your Life | Dorothy Lyman | 6.5 7.2 |
7.7 7.5 |
3.2 5.2 |
Frank Lombardi | Bette Midler, Ed Begley Jr, Danny Dayton, Don Siess, Morty Drescher |
| 4.24 | The Heather Biblow Story | Dorothy Lyman | 7.6 7.6 |
7.8 8.2 |
7.1 6.7 |
Ivan Menchell | Pamela Anderson Lee, Peter Bergman, Richard Kline, Les Moonves, Jeanne Cooper, Shemar Moore, Joshua Morrow, Melody Thomas Scott, Barbara Crampton, Hunter Tylo, Roz Kern, Steve Posner, Dorothy Lyman |
| 4.25 | The Boca Story | Dorothy Lyman | 8.8 7.8 |
8.5 7.8 |
8.9 8.0 |
Caryn Lucas | Spalding Grey, Kristen Birch, Stanley Kamel, Brooke Lee, Alicia Machado, Bobby Ramsen |
| 4.26 | Fran's Gotta Have It | Dorothy Lyman | 9.4 9.1 |
9.1 8.5 |
9.6 9.3 |
Diane Wilk | Celine Dion, Darryl Hickman, Andrew Steel, Mary Bogue |
| Num. | Episode Title | Director | Overall | Comedy | Romance | Writer | Additional Cast |
| 5.1 | The Morning After | Dorothy Lyman | 8.0 | 7.5 | 8.2 | Caryn Lucas | Roseanne, Lyle Kanouse, Ben Thomas |
| 5.2 | First Date | Dorothy Lyman | 8.7 | 9.2 | 7.7 | Frank Lombardi Story by: Frank Lombardi, Sarah McMullen | Elton John, David Furnish, Patrick Howard, James Edson |
| 5.3 | The Bobbi Flekman Story | Dorothy Lyman | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.1 | Diane Wilk | Brian Setzer and the Brian Setzer Orchestra, Lisa Loeb, Nicolas Greene, Kevin Norton |
| 5.4 | Fransom | Dorothy Lyman | 6.5 | 6.8 | 4.9 | Jayne Hamil | Joey Slotnick, Kane Picoy, Yvonne Scio, Roger Tinsley, Chester |
| 5.5 | The Ex-Niles | Dorothy Lyman | 5.6 | 6.1 | 3.0 | Nastaran Dibai and Jeffrey B. Hodes | Lanie Kazan, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Michael Ensign |
| 5.6 | A Decent Proposal | Dorothy Lyman | 8.5 | 9.0 | 7.4 | Ivan Menchell | Chevy Chase, Frank Lombardi, Andrew MacKenzie, Howard Preiser, John Lennox |
| 5.7 | Mommy and Mai | Dorothy Lyman | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.1 | Caryn Lucas | Jennie Kwan, Spalding Gray |
| 5.8 | Fair Weather Fran | Dorothy Lyman | 6.1 | 6.0 | 4.7 | Rick Shaw | Ray Charles, Bryant Gumbel, Roz Kern, Lance Reddick, Spalding Gray |
| 5.9 | Educating Fran | Dorothy Lyman | 7.6 | 7.9 | 6.8 | Suzanne Gangursky | Harry Hamlin |
| 5.10 | From Flushing With Love | Dorothy Lyman | 7.0 | 7.7 | 5.9 | Dan Amernick and Jay Amernick Story by: Dan and Jay Amernick, Sean Hanley | Spalding Gray, Allan Rich, Anna Berger, Sparkle |
| 5.11 | Rash To Judgement | Dorothy Lyman | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.7 | Ivan Menchell | Michael Bolton, Scott Biao, Casey Williams, Fred Stoller |
| 5.12 | One False Mole and You're Dead | Dorothy Lyman | 8.6 | 7.8 | 8.4 | Frank Lombardi | Cindy Adams, Joan Van Ark, Wendy Schenker |
| 5.13 | Call Me Fran | Fran Drescher | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.8 | Diane Wilk | Spalding Gray, Benjamin Lum |
| 5.14 | Not Without My Nanny | Dorothy Lyman | 8.7 | 8.1 | 9.4 | Nastaran Dibai and Jeffrey B. Hodes | Ajay Mehta, Rahi Azizi, Sayed Badreya |
