Gidget - Season 1 - Eps 1: Dear Diary-Et Al

1965-09-1525 min⭐ 6.4/10

In the pilot episode, Gidget falls in love with two things: surfing and her surf boy Jeff. Life's swell until Gidget's protective older sister Anne, reads her diary and assumes her highly imaginative confessions are true.

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About Gidget

Gidget

Title: Gidget

First Air Date: 1965-09-15

Last Air Date: 1966-04-21

Status: Ended

Rating: 6.4/10 (from 13 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 2

Total Episodes: 32

Network: ABC

Genres: Comedy

Production Companies: Screen Gems Television

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Don Porter

Don Porter

Professor Russell Lawrence

Sally Field

Sally Field

Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence

Betty Conner

Betty Conner

Anne Cooper

Lynette Winter

Lynette Winter

Larue

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