Charlie's Angels

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Once upon a time, there were three little girls who went to the police academy. And they were each assigned very hazardous duties but I took them all away from all that and now they work for me. My name is Charlie.
Those famous words were heard every week from 1976 to 1981 during Charlie's Angels 5 year... more »

Once upon a time, there were three little girls who went to the police academy. And they were each assigned very hazardous duties but I took them all away from all that and now they work for me. My name is Charlie.
Those famous words were heard every week from 1976 to 1981 during Charlie's Angels 5 year run.
This ABC crime series began in September of 1976 introducing three stunning, sexy and young former policewoman, private detectives working for the Charles Townsend Detective Agency. The wealthy Charlie Townsend, voiced by John Forsythe, was their never-seen boss, who relayed assignments via a speaker telephone. The trio of Angels featured Sabrina Duncan; (Kate Jackson) the "cool, smart, multilingual leader," Jill Munroe; (Farrah Fawcett-Majors) the "athletic angel" and finally Kelly Garrett; (Jaclyn Smith) the "street wise angel." The Angels worked with their trusty male counter-part, John Bosley played by (David Doyle).
Charlie's Angels was a huge success the moment it hit the airwaves in 1976. The Angels were on gum cards, doll boxes, T-shirts, board games, puzzles and posters. They also graced the covers of Time magazine on November 22, 1976 and TV Guide on September 25, 1976. Charlie's Angels has appeared on TV Guide Cover four times, Sept, 25, 1976; Jaclyn, Farrah and Kate, February 18, 1978; Jaclyn, Kate and Cheryl, December 29, 1979; Jaclyn, Cheryl and Shelley and the last on December 18, 1993; Kate, Farrah and Jaclyn.
Being #1 was nothing for the Angels, but it was Farrah Fawcett-Majors who soared. Farrah quickly became the object fad due to her flowing blond hair and publicity photos including her now-famous red swimsuit pose.
Farrah wasn't happy with the direction her character was going so she decided to leave the series at the end of the 1976-1977 season intending to have a career in feature films. With another year on her contract, the producers, Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg, took Farrah to court for breaking her five-year series contract.

The 1977-1978 season began with the search for a new Angel. Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg had asked actress Cheryl Ladd to replace the departing Farrah Fawcett-Majors. Cheryl initially said no to the idea. A couple months later, Cheryl was asked once again and eventually agreed after some minor adjustments were made to the character. Cheryl would portryaed Kris Munroe, the rookie sister of Jill, who would make mistakes but eventually triumph in the end. Along with a new Angel, the show received a new time slot. The Angels remained on Wednesday nights, but moved from 10pm to 9pm. This change in time opened up a whole world of new viewers who wanted to know what the big fuss was all about and kept the "Angels" right where they belong - on top of the ratings! The 1977-1978 season ended with high ratings, proving that Kris was every bit as popular with the viewers as Farrah. In the spring of 1978, Farrah settled her dispute with Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg by agreeing to appear in six more episodes. Three during the 1978-1979 season and three during the 1979-1980 season. Fans were excited by Farrah's return, but so was the media, which anxiously reported rumors that the set was full of tension.
However, the biggest bombshell landed when Kate Jackson announced she was leaving Charlie's Angels at the end of the season. With the 1978-1979 season in a bit of turmoil, the Angels kept their heavenly faces on 100's of magazines. The biggest question on everyone's mind was: "Who was going to be replacing Kate Jackson?" The race to find Charlie's Newest Angel had begun!

In the 1979-1980 season, the answer came with Shelley Hack, a model who had been prominent in Revlon's "Charlie" Perfume ads and commercials. Shelley entered The Townsend Office as Tiffany Welles, the sophisticated Ivy League scholar who graduated from the Boston Police Academy. Spelling and Goldberg had the idea that with this new Angel/model at the helm, she could bring an elegant and touch to Charlie's trio!

The writers treaded lightly as they tried to figure out how to make Tiffany Welles, the new 'Sabrina Duncan'. The 4th season's problem was the sudden decline in ratings. The series found itself in the top 20's instead of the top 10 were it had been for the last three years. The ratings drop was directed at the new Angel and at the end of the season, Shelley was let go.
By 1980, Charlie's Angels was beginning to feel its age and was declining fast. Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg wanted to go with a fresh new image. After careful consideration, they decided to hire virtually unknown actress, Tanya Roberts. This time around, the character would be a model-turned-detective, street-smart Julie Rogers. The new Angel showed her face in the three-hour 1980-1981 season premiere on November 30, 1980. High hopes were placed on Charlie's newest Angel to pull the series out its failing ratings. To help give it an added boost, the Angels were sent to Hawaii for the first six episodes. Hawaii wasn't only chosen to intrigue the audience but to keep the Angels scantily clad in swimsuits! Unfortunately, at this point, the audience was no longer keeping up with the Angels antics. In February 1981, the show went on hiatus and wasn't shown again until June of 1981.
Charlie's Angels was not winning any viewers in the summer of '81 with it's remaining episodes. The show that had made women crime fighters popular during the 1970's was cancelled.

Charlie's Angels became a popular part of our pop culture, mainly due to the fact that it was mostly about women fighting crime in a man's world. This show even inspired the popular 1980's drama, Cagney & Lacey.
In 1988, Aaron Spelling produced a pilot for an updated version of the seried for the Fox network. This series was different in having four angels who were ex-actresses who started their own detective agency. The show never made it on the air.
On February 12, 1996, Baywatch, had an episode called Baywatch Angels, where Logan is terrorized by a mad man named Ripley. Caroline has a dream that Charlie's Angels arrive at Baywatch to help him. In her dream, Caroline (less «

• Does anybody know about a Charlie's Angels Season 1 Limited Edition Lunchbox?

