When I was growing up, I remember watching a tv show around the time
of Mork and Mindy.  The main character was a girl (I think she was a
teenage blonde).  Her father was an alien who couldn't be there in
person but who she could talk to, I think through some sort of
crystal?  I'm not quite sure.  Her mother was human.  The girl had the
ability to freeze time, and she could walk around while everyone was
frozen.  Anyone she touched in frozen time would get unfrozen too. 
She was always afraid of thunderstorms because something bad would
happen to her.  I think she'd start to float to the ceiling?  Sorry
about the lack of details, but it was a long time ago and I was pretty
young.  I thought this would be a fun challenge for someone.

I am certain that you are remembering "Out of This World," which ran
from 1987 to 1991.

"This show revolved around a teenager, who was a little different from
most: she was half alien! She had the ability to stop time.
Unfortunately, her father (the alien) wasn't around to guide her,
though she could communicate with him. She had a surfer boyfriend
-with whom she could not share her secret, though she was often
tempted..."

TV Tome: Out of This World
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-2296/ 

"Out Of This World... ran from 1987 to 1991 as a syndicated show,
playing on many Fox stations. The central character of the show was
Evie Ethel Garland (played by Maureen Flannigan). She lived with her
mom Donna Garland (Donna Pescow) in a sunny house in Marlow,
California. Her father Troy (voice by Burt Reynolds) was an alien who
lived in Anterias. Evie is able to talk to her dad through a crystal
cube. Because she is half alien, Evie was able to freeze time by
touching the tips of her index fingers together as well as "gleep"
things into existence and transport herself from one place to another.
Often times there were visitors at the Garland home: Uncle Beano (Joe
Alaskey), Kyle Applegate (Doug McClure) the mayor of Marlow, Lindsey
Selkirk (Christina Nigra) Evie's best friend, Buzz (Buzz Belmondo),
and Evie's boyfriend Chris (Steve Burton)."

Jessica's Homepage: Out of This World
http://members.tripod.com/~jessicarae/ootw/outofthisworld.html

"Celebrating her 13th birthday, goody-two-shoes Californian gal Evie
Garland makes three shattering discoveries: her father is not dead, as
presumed; he is not human but an alien from the planet Anterias (he
and Evie's mother had married and 'blended life forms' when he was on
an extended interplanetary visit); and that, being half-alien, she has
the power to perform humanly impossible deeds. These include freezing
motionless people around her, simply by placing together her two index
fingers, 'gleeping' - making things materialise by the power of
thought - and teletransportation. From this point on, Evie's life is
never the same again, and she and her mother Donna, who runs a school
for gifted children of rich 'Californny' parents, have to adjust to
the change as best they can. Meanwhile, Evie's alien father, Troy,
communicates with his daughter by voice (belonging to none other than
Burt Reynolds), his words issuing from a blue crystal on Evie's
bedside cabinet."

BBC Comedy Guide: Out of This World
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/o/outofthisworld_1299002450.shtml

Google search strategy:

Google Web Search: series "out of this world"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=series+%22out+of+this+world%22

I hope this helps! If this is not the correct series, please request
clarification; I'll be glad to offer further assistance before you
rate my answer.

Best regards,
pinkfreud

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Clarification of Answer by pinkfreud-ga on 30 Oct 2004 17:06 PDT

I've found a message board for fans of "Out of This World." Some of
these folks have tapes that they are offering to trade. You might be
able to work out a deal here:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?forumid=204

THANKS!  This question has been bugging me for a long time.  The links
were great, I was able to read a synopsis of each episode.  If you
find a way for me to get ahold of some episodes, that would be
awesome.

Thank you very much for the five stars and the nice tip!

Episodes of this series have not yet come out on VHS or DVD. Universal
Home Video owns the video rights.

If you'd like to encourage Universal to release episodes commercially,
you may want to register with an excellent website called "TV Shows on
DVD" and cast a vote for "Out of This World":

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/showinfo.cfm?showID=3200 

~pinkfreud