| 5.15 | The Engagement | Dorothy Lyman | 9.6 | 9.1 | 9.7 | Rick Shaw | Vasili Boganzianos, Sandy Hackett, Jim Lau, Jake McKinney |
| 5.16 | The Dinner Party | Dorothy Lyman | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.3 | Ivan Menchell | Morty Drescher, Dorothy Lyman, Dick Martin, Rowena Balos, Paul Beringer, Don Condon, Adeline Drescher, Jennifer Edwards, Jean Ford |
| 5.17 | Homie Work | Dorothy Lyman | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.3 | Jayne Hamil | Ray Charles, Coolio, Chris Hogan, TK Carter, Kenneth Blue |
| 5.18 | The Reunion Show | Dorothy Lyman | 7.9 | 7.4 | 7.7 | Suzanne Gangursky and Sean Hanley | Ray Ramano, Dee Dee Rescher, Leila Kenzle, Faryn Einhorn |
| 5.19 | Immaculate Concepcion | Dorothy Lyman | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.5 | Robert Sternin Story by: Fran Drescher and Robert Sternin | Robert Vaughn, Maria Conchita Alonso, Richard Fancy, Liz Torres |
| 5.20 | The Pre-nup | Peter Marc Jacobson | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.3 | Frank Lombardi | Ray Charles, Whoopi Goldberg, Jessica Tuck, Kathryn Joosten, Gunnar Peterson |
| 5.21 | The Best Man | Dorothy Lyman | 8.4 | 7.8 | 8.3 | Rick Shaw | Harry Van Gorkum, Marla Maples, Yvonne Scio, Jovan Rameau |
| 5.22 | The Wedding | Peter Marc Jacobson | 9.6 | 9.9 | 9.8 | Caryn Lucas | Sophie Ward, Bess Armstrong, Chris Hogan, Darryl Hickman, Anna Berger, Morty Drescher, Sylvia Drescher, David Gianopoulos, Sue Goodman, Cantor David Benedict, Jamie Renee Smith, George M. Hoth |
| Num. | Episode Title | Director | Overall | Comedy | Romance | Writer | Additional Cast |
| 6.1 | The Honeymoon's Overboard | Peter Marc Jacobson | 8.7 | 8.3 | 9.2 | Frank Lombardi | Ray Abruzzo, Lisa Stanley, James Edson |
| 6.2 | Fran Gets Shushed | Peter Marc Jacobson | 6.0 | 6.6 | 5.5 | Caryn Lucas | Ray Stricklyn, Christopher Winfield |
| 6.3 | Once A Secretary, Always A Secretary | Peter Marc Jacobson | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.5 | Allen Jay Zipper | Bob Goen, Marji Martin, Jeff Cain, Marlo Jenee |
| 6.4 | Sara's Parents | Peter Marc Jacobson | 6.8 | 7.1 | 5.3 | Jayne Hamil | Diane Baker, George Coe, John Muntner |
| 6.5 | Maggie's Boyfriend | Peter Marc Jacobson | 8.2 | 8.3 | 7.6 | Rick Shaw | Andrew Levitas, Alex Sternin, Wilder Shaw |
| 6.6 | I'm Pregnant | Peter Marc Jacobson | 9.1 | 9.1 | 8.4 | Ivan Menchell | Nora Dunn, Roz Kern, Steve Posner, Andrew Levitas |
| 6.7 | Mom's The Word | Peter Marc Jacobson | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.3 | Suzanne Myers and Cody Farley | Margaret Cho, Chad Everett, Nora Dunn, Tawny Moyer |
| 6.8 | Making Whoopi | Peter Marc Jacobson | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.1 | Suzanne Gangursky | Dennis Dun, Fred Stoller, Nora Dunn, Tacey Adams, Saemi Nakamura, Tim Lounibos, Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Bergeron, Howie Mandel, Martin Mull, Bruce Vilanch, Rita Rudner, Coolio, Estelle Getty, Caroline Rhea |
