Not a brilliant show by any means, but certainly a show that highlights the great talents of Nell Carter, in basically her only venture in TV. Enjoy all of Ms. Carters' talents and cherish them for all time.

Gimme a Break! (TV Series 1981–1987) - Cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Plot Gimme a Break! Summaries 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 …

Nell's ex-husband Tony, a singer who had a modest Top 40 hit in the mid-1960s, returns to audition for a gig on a TV show.

Nell buys Addy's old car. When the car starts to break down, it comes between the two of them.

Captain Jerk, the star of Joey's favorite TV show, chokes on his whistle and is hospitalized. He needs a transfusion, and Nell gladly agrees to allow the hospital to use her blood. However, she is livid when …

Gimme a Break! The show's producers were very concerned about Nell Carter's escalating drug use, binge-eating, rapidly-fluctuating weight, and self-destructive lifestyle.

For 'Gimme a Break!', the synopsis on TV reads: 'A feisty housekeeper named Nell helps a widowed police chief raise his three daughters'. This was true for the first few seasons and this was when the …

Audiences took to her immediately and, eventually, she was handed her own vehicle as the loving but no-nonsense housekeeper of a white family in the NBC sitcom Gimme a Break! (1981). That show, …

'Gimme a Break!' (Theme Song) Music by Jay Graydon Lyrics by Richard Page Performed by Nell Carter