The Nanny Express

The Nanny Express is a Hallmark Channel television film.^[1] It premiered on Hallmark Channel on July 11, 2008, and stars Vanessa Marcil, Dean Stockwell, and Brennan Elliott.

The Nanny Express
Written by	Judith Heiman Kriegsman Stephen Langford Riley Weston
Directed by	Bradford May
Starring	Vanessa Marcil Dean Stockwell Brennan Elliott
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Matt Fitzsimons Erik Heiberg James Wilberger
Cinematography	Yaron Levy
Running time	120 minutes
Production company	Larry Levinson Productions
Budget	$2.2 million
Original release
Network	Hallmark Channel
Release	July 11, 2008 (2008-07-11)

Plot

After the passing of their mother three years prior, Ben and Emily have driven their father David crazy by driving away 20 nannies with sabotaged appliances and Ben's pet rat in the clothes. The film shows a life of a young girl, Kate, who looks after her dad. She is looking for work and Beverly Hills offers her a job as a nanny for David’s family. The children take an immediate dislike to her as she is "just another maid." After all the incidents, she takes it surprisingly well yet the kids expect her to leave. After a while of shenanigans, Kate and Ben become friends yet Emily keeps her distance. Eventually, David reveals to Kate that his wife was hit and killed by a drunk driver which badly affected Emily as this happened on her birthday. Emily doesn't want her father to date Kate and plans to set him up with her ballet teacher.

Cast

• Vanessa Marcil as Kate Hewitt
• Dean Stockwell as Jerry Hewitt
• Brennan Elliott as David Chandler
• Natalie Dreyfuss as Emily Chandler
• Uriah Shelton as Ben Chandler
• Stacy Keach as Reverend McGregor
• David Barry Gray as Chris Wells

Reception

Nanny Express did well for Hallmark Channel on the date of its premiere. The film became the highest-rated cable movie of the day and week that it premiered with a 3.1 HH (household) rating, 2.7 million homes and 3.6 million total viewers.^[2]