Charlie's Angels is a
television seriesA television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
about three women who work for a
private investigationA private investigator , private detective or inquiry agent, is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private detectives/investigators often work for attorneys in civil cases. Many work for insurance companies to investigate suspicious claims...
agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men. The series starred
Kate JacksonKate Jackson is an American actress, director, and producer, perhaps best known for her role as Sabrina Duncan in the popular 1970s television series Charlie's Angels...
(seasons
1Charlie's Angels: Season One was the first season of the 1970s television series, Charlie's Angels. The season starred Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Jaclyn Smith, David Doyle, and the voice of John Forsythe....
–
3Charlie's Angels: Season Three is the third season to the TV series Charlie's Angels. The show starred the cast from season two; however, it was in this season that "retired" Angel Jill Munroe returns for three crime fighting episodes. It was also this season that the show started to decline in...
);
Farrah Fawcett-MajorsFarrah Fawcett was an American actress and artist. A multiple Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she first appeared as private investigator Jill Munroe in the first season of the television series Charlie's Angels, in 1976...
(season 1; 3–
4Charlie's Angels: Season Four was the fourth season to Charlie's Angels. The season starred Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, David Doyle, and introduced Shelley Hack as Tiffany Welles, the newest member of the team, as a police graduate from Boston. Farrah Fawcett appeared in three episodes of this...
);
Jaclyn SmithJacquelyn Ellen "Jaclyn" Smith is an American actress and businesswoman. She is best-known for the role of Kelly Garrett in the television series Charlie's Angels, and was the only original female lead to remain with the series for its complete run...
(seasons 1–
5Charlie's Angels: Season Five is the fifth and final season of Charlie's Angels. The season starred Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, and David Doyle, and once again introduced a new member: Julie Rogers, a streetwise former model, played by Tanya Roberts. Since season three of the show, it had suffered...
);
Cheryl LaddCheryl Ladd is an American actress, singer and author. Ladd is best known for her role as Kris Munroe in the television series Charlie's Angels, hired amid a swirl of publicity prior to its second season in 1977 to replace the departing Farrah Fawcett-Majors...
(seasons
2Charlie's Angels: Season Two was the second to the TV series Charlie's Angels. The series starred three of the original cast members of season one; these members, Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith, and David Doyle...
–5);
Shelley HackShelley Marie Hack is an American supermodel, actress, producer, and political & media advisor. Hack is best remembered for her role as Tiffany Welles in the fourth season of the ABC Television Drama Charlie's Angels ; replacing the departing Kate Jackson...
(season 4);
Tanya RobertsTanya Roberts is an American actress best known for her roles in Charlie's Angels, The Beastmaster, A View to a Kill, Sheena and That '70s Show. Roberts was groomed as a Hollywood sex symbol during the early 1980s.- Early life :Blum was born in The Bronx, New York City, of Irish and Jewish descent...
(season 5); David Doyle (seasons 1–5); and,
John ForsytheJohn Forsythe was an American stage, television and film actor. Forsythe starred in three television series, spanning four decades and three genres: as single playboy father Bentley Gregg in the sitcom Bachelor Father ; as the unseen millionaire Charles Townsend on the crime drama Charlie's...
(voice; seasons 1–5). The series was broadcast in the USA on the
ABC Television NetworkThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
from 1976 to 1981 and was one of the most successful series of the 1970s. Charlie's Angels was created by
Ivan GoffIvan Goff was an Australian screenwriter, best known for his collaborations with Ben Roberts including White Heat , The Man of a Thousand Faces and the pilot for Charlie's Angels .-Biography:...
and
Ben RobertsBen Roberts, born Benjamin Eisenberg, was a film and television writer, producer and one of the creators of the Charlie's Angels and Time Express television series'. In 1958 he was nominated for an Academy Award for writing the Lon Chaney biopic Man of a Thousand Faces...
and produced by
Aaron SpellingAaron Spelling was an American film and television producer. As of 2009, Spelling's eponymous production company Spelling Television holds the record as the most prolific television writer, with 218 producer and executive producer credits...
and
Leonard GoldbergLeonard J. Goldberg is an American film producer and television producer. He has his own production company, Mandy Films. He served as head of programming for ABC, and was president of 20th Century Fox...
.
In pre-production, the original proposed title for the show was The Alley Cats. Kate Jackson did not have to audition and was immediately selected for one of the roles during the early pre-production stages. She had proven very popular with viewers in another police television drama,
The RookiesThe Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It followed the exploits of three rookie police officers in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department .-History:...
