Season 1
1981 | 19 Episodes
Gimme A Break!
Comedy, Family
- NBC
United States
English- 6 Seasons (137 Episodes)
- 1981 - 1987
- Ended
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.
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Storyline
Carl Kanisky is chief of police in Glenlawn, California. After the death of his wife, Margaret, he asks her friend, Nell Harper, to come in to keep house and take care of his children, Katie, Julie, and Samantha, in short, be like a mother to them. Later, Carl's father, Stanley, moves in. Around the same time, Nell takes in young Joey Donovan as her foster son.
Country: United States
Type: scripted
Status: Ended
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 1981
Also Known As: Allo Nelly Bobo, Allô Nelly boboGimme a Break!, Give Me a Break, 饒了我吧！, Дай мне перерыв, La piccola grande Nell | See more »
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Company Credits
Production Co: Alan Landsburg Productions, Mort Lachman & Associates, Reeves Entertainment Group
Seasons & Episodes
Season 2
1982 | 22 Episodes
Season 3
1983 | 22 Episodes
Season 4
1984 | 25 Episodes
Season 5
1985 | 24 Episodes
Season 6
1986 | 25 Episodes
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Awards
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Primetime Emmy 1982
Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Golden Globe 1983
Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
