
Scripted series · ABC
Charlie's Angels
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Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
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TV DNA
How Charlie's Angels actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Charlie's Angels reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and Character Depth.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle! Receiving their orders via speaker phone from their never seen boss, Charlie, the Angels employ their incomparable sleuthing and combat skills, as well as their lethal feminine charm, to crack even the most seemingly insurmountable of cases.
The run
Seasons
5 seasons · 115 episodes.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
19762 episodes
Best episode · S00E01 Charlie's Angels: Pilot

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
197622 episodes
6.8IMDbCharlie'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. The season aired from September 22, 1976 to May 4, 1977, with a total of 23 episodes. Although the pilot episode featured an extra male liaison named Scott Woodville, he was dropped for the series as it was felt there was no need for Charlie to have two male liaisons. It was also felt that the character of Woodville was rather too severe, whereas Bosley was someone the writers could use to add humor to the episodes. The pilot, which aired on March 21, 1976, was nearly two hours long, and the succeeding episodes were between 48 and 50 minutes in length. Ratings for the first season were extremely high, finishing in the #5 slot. All three female leads were launched to greater heights in their career, with Fawcett-Majors proving to be the most popular of the trio. Although Jackson and Smith were overshadowed by Fawcett-Majors they have equally stood the test of time, and both have also been cited as "fan favorites."
Best episode · S01E05 Target: Angels

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
197726 episodes
7.5IMDbCharlie's Angels: Season Two was the second season of the TV series Charlie's Angels. Three cast members from season one returned: Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and David Doyle. This season saw the introduction of Cheryl Ladd as Kris Munroe, the younger sister of former Angel Jill Munroe. Season Two originally aired from September 14, 1977 to May 10, 1978, and proved just as a major success as Season One. There were doubts as to whether Ladd could fill the void left by Fawcett-Majors; however, after a few bikinis and tight clothing Kris was warmly welcomed. Co-star Jaclyn Smith said of Ladd: "she had big shoes to fill and she did it with confidence." With Ladd being accepted as Kris, ratings finished in the #4 slot for the season.
Best episode · S02E01 Angels in Paradise (1)

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
197824 episodes
9.5IMDb
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
197926 episodes
5.5IMDbCharlie'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. Original Angel Farrah Fawcett also appears in three episodes. Season Four originally aired from September 12, 1979 to May 7, 1980. It was during this season that ratings had fallen, but still remained in the top 20; some believing Shelley Hack was to blame, others are of the opinion that the change in format from team oriented episodes to episodes that focused on one angel caused the rating decline. This season also has the only episode of the entire series with no Charlie. Shelley Hack as Tiffany Welles became the favorite angel of all, for be the most professional and classy than the other, who started to act a little to unprofessional after Sabrina Duncan departure.

Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
198017 episodes
4.0IMDbCharlie'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 introduced Tanya Roberts as streetwise former model Julie Rogers. Season Five was broadcast from November 30, 1980 until June 24, 1981. Since the show's third season, ratings were falling. Producers believed replacing Shelley Hack with a new "Angel" would improve viewing figures, but with this season's timeslot being continually changed during its run, ratings continued to fall. Season Five aired only 16 episodes, the least of all the show's seasons, and the show was cancelled after this season concluded. Lot of rating fall is blame for the lack of quality in the episodes, the character of Tanya Roberts who not bring back the vibe of Farrah character and the three angels don't have the chemistry of the past 4 seasons. Rumors point that this season would be the last season of Jaclyn Smith as Kelly Garret.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S02E01
Angels in Paradise (1)
Sabrina and Kelly voice their displeasure at Charlie's hiring of a new Angel, after Jill leaves the team to become a professional race car driver. Sabrina warns Charlie that maybe they won't like her but maybe they will. Seconds later, Kris Monroe bursts through the office doors of the Townsend Agency, having been plucked from the Police academy in San Francisco by Charlie. All of the Angels' concerns dissolve at first sight of Jill's younger sister, who is welcomed to the fold.

S00E01
Charlie's Angels: Pilot
The wealthy Vincent Le Mer has been missing for seven years, and is about to be declared legally dead. His daughter, Janet, has not been in contact with the family for some time; so his second wife will inherit the estate. Kelly shows up at the house, posing as Janet Le Mer. Mrs. Le Mer and her associates accept her story, but try to poison her. Kelly is exposed as a fraud when the family receives word that the "real" Janet (actually Sabrina) is on her way to town. Kelly claims to have inside information about the Le Mer fortune, and promises to keep quiet about the attempt on her life in exchange for a share of the estate. Sabrina shows no interest in the inheritance, save for a portion of swampland that she would like to convert into a bird sanctuary. Bosley snoops around the swamp and allows one of Mrs. Le Mer's cohorts to capture him. He claims that there is oil on the property. Panicked, the man tries to dig up Mr. Le Mer's body and remove it before the property transfer can take place. The Angels, with some help from the police and a friend of Janet's, catch him in the act and apprehend him. The Angels learn that their client was Janet Le Mer, who had hoped to expose the truth about her father's murder.
- Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
- Written by Ben Roberts, Ivan Goff

S01E04
Angels in Chains
The Angels go behind bars to uncover a scheme at a prison-farm in a corrupt small town where rich women are enslaved for their fortunes and then killed.
- Directed by Phil Bondelli
- Written by Robert Earll

S01E13
Angel Trap
The Angels try to stop an assassin intent on killing members of the WW II French underground. Sabrina poses as the girlfriend of the next victim.
- Directed by George McCowan
- Written by Edward J. Lakso

S01E01
Hellride
Sabrina pretends to be a racecar driver when the girls go undercover to investigate a conspiracy surrounding the death of a female racer.
- Directed by Richard Lang
- Written by Edward J. Lakso

S01E07
To Kill an Angel
Skip, a mentally challenged child who Kelly has taken on an outing, witnesses a murder and runs away when Kelly is wounded. Sabrina and Jill try to find Skip, while the killer, posing as Skip's father, visits Kelly at the hospital.
- Directed by Phil Bondelli
- Written by Rick Husky
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Ben Roberts
Creator

Ivan Goff
Showrunner

Aaron Spelling
Executive producer
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Rick Husky
Writer
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Jock MacKelvie
Writer

Lawrence Dobkin
Writer
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David Levinson
Writer
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Robert C. Dennis
Writer
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Sue Milburn
Writer
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Rift Fournier
Writer
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John D.F. Black
Writer
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Skip Webster
Writer
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Worley Thorne
Writer
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Robert Earll
Writer
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Rick Edelstein
Writer
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Edward J. Lakso
Writer
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Lee Sheldon
Writer
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Les Carter
Writer
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Jeff Myrow
Writer

William Froug
Writer
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Brian McKay
Writer
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Robert Janes
Writer
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Ron Friedman
Writer
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James D. Buchanan
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Ronald AustinProducer
- Leonard GoldbergProducer
- Aaron SpellingExecutive Producer
- James D. BuchananProducer
Writing
- Rick HuskyWriter
- Jock MacKelvieWriter
- Lawrence DobkinWriter
- David LevinsonWriter
- Robert C. DennisWriter
- Sue MilburnWriter
Direction
- David DoyleDirector
- Ronald AustinDirector
- Lawrence DobkinDirector
- Paul StanleyDirector
- Cliff BoleDirector
- Curtis HarringtonDirector
Cinematography
- Richard M. Rawlings Jr.Director of Photography
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