The New Gidget

The New Gidget is an American sitcom sequel to the original 1965–66 sitcom Gidget. It aired in syndication from September 15, 1986, to May 12, 1988. The series was produced by original Gidget series producer Harry Ackerman and was launched after the made-for-television film Gidget's Summer Reunion, starring Caryn Richman as Gidget, aired in 1985.

The New Gidget
Season 1 title screen
Genre	Sitcom
Written by	Carole Coates Sheree Guitar Chris Miller Larry Mollin Michael Sutton
Directed by	Bob Chenault Doug Rogers Robert Duchowny Ted Lange
Starring	Caryn Richman Dean Butler Lili Haydn Sydney Penny William Schallert
Theme music composer	Marek Norman Craig Snyder Jeffrey Vilinsky
Opening theme	"One in a Million" performed by Marek Norman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	44
Production
Executive producers	Harry Ackerman Ralph Riskin
Producers	Carole Coates George Zateslo Larry Mollin
Running time	Approx. 21:30 each episode
Production companies	Ackerman/Riskin Productions Columbia Pictures Television (1986-1988) (seasons 1-2) Coca-Cola Telecommunications (1987) (season 2)
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	September 15, 1986 (1986-09-15) – May 12, 1988 (1988-05-12)
Related
Gidget's Summer Reunion Gidget

Plot

The series features Gidget, who is in her late 20s and married to her idol, Jeff Griffin aka "Moondoggie" (Dean Butler).

The couple live in Santa Monica, California, where Moondoggie works as an architect and Gidget runs the "Gidget Travel Agency" with her long-time best friend, Larue (Jill Jacobson).

Also living with her and Jeff is her niece, Danielle "Danni" Collins (Sydney Penny), her older sister, Anne's, daughter.

Anne and her husband were out of the country so Danni was living with her uncle and aunt so her schooling wouldn't be interrupted.

She and her best friend, Gayle, (Lili Haydn) are often getting into mischievous exploits that kind of remind Gidget of her own outlandish exploits when she was her niece's age.

Also living with the family was Gidget's father, retired English professor, Russ Lawrence (William Schallert) who offered solid and sage advice and also to gently remind Gidget that her own exploits were similar to what Danni's are presently.

Cast

Main

• Caryn Richman as Francine "Gidget" Lawrence Griffin
• Dean Butler as Jeff "Moondoggie" Griffin
• Sydney Penny as Danielle "Dani" Collins
• Lili Haydn as Gayle Baker
• William Schallert as Russell "Russ" Lawrence
• Don Stroud as The Great Kahuna
• Jill Jacobson as Larue Wilson
• Richard Paul as Wilton Parmenter
• David Preston as Murph the Surf

Notable guest stars

• Judith Barsi
• Nina Blackwood
• Bob Denver
• Elinor Donahue
• Alice Ghostley
• Alan Hale
• Linda Kaye Henning
• Jan and Dean
• Patricia Morison
• The Safaris
• Timothy Stack
• Frank Stallone
• Jesse White
• Wolfman Jack

Episodes

Season 1 (1986–87)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Windsurfing Lesson"	Robert Chenault	George Zateslo	September 13, 1986 (1986-09-13)
2	2	"The Project"	Unknown	Unknown	September 20, 1986 (1986-09-20)
3	3	"Crime and Punishment"	Unknown	Unknown	September 27, 1986 (1986-09-27)
4	4	"On Account of Danni"	Robert Chenault	Joel Tappis & Linda Temkin	October 4, 1986 (1986-10-04)
5	5	"Fighting City Hall"	Robert Chenault	Trish Vradenburg	October 11, 1986 (1986-10-11)
6	6	"The List"	Doug Rogers	Jim Ritz	October 18, 1986 (1986-10-18)
7	7	"Jeff's Anniversary Present"	Doug Rogers	George Zateslo	October 25, 1986 (1986-10-25)
8	8	"The Concert"	Unknown	Unknown	November 1, 1986 (1986-11-01)
9	9	"The Baby"	Doug Rogers	Sheree Guitar	November 8, 1986 (1986-11-08)
10	10	"Super Gidget"	Doug Rogers	Ross Brown	November 15, 1986 (1986-11-15)
11	11	"The '65 Mustang"	Unknown	Unknown	November 22, 1986 (1986-11-22)
12	12	"Stand Up and Cheer"	Unknown	Unknown	November 29, 1986 (1986-11-29)
13	13	"Kahuna for Sale"	Roger Duchowny	Jeri Barchilon & Michele Gendelman	December 6, 1986 (1986-12-06)
14	14	"Passion for Fashion"	Roger Duchowny	Trish Vradenburg	December 13, 1986 (1986-12-13)
15	15	"The Perfect Man"	Unknown	Unknown	December 20, 1986 (1986-12-20)
16	16	"The Royal Bluff"	Roger Duchowny	Story by : Carole J. Coates & Larry Mollin Teleplay by : Deanne Stillman	December 27, 1986 (1986-12-27)
17	17	"Citizen Moondoggie"	Unknown	Unknown	January 3, 1987 (1987-01-03)
18	18	"It's Only Rock 'n' Roll"	Roger Duchowny	Story by : Lenny Shulman Teleplay by : Larry Mollin & Carole J. Coates	January 10, 1987 (1987-01-10)
19	19	"Oddballs"	Unknown	Unknown	January 17, 1987 (1987-01-17)
20	20	"Jake's Shakes"	Roger Duchowny	Joel Tappis & Linda Temkin	January 24, 1987 (1987-01-24)
21	21	"Does Paul Know?"	Ted Lange	Story by : Jeri Barchilon & Michele Gendelman & Deanne Stillman Teleplay by : Carole J. Coates & Larry Mollin	January 31, 1987 (1987-01-31)
22	22	"Dead Man's Curl"	Ted Lange	Story by : Deanne Stillman Teleplay by : Jeri Barchilon & Michele Gendelman	February 7, 1987 (1987-02-07)

