Gimme a Break! Marathon on TV One
TV One Presents a special Gimme a Break! marathon on Saturday, February 11, 2006 from 12 noon to 10 p.m. And most of the episodes will also re-air from 12 midnight to 6 a.m. And don't forget to buy the complete first season on DVD the following Tuesday (Feb. 14) from Universal Home Video!

There is no word yet if Gimme a Break! will join the regular line-up or not, but stay tuned and we'll try to find out!

Saturday, February 11, 2006
12:00pm/12:00am Gimme A Break! Episode 101 "Katie the Crook"
12:30pm Gimme A Break! Episode 102 "A Good Man is Hard to Find"
1:00pm Gimme A Break! Episode 104 "Do or Diet"
1:30pm/12:30am Gimme A Break! Episode 105 "Mom's Birthday"
2:00pm/1:00am Gimme A Break! Episode 106 "A Man in Nell's Room" GS: Danny Glover
2:30pm Gimme A Break! Episode 110 "Nell's Ex" GS: Jay Johnson ("Soap")
3:00pm/1:30am Gimme A Break! Episode 113 "Nell Goes Home"
3:30pm Gimme A Break! Episode 114 "Samantha Steals a Squad Car"
4:00pm Gimme A Break! Episode 117 "Sam's Affair"
4:30pm Gimme A Break! Episode 118 "The Robbery"
5:00pm/2:00am Gimme A Break! Episode 219 "The Return of the Doo-Wop Girls"
5:30pm/2:30am Gimme A Break! Episode 302 "Joey, Part 1" Joey Lawrence joins the cast.
6:00pm/3:00am Gimme A Break! Episode 305 "Joey, Part 2" Joey Lawrence joins the cast.
6:30pm/3:30am Gimme A Break! Episode 308 "Nell's Friend" Telma Hopkins joins the cast.
7:00pm/4:00am Gimme A Break! Episode 315 "Flashback"
7:30pm/4:30am Gimme A Break! Episode 318 "Knock Three Times"
8:00pm/5:00am Gimme A Break! Episode 319 "Katie's College" GS: Whitney Houston
8:30pm Gimme A Break! Episode 409 "Baby of the Family"
9:00pm Gimme A Break! Episode 424 "Friendship"
9:30pm/5:30am Gimme A Break! Episode 501 "Joey's Train"

I hope this doesn't hurt the DVD sales the way Nick At Nite reportedly hurt Who's The Boss, I will be watching though

only thing I dislike about the episode list is that the last two seasons are almost non-existent here, the show was still good without Dolph Sweet (who passed away in 1985 in between seasons 4 and 5) and the last episode TV One's airing is the one dealing with his passing.

If it does join the regular lineup, I'll just be content watching on tv as opposed to buying the dvd set. Though I think running this marathon just days before the season 1 dvd release is good promotion for it.

If it does join the regular lineup, I'll just be content watching on tv as opposed to buying the dvd set. Though I think running this marathon just days before the season 1 dvd release is good promotion for it.

that's what I was thinking, but I know a lot of people blame the low WTB sales on it premiering on N@N the same week, even though personally I'd think high exposure on a channel like N@N would boost sales (notice that the overplayed shows like Roseanne, Full House and Fresh Prince have greatly outsold the underplayed Murphy Brown and Who's The Boss).

At least TV One doesn't exactly have the N@N/TV Land style audience, Good Times was on TV One before TV Land and it didn't hurt the DVD one bit.

If it were two years ago, or maybe even 1 year ago, I'd get the set, but I've gone overboard with my collection so I've gone into a pick and choose mode and become more selective in what I'll buy. In that respect it'll be good to see at least a few episodes on TV One. I haven't watched GAB since the prime time airings.

I'm gonna record the season 2-5 episodes that TV One airs just in case they don't come out on DVD

2:30pm Gimme A Break! Episode 110 "Nell's Ex" GS: Jay Johnson ("Soap")

so which one is Nell's ex... Chuck or Bob? :lol:

How come no episodes from season six?

How come no episodes from season six?

I wondered that too, I will NOT be watching any of the season 1 episodes on there because I am gonna get the DVD but I will tape the rest. There's too many season 1 episodes on there, I'd like to see some of the NYC episodes again

This is definite TV One material.

This is great, I'm def. watching :D

Does TV One air their shows uncut?

I don't notice any edits on their shows.

so which one is Nell's ex... Chuck or Bob? :lol:

lol, if I recall, Jay Johnson played a ventriliquist in the episode. So I guess Bob, lol.

