< Gimme a Break! (1981 - 1987)

SERIES | 30m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 6.5 (4_113)

Comedy | Nell agrees to look after the Kanisky's home, as a special favor to her dying friend, and takes on the role of housekeeper to widowed police chief Carl and a parental figure to his three teenage daughters, and eventually a foster son.

• Director: Hal Cooper
• Director: Jim Drake
• Director: Linda Day
• Director: Will Mackenzie
• Director: Tony Singletary
• Director: Patrick Maloney
• Nell Carter (33) - Nell Harper
• Lara Jill Miller - Sam Kanisky
• Lauri Hendler - Julie Kanisky // Julie Kanisky Maxwell
• Kari Michaelsen (20) - Katie Kanisky
• Dolph Sweet (61) - Chief Carl Kanisky // Carl Kanisky
• John Hoyt (78 in 1982) - Grandpa Stanley Kanisky // Grandpa Kanisky
• Joey Lawrence (7 in 1983) - Joey Donovan
• Telma Hopkins (35 in 1983) - Addy Wilson
• Howard Morton (56) - Officer Ralph Simpson // Officer Simpson
• Matthew Lawrence (6 in 1986) - Matthew Donovan
• Rosetta LeNoire (74 in 1985) - Maybelle 'Mama' Harper
• Jonathan Silverman (18 in 1984) - Jonathan Maxwell
• Paul Sand (54 in 1986) - Marty
• Rosie O'Donnell (24 in 1986) - Maggie O'Brien
• Pete Schrum (48 in 1982) - Uncle Ed Kanisky
• Jane Dulo (65 in 1982) - Grandma Mildred Kanisky
• Harrison Page (40) - Hamilton Storm // Bob // Robert
• Don Bovingloh (40 in 1984) - Desk Clerk
• Alvernette Jimenez - Angie
• Don Sherman (50 in 1982) - Lester // Rafel // Mike

Some episodes

• 1.1 Katie the Crook
• 1.2 A Good Man Is Hard to Find
• 1.3 The Second Time Around