Well we still got to see Fran and her ensemble in the episode. It's not like let's say "The Jefferson" backdoor pilot where it only has Edith Bunker in the opening scene and that's it. The rest of the episode is just "The Jefferson" cast and the setting for that show. This Nanny episode had the perfect balance and flopped back and forth between the show's main cast and the Chatterbox crew. Backdoor pilots can be a bit off putting, but it's a clever way for TV people to get a show started without having to spend extra money producing a pilot on it's own to sell to the network. It's easier to just make one out of an already existing show.

The problem with that episode to me is the same one, that I have with pretty much
any
backdoor pilot on
any
show: I get annoyed by how out of place it feels within the show. I did not put on "The Nanny" to watch all those people, whom I don't know and don't care one bit about. I want to watch Fran and her ensemble.
Intelligence and purity.

I would have watched! I like those ensemble-type shows, and I thought there was a good comedic balance (the quirky, klutzy lead character, the suave and unattainable male love interest you root for her to beat the odds and end up with, a few sassy sidekicks). I think it could have worked in the '90s, though probably not now (shows like that have kind of been done to death, at this point).

I didn't know it was suppose to be a spinoff. I don't know if the show would have had 4 episodes it seem like it would have been a funny show.

I don't know if it would have lasted past 10 episodes, it didn't look like a strong enough show. I liked the Asian lady, the Niles looking hair dresser, and the handsome hair dresser was alright.

That's funny, because I've always really liked the Chatterbox episode, even though it stands out so much because we're being introduced to all these random new characters. I guess I would have been a fan of the spinoff! Bummer.

In addition to "The Chatterbox," there was another episode from Season 2 which was supposed to serve as the backdoor pilot for a "Nanny" spinoff in which Tyne Daly's character of a retiring nanny was supposed to be engaged to her boss and move to Boca Raton, Florida. Thank goodness neither show got picked up.

The episode was pretty awful, but I loved the beginning with CC laughing in Tracy Nelson's face at the audition:
Thank youBabes.
(cc SLAMS DOOR BEHIND HER)
HA HA HA HAAAAAA!
Only good part of the episode.
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked.

I saw the first episode. Any blame here was shared!
If that was supposed to be a backdoor pilot, it was a bad vehicle.

Anytime! Funny how they brought back The Chatterbox in the last season but with different characters (guess it was all Tracey Nelson's faultLOL)

Thanks so much, I knew it had to be something like that.

According to The Nanny Episodes Wikipedia page (and the episode's IMDB page) it says that it was a failed attempt at a spin off pilot surrounding the Chatterbox employees