TV series
Gimme a Break!
Overview
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.
Details
- First air date
- 1981-10-29
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 6 seasons
- Episodes
- 137 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy, Family
- Network
- NBC
- Production
- Reeves Entertainment Group, Alan Landsburg Productions, Mort Lachman & Associates
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Nell Carter as Nell Harper
- Lara Jill Miller as Sam Kanisky
- John Hoyt as Stanley Kanisky
- Kari Michaelsen as Katie Kanisky
- Lauri Hendler as Julie Kanisky
- Joey Lawrence as Joey Donovan
- Dolph Sweet as Carl Kanisky
- Howard Morton as Ralph Simpson
- Telma Hopkins as Addy Wilson
- Jonathan Silverman as Jonathan Maxwell
- Rosetta LeNoire as Maybelle Harper
- Matthew Lawrence as Matthew Donovan
Creators and crew
- Morton Lachman - Creator
- Sy Rosen - Creator
- Rod Parker - Producer
- Morton Lachman - Producer
- Jim Drake - Director
- Linda Day - Director
Seasons
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