Season 1 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. Details Casts Videos Galleries Posters Season Lists Episode Lists Title Season 1 Genres Comedy Family Air Date 1981-10-29 Episode Runtime 00 Hours 30 Minutes Season Number 1 Episode Count On Season 1 19 Production Companies Reeves Entertainment Group, Alan Landsburg Productions, Mort Lachman & Associates Nell Carter... Nell Harper... Dolph Sweet... Carl Kanisky... Kari Michaelsen... Katie Kanisky... Lauri Hendler... Julie Kanisky... Lara Jill Miller... Sam Kanisky... Gimme a Break! - Season 3 Opening Credits (Opening Credits) Original Size (1480x833) Original Size (1280x720) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (680x1000) Original Size (572x820) Season 1 19 Episode(s) 1981-10-29 Season 2 22 Episode(s) 1982-10-02 Season 3 22 Episode(s) 1983-09-29 Season 4 25 Episode(s) 1984-09-29 Season 5 24 Episode(s) 1985-09-14 Season 6 25 Episode(s) 1986-09-24 Episode 1 1981-10-29 Katie the Crook... Episode 2 1981-11-05 A Good Man is Hard to Fin... Episode 3 1981-11-12 The Second Time Around... Episode 4 1981-11-19 Mom's Birthday... Episode 5 1981-11-26 Do or Diet... Episode 6 1981-12-03 A Man in Nell's Room... Episode 7 1981-12-10 Your Prisoner is Dead... Episode 8 1981-12-17 Julie's Rejection... Episode 9 1982-01-07 Julie's First Love... Episode 10 1982-01-14 Nell's Ex... Episode 11 1982-01-21 Katie the Cheat... Episode 12 1982-02-04 The Emergency... Episode 13 1982-02-11 Nell Goes Home... Episode 14 1982-02-18 Samantha Steals a Squad C... Episode 15 1982-02-25 Grandma Fools Around... Episode 16 1982-03-11 Hot Muffins... Episode 17 1982-03-18 Sam's Affair... Episode 18 1982-03-25 The Robbery... Episode 19 1982-04-01 An Unmarried Couple...