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This is the official wikia page for the NBC-TV Series Gimme A Break! which ran from 1981-1987.
About the Show
Gimme A Break! premiered on NBC from October 29, 1981, and aired its final episode on May 12, 1987. It was a sitcom that ran for a total of 6 seasons and consisted of 137 episodes.
The show centered on the lives of the Kanisky Family in Glenlawn, CA, headed by Carl (Dolph Sweet), the widowed Chief of Police in town. Prior to the pilot episode, Carl's wife, Margaret (Hoffman) Kanisky, suddenly died of cancer on September 6, 1981, having asked her good friend Nell Harper (Nell Carter) to help Carl raise her three daughters, Katie Kanisky (Kari Michaelsen), the eldest and most uncontrollable with her dating life, Julie Kanisky (Lauri Hendler), the middle child bookworm who couldn't get dates with jocks, and Samantha (Lara Jill Miller), the youngest, who was mostly a tomboy and loved playing baseball and hated boys.
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Gimme a Break! (1981 - 1987) - - 10/28/24
- 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 ......
Nell Carter - - 09/12/24
- Nell Carter ... on the sitcom Gimme a Break! which originally aired from 1981 to 1987. Carter received two Emmy and two Golden Globe award nominations for her work on the series....
'Gimme a Break': Surprising Facts About Nell Carter and her TV Family - - 01/25/24
- Before she became the lovable Nell Harper, Nell Carter ... the series, Lawrence had guest spots on Diff'rent Strokes and Silver Spoons. After Gimme a Break!, Lawrence starred in the hit TV show ......
Which ‘Gimme a Break!’ Cast Members Are Still Alive? - - 11/13/22
- The ’80s was the golden age for TV ... Gimme a Break! had a successful six-season run, cementing the NBC show’s catchy theme song in viewers’ minds forever. The quirky series starred Nell ......
`GIMME A BREAK` STAR DOLPH SWEET - - 08/08/21
- Actor Dolph Sweet, who starred as a crusty police captain and father opposite Nell Carter in the TV comedy series ”Gimme a Break,” has died of cancer, it was disclosed Thursday. He was 64....