. Not quite excited by the name of the show, Jackson relayed to producers that the leads should be called "angels" instead of "alley cats". Jackson then came up with the idea that the identity of their boss should remain a mystery, both to the characters and the viewers, and that they should receive their cases over a speakerphone or squawk box. Producers incorporated these ideas into the show, which proved to be very popular. The Angels' boss was originally to be named Harry, but the title Harry's Angels was dropped from consideration as not to conflict with another television series, Harry O. Producers came up with the name Charlie. Jackson was initially cast as Kelly Garrett, but was more attracted to the role of Sabrina Duncan, and her request to switch roles was granted. Thus, the early part of the pilot focuses heavily on Jaclyn Smith as Kelly Garrett (the role Jackson originally had) as the casting change had been made too late to make further rewrites.
Farrah Fawcett was the next actress to be selected for a role after Jackson. Fawcett, too, did not have to audition. She had done small acting parts up to this point such as commercials and sitcom appearances. A producer of Charlie's Angels saw the actress in a small role in the film
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and wanted her to be one of the female leads in the show. A casting call was then put out for the final lead role, and Jaclyn Smith was chosen from among hundreds of actresses. Smith had done limited acting as well up to that point, having appeared in several commercials.
Premise
Three women, the Angels (originally
Kate JacksonKate Jackson is an American actress, director, and producer, perhaps best known for her role as Sabrina Duncan in the popular 1970s television series Charlie's Angels...
,
Farrah Fawcett-MajorsFarrah Fawcett was an American actress and artist. A multiple Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she first appeared as private investigator Jill Munroe in the first season of the television series Charlie's Angels, in 1976...
, and
Jaclyn SmithJacquelyn Ellen "Jaclyn" Smith is an American actress and businesswoman. She is best-known for the role of Kelly Garrett in the television series Charlie's Angels, and was the only original female lead to remain with the series for its complete run...
), graduated from the Los Angeles police academy only to be assigned such duties as handling switchboards and directing traffic. They quit and were hired to work for the Charles Townsend Agency as private investigators. Their boss, Charlie (voiced by
John ForsytheJohn Forsythe was an American stage, television and film actor. Forsythe starred in three television series, spanning four decades and three genres: as single playboy father Bentley Gregg in the sitcom Bachelor Father ; as the unseen millionaire Charles Townsend on the crime drama Charlie's...
), is
never seenIn fiction, an unseen character is a character that is never directly observed by the audience but is only described by other characters. They are a common device in drama and have been called "triumphs of theatrical invention". They are continuing characters — characters who are currently in...
full face. (In a few episodes the viewer sees the back of his head and his arms, and he is often surrounded by beautiful women.) Charlie assigns cases to the Angels and his liaison, Bosley (David Doyle), via a speaker phone. Fawcett-Majors and Jackson eventually left the series during its run. Fawcett-Majors was replaced by
Cheryl LaddCheryl Ladd is an American actress, singer and author. Ladd is best known for her role as Kris Munroe in the television series Charlie's Angels, hired amid a swirl of publicity prior to its second season in 1977 to replace the departing Farrah Fawcett-Majors...
as Kris Munroe, Jill's sister and a former police officer from San Francisco. Jackson was replaced by
Shelley HackShelley Marie Hack is an American supermodel, actress, producer, and political & media advisor. Hack is best remembered for her role as Tiffany Welles in the fourth season of the ABC Television Drama Charlie's Angels ; replacing the departing Kate Jackson...
as Tiffany Welles, a former police officer from Boston. In the final season,
Tanya RobertsTanya Roberts is an American actress best known for her roles in Charlie's Angels, The Beastmaster, A View to a Kill, Sheena and That '70s Show. Roberts was groomed as a Hollywood sex symbol during the early 1980s.- Early life :Blum was born in The Bronx, New York City, of Irish and Jewish descent...
replaced Hack as Julie Rogers, a former model.
Jaclyn SmithJacquelyn Ellen "Jaclyn" Smith is an American actress and businesswoman. She is best-known for the role of Kelly Garrett in the television series Charlie's Angels, and was the only original female lead to remain with the series for its complete run...
was the only original female cast member to remain with the series during its entire five-year run.
Like other American TV crime shows of the 1970s, Charlie's Angels was generally formatted in the way of a
procedural dramaProcedural dramas are television programming series which rely on an episodic format that does not require the viewer to have seen previous episodes. Episodes typically have a self-contained, also referred to as stand-alone, plot that is introduced and resolved within the same episode...
. Most episodes followed a regular structure whereby a crime is committed, the Angels are given the case details by Charlie and Bosley at the Townsend office and the trio go undercover (usually involving something skimpy for Kelly and Jill (later Kris)). Towards the end of the episode one of them is uncovered and it is a race against time for the others to rescue their friend before they meet some horrible fate. Inevitably, the final scene would be back at the Townsend office with Charlie offering his congratulations for a job well done.
