The Girl with Something Extra
| The Girl with Something Extra | |
|---|---|
 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 | Dave Grusin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Bob Claver |
| Producers | Larry Rosen Mel Swope |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production companies | Screen Gems Columbia Pictures Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 14, 1973 – March 15, 1974 |
The Girl with Something Extra is an American fantasy-based sitcom that aired on NBC for one season during 1973-1974. The series was created by Bernard Slade and produced by Screen Gems Television.
Synopsis
The Girl with "Something Extra" was a cross between Bewitched and Nanny and the Professor in that it derived its comedy from the relationship between a normal man and his wife who happens to have a paranormal power. In this case, the series focused on 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 allowed her to read other people's minds. Co-starring in the series were Teri Garr, Henry Jones and Zohra Lampert. Despite airing right after Sanford and Son on Friday nights, the show was canceled at the end of the season due to low ratings. A total of 22 half-hour episodes of the series were produced. In the episode The Cost of Giving, Field was reunited with Don Porter, her costar from the series Gidget . In the following episode A Zircon in the Rough, she was reunited with Madeleine Sherwood, her costar from the series The Flying Nun.
Cast
- Sally Field as Sally Burton
- John Davidson as John Burton
- Teri Garr as Amber
- Henry Jones as Owen Metcalf
- Zohra Lampert as Anne
- Stephanie Edwards as Angela
- Jack Sheldon as Jerry Burton
- William Windom as Stuart Kline
Episodes
| Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1-1 | "Sally on My Mind" | September 14, 1973 |
| 1-2 | "Everything You Always Wanted to Hide and Couldn't" | September 21, 1973 |
| 1-3 | "A Gift for the Gifted" | September 28, 1973 |
| 1-4 | "How Green Was Las Vegas" | October 5, 1973 |
| 1-5 | "All the Nude That's Fit to Print" | October 12, 1973 |
| 1-6 | "John & Sally & Fred & Linda" | October 19, 1973 |
| 1-7 | "One of Our Hens Is Missing" | October 26, 1973 |
| 1-8 | "No Benefit of Doubt" | November 2, 1973 |
| 1-9 | "And Baby Makes Two" | November 9, 1973 |
| 1-10 | "It's So Peaceful in the Country" | November 23, 1973 |
| 1-11 | "Sugar and Spice and Quarterback Sneak" | November 30, 1973 |
| 1-12 | "Mind-ing Mama" | December 7, 1973 |
| 1-13 | "A Meeting of Minds" | December 21, 1973 |
| 1-14 | "Guess Who's Feeding the Pigeons" | January 11, 1974 |
| 1-15 | "The Greening of Aunt Fran" | January 18, 1974 |
| 1-16 | "The Cost of Giving" | January 25, 1974 |
| 1-17 | "A Zircon in the Rough" | February 1, 1974 |
| 1-18 | "The Sour Grapevine" | February 8, 1974 |
| 1-19 | "Irreconcilable Sameness" | February 15, 1974 |
| 1-20 | "Three for the Road" | February 22, 1974 |
| 1-21 | "The Not So Good Samaritan" | March 8, 1974 |
| 1-22 | "The New Broom" | March 15, 1974 |
Award nominations
| Year | Award | Result | Category | Recipient |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | TV Land Award | Nominated | Superlatively Supernatural | Sally Field |