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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.
ABC
32
25 min
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.
Sep 15, 1965
Anne is worried because John goes to a luau with Gidget.
Sep 22, 1965
A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.
Sep 29, 1965
Gidget becomes suspicious when she sees her dad with another woman.
Oct 6, 1965
Gidget attempts to get Anne and John to make-up.
Oct 13, 1965
Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.
Oct 20, 1965
An old friend of Russ' is now Gidget's English teacher.
Oct 27, 1965
Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.
Nov 3, 1965
Gidget's meddling sister and brother-in-law convince her father he's too dependent on her. So he decides to send Gidget away to a private girl's school in Paris.
Nov 10, 1965
Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.
Nov 17, 1965
Gidget thinks Russ and Larue are going to get together. Actually Larue is just getting help and advice from Russ.
Nov 24, 1965
Gidget thinks that all the boys are taking girls for granted.
Dec 1, 1965
Gidget, her friends and the boys fight for possession of an isolated cove at the beach.
Dec 8, 1965
Gidget tries to show a foreign girl the ""American way.""
Dec 15, 1965
Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.
Dec 22, 1965
Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.
Dec 29, 1965
Gidget falls for a surfer who turns out to be her math teacher.
Jan 5, 1966
Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.
Jan 13, 1966
Gidget joins a folksy singing group. They audition for a teenage music TV show and get the gig! Gidget decides to change the group's image—they become "Gidget and the Gories!"
Jan 20, 1966
Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.
Jan 27, 1966
Gidget meets Jeff's parents.
Feb 3, 1966
Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.
Feb 10, 1966
Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.
Feb 17, 1966
Gidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.
Feb 24, 1966
Gidget is to be chaperoned by a college student, whom Anne and John paid.
Mar 3, 1966
Gidget gets a late evening phone call from a friend to hurry over to her house. She runs out of the house in her pajamas and a raincoat, not knowing that her friend wants her to go out of town with her to get a car. Along the way Gidget keeps trying to call home to tell Russ where she is but, it just ends up causing friction with the girls dad. Eventually they end up just going back home without a car.
Mar 10, 1966
Russ gets the idea that Gidget is working at a nightclub. When actually she's taken a job elsewhere to make enough money to buy him a birthday present.
Mar 17, 1966
Gidget learns to drive for a new job.
Mar 24, 1966
Gidget takes over writing for the school's advice column. She then gets caught up trying to put two lonely hearts together.
Mar 31, 1966
Russ's friend moves into the Lawrence home, while he is away, to get some peace and quiet. Unfortunately Gidget comes home early from Larue's. With neither one knowing about the other they start to get scared about all the things going bump in the night.
Apr 7, 1966
Gidget and her boyfriend try to discourage the boys father from going on dates with them.
Apr 14, 1966
A frozen alligator is the cause of some confusion.
Apr 21, 1966
Professor Russell Lawrence
Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence
Anne Cooper
Larue
