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Gidget

Comedy

Gidget is an American sitcom about a surfing, boy-crazy teenager called "Gidget" and her widowed father Russ Lawrence, a UCLA professor. Sally Field stars as Gidget with Don Porter as father Russell Lawrence. The series was first broadcast on ABC from September 15, 1965 to April 21, 1966. Gidget was among the first regularly scheduled color programs on ABC, but did poorly in the Nielsen ratings and was cancelled at the end of its first season.

Date: 09/15/1965
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Don Porter, Sally Field, Betty Conner, Lynette Winter

Don Porter as Professor Russell Lawrence in Gidget Don Porter

Sally Field as Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence in Gidget Sally Field

Betty Conner

Lynette Winter as Larue in Gidget Lynette Winter