Wasn't her ex's named Tony (played by Ben Powers; aka Keith Albert "KA/Kool-Aid" Anderson from the sixth and final season of Good Times)? I can't remember.

- Wheeler

This is great, I'm def. watching :D

Does TV One air their shows uncut?


Uncut with a capital U-lol

LOL thanks Solomon ;)

I HOPE GIMME A BREAK COMES TO TV ONE IN MARCH 2006
BACK TO BACK EPISODES AT 6:00 AND 6:30 PM
SEASONS ONE TO SIX
THEY GONNA PUT ON THE SCHEDULE ANYWAY
SO YOULL GET TO SEE ALL THE EPISODES
I PRAY TO GOD
JUST KEEP WRITING TV ONE
AND THEN THE SHOW WILL BE ON THE SCHEDULE
SOON

Gimme a Break! will not be joining the lineup. It is just a marathon. See the Gimme a Break! board for details.

just a reminder that it's on.

I think these are syndicated prints, plus, the pilot looked very faded and dirty and "old" looking (well, it was 25 years ago) compared to how the same episode looked on DVD

just a reminder that it's on.

I think these are syndicated prints, plus, the pilot looked very faded and dirty and "old" looking (well, it was 25 years ago) compared to how the same episode looked on DVD

I doubt TV One will air the episodes edited. Time the episodes. They should be 24-25 min, without commercials.

yea, I think later on, I might compare one of the season 1 episodes on DVD next to the same episode on TV One, My computer and TV screen aren't too far apart that if usually you can see them synchronized together so it's easy to pick up the "edited" footage, I've done it before if I knew in advance the episodes that are coming on.

Watching it right now :D

The episodes look good to me, they don't look grainy or anything.

I'm loving the marathon! It's been years since I saw Gimme a Break! The episodes are hilarious. If I had any hesitation getting the set on DVD, there's none now. I'm definitely getting S1 on DVD.

I wish I could watch The Gimme A Break Marathron but we do not have Digital Cable Right now I hope that TV One re-airs The Gimme A Break Marathron in April or May of 2006

hopefully the positive responces to it on TV One will whet everyones appetite for Tuesday :) I am hoping that with how well Universal is treating their 80's dramas on DVD, that they will follow suit and treat their 80's sitcoms decently too. I remember watching GAB all the time when I was little (along with DS, FOL and shows like The A-Team and Knight Rider) and it's nice to revisit it as an adult and still be able to enjoy it.

Just forgot how wild this show was-lol Samantha just called Nell a NIG*** and ran out the house What the Hell is going on?-lol

It is wonderful to get reaquainted with this show. It was very good.

man, I'm so jealous... I wish I had that channel. :(

Just forgot how wild this show was-lol Samantha just called Nell a NIG*** and ran out the house What the Hell is going on?-lol

Well I can't watch the show because stupid sports have to be on TV all day.
Did they show the one yet when they go to Alabama for the funeral of Nell's father?

Yeah they showed that one :)

I haven't seen this show in so long, it's great to be able to relive it again. I hope TV One adds it to the lineup.

I'm loving the marathon!

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It's been years since I saw Gimme a Break!

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The episodes are hilarious.

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If I had any hesitation getting the set on DVD, there's none now. I'm definitely getting S1 on DVD.

It's better than what I remembered but I'm still not so sure I'll get the dvd. I forgot how funny Nell Carter was on the show. I'm glad she at least got a couple of Emmy nominations.

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It's better than what I remembered but I'm still not so sure I'll get the dvd. I forgot how funny Nell Carter was on the show. I'm glad she at least got a couple of Emmy nominations.



Well I will just record these eps since I have only 1 ep in my collection.

Well I will just record these eps since I have only 1 ep in my collection.

That goes without saying. I've recorded them too.

I recorded all the season 2-6 episodes.

I forgot how bad the last season was. They should've ended GAB in 1986 and just made the new show a spinoff because what GAB was in the 86-87 was not at all the same show it was established as in the 81-86.

Yeah that last season was bad. It wasn't the same without the girls. You're right they should have just used the last season as a spinoff or something.

yep. I don't think the last season was so awful per se, as that it just wasn't Gimme A Break. When a show is in its sixth season, it's too established to pull a Facts Of Life/Different World drastic change like that. Those shows got away with it because they were both relatively new when they shook things up.

If the girls and Officer Simpson had moved to NYC with Nell, maybe the last season would've felt more like it, but if anything, Season 6 was a failed spinoff IMO.