Cast
| |Actress/Actor |
| |Seasons |
| |No. of Episodes |
| Kate JacksonKate Jackson is an American actress, director, and producer, perhaps best known for her role as Sabrina Duncan in the popular 1970s television series Charlie's Angels...
| Sabrina DuncanSabrina Duncan is one of fictional private detectives in the 1976-1981 television series Charlie's Angels. She was portrayed by Kate Jackson and is featured in the first three seasons of the show...
|
1–3 |
1976–1979 |
69 episodes |
Charlie's Angels was created in her favor, and many of her ideas were incorporated into the series. She was given the choice of which role she wanted to play, and she chose Sabrina Duncan. |
| Farrah Fawcett Farrah Fawcett was an American actress and artist. A multiple Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she first appeared as private investigator Jill Munroe in the first season of the television series Charlie's Angels, in 1976...
|
Jill MunroeJill Munroe is a fictional character, played by Farrah Fawcett in the first season of Charlie's Angels .Jill is the sporty and athletic angel, and is seen coaching a kids' basketball team, playing tennis, swimming, bowling, skateboarding, and rollerskating on the show. Not just a tomboy, she also...
|
1; 3–4 |
1976–1977; 1978–1980 (recurring) |
29 episodes |
Billed as: Farrah Fawcett-Majors (1976-1977; 1978-1979); billed as: Farrah Fawcett (1979-1980). She left after one season, the first; but returned as a recurring character during seasons 3 and 4 due to contractual obligations. |
| Jaclyn Smith Jacquelyn Ellen "Jaclyn" Smith is an American actress and businesswoman. She is best-known for the role of Kelly Garrett in the television series Charlie's Angels, and was the only original female lead to remain with the series for its complete run...
|
Kelly GarrettKelly Garrett is one of six female fictional private detectives in the 1976–1981 television series Charlie's Angels. She was portrayed by Jaclyn Smith, who also portrayed the character in the 1977 pilot episode of The San Pedro Beach Bums and reprised the role in a cameo in the 2003 film Charlie's...
|
1–5 |
1976–1981 |
110 episodes |
She was the only "Angel" from the original season to remain with the series during its entire five-year run. |
| Cheryl Ladd Cheryl Ladd is an American actress, singer and author. Ladd is best known for her role as Kris Munroe in the television series Charlie's Angels, hired amid a swirl of publicity prior to its second season in 1977 to replace the departing Farrah Fawcett-Majors...
|
Kris MunroeKristine "Kris" Munroe is one of six female fictional private detectives in the 1976-1981 television series Charlie's Angels. She was portrayed by Cheryl Ladd. She worked for the Townsend Agency for four seasons of the show's entire five season run, taking the place of her big sister Jill when she...
|
2–5 |
1977–1981 |
87 episodes |
Replaced the highly popular Farrah Fawcett-Majors (Jill Munroe), as Jill's younger sister, Kris Munroe, a police graduate from San Francisco. Ladd had the second-longest stint on the series (four seasons) after Smith (five seasons). |
| Shelley Hack Shelley Marie Hack is an American supermodel, actress, producer, and political & media advisor. Hack is best remembered for her role as Tiffany Welles in the fourth season of the ABC Television Drama Charlie's Angels ; replacing the departing Kate Jackson...
|
Tiffany WellesTiffany Welles is a fictional character in the television series Charlie's Angels. She was played by Shelley Hack and her debut coincided with the fourth season premiere, "Love Boat Angels" , which was a crossover with fellow ABC hit The Love Boat.Unlike the previous Angels, who are all from...
|
4 |
1979–1980 |
25 episodes |
Replaced Kate Jackson (Sabrina Duncan), playing classy Tiffany Welles, a police graduate from Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
. |
| Tanya Roberts Tanya Roberts is an American actress best known for her roles in Charlie's Angels, The Beastmaster, A View to a Kill, Sheena and That '70s Show. Roberts was groomed as a Hollywood sex symbol during the early 1980s.- Early life :Blum was born in The Bronx, New York City, of Irish and Jewish descent...
|
Julie Rogers Julie Rogers is a fictional character in the 1976-1981 television series Charlie's Angels. She was portrayed by Tanya Roberts. She was the last Angel hired for the Townsend Agency for the show's five-season run, joining in 1980-1981. She filled the position left by Tiffany Welles, taking over her...
|
5 |
1980–1981 |
16 episodes |
Replaced Shelley Hack (Tiffany Welles) in the fifth and final season, playing a street-wise model A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
who had changed her ways. When she joins forces with the Angels to solve the murder of her parole officer, they are impressed enough to offer her a job while she works on her private investigator license. |
| David Doyle |
John Bosley John Bosley is a fictional character in the 1976-1981 television series Charlie's Angels. He was portrayed by David Doyle.He, along with Kelly Garrett , is the only character who stayed with the Townsend Agency for the show's entire five-season run.The character of John Bosley also appeared -...
|
1–5 |
1976–1981 |
110 episodes |
He works for Charlie and, along with Charlie, provides the Angels with their assignment. On occasion he assists the Angels, and unlike them, he routinely sees and works with Charlie. |
John ForsytheJohn Forsythe was an American stage, television and film actor. Forsythe starred in three television series, spanning four decades and three genres: as single playboy father Bentley Gregg in the sitcom Bachelor Father ; as the unseen millionaire Charles Townsend on the crime drama Charlie's...
