Gimme a Break!

Gimme a Break!

TV-G 1981 · 6 seasons · 137 eps · ★ 6.7 · Comedy, Family

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Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC for six seasons, October 29, 1981, until May 12, 1987. The series stars Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief and his three daughters.

Created by Morton Lachman, Sy Rosen

Network: NBC

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Cast

Nell Carter Nell Harper
Lara Jill Miller Sam Kanisky
John Hoyt Stanley Kanisky
Kari Michaelsen Katie Kanisky
Lauri Hendler Julie Kanisky
Joey Lawrence Joey Donovan
Dolph Sweet Carl Kanisky
Howard Morton Ralph Simpson
Telma Hopkins Addy Wilson
Jonathan Silverman Jonathan Maxwell
Rosetta LeNoire
Matthew Lawrence Matthew Donovan

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