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Gimme a Break! Gimme a Break! Gimme a Break! is an American television sitcom created by Mort Lachman and Sy Rosen, that aired on NBC for six seasons from October 29, 1981, to May 12, 1987. The series starred Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief ( Dolph Sweet) and his three daughters.
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- 137 (list of episodes)
- October 29, 1981 –, May 12, 1987
- NBC
Gimme a Break!: Created by Mort Lachman, Sy Rosen. With Nell Carter, Lara Jill Miller, Lauri Hendler, Kari Michaelsen. Nell agrees to look after the Kanisky's home, as a special favor to her dying friend, and takes on the role of housekeeper to widowed police chief Carl and a parental figure to his three teenage daughters, and eventually a foster son.
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- 1981-10-29
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episodes. Gimme a Break! is a sitcom that aired on NBC from October 29, 1981, to May 12, 1987. There were a total of 137 episodes over the course of 6 seasons.
No. OverallNo. In SeasonTitleDirected By11"Katie the Crook"22"A Good Man is Hard to Find"33"The Second Time Around"Howard Storm44"Mom's Birthday"Will MackenzieShare your videos with friends, family, and the world
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Gimme a Break! 1987. TV-G. Comedy. A widowed, overworked police captain with three rambunctious daughters matches wits with a feisty housekeeper, who enforces law and order at home. Starring: Nell Carter Lara Jill Miller Joey Lawrence Lauri Hendler Kari Michaelsen Dolph Sweet. Directed by: Hal Cooper Jim Drake Linda Day. Watch Gimme a Break!
- Hal Cooper, Jim Drake, Linda Day
- January 1, 1987
- Nell Carter
Carl Kanisky is chief of police in Glenlawn, California. After the death of his wife, Margaret, he asks her friend, Nell Harper, to come in to keep house and take care of his children, Katie, Julie, and Samantha, in short, be like a mother to them. Later, Carl's father, Stanley, moves in. Around the same time, Nell takes in young Joey Donovan ...
Gimme a Break. Nell Harper is the no-nonsense housekeeper and surrogate mother for police chief Carl Kanisky's children: Samantha, Julie and Katie. The Kanisky daughters need all the help they can ...