(voice) |
Charles "Charlie" Townsend |
1–5 |
1976–1981 |
109 episodes |
The owner of the detective agency and the Angels' and Bosley's boss, he was never seen full-face in any episode. His role is primarily the voice over a speakerphone. |
Notable guest stars
Charlie's Angels played host to a number of well-known faces during its five seasons. Some of those individuals were long-established stars of film and television; others would find considerable fame and recognition many years after appearing in the program. Notable appearances of celebrities (whether famous then or later) include those of:
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- René Auberjonois (twice)
- Phyllis Avery
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- Edd Byrnes
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- Timothy Dalton
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- Anne Francis
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- Ellen Geer
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- Fred Grandy
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- Dan Haggerty
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- David Hedison
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- Don Ho
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- Dick Sargent
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- Tom Selleck
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- Louise Sorel
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- Lee Terri (four times)
- Lauren Tewes
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- Lyle Waggoner
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Rise and fall
The series proved a runaway hit in the (1976–1977) ratings, finishing at number 5 for the season and a great deal of attention was centered on the three leads (Jackson would later comment that this first few months was like being in the eye of a storm). Suddenly all three lead actresses were propelled into big time stardom with Fawcett proving hugely popular, so much so that she was branded a phenomenon. However, the situation off screen was not so happy. The long working hours on set, combined with numerous calls for photo shoots, wardrobe fittings, and promotional interviews, were taking their toll on the trio. Jackson was especially unhappy as she felt the quality of scripts was declining and the format was now more "cop story of the week" rather than classy undercover drama, which had been the intention with the pilot film.
Spin-off
ABC attempted to create a
spin-offIn media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
for Charlie's Angels in 1980 called Toni's Boys. The show was essentially a gender reversal of Charlie's Angels, and starred
Barbara StanwyckBarbara Stanwyck was an American actress. She was a film and television star, known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong screen presence, and a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang and Frank Capra...
as Antonia "Toni" Blake, a wealthy widow and friend of Charlie's who ran a detective agency. The agency was staffed by three good looking male detectives who took direction from Toni, and solved crimes in a manner similar to the Angels. The show aired as a backdoor pilot during the fourth season of Charlie's Angels, but was not picked up as a regular series for the following season.
Although there was a crossover with
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, a pilot episode had already aired, so it was not strictly a spin-off.
2011 reboot
In November 2009, ABC announced that it was considering a television revival of Charlie's Angels, with
Josh FriedmanJosh Friedman is an American screenwriter best known as screenwriter of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and as the writer of the 2005 film adaptation of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds....
handling both writing and executive producing duties, and Drew Barrymore and Leonard Goldberg sharing co-production duties.
On May 13, 2011, ABC announced a 13-episode order for the series.
For the new series, the setting was moved from Los Angeles to Miami.
Annie IlonzehAnnie Ngosi Ilonzeh is an American actress. She is known for her role as Maya Ward on General Hospital,and Kate Prince in the canceled ABC series Charlie's Angels.- Life and career :...
,
Minka KellyMinka Dumont Kelly is an American actress. She starred in the NBC series Friday Night Lights as Lyla Garrity from 2006 to 2009 and has also had roles in The Roommate and the reboot series Charlie's Angels.-Early life:Kelly was born in Los Angeles...
and
Rachael TaylorRachael Taylor is an Australian actress and model. She made her leading role debut in the short-lived Australian program headLand. She then made the transition to Hollywood, appearing in the films Transformers, Shutter, and Splinterheads.-Personal life:Taylor was born in Launceston, Tasmania, the...
co-star as the Angels, "Kate", "Eve" and "Abby" respectively.
After only four episodes, ABC canceled the Charlie's Angels reboot.
As "Jiggle TV"
The show became known as "Jiggle TV" and "T&A TV" (or "
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&
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Television") by critics who believed that the show had no intelligence or substance and that the scantily or provocatively dressed Angels—generally as part of their undercover character—e.g., roller derby girl, beauty pageant contestant, maid, female prisoner, or just bikini-clad—did so to showcase the figures and/or sexuality of the actresses as a sole means of attracting viewers. Farrah Fawcett-Majors once attributed the show's success to this fact: "When the show was number three, I figured it was our acting. When it got to be number one, I decided it could only be because none of us wears a bra."
Nielsen ratings/ABC broadcast history
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Charlie's Angels on
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.
Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps. All times listed are
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.
| Season |
Time slot |
Premiere |
Finale |
TV Season |
Season
Rank |
Households
(millions) |
| 1 |
Wednesday 10:00 P.M. |
September 22, 1976 |
May 4, 1977 |
1976–1977 |
#5 |
18.4 |
| 2 |
Wednesday 9:00 P.M. |
September 14, 1977 |
May 10, 1978 |
1977–1978 |
#4∞ |
17.8 |
| 3 |
September 13, 1978 |
May 16, 1979 |
1978–1979 |
#12 |
18.2 |
| 4 |
September 12, 1979 |
May 7, 1980 |
1979–1980 |
#20 |
15.9 |
| 5 |
Sunday 8:00 P.M. (November 30, 1980 – January 11, 1981)
Saturday 8:00 P.M. (January 24, 1981 – February 28, 1981)
Wednesday 8:00 P.M. (June 3, 1981 – June 24, 1981) |
November 30, 1980 |
June 24, 1981 |
1980–1981 |
#47 |
— |
∞
Denotes tie in year-end rank.
DVD releases
Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentSony Pictures Home Entertainment is the home video distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation. It was established in November 1979 as Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, releasing 20 titles: The Anderson Tapes, Bell, Book and Candle, Born Free, Breakout,...
has released Seasons 1–3 of Charlie's Angels on DVD in Regions 1 and 2. Season 4 was released in Region 1 on July 21, 2009.
| Season |
Ep # |
Release dates |
Notes |
| Region 1 |
Region 2 |
Region 4 |
| 1 |
23 |
May 27, 2003 |
June 23, 2003 |
September 29, 2010 |
Includes 90-minute pilot tele-film |
| 2 |
24 |
April 6, 2004 |
February 19, 2007 |
January 13, 2011 |
The two-hour episodes "Angels in Paradise" and "Angels on Ice" appear as syndicated versions |
| 3 |
22 |
July 4, 2006 |
April 20, 2009 |
March 2, 2011 |
The two-hour episodes "Angels in Vegas" and "Terror on Skis" appear as syndicated versions |
| 4 |
25 |
July 21, 2009 |
TBA |
TBA |
Two-hour episodes: "Love Boat Angels", "One Love...Two Angels" |
| 5 |
16 |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Note: Episode count is based on the format in which episodes originally aired. Two-hour episodes are counted as one episode.
Syndication
As of September 2011 all five seasons of the show can be purchased in the USA on
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, and some episodes of the show can be streamed for free in the US on IMDB,
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, with
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and full episodes available on
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. The show previously aired in syndication on various network affiliates and on
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and ION. Following the death of
Farrah FawcettFarrah Fawcett was an American actress and artist. A multiple Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she first appeared as private investigator Jill Munroe in the first season of the television series Charlie's Angels, in 1976...
in June 2009, WGN America aired a week of marathons of the show. As of 2009 the series is still available for syndication to local television stations in the United States. It is currently airing on UNIVERSAL HD digital cable channel twice daily with a few marathons weekly.
Other versions
The series has inspired many remakes and reinterpretations throughout the years and in different countries. It has also been featured in various other media.
Alternate versions
Four women were selected to be in a show called Angels '88, which was to serve as an updated version of the show. The show was later named Angels '89 after production delays, but the project was abandoned before notice was taken. From 1998–1999,
TelemundoTelemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
and
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produced a show called Ángeles. The weekly hour format did not catch on with Hispanic viewers, who are accustomed to watching
telenovelaA telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
s nightly and the series was soon canceled. In 2002, a German version of Charlie's Angels, Wilde Engel, was produced by the German channel
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. The show was known as Anges de choc in French-speaking countries, and as Three Wild Angels in English-speaking ones.
In 2004, a television movie entitled Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels aired on
NBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
.
Influences on pop culture and later media
The series inspired two
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s from
Flower FilmsFlower Films is a commercial film production company founded by Drew Barrymore in 1995 with Nancy Juvonen. Flower Films has produced ten movies and several television shows to date...
production company:
Charlie's AngelsCharlie's Angels is a 2000 American action comedy film directed by McG, starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu as three women working for a private investigation agency...
(2000) and
Charlie's Angels: Full ThrottleCharlie's Angels: Full Throttle is a 2003 American action comedy film. It is the sequel to 2000's Charlie's Angels. It opened in the United States on June 27, 2003, and was number one at the box office for that weekend and made a worldwide total of $259.2 million.The cast again includes Cameron...
(2003), with John Forsythe returning to voice Charlie. Whereas most movie remakes of 1970s TV shows, like
Starsky and HutchStarsky and Hutch is a 1970s American cop thriller television series that consisted of a 90-minute pilot movie and 92 episodes of 60 minutes each; created by William Blinn, produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions, and broadcast between April 30, 1975 and May 15, 1979 on the ABC...
