Nell agrees to look after the Kanisky's home, as a special favor to her dying friend, and takes on the role of housekeeper to widowed police chief Carl and a parental figure to his three teenage daughters, and eventually a foster son.
Carl Kanisky is chief of police in Glenlawn, California. After the death of his wife, Margaret, he asks her friend, Nell Harper, to come in to keep house and take care of his children, Katie, Julie, and Samantha, in short, be like a mother to them. Later, Carl's father, Stanley, moves in. Around the same time, Nell takes in young Joey Donovan as her foster son.
Aired: Oct 2, 1982When the Kaniskys' phone service is mistakenly cut off for non-payment (it wa...
Aired: Oct 9, 1982The Chief doesn't approve when his brother Ed has a date with a woman who use...
Aired: Oct 16, 1982Sam causes a stir in the household because of her imaginary friend named Debb...
Aired: Oct 23, 1982Grandpa Kanisky causes commotion when he stays over at the house.
Aired: Oct 30, 1982Valerie, the girl who married and gave birth at the same time in the Kanisky ...
Aired: Nov 6, 1982Dr. George Avery, founder of the diet group People Organized to Reduce and Ki...
Aired: Nov 13, 1982During a stakeout, a police officer admits his homosexuality to the Chief, wh...
Aired: Nov 27, 1982Katie and Julie clash over a boy they both like.
Aired: Dec 4, 1982While Nell is away at a funeral, Officer Simpson accidentally shoots the Chie...
Aired: Dec 11, 1982Nell gets a job selling Amaze-O-Vac vacuum cleaners door to door, finding out...
Aired: Dec 18, 1982Nell goes to court when a neighbor's dog becomes a nuisance.
Aired: Jan 6, 1983When Uncle Ed falls ill suddenly, he learns that he needs a kidney transplant...
Aired: Jan 13, 1983The Chief is angry when he catches Julie smoking a cigarette.
Aired: Jan 20, 1983The Chief fires a female officer for posing for a pornographic magazine.
Aired: Jan 27, 1983The Mayor of Glenlawn puts political pressure on the Chief over the female of...
Aired: Feb 10, 1983The Chief's sister-in-law, Blanche Ross, drops in unexpectedly on his birthda...
17. The Return of the Doo-Wop Girls
Aired: Feb 17, 1983Nell learns that the members of a singing group she used to belong to are in ...
Aired: Feb 24, 1983Uncle Ed asks his girlfriend Maxine to marry him.
Aired: Mar 3, 1983At the bank, Grandpa is confused for a bank robber.
Aired: Mar 10, 1983Nell takes Samantha to the police station to show her that their real day-to-...
Aired: Apr 28, 1983A delicatessen owner takes in a young girl who tried to shoplift from him.
Aired: May 5, 1983Grandma Kanisky takes over the household while Nell is sick.
Current Status: Ended
Network: NBC
Production Country: United States
Genres:Comedy
