The Girl with Something Extra
The Girl with Something Extra is an American fantasy sitcom that aired on NBC for one season during 1973–1974. The series was created by Bernard Slade and produced by Screen Gems.
The Girl with Something Extra | |
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Series stars Sally Field and John Davidson, 1973 | |
Genre | Fantasy/Sitcom |
Created by | Bernard Slade |
Written by | Stan Cutler Bill Davenport Lou Derman Bernard Slade |
Directed by | Bob Claver Roger Duchowny Herman Hoffman Richard Kinon William Wiard |
Starring | Sally Field John Davidson Teri Garr Henry Jones Zohra Lampert |
Composer(s) | Dave Grusin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 22 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Bob Claver |
Producer(s) | Larry Rosen Mel Swope |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | Thornhill Productions Screen Gems |
Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | September 14, 1973 – March 15, 1974 |
Synopsis
The Girl with Something Extra is a comedy about the relationship between a normal man and a wife who happens to have a paranormal power: newly married couple John Burton (played by John Davidson) and Sally Burton (played by Sally Field), and their misadventures after John discovers that Sally has ESP. This ability allows her to read other people's minds. Co-starring in the series were Teri Garr, Jack Sheldon, as brother Jerry, Henry Jones and Zohra Lampert. Despite airing right after the popular Sanford and Son Friday nights on NBC, the show failed to find an audience and was canceled at the end of the season due to low ratings. A total of 22 half-hour episodes of the series were produced.
Cast
- Sally Field as Sally Burton
- John Davidson as John Burton
- Jack Sheldon as Jerry Burton
- Zohra Lampert as Anne
- Stephanie Edwards as Angela
- Henry Jones as Owen Metcalf
- Teri Garr as Amber
- William Windom as Stuart Kline
Episodes
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "Sally on My Mind" | Bob Claver | Bernard Slade | September 14, 1973 |
2 | "Everything You Wanted to Hide and Couldn't" | Bob Claver | Bernard Slade | September 21, 1973 |
3 | "A Gift for the Gifted" | Richard Kinon | Warren S. Murray | September 28, 1973 |
4 | "How Green Was Las Vegas" | Richard Kinon | Bernard Slade | October 5, 1973 |
5 | "All the Nude That's Fit to Print" | Richard Kinon | Bernard Slade | October 12, 1973 |
6 | "John & Sally & Fred & Linda" | Bob Claver | Stan Cutler | October 19, 1973 |
7 | "One of Our Hens Is Missing" | Bob Claver | Stan Cutler | October 26, 1973 |
8 | "No Benefit of Doubt" | E.W. Swackhamer | Story by: Dick Bensfield | November 2, 1973 |
9 | "And Baby Makes Two" | Leo Penn | Stan Cutler | November 9, 1973 |
10 | "It's So Peaceful in the Country" | Robert Scheerer | Steve Zacharias | November 23, 1973 |
11 | "Sugar and Spice and Quarterback Sneak" | Bob Claver | Dale McRaven | November 30, 1973 |
12 | "Mind-ing Mama" | Roger Duchowny | Stan Cutler | December 7, 1973 |
13 | "A Meeting of Minds" | William Wiard | Stan Cutler | December 21, 1973 |
14 | "Guess Who's Feeding the Pigeons" | Roger Duchowny | Bill Davenport & Lou Derman | January 11, 1974 |
15 | "The Greening of Aunt Fran" | Richard Kinon | Stan Cutler | January 18, 1974 |
16 | "The Cost of Giving" | William Wiard | Gordon Mitchell & Lloyd Turner | January 25, 1974 |
17 | "A Zircon in the Rough" | Alan Rafkin | Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum | February 1, 1974 |
18 | "The Sour Grapevine" | Richard Kinon | Stan Cutler | February 8, 1974 |
19 | "Irreconcilable Sameness" | John Erman | Bill Davenport & Lou Derman | February 15, 1974 |
20 | "Three for the Road" | Bob Claver | Stan Cutler | February 22, 1974 |
21 | "The Not So Good Samaritan" | Bob Claver | Stan Cutler | March 8, 1974 |
22 | "The New Broom" | Richard Kinon | Stan Cutler | March 15, 1974 |
Award nominations
Year | Award | Result | Category | Recipient |
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2004 | TV Land Award | Nominated | Superlatively Supernatural | Sally Field |