Things Only Adults Notice In The Nanny

It's obvious that Maxwell on "The Nanny" is rich, but exactly how rich? Manhattan real estate is not cheap — even in the '90s, his massive home would have cost a pretty penny. We know there are at least six bedrooms (one for each of the kids, along with Maxwell, Fran, and Niles), an office, a huge living room, a foyer, a kitchen, a dining room, and even a wine cellar.

According to Comparably, the average Broadway producer these days is only bringing in $150,000 a year, so he was likely making less than that in the '90s — small beans when you consider the high cost of living in Manhattan and the fact that Maxwell employs two full-time domestics and sends his kids to private school. Sure, successful producers make more, but we know that Maxwell isn't exactly at the top of his game considering how often he's compared to the far more successful Andrew Lloyd Weber.

Maxwell is a millionaire, but he's not self-made. His family has a lot of money, and we know that most of his family is titled, so it seems likely that his trust fund is footing a lot of his bills. The Sheffield fortune must be vast, indeed.