, are actually remakes, the Charlie's Angels films are set in a different time and thus closer to a film
revivalA television revival is an attempt to revive a defunct series by producing new episodes created for broadcast. Network executives may decide to attempt to revive a television program when they feel that a market once again exists for it....
. The mythology goes that whenever an Angel leaves, she is replaced so there are always three. The second film had more nods to the TV series than the first film, with Jaclyn Smith making a brief cameo as Kelly Garrett.
The series has also inspired more shows and films, including:
- The 1979 film Angels Revenge
Angels Revenge is a 1979 American film directed by Greydon Clark and distributed by Arista Films. It is also known as Angels' Brigade and Seven from Heaven....
, featuring a similar concept featuring seven women joining to stop a drug operation. This film was poorly received and viewed by many as little more than a cheap knockoff.
- The animated series Totally Spies!, about three young girls similarly working as undercover agents.
- The Dexter's Laboratory
Dexter's Laboratory is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky and produced by Cartoon Network Studios . The show is about a boy named Dexter who has an enormous secret laboratory filled with an endless collection of his inventions...
episode "G.I.R.L. Squad" parodies Charlie's Angels.
- Another animated series, Codename: Kids Next Door
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, featuring five ten year old children who are undercover agents. This series is notable for its title card, which was inspired by that of Charlie's Angels.
- The syndicated series V.I.P.
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and She SpiesShe Spies is an action-adventure television show that ran from September 9, 2002 until May 17, 2004, in two seasons. The show was sold into syndication but the first four episodes premiered on the NBC network, whose syndication arm was one of the producers. Disappointing ratings during the show's...
.
- In 2000, the show was remade in India with the title of C.A.T.S. produced by Sony Entertainment Television Asia. It gave credit to Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts and also to Columbia Pictures.
Subsequent Angels
- Connie Bates (1988–1989), played by Claire Yarlett
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, Angels '89
- Pam Ryan (1988–1989), played by Sandra Canning, Angels '89
- Trisha Lawrence (1988–1989), played by Karen Kopins
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, Angels '89
- Bernie Colter (1988–1989), played by Téa Leoni
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, Angels '89
- Adriana Vega (1998–1999), played by Patricia Manterola
Patricia Manterola is a Mexican singer, actress, model, and fashion designer born in Mexico City.-Background:...
, Ángeles
- Elena Sanchez (1998–1999), played by Sandra Vidal, Ángeles
- Gina Navarro (1998–1999), played by Magali Caicedo, Ángeles
- Natalie Cook (2000–2003), played by Cameron Diaz
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, Charlie's Angels & Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
- Dylan Sanders (2000–2003), played by Drew Barrymore
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, Charlie's Angels & Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
- Alex Munday (2000–2003), played by Lucy Liu
Lucy Alexis Liu is an American actress and film producer. She became known for playing the role of the vicious and ill-mannered Ling Woo in the television series Ally McBeal , and has also appeared in several Hollywood films including Charlie's Angels, Chicago, Kill Bill, and Kung Fu Panda.-Early...
, Charlie's Angels & Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
- Madison Lee (2003), played by Demi Moore
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, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
- Kate Prince (2011), played by Annie Ilonzeh
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, Charlie's Angels (2011)Charlie's Angels is an American reboot television series developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar for ABC, based upon the 1976 series of the same name created by Ivan Goff, and Ben Roberts. The series ran on ABC from September 22, 2011 to November 10, 2011.Charlie's Angels was canceled on October...
.
- Eve French (2011), played by Minka Kelly
Minka Dumont Kelly is an American actress. She starred in the NBC series Friday Night Lights as Lyla Garrity from 2006 to 2009 and has also had roles in The Roommate and the reboot series Charlie's Angels.-Early life:Kelly was born in Los Angeles...
, Charlie's Angels (2011)Charlie's Angels is an American reboot television series developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar for ABC, based upon the 1976 series of the same name created by Ivan Goff, and Ben Roberts. The series ran on ABC from September 22, 2011 to November 10, 2011.Charlie's Angels was canceled on October...
.
- Abby Simpson (2011), Played by Rachael Taylor
Rachael Taylor is an Australian actress and model. She made her leading role debut in the short-lived Australian program headLand. She then made the transition to Hollywood, appearing in the films Transformers, Shutter, and Splinterheads.-Personal life:Taylor was born in Launceston, Tasmania, the...
, Charlie's Angels (2011)Charlie's Angels is an American reboot television series developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar for ABC, based upon the 1976 series of the same name created by Ivan Goff, and Ben Roberts. The series ran on ABC from September 22, 2011 to November 10, 2011.Charlie's Angels was canceled on October...
.
