Editing Gimme a Break! (section)

{{Short description|American sitcom}}
{{About|the television series||Give Me a Break (disambiguation)}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{unreliable sources|date=March 2011}}
{{original research|date=July 2011}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television 
|image               = Gimmeabreak.jpg
|genre               = [[Sitcom]]
|creator             = {{Plain list|
*[[Morton Lachman|Mort Lachman]]
*[[Sy Rosen]]
}}
|director            = {{Plain list|
*[[John Bowab]]
*[[Hal Cooper (director)|Hal Cooper]]
*[[Jim Drake (director)|Jim Drake]]
*[[Linda Day]]
*Dick Harwood
*Jules Lichtman
*[[Will Mackenzie]]
*Patrick Maloney
*[[Phil Ramuno]]
*[[Tony Singletary]]
*[[Oz Scott]]
*[[Herbert Kenwith]]
*[[Howard Storm (director)|Howard Storm]]
}}
|starring            = {{Plain list|
*[[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)<br>[[Jay Graydon]]
|opentheme           = "Gimme a Break" performed by Nell Carter
|endtheme            =
|composer            = Bob Christianson
|country             = [[United States]]
|language            = English
|num_seasons         = 6
|num_episodes        = 137
|list_episodes       = List of Gimme a Break! episodes
|executive_producer  = {{Plain list|
*Hal Cooper
*Mort Lachman
*Rod Parker
}}
|producer            = {{Plain list|
*Arthur Julian
*Coleman Mitchell
*Geoffrey Neigher
}}
|runtime             = 24–25 minutes
|company             = {{Plain list|
* Mort Lachman and Associates (Entire Series)
*[[Alan Landsburg Productions]] (seasons 1–4)
*Reeves Entertainment Group (seasons 5–6)
*[[Universal Television|MCA TV]]
}}
|network             = [[NBC]]
|first_aired         = {{Start date|1981|10|29}}
|last_aired          = {{End date|1987|05|12}}
}}
'''''Gimme a Break!''''' is an American television [[sitcom]] created by [[Morton Lachman|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.