1. PREMIERED 1981

    Gimme a Break!

    NBC, 1981–1987

1981

GIMME A BREAK!

PROGRAM INFO

  1. ABOUT
    American television sitcom
  2. PREMIERED
    October 29, 198145 years ago
  3. FINALE
    May 12, 1987
  4. NETWORK
    NBC
  5. COUNTRY
    United States
  6. LANGUAGE
    English
  7. SEASONS
    6
  8. EPISODES
    137
  9. GENRE
    Sitcom
  10. CREATED BY
    Morton Lachman, Sy Rosen
  11. STARRING
    Nell Carter, Dolph Sweet, Lara Jill Miller, Lauri Hendler, Kari Michaelsen, Howard Morton, John Hoyt, Joey Lawrence, Telma Hopkins, Jonathan Silverman, Rosetta LeNoire, Matthew Lawrence
  12. ANNIVERSARY
    Turns 46 on October 29, 2027, in 361 days
  13. SOURCES
    Wikipedia, Wikidata

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