- Gloria Martinez (2011), Played by Nadine Velazquez
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, Charlie's Angels (2011)Charlie's Angels is an American reboot television series developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar for ABC, based upon the 1976 series of the same name created by Ivan Goff, and Ben Roberts. The series ran on ABC from September 22, 2011 to November 10, 2011.Charlie's Angels was canceled on October...
.
Video games
In July 2003,
three Charlie's Angels gamesCharlie's Angels is a third-person action video game released in North America in 2003 for the Nintendo GameCube and developed by Neko Entertainment...
were released on three different gaming platforms:
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,
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, and the
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. The versions released on both the
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and PlayStation 2 were virtually the same, each given the same title:
Charlie's AngelsCharlie's Angels is a third-person action video game released in North America in 2003 for the Nintendo GameCube and developed by Neko Entertainment...
. The version released for the
mobile phoneA mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
was fundamentally toned down to fit the technical restrictions of the platform, and was titled Charlie's Angels: Road Cyclone.
In April 2008, Ojom announced a new Charlie's Angels mobile phone game entitled Charlie's Angels: Hellfire. The game is now available on operator portals across Europe.
Collectible items
During the show's run, a countless variety of collectible items were produced, including two versions of dolls, boardgames, several posters, several sets of trading cards, notebooks, a lunchbox & thermos, Charlie's Angels van, children's beauty products and even record albums.
Even though it was not directly part of the show,
Farrah FawcettFarrah Fawcett was an American actress and artist. A multiple Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she first appeared as private investigator Jill Munroe in the first season of the television series Charlie's Angels, in 1976...
also released a poster of her sporting a red bathing suit that became the biggest selling poster in history with 12 million copies sold. This poster also helped the burgeoning popularity of the series.
Comics
Two British
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versions were produced. The first appeared in the
Polystyle publicationPolystyle Publications were a British publisher of children's comics and books.Among the titles they published were:* BEEB * Buttons * Countdown/TV Action * I-Spy* Pippin * Playland * Read To Me...
Target in April 1978, drawn by John Canning. Target was a sister title to the long-running
TV ComicTV Comic was a British comic book published weekly between November 9, 1951 and June 29, 1984 for 1,697 issues. With its bright, eye-catching covers, it featured stories based on television shows running at the time of publication. The first issue had 8 pages and had Muffin the Mule on the cover....
aimed at older children and featuring TV action and crime shows of the day. Proving unpopular, it folded in August and merged back into TV Comic where Canning's Angels strip continued until October 1979. The second strip was printed in Junior TV Times
Look-inLook-in was a long running children's magazine centred around ITV's television programmes in the United Kingdom, and subtitled "The Junior TVTimes". It ran from 9 January 1971 to 12 March 1994...
, debuting in November 1979 (as soon as Polystyle's deal expired), written by
Angus AllanAngus Peter Allan was a British comic strip writer and magazine editor who worked on TV Century 21 in the 1960s and Look-in magazine during the 1970s. Most commonly known as Angus Allan and sometimes credited as Angus P...
and drawn by
Jim BaikieJim Baikie is a British comics artist, who is best known for his work with Alan Moore on Skizz.-Biography:Baikie began his career illustrating Valentine for Fleetway. Over the next twenty years, he built a solid reputation working for TV comics such as Look-in, including adaptations of The Monkees...
and Bill Titcombe.
In the on-line comic
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, one side in The Battle for Gobwin Knob hires three glowing, flying female combatants from an unseen "Charlie". One is blond and two are dark-haired. They first appear in silhouette in page 42 of the comic and in the final frame of page 69, after dispensing with some "Dwagons" of the opposing side, once again take up the iconic pose of Charlie's Angels. They are referred to as "Charlie's Archons". In
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, an archon occupies a role similar to the angels of the Old Testament.
Angel's "Proper" Charlies was a British comic strip published in the weekly Jackpot. It first appeared in 1979, drawn by
Trevor MetcalfeTrevor Metcalfe born May 1939 in Brotton, Yorkshire is a British illustrator and comic book artist. Known for his comic strips in IPC Magazines comics such as Sweet Tooth and Junior Rotter in Whizzer and Chips....
. Angel was a beautiful teenage girl who was worshiped by three not-so-very-mature boys called the Charlies. Angel's beauty hid a conniving mind, in that she took advantage of the love-struck trio in order to get her own way, such as slipping into parties and concerts and attracting the attention of more suitable boyfriends, while the Charlies ended up bruised and battered as a result of their efforts to impress her (in vain).
Brelan de dames (Three Ladies of a Kind), a
Belgian comic stripFranco-Belgian comics are comics that are created in Belgium and France. These countries have a long tradition in comics and comic books, where they are known as BDs, an abbreviation of bande dessinée in French and stripverhalen in Dutch...
by artist
Renaud DenauwRenaud Denauw , also known as "Renaud", is a Belgian comic book artist. He is best known for his collaboration with writer Jean Dufaux in the Jessica Blandy comic book.-Professional biography:...
and writer Jean-Luc Vernal, was also about a trio of action women, though in this case they came from various countries and racial backgrounds and, after a short stint in the secret service, became independent operators. Again, one is blond and the others are dark-haired. Their adventures were published in the 1980s in Tintin magazine.
