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Gimme a Break

Gimme a Break!
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Genre Sitcom
Created by Mort Lachman
Sy Rosen
Directed by John Bowab
Hal Cooper
Jim Drake
Linda Day
Dick Harwood
Jules Lichtman
Will Mackenzie
Patrick Maloney
Phil Ramuno
Tony Singletary
Oz Scott
Howard Storm
Starring Nell Carter
Dolph Sweet
Lara Jill Miller
Lauri Hendler
Kari Michaelsen
Howard Morton
John Hoyt
Joey Lawrence
Telma Hopkins
Jonathan Silverman
Rosetta LeNoire
Matthew Lawrence
Paul Sand
Rosie O'Donnell
Theme music composer Jay Graydon
Opening theme "Gimme a Break" performed by Nell Carter
Composer(s) Bob Christianson
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 6
No. of episodes 137 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Hal Cooper
Mort Lachman
Rod Parker
Producer(s) Arthur Julian
Coleman Mitchell
Geoffrey Neigher
Running time 24–25 minutes
Production company(s) Alan Landsburg Productions (1981–1985)
Reeves Entertainment Group (1985–1987)
Distributor MCA TV (1986–1996)
Universal Television Enterprises (1997–1998)
Universal Worldwide Television (1998–2000)
Studios USA (1998–2002)
Universal Domestic Television (2002–2004)
NBCUniversal Television Distribution (2004–present)
The Program Exchange (2006–2016)
Release
Original network NBC
Original release October 29, 1981 (1981-10-29) – May 12, 1987 (1987-05-12)

Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC for six seasons from October 29, 1981 until May 12, 1987. The series stars Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief (Dolph Sweet) and his three daughters.

The sitcom takes place in Glenlawn, a fictional California suburb. Nellie Ruth "Nell" Harper (Nell Carter) agrees to be a housekeeper for the Kanisky household as a special favor to her late friend, Margaret Huffman Kanisky (played in flashback by Sharon Spelman), who was the wife of police chief Carl Kanisky (Dolph Sweet). Nell also served as a parent to the Chief's three daughters, Katie (Kari Michaelsen), Julie (Lauri Hendler), and Samantha (Lara Jill Miller). A foster son, Joey (Joey Lawrence), was added to the Kanisky household in Season 3.

Over the six-year run, a number of celebrities appeared on the show, including singers Whitney Houston, Andy Gibb, Sammy Davis, Jr., Ray Parker Jr., and The Pointer Sisters. In some of these episodes, the guest would eventually perform a song with Nell. During the third season, Pat Sajak guest-starred as himself when Nell and her friend Addy (Telma Hopkins) were contestants on Wheel of Fortune. Other notable guest stars included Milton Berle, Danny Glover, Rue McClanahan, Tony Randall, Helen Hunt, Don Rickles, Gwen Verdon, Dennis Haysbert, Ernie Hudson, Gary Collins, and Elizabeth Berkley.


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