Gimme a Break!

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Gimme a Break!
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Mort Lachman Sy Rosen
Directed by	John Bowab Hal Cooper Jim Drake Linda Day Dick Harwood Jules Lichtman Will Mackenzie Patrick Maloney Phil Ramuno Tony Singletary Oz Scott Herbert Kenwith Howard Storm
Starring	Nell Carter Dolph Sweet Kari Michaelsen Lauri Hendler Lara Jill Miller Howard Morton John Hoyt Telma Hopkins Joey Lawrence Jonathan Silverman Rosetta LeNoire Matthew Lawrence Paul Sand Rosie O'Donnell
Theme music composer	Bob Christianson (first two seasons only) Jay Graydon
Opening theme	"Gimme a Break" performed by Nell Carter
Composer	Bob Christianson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	137 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Hal Cooper Mort Lachman Rod Parker
Producers	Arthur Julian Coleman Mitchell Geoffrey Neigher
Running time	24–25 minutes
Production companies	Mort Lachman and Associates (Entire Series) Alan Landsburg Productions (seasons 1–4) Reeves Entertainment Group (seasons 5–6) MCA TV
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	October 29, 1981 (1981-10-29) – May 12, 1987 (1987-05-12)
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Gimme a Break! is an American television sitcom created by Mort Lachman and Sy Rosen that aired on NBC for six seasons from October 29, 1981, to May 12, 1987. The series starred Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief (Dolph Sweet) and his three daughters.