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Lara Jill Miller as Samantha "Sam" Kanisky (Seasons 1–5, recurring in season 6).In the Season 6 premiere, after Nell Maxwell had been born, the new three-member Maxwell family moved to San Jose and was therefore written out of the series. She married Jonathan Maxwell at the end of Season 4 and became pregnant in Season 5.

The Chief's middle daughter, portrayed as being very intelligent.

Lauri Hendler as Julie Kanisky Maxwell (Seasons 1–5).

Her last appearance was the first episode of Season 6.

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After her boutique went out of business, she was written out of the series as having obtained a job in San Francisco. She decided not to go to college and opened a boutique called Katie's Korner. The Chief's eldest daughter, portrayed as a typical "blonde" and being promiscuous. Kari Michaelsen as Kathleen "Katie" Kanisky (Seasons 1–5).After Dolph Sweet's death on May 8, 1985, his character of the Chief was written out of the series as also having died, and the show continued with Nell taking over as head of the household. Police Chief Carl Kanisky, known simply as "the Chief," was a widower with three teenage daughters.

Dolph Sweet as Police Chief Carl "Chief" Kanisky (Seasons 1–4).

Nell moved to Greenwich Village in New York City in Season 6 with Joey and Addy and worked as an assistant editor for a publishing company. She later became a foster mother to Joey Donovan in Season 3. In keeping her promise, Nell took on the role of housekeeper and mother to the kids and remained in the series for the entire 6-year run. She met and became friends with Margaret Kanisky and promised to look after her family after she had died from cancer. Nell was a singer from Tuscaloosa County, Alabama who ran away from home when she was 18.

Nell Carter as Nellie Ruth "Nell" Harper.

The proximity to the Bay Area is supported by later season episodes where Katie moves to San Francisco and Julie moves to nearby San Jose. In another episode where exterior shooting took place, GlenLawn is on the ocean with palm trees. However, another episode from Season 3, "Flashback", placed the town an hour away from Fresno, in the direction of Bakersfield. These would place Glenlawn somewhere near Stockton. Seaons 3 episode "James Returns" states that Glenlawn is "over 300 miles" from Santa Barbara, and "The Mayor", an episode from the same season, shows the chief boasting that a new police car could make it to Sacramento in 23 minutes. The location of Glenlawn is never fully clarified, and various contradictory location information is presented during the series.

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38 on TV Land's list of "The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments " it depicted Joey dressing and performing in blackface at Nell's church benefit, a plan hatched by Samantha to retaliate for Nell forbidding her to go on an unchaperoned camping trip. An earlier episode (from the 1984–85 season), "Baby of the Family," ranked No. The episode "Cat Story" was performed and broadcast live on March 2, 1985, as a promotional gimmick, which the cast performed without major incident. Other notable guest stars included Milton Berle, Danny Glover, Rue McClanahan, Tony Randall, Helen Hunt, Don Rickles, Gwen Verdon, Dennis Haysbert, Ernie Hudson, Gary Collins, and Elizabeth Berkley. During the third season, Pat Sajak guest-starred as himself when Nell and her friend Addy (Telma Hopkins) were contestants on Wheel of Fortune. More often than not, the guest singers would perform a song with Nell on the episodes. Over the six-year run, a number of celebrities appeared on the show, including singers Whitney Houston, Andy Gibb, Sammy Davis, Jr., Ray Parker Jr., and The Pointer Sisters. She subsequently assumed guardianship of Joey and his younger brother Matthew (played by Joey Lawrence's real-life brother Matthew Lawrence) at their father's request and was forced to permanently relocate there after Chief Kanisky's father Stanley (John Hoyt) sold the family's Glenlawn home. A foster son, Joey (Joey Lawrence), was added to the Kanisky household in Season 3.įive episodes into the sixth and final season, the show changed locales from Glenlawn to New York City, when Nell, concerned for Joey's welfare after he moved there with his absentee father, traveled there to check on him. Nellie Ruth "Nell" Harper (Nell Carter) agrees to look after the Kanisky household as a special favor to her dying friend Margaret Huffman Kanisky (played in flashback by Sharon Spelman), who was the wife of police chief Carl Kanisky (Dolph Sweet), serving as a parental figure to the Chief's three teenage daughters, Katie (Kari Michaelsen), Julie (Lauri Hendler), and Samantha (Lara Jill Miller). The sitcom takes place in Glenlawn, a fictional suburb, located in either central or northern California.