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Gimme a Break!
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.
Where to watch Gimme a Break!
Gimme a Break! is streaming in the US on The Roku Channel.
Seasons
- Season 1 — 19 episodes (October 29, 1981)
- Season 2 — 22 episodes (October 2, 1982)
- Season 3 — 22 episodes (September 29, 1983)
- Season 4 — 25 episodes (September 29, 1984)
- Season 5 — 24 episodes (September 14, 1985)
- Season 6 — 25 episodes (September 24, 1986)
Cast
- Nell Carter as Nell Harper
- John Hoyt as Stanley Kanisky
- Joey Lawrence as Joey Donovan
- Telma Hopkins as Addy Wilson
- Lara Jill Miller as Sam Kanisky
- Matthew Lawrence as Matthew Donovan
- Paul Sand as Marty
- Rosie O'Donnell as Maggie O'Brien
- Rosetta LeNoire as Maybelle Harper
Details
- Created by
- Morton Lachman and Sy Rosen
- First aired
- October 29, 1981
- Episodes
- 137
- Genres
- Comedy, Family
- Network
- NBC
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 6.7 / 10 from 31 votes
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