Gimme A Break Season 1

Recently widowed Police Chief Carl Kanisky returns home to find his household in a mess. His housekeeper, Nell, has vacuumed his goldfish, Gertrude, his youngest daughter, Samantha, has a black eye, his middle daughter, Julie, is kissing a boy in the kitchen, and his oldest daughter, Katie, has been picked up for shoplifting.

Nell is tired of striking out on the dating scene, so the Chief sets her up with one of his officers.

The Chief is reunited with a woman he knew when they were both high-school students--when she runs into his police car.

Nell, the Chief, and the girls try to take their minds off of the fact that it today would have been the girls' mother's birthday.