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Gimme a Break!

1981–1987
Created byMorton Lachman,Sy Rosen
6 Seasons
137 Episodes

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.

CAST
Nell CarterNell HarperLara Jill MillerSam KaniskyJohn HoytStanley KaniskyKari MichaelsenKatie KaniskyLauri HendlerJulie KaniskyJoey LawrenceJoey DonovanDolph SweetCarl KaniskyHoward MortonRalph SimpsonTelma HopkinsAddy Wilson
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GENRES
ComedyFamily
STATUSEnded
RATING
6.7
NETWORK
NBC
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