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Gimme a Break!

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Nell Harper, a black housekeeper, agrees to move into the Glenlawn, Cal. home of her late friend Margret Kanisky after she passes away to keep house for her husband, chief of police Carl Kanisky, and their 3 daughters, Katie, Julie and Samantha.

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Type: Scripted
Status: Canceled/Ended
Premiered: Oct. 29, 1981
Normal Runtime: 30 min.
Genre:

/ comedy

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Nellie Ruth "Nell" Harper	Samantha 'Sam' Kanisky	Julie Kanisky Maxwell
Katie Kanisky	Chief Carl Kanisky	[more cast]

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Random Fun Fact: A running gag throughout the series involved the Kaniskys' goldfish, Gertrude. The fish died in the first episode only to keep coming back in subsequent episodes. - [more trivia]

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