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Gimme a Break! (1981-1987)



Gimme a Break!

(1981-1987)

30 minutes

Comedy / Sitcom

Created by Mort Lachman and Sy Rosen

Cast: 

Nell Carter as Nellie Ruth 'Nell' Harper  
Lara Jill Miller as Samantha 'Sam' Kanisky 
Lauri Hendler as Julie Kanisky  
Kari Michaelsen as Katie Kanisky  
Dolph Sweet as Chief Carl Kanisky  
John Hoyt as Grandpa Stanley Kanisky 
Joseph Lawrence as Joey Donovan 
Telma Hopkins as Addy Wilson  
Howard Morton as Officer Ralph Simpson 

137 episodes aired on NBC from October 29, 1981 to May 12, 1987.

After chief of police Carl Kanisky’s wife Margaret dies, he hires her friend Nell Harper to housekeep and take care of his three daughters Katie, Julie, and Samantha. She becomes like a mother to the children, and later, to a foster son, Joey Donovan. 

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