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Peck's Bad Girl

Name: Peck's Bad Girl
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Marsha Hunt, Wendell Corey, Reba Waters, Ray Ferrell, Patty McCormack

TV series
1959
1 season
CBS
Comedy

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Peck's Bad Girl is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from May 5 to August 4, 1959. The series centers on the misadventures of 12 year-old Torey Peck, played by Patty McCormack.

About the show

Peck's Bad Girl is a 1959 American sitcom television 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.

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." After its poor reception in 1959, CBS re-ran the entire series in the summer of 1960 to no better success.

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