Synopsis & Context
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.
Season Management
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- Gidget
- Release
- September 15, 1965
- Screen Time
- 1 season · 25min/ep
- Rating
- TV-G
- Direction
- N/A
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Production Status
- Ended
Personas & Cast
Don Porter
Professor Russell Lawrence
32 eps.
Sally Field
Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence
32 eps.
Betty Conner
Anne Cooper
32 eps.
Lynette Winter
Larue
32 eps.
Pete Duel
9 eps.
Michael Nader
4 eps.
Tim Rooney
2 eps.
Bonnie Franklin
2 eps.
Janis Hansen
2 eps.
Beverly Washburn
2 eps.
Barbara Hershey
2 eps.
Robert Random
2 eps.
