Gidget
TV ShowTitle | Gidget |
User score | 6.4 |
Release date | Sep 15, 1965 |
Release date of last episode | Apr 21, 1966 |
Genre | Comedy |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Screen Gems Television |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 32 |
Run time | 25 min. |
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.