Personally I don't think the show was the same once Dolph Sweet passed on, but the season after he passed wasn't too bad.

Personally I don't think the show was the same once Dolph Sweet passed on, but the season after he passed wasn't too bad.
yea, I agree. I couldn't get over how bad he looked in the last episode of season 4 (his final episode), he was always a stocky, commanding guy, and there he looked like walking death, which unfortunately, he was :(

I read that NBC forced those changes onto the producers. The show wasn't the same without the girls.

Yeah Dolph did look bad in later in Season 4 :( I cried during "Joey's Train" episode. I'm such a sap :lol:

The last season was pretty bad. The show should of ended at 5 seasons. The show wasn't the same without the girls.

I doubt TV One will air the episodes edited. Time the episodes. They should be 24-25 min, without commercials.

I'm working backwards transferring them from hard drive to disc. The last 5 episodes of the marathon (Katie's College, Baby of the Family, Friendship, Joey's Train, I Love New York) were all just over 22 minutes.

I wonder if this means that TV One will start airing all shows edited since it's going on 3 years that the channel has been in existence

Gimme A Break aired here about a yr and some months ago on a local station(doesn't air here anymore). And TvOne episodes didn't look any different then on my local station. The only thing that I could catch was in Nell's Ex, when Tony was singing his song, he sung a lot longer on the TvOne version.

It is quite possible, Universal gave them syndicated prints since TV One has no plans to air the series as a regular.

TV Land aired episodes for their shows uncut when they first premiered, but that eventually changed when they started getting advertisers. I think it was the same thing for TV One. They didn't have many advertisers or know their ratings at the start, so they aired stuff unedited. Now, they seem to be just like Nick at Nite or TV Land and have a lot of commercials.

One of our reviewers, skees53, timed all the episodes at 22 minutes. Time to buy those unedited DVD sets!

Since I am always interested in seeing new TV shows, I watched a few episodes of "Gimme A Break!" on Saturday on TVOne and im sorry to say, I really did not like the show and do not plan on purchasing the Season One DVD set. It was too serious and too depressing most of the time and I really did not find Nell Carter's character funny at all. The chief was very bitter most of the time and his daughters were in a sad mood most of the time. People claim this show is so funny, but I ask myself two questions "How is this show funny?" and "Is this a sitcom or a drama?". The show is just as bad as "Good Times" because both shows are too serious and too depressing.

Since I am always interested in seeing new TV shows, I watched a few episodes of "Gimme A Break!" on Saturday on TVOne and im sorry to say, I really did not like the show and do not plan on purchasing the Season One DVD set. It was too serious and too depressing most of the time and I really did not find Nell Carter's character funny at all. The chief was very bitter most of the time and his daughters were in a sad mood most of the time. People claim this show is so funny, but I ask myself two questions "How is this show funny?" and "Is this a sitcom or a drama?". The show is just as bad as "Good Times" because both shows are too serious and too depressing.


There were many funny episodes, for example

When Nell tries to sell vacuum cleaners

When Nell takes on the Phone company

When Grandpa accidentally robs the bank

When the Chief dates a woman for the first time after his wife died

When Andy Gibb comes to town and the chief almost arrest him

When we first met Addy (Nell's very best friend)

When Simpsons cat runs away (The live show)

There are many funny episodes, it so happen that they picked some serious episodes to air during the Marathon. Gimme A Break was a great show, along with Good Times.

TV Land aired episodes for their shows uncut when they first premiered, but that eventually changed when they started getting advertisers. I think it was the same thing for TV One. They didn't have many advertisers or know their ratings at the start, so they aired stuff unedited. Now, they seem to be just like Nick at Nite or TV Land and have a lot of commercials.

One of our reviewers, skees53, timed all the episodes at 22 minutes. Time to buy those unedited DVD sets!


Well we have to see if that starting happening with Good Times

Well we have to see if that starting happening with Good Times

With five of the six seasons of GT on dvd, it doesn't matter what TV One does to them.

With five of the six seasons of GT on dvd, it doesn't matter what TV One does to them.


Well it will matter to someone who hasn't recorded the TV ONE versions of Good Times because those versions are better than the DVD eps.

I just ordered mine through amazon. I got it for a pretty low price along with Archie Bunker's Place.

damn it! I completely forgot about the marathon. I really wanted to see those later episodes since I don't really remember the first 2 seasons. Hopefully they'll do another one soon.