Gidget - Season 1 - Eps 1: Dear Diary-Et Al
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.
About 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
Professor Russell Lawrence
Sally Field
Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence
Betty Conner
Anne Cooper
Lynette Winter
Larue