About this season
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.
Episodes (14)
1. unknown
Aired 5 May 1959 • 30 min
Torey Peck momentarily forsakes her boy friend and has a school-girl crush on her art teacher.
2. The Big Fib
Aired 12 May 1959 • 30 min
In an effort to impress her rich new neighbors, Torey Peck invents a story that involves her parents in an embarassing and confusing set of circumstances connected with an imagined trip to Europe. (TVG) Torey Peck meets Francesca, the little girl who has just moved in next door. Francesca tells Torey that her parents are on a trip.
3. Lips That Touch Lipstick
Aired 19 May 1959 • 30 min
Torey Peck faces a crisis when her father objects to her wearing lipstick to a party.
4. The Pet Rabbit
Aired 26 May 1959 • 30 min
Torey Peck puts her family in a spin when she envisions her brother, Roger, as a potential delinquent.
5. unknown
Aired 2 June 1959 • 30 min
Torey Peck suspects her mother is falling in love with Jacques Bergerac, a visitor to her home, and sets about to break up the imagined romance.
6. Society vs Torey Peck
Aired 9 June 1959 • 30 min
A pledge of secrecy becomes a dilemma for Torey Peck when she is torn between loyalty to her best friends and duty to her girls' club.
7. Spare the Rod
Aired 16 June 1959 • 30 min
Steve and Jennifer Peck learn a lesson in child behavior when they follow the advice of a prudish aunt and consult a child psychologist about raising the youngsters.
8. Feet of Clay
Aired 23 June 1959 • 30 min
Torey's girlfriends decide her father is as charming as their movie idols, until he consents to take them dancing.
9. Lady Bountiful
Aired 30 June 1959 • 30 min
Torey Peck abandons her selfish ambitions when she becomes concerned over the plight of a poor little girl whom she dislikes. (TVG) - Torey is too busy thinking about herself to bother being nice to Nancy Hogan, who just doesn't fit into Torey's group of friends.
10. The Picnic
Aired 7 July 1959 • 30 min
Eager to be accepted by a ""sophisticated"" crowd, Torey Peck accepts a date with a smooth-talking 15-year-old boy instead of with Norman, her classmate. (TVG) Torey is anxious to be accepted as ""one of the crowd"" in an older group.
11. unknown
Aired 14 July 1959 • 30 min
Torey Peck creates quite a problem in the Peck household when she decides her father doesn't really love her and is partial to her younger brother, Roger.
12. Slumber Party
Aired 21 July 1959 • 30 min
Tory Peck invites her friends over for a slumber party. All the girls think Dad is the greatest. But, after Tory is disillusioned that her Dad isn't perfect, she realizes that it's okay anyway.
13. The Breadwinner
Aired 28 July 1959 • 30 min
(TVG) Jane Withers appears as a guest star in ""The Breadwinner."" Convinced that it's time she earned a living of her own, Torey decides to advertise in the newspapers for a baby-sitting job. Her first customer is actress Jane Withers. TV Guide says that this is the last show of the series in it's July 25-31 issue.
14. Treehouse of the Steven Peck's
Aired 4 August 1959 • 30 min
City hall, the neighbors, and a bird-watcher's society object when the Peck's put up a tree house in their back yard.