  Mom and I keep wanting a special version of Charlie's Angels Season 1 on DVD that comes in a lunchbox and I would love to know what you'll get in this limited edition of Charlie's Angels Season 1. Also is it a Best Buy Exclusive because that's where we found it, Tiki

  Mom and I keep wanting a special version of Charlie's Angels Season 1 on DVD that comes in a lunchbox and I would love to know what you'll get in this limited edition of Charlie's Angels Season 1. Also is it a Best Buy Exclusive because that's where we found it, Tiki less «

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• Farrah Fawcett dies at 62

  This is such a sad day for everyone... Rest in Peace Farrah.. We all loved you. Go to the link here

  This is such a sad day for everyone... Rest in Peace Farrah.. We all loved you. Go to the link here less «

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• Farrah's final Farewell

  Some of the headlines online and in the papers Of Farrah's Funeral. Among the crowd of mourners were Ryan & Redmond O&#...more »

  Some of the headlines online and in the papers Of Farrah's Funeral. Among the crowd of mourners were Ryan & Redmond O'Neal, her father, James Fawcett, Kate Jackson, Alana Stewart & Lee Majors and many more. Those can be seen here . What I found extremely touching was there's a pic of Ryan as he tapped on the hearse's back door and said, "So long, babe." Here are some of the links to the pages Family, friends bid Farrah Fawcett a fond farewell Farrah Fawcett remembered at LA funeral Hundreds say final farewell to Farrah Fawcett O'Neal leads mourners at Farrah Fawcett funeral Ryan & Redmond O'Neal, Kate Jackson, Alana Stewart Gather for Farrah Fawcett Funeral less «

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  7.5 Good

  If somebody asks me to chose a classic TV series from the 70's I'd chose "Charlie's Angels". It was pure entertainment and althoug the scripts were sometimes silly, some storylines were good and the angels were very ironic. hide « show »

  I didn't exist neither when "Charlie's Angels" started nor when it ended. I discovered the series in november of 2000 on a regional channel in my country, Spain, and I realy started to watch it with interest. I had heard about it, of course, and I even had seen Kate Jackson in "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" when I was a little child. Behind all the glamour and sexuality, more in the first season than in the second one (sadly, they aired just the first two seasons), sometimes the plot was really good. Particularly, I like more the second season than the first one, because the stories were much better and I prefferer Cheryl Ladd to Farrah Fawcett. She did a god work portraying Jill Munroe, specally with her irony, but Kris' character was more interesting in my opinion.
  
  I still watching the series on the cable TV but in English which is much better because with the dubbing many things are lost. And, although "Charlie's Angels" can't compete with nowadays police type series, for the time it was made it was good and both the girls and David Doyle did a good work with their characters. Specialy Kate Jackson.

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  10 Perfect

  Cheryl Ladd as Kris Munroe, Jill Munroe's little sister. She was always caring and understanding. She brought humor to her role. hide « show »

  Cheryl Ladd as Kris Munroe, Jill Munroe's little sister. She made you believe that you could have a job that only men were getting. She made you want to root for the under dog. Even if she made a mistake. She always came out on top, with humor, and a big smile. Cheryl never wanted to just step into Farrah's shoe. That's why she made Kris Munroe with humor and with a loveable personality because in all honesty that was how she did things. Cheryl Ladd saved the show for the entire cast, crew, and for me. We need more shows that the women can kick butt and still act like ladies.

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  CherylandJordan Added Apr 29, 2008 All my reviews
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  7 Good

  Pretty cheesy by todays standards hide « show »

  I can remember when this was one of the hottest programs on TV. People tuned in all over the country to watch every week. The premise of the show is pretty cheesy by todays standards, and even the standards of the 70's to be honest. But it was a huge success regardless.
  
  I was a little too young to remember much about the show. Other than the fact that Farah Fawcett was considered to be one of the most beautiful women in the country at the time. And I think that was a lot of the appeal of the show.
  
  When you think about all the crime drama shows that popped up during the 70s; Chips, Starsky and Hutch, the Streets of San Francisco, and others, this show was by far a stretch of the imagination. But that did not matter to much of the general public back then. No matter how far out there the idea of 3 lovely women fighting crime might have been people tuned in, in droves.

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  CAPNDEL Added Oct 4, 2007 All my reviews
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  8.5 Great

  koo i lub diz show. it koo and kinda funny. but i kike da movie better hide « show »

  diz show iz koo but i like da movie better. no offence but i hv 2 keep it open minded homie.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . itz not all dat gr8t any mur . . . . . . umm sooo ya. . . and ad movie waz soo koo but da show is kinda wakk how many of u ppl lik da show? (iif u do tell me y{only if u want}cuz i need 2 kno)

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  ssssdfgbcv Added Jun 15, 2007 All my reviews
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  9.2 Superb

  TOTALLY KOOL hide « show »

  WOW this is so exciting!!detectives ahahahah i think its a great movie! definitely kool and sometime sreal funny too lol pretty long time ago but still a great movie =]the 3 ladies are so well brave lol its really kool watching it especially the exploring ones lol my mum thought it was a quite good one and my friends luved it and so do i! lol io havnt seen it all but half way through i was at friends house watching so yeh..i like adventure movies =] well you know you should watch this its the bomb!! its real great!!

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  x0xVivianx0x Added May 9, 2007 All my reviews