Mel is a local politician from a political family. When a family scandal leaves her niece, Lennox, and nephew, Ryder, without their parents, Mel takes them in. Meanwhile, Joe is a former commodities trader left bankrupt after a Ponzi scheme, and finds himself searching for a job.[2] So when Mel finds it hard to handle an instant family and her own life, she hires Joe to become the family's new male nanny, or "manny".

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Melissa "Mel" Burke (Melissa Joan Hart) is a councilwoman in Toledo, Ohio. Growing up, she was a rebellious, irresponsible party girl, and now she must take care...