In the
Sonic the HedgehogSonic the Hedgehog is an ongoing series of American comic books published by Archie Comics, featuring Sega's mascot video game character of the same name. The comic book series debuted in the United States as a 4 part mini-series published between November 1992 and February 1993...
comics, Issue #152 has a reference to "Charlie's Angels" called "Sonic's Angels".
Angel appearances
This is a chronological list of appearances that two or more Angels have made together in support of Charlie's Angels.
- 1976: Jackson, Fawcett, and Smith are featured in the cover story of Time
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
magazine, which analyzes the impact of the show on popular culture.
- 1976: Jackson, Fawcett, and Smith appear on the cover of TV Guide
TV Guide is a weekly American magazine with listings of TV shows.In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews and crossword puzzles...
.
- 1976: Jackson, Fawcett, and Smith appear on the cover of People Magazine
In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...
.
- 1976: Jackson, Fawcett, and Smith appear on an ABC TV special wearing outfits similar to those in their Time
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
magazine cover.
- 1976: Jackson, Fawcett, and Smith guest star on The Captain & Tennille
Captain & Tennille are American pop music recording artists who achieved chart success from 1975 to 1980. The duo consists of husband and wife duo "Captain" Daryl Dragon , and Cathryn Antoinette "Toni" Tennille . They are best known for their singles "Love Will Keep Us Together" and "Do That to Me...
TV variety series.
- 1977: Jackson, Smith, Ladd, and Doyle appear on the cover of People Magazine
In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...
.
- 1977: Jackson, Smith, and Ladd guest star on the new TV show The San Pedro Beach Bums.
- 1978: Jackson, Smith, and Ladd appear on ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration: 25 and Still the One TV special.
- 1978: Jackson, Smith, and Ladd appear on the cover of TV Guide.
- 1979: Smith, Ladd, and Hack appear on the cover of TV Guide.
- 1986: Jackson, Fawcett, and Smith appear on the cover of People
In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...
magazine in a shot from the Time cover shoot, contrasted with then-current insets, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the series.
- 1992: Jackson, Smith, and Ladd appear together to pay tribute to Aaron Spelling on The 18th People's Choice Awards.
- 1994: Jackson, Fawcett, and Smith appear in the 20th Anniversary edition of People Magazine
In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...
; the Angels are pictured in the top corner of the cover, and the article includes a pull-out poster. The same issue was released in Australia with the three on the cover.
- 1998: Jackson, Fawcett, and Smith pre-record a reunion segment for the TV special ABC's Tribute to Aaron Spelling.
- 2006: Jackson, Fawcett, and Smith appear together on stage at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, August 27, 2006 on NBC at 8:00pm ET with Conan O'Brien hosting the show...
, to pay tribute to Charlie's Angels executive producer Aaron SpellingAaron Spelling was an American film and television producer. As of 2009, Spelling's eponymous production company Spelling Television holds the record as the most prolific television writer, with 218 producer and executive producer credits...
.
- 2008: Jackson and Smith appear on the show Shear Genius
Shear Genius is an American reality television series on the Bravo network that focuses on hair styling. The show first premiered on April 11, 2007....
, hosted by Smith, for a Charlie's Angels–themed episode where the contestants styled models' hair in an updated version of the original three Angels' iconic hairstyles.
- 2009: Jackson and Smith each visit Fawcett during her battle with cancer in Fawcett's documentary Farrah's Story, aired on NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
and related networks.
- 2010: Smith and Ladd appeared together at the 8th Annual TV Land Awards
The TV Land Awards is an American television awards ceremony that generally commemorates shows now off the air, rather than in current production as with awards such as the Emmys. It is presented in a manner that spoofs other entertainment award ceremonies...
where Charlie's Angels received the Pop-Culture Award. Smith acknowledged Jackson, Hack, and Roberts. Both honored deceased co-stars Farrah Fawcett, David Doyle, John Forsythe and deceased executive producer Aaron Spelling. The presentation also featured a tribute to Farrah Fawcett. Smith and Ladd also gave exclusive interviews with Good Morning AmericaGood Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
and ExtraExtra is an American entertainment television news program covering events and celebrities which debuted on September 5, 1994 in syndication. It is produced at Victory Studios in Glendale, California by Telepictures Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television Distribution...
to promote their appearance on the award show.
See also
- The Doll Squad, a film about another group of shapely female operatives
- Police Woman
Police Woman is an American television police drama starring Angie Dickinson that ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to March 29, 1978.-Synopsis:...
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