| 6.9 | Oh, Say, Can You Ski? | Peter Marc Jacobson | 7.8 | 7.2 | 8.1 | Dan Amernick and Jay Amernick | Nora Dunn, Chris Elliot, Chris Bruno, Mark Chaet, Tim Watters, Jennifer Ingersoll, Morty Drescher |
| 6.10 | The Hanukkah Story | Peter Marc Jacobson | 7.8 | 7.2 | 7.8 | Ivan Menchell Story by Matthew J. Berman and Ivan Menchell | Ray Charles, Sophie Ward, Dona Hardy, Jamie Renee Smith, Christopher Marquette, Preston Wamsley |
| 6.11 | The In-Law Who Came Forever | Peter Marc Jacobson | 8.3 | 8.5 | 7.9 | Rick Shaw Story by Danny Passman, Michael Scalisi and Rick Shaw | Andrew Levitas, Lainie Kazan, Jasmin Beto, Burke Roberts |
| 6.12 | The Fran In The Mirror | Jennifer Reed | 7.7 | 7.9 | 5.8 | Jayne Hamil Story by Chandler Evans and Jayne Hamil | Sophie Ward, Maxwell Caulfield, James Edson, Susan Krebs |
| 6.13 | The Yummy Mummy | Peter Marc Jacobson | 8.7 | 8.7 | 7.5 | Suzanne Myers and Cody Farley | Nora Dunn, Lynn Redgrave, James McDonnell, Dakin Mathews, Matt Viera |
| 6.14 | California Here We Come | Peter Marc Jacobson | 6.3 | 6.5 | 3.9 | Suzanne Gangursky
Story by: Suzanne Gangursky and Mary Lindes |
Hal Linden, Donna Douglas, Jason Andrews, Nancy Cassaro |
| 6.15 | Ma'ternal Affairs | Peter Marc Jacobson | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | Frank Lombardi | Steve Lawrence, Joe Bologna, Peter Marc Jacobson, Roz Kerns |
| 6.16 | The Producers | Peter Marc Jacobson | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.1 | Rick Shaw Story by: Chandler Evans, Mike Dow and Rick Shaw | Anne Lambton, Casey Williams |
| 6.17 | The Dummy Twins | Steve Posner | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.2 | Ivan Menchell Story by: Rachel Chagall, Harriet Goldman, Camelia Kath and Ivan Menchell | Rita Rudner |
| 6.18 | Yetta's Lettas | Peter Marc Jacobson | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.0 | Dan Amernick and Jay Amernick Story by: Bernie Vyzga, Dan Amernick and Jay Amernick | Renee Cohen, Jared Doud, Ryan McPartlin, Isaac Chernotsky, Sam Mountain, James Edson, Charley Geary, Helen Geller, Steve Gideon, Sue Goodman, Hal Robinson, Lizzy Magill, Linda Dee Shayne, Sean Smith, Amy Tolsky |
| 6.19 | Maggie's Wedding | Fran Drescher | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 | Jayne Hamil | Sue Goodman, Andrew Levitas, Dee Dee Rescher, Charlie Newmark, Loren Michaels, Marie Cain |
| 6.20 | The Baby Shower | Peter Marc Jacobson | 8.7 | 9.0 | 8.4 | Suzanne Myers & Cody Farley Story by: Howard Preiser, James Nelson, Sean Hanley, Suzanne Myers and Cody Farley | Nancy Cassaro, Fred Stoller, Fran Drescher, Athena Stensland, Scott Baldyga, Chester |
| 6.21 & 6.22 |
The Finale | Peter Marc Jacobson | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.6 | Part One: Caryn Lucas Part Two: Caryn Lucas, Frank Lombardi and Peter Marc Jacobson | Nora Dunn, Steve Lawrence, Andrew MacKenzie, Adeline Drescher, Gabriel Bologna, Sylvia and Morty Drescher, Shari Shaw, Jean Ford, Darryl Hickman, Chester |