Season 2 (1987–88)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
23	1	"Gilligidge Island"	Doug Rogers	Story by : Larry Mollin Teleplay by : Deanne Stillman	September 17, 1987 (1987-09-17)
24	2	"Bred to Shred"	Ted Lange	Deanne Stillman	September 24, 1987 (1987-09-24)
25	3	"Invasion of the Gidget People"	Unknown	Chris Miller & Michael Sutton	October 1, 1987 (1987-10-01)
26	4	"Sealed with a Kiss"	Unknown	Jeff O'Hare	October 8, 1987 (1987-10-08)
27	5	"Head Over Handlebars"	Unknown	Glenn Leopold & Kevin Hopps	October 26, 1987 (1987-10-26)
28	6	"Drag City"	Unknown	Story by : Norm Chandler Fox Teleplay by : George Zateslo	October 29, 1987 (1987-10-29)
29	7	"Boy Talk"	Unknown	Unknown	November 5, 1987 (1987-11-05)
30	8	"The Getaway"	Unknown	Story by : Larry Mollin Teleplay by : Jeri Barchilon & Michele Gendelman	November 12, 1987 (1987-11-12)
31	9	"Kahuna, Jr."	Jeri Barchilon & Michele Gendelman	Doug Rogers	November 19, 1987 (1987-11-19)
32	10	"Malibu Man"	Ted Lange	Story by : Larry Mollin Teleplay by : Deanne Stillman	November 26, 1987 (1987-11-26)
33	11	"Potion Emotion"	Unknown	Jeri Barchilon & Michele Gendelman	December 3, 1987 (1987-12-03)
34	12	"Calendar Boys"	Doug Rogers	Ron Burla	December 10, 1987 (1987-12-10)
35	13	"A Christmas Curl"	Unknown	Unknown	December 17, 1987 (1987-12-17)
36	14	"Radio Free Malibu"	Unknown	Unknown	January 7, 1988 (1988-01-07)
37	15	"Gidget's Guide to Surfing"	Unknown	Unknown	January 21, 1988 (1988-01-21)
38	16	"Blast From the Past"	Unknown	Unknown	February 4, 1988 (1988-02-04)
39	17	"Rad Chad"	Unknown	Unknown	February 11, 1988 (1988-02-11)
40	18	"Altered Surf"	Unknown	Unknown	February 18, 1988 (1988-02-18)
41	19	"Perky Pirates of the Pipeline"	Unknown	Unknown	February 25, 1988 (1988-02-25)
42	20	"Avocado Heads"	Unknown	Unknown	April 28, 1988 (1988-04-28)
43	21	"The Bare Facts"	Unknown	George Zateslo	May 5, 1988 (1988-05-05)
44	22	"Makes Waves, Not War"	Unknown	Jeri Barchilon & Michele Gendelman	May 12, 1988 (1988-05-12)

Stations

City	Station
Atlanta	WSB 2[1]
Anderson	WAXA 40[2]
Boston	WLVI 56[3]
Buffalo	WKBW 7 WNYB 49
Charleston	WVAH 11[4]
Chicago	WPWR 50
Cleveland, OH	WUAB 43
Dallas/Fort Worth	KXTX 39
Denver	KDVR 31[5]
Detroit	WXON 20[6]
Fargo	KVRR 15[7]
Florence	WTRT 26[8]
Fort Wayne	WFFT 55[9]
Fresno	KAIL 53[10]
Honolulu	KHNL 13[11]
Houston	KTXH 20[12]
Indianapolis	WTTV 4
Kansas City	KSMO 62
Lafayette	KADN 15
Las Vegas	KRLR 21
Los Angeles	KTLA 5[13][14][15][16]
Memphis	WMKW 30[17]
Miami	WCIX 6[18]
Minneapolis	KTMA 23[19]
New Orleans	WNOL 38
New York	WNBC 4[20] WPIX 11
Oakland/San Francisco/San José	KTVU 2[21]
Orlando	WAYQ 26[22]
Philadelphia	WTAF 29[23][24]
Phoenix	KUTP 45
Pittsburgh	WFAT 19
Portland	KPDX 49[25]
Sacramento	KCRA 3[26]
Salt Lake City	KOOG 30
San Antonio	KABB 29
San Diego	KTTY 69
Seattle	KCPQ 13[27]
Secaucus	WOR 9[28]
St. Louis	KPLR 11[29]
Toledo	WUPW 36[30]
Washington, D.C.	WDCA 20[31]
Waterbury	WTXX 20[32]
Wausau	WAOW 9[33]
Zanesville	WHIZ 18[34]