![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Wendell_Corey%252C_Patty_McCormack%252C_Ray_Farrell%252C_and_Marsha_Hunt_from_Peck%2527s_Bad_Girl_-_1959.jpg/640px-Wendell_Corey%252C_Patty_McCormack%252C_Ray_Farrell%252C_and_Marsha_Hunt_from_Peck%2527s_Bad_Girl_-_1959.jpg&w=640&q=50)
Peck's Bad Girl (TV series)
American TV series or program / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peck's Bad Girl was a 1959 American TV series, starring Wendell Corey and Patty McCormack which aired on CBS. The show revolved around the misadventures of a twelve-year-old girl growing up and how she related to her family. Patty McCormack, who had played a sinister little girl in The Bad Seed, played the lead character, Torey Peck. The title drew inspiration from the Peck's Bad Boy stories.
Peck's Bad Girl | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Genre | Situation comedy |
Starring | Wendell Corey Patty McCormack Ray Farrell Marsha Hunt Reba Waters |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 14 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Norman Felton |
Producer | Stanley Rubin |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Talent Associates |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | 5 May (1959-05-05) ā 24 August 1959 (1959-08-24) |
The show was presented as a family comedy centered on Torey, who would talk directly to the audience about herself and the events from in front of a black screen at points during the episode. Peck's Bad Girl replaced the Arthur Godfrey Show.
The New York Times said in its review of the show: "PECK'S BAD GIRL, which had its debut... is another situation-comedy series on family life and a further reminder of the sustained superiority of Father Knows Best."[1] After its poor reception in 1959, CBS re-ran the entire series in the summer of 1960 to no better success.