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Gimme a Break! 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
- Comedy
- 30
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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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.
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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.
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.
Katie's having some financial trouble with her shop and tries to keep Nell from finding out about because they know she'll over react. And when Joey seems to be spending more of his time on learning how to break dance instead of his studies, Nell tells him he has to stop.
