‘Gidget’ series debuts on ABC-TV 50 years ago this hour (Sep 15 1965)

1960s, Television 1960s


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(Wednesday, September 15, 1965, 8:30-9:00 p.m. EDT) — Gidget, a sitcom about a surfing, boy-crazy teenager called “Gidget” (Sally Field) and her widowed father UCLA professor Russ Lawrence (Don Porter), premiered tonight on ABC-TV.