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TV series

Gimme a Break!

1981 · TV-G · 6 seasons · 137 episodes

Created by Morton Lachman and Sy Rosen

6.6

TMDB audience score
32 votes, out of 10

Where to watch

Synopsis

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.

About 68h 30m to watch every episode. An estimate: 137 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 30 minutes.

Where to watch

Official options in the United States:

Free with ads

  • The Roku Channel

All options on TMDB

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Main cast

  • Nell Carter
    Nell Harper
    137 episodes

  • Lara Jill Miller
    Sam Kanisky
    137 episodes

  • John Hoyt
    Stanley Kanisky
    118 episodes

  • Kari Michaelsen
    Katie Kanisky
    114 episodes

  • Lauri Hendler
    Julie Kanisky
    114 episodes

  • Joey Lawrence
    Joey Donovan
    96 episodes

  • Dolph Sweet
    Carl Kanisky
    88 episodes

  • Howard Morton
    Ralph Simpson
    75 episodes

  • Telma Hopkins
    Addy Wilson
    74 episodes

  • Jonathan Silverman
    Jonathan Maxwell
    28 episodes

  • Rosetta LeNoire
    Maybelle Harper
    27 episodes

  • Matthew Lawrence
    Matthew Donovan
    25 episodes

  • Paul Sand
    Marty
    25 episodes

  • Rosie O'Donnell
    Maggie O'Brien
    25 episodes

  • Pete Schrum
    4 episodes

  • Jay Johnson
    2 episodes

  • James A. Watson, Jr
    2 episodes

  • Lynne Thigpen
    2 episodes

Seasons