Series Description:

The Charlie's Angels TV show was an action series about three female detectives who worked for the Townsend Detective Agency, owned by Charlie Townsend, a man who spoke to the Angels on an intercom but was never seen. Charlie's girls had all been police women who had the stereotypical female cop jobs of the 1970s (Metermaids and desk duty). They all wanted a little more action than that and they definitely got it each week on the series. They played tough, powerfull women ... well they also spent a lot of time in bikinis and skimpy outfits ... but hey, the guys had to have a reason to watch too, right!

Cast Members:

Jaclyn Smith ............ Kelly Garrett
Farrah Fawcett .......... Jill Munroe
Kate Jackson ............ Sabrina Duncan
David Doyle ............. John Bosley
John Forsythe ........... Charlie Townsend (Voice)
Cheryl Ladd ............. Kris Munroe
Shelley Hack ............ Tiffany Welles
Tanya Roberts ........... Julie Rogers

Trivia:

At one point, the show was getting 18,000 fan letters each week!

Originally, the producers of the TV show wanted a blonde, a redhead and a brunette for the three Charlie's Angels cast members but they wanted both Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith so bad that they gave up the idea.

John Forsythe was not the first choice for the voice of Charlie. The originally hired actor showed up drunk for work and John agreed to take the job.

The hair style worn by the charachter "Jill Monroe" was so popular that shortly after the show began, a large percentage of America's females were wearing "Farrah Fawcett Hairdos".

Robert Wagner reluctantly accepted 45% ownership of the show as payment for a prior contract he had with Aaron Spelling. He said that he felt the show was the worst idea he'd ever heard!

Aaron Spelling produced this TV show and so many other ones that only a very few of his best known can be listed here. Here they are:
"Johnny Ringo (1959)", "Daniel Boone (1964)", "The Mod Squad (1968)", "The Rookies (1972)", "Starsky and Hutch (1975)", "Charlie's Angels (1976)", "The Love Boat (1977)", "Fantasy Island (1978)", "Hart to Hart (1979)", "Dynasty (1981)", "T.J. Hooker (1982)", "Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)", "Melrose Place (1992)", "7th Heaven (1996)", "Charmed (1998)".

Charlie's Angels was the only immediately obvious hit of the 1976-77 season. By the end of the season, 59% of all TV viewers were watching the show in its time slot. It stayed in the Nielson ratings "Top Ten" for the first three seasons.

Two of cast members posed in Playboy magazine. Tanya Roberts in October of 1982 after Charlie's Angels was cancelled. Farrah Fawcett posed in December of 1978 (not nude) and bared it all at age 48 in December of 1995.

Originally, the show was to be about three female cops and would be called "Alley Cats". Kate Jackson suggested that the women be detectives instead, that the name be changed to "Harry's Angels", and that Harry should be a voice on an intercom and never be seen. The producers used all of her suggestions except they changed "Harry's" to "Charlie's" because the TV show, "Harry O", was already using that name. Ironically, Jackson was ultimately fired from the show for constantly complaining about how lousy the scripts were.

Due to the popularity of series, it was the first to break the $100,000 per minute barrier for advertising.

Opening Narrative:

(John Forsythe's Voice as Charlie Townsend)

Version #1:

"Once upon a time there were three little girls who went to the police academy. They were assigned very hazardous duties."

(While showing the Angels writing parking tickets and directing traffic)

"But I took them away from all that and now they work for me. Ah? My name is Charlie."

(Angels shown answering ringing telephones at each one's apartment)

"It's Charlie, Angel. Time to go to work."

Version #2:

"Once upon there were three little girls who went to the police academy. Two in Los Angeles. The other in San Francisco. And they were each assigned very hazardous duties. But I took them away from all that. And now they work for me. My name ... is Charlie."

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Episodes List With Original Air Dates

The Pilot TV Movie

Pilot (3/21/1976)

The First Season

1..... Hellrider (9/22/1976)
2..... The Mexican Connection (9/29/1976)
3..... Night of the Strangler (10/13/1976)
4..... Angels in Chains (10/20/1976)
5..... Target: Angels (10/27/1976)
6..... The Killing Kind (11/3/1976)
7..... To Kill an Angel (11/10/1976)
8..... Lady Killer (11/24/1976)
9..... Bullseye (12/1/1976)
10... Consenting Adults (12/8/1976)
11... The Seance (12/15/1976)
12... Angels on Wheels (12/22/1976)
13... Angel Trap (1/5/1977)
14... The Big Tap Out (1/12/1977)
15... Angels on a String (1/19/1977)
16... Dirty Business (2/02/1977)
17... The Vegas Connection (2/09/1977)
18... Terror on Ward One (2/16/1977)
19... Dancing in the Dark (2/23/1977)
20... I Will Be Remembered (3/09/1977)
21... Angels at Sea (3/23/1977)
22... The Blue Angels (5/04/1977)

The Second Season

23... Angels in Paradise (9/14/77 - 2 Hour Special)
24... Angels on Ice (9/21/77 - 2 Hour Special)
25... Pretty Angels All in a Row (9/28/1977)
26... Angel Flight (10/05/1977)
27... Circus of Terror (10/19/1977)
28... Angel in Love (10/26/1977)
29... Unidentified Flying Angels (11/02/1977)
30... Angels on the Air (11/09/1977)
31... Angel Baby (11/16/1977)
32... Angels in the Wings (11/23/1977)
33... Magic Fire (11/30/1977)
34... Sammy Davis Jr. Kidnap Caper (12/07/1977)
35... Angels on Horseback (12/21/1977)
36... Game, Set, Death (1/04/1978)
37... Hours of Desperation (1/11/1978)
38... Diamond in the Rough (1/18/1978)
39... Angels in the Backfield (1/25/1978)
40... The Sand Castle Murders (2/01/1978)
41... Angels Blues (2/08/1978)
42... Mother Goose Is Running For His life (2/15/1978)
43... Little Angels of the Night (2/22/1978)
44... The Jade Trap (3/01/1978)
45... Angels on the Run (5/03/1978)
46... Antique Angels (5/10/1978)

The Third Season

47... Angels in Vegas (9/13/78 - 2 Hour Special)
48... Angel Come Home (9/20/1978)
49... Angel on High (9/27/1978)
50... Angels in Spring Time (10/11/1978)
51... Winning is for Losers (10/18/1978)
52... Haunted Angels (10/25/1978)
53... Pom Pom Angels (11/01/1978)
54... Angels Ahoy (11/08/1978)
55... Mother Angel (11/15/1978)
56... Angel on My Mind (11/22/1978)
57... Angels Belong in Heaven (12/06/1978)
58... Angels in the Stretch (12/20/1978)
59... Angels on Vacation (1/10/1979)
60... Counterfeit Angels (1/24/1979)
61... Disco Angels (1/31/1979)
62... Terror on Skis (2/07/79 - 2 Hour Special)
63... Angels in a Box (2/14/1979)
64... Teen Angels (2/28/1979)
65... Marathon Angels (3/07/1979)
66... Angels in Waiting (3/21/1979)
67... Rosemary For Remembrance (5/02/1979)
68... Angels Remembered (5/16/1979)

The Fourth Season

69... Love Boat Angels (9/12/79 - 2 Hour Special)
70... Angels Go Trucking (9/19/1979)
71... Avenging Angel (9/26/1979)
72... Angels at the Altar (10/03/1979)
73... Fallen Angel (10/24/1979)
74... Caged Angel (10/31/1979)
75... Angels on the Street (11/07/1979)
76... The Prince and the Angel (11/14/1979)
77... Angels on Skates (11/21/1979)
78... Angels on Campus (11/28/1979)
79... Angel Hunt (12/05/1979)
80... Cruising Angels (12/12/1979)
81... Of Ghost and Angels (1/02/1980)
82... Angels Child (1/09/1980)
83... One of Our Angels is Missing (1/16/1980)
84... Catch a Falling Angel (1/23/1980)
85... Homes $weet Homes (1/30/1980)
86... Dancin' Angels (2/06/1980)
87... Harrigan's Angels (2/20/1980)
88... An Angel's Trail (2/27/1980)
89... Nips & Tucks (3/05/1980)
90... Three for the Money (3/12/1980)
91... Toni's Boys (4/02/1980)
92... One Love...Two Angels - Part 1 (4/30/1980)
93... One Love...Two Angels - Part 2 (5/07/1980)

The Fifth Season

Note: The first 3 episodes of this season all aired on
the same evening as a special season premiere!

94... Angel in Hiding (11/30/1980)
95... To See An Angel Die (11/30/1980)
96... Street Models to Hawaiian Angels (11/30/1980)
97... Angels of the Deep (12/07/1980)
98... Island Angels (12/14/1980)
99... Waikiki Angels (1/04/1981)
100. Hula Angels (1/11/1981)
101. Moonshinin' Angels (1/24/1981)
102. He Married an Angel (1/31/1981)
103. Taxi Angels (2/7/1981)
104. Angel on the Line (2/14/1981)
105. Chorus Line Angels (2/21/1981)
106. Stuntwomen Angels (2/28/1981)
107. Attack Angels (6/03/1981)
108. Angel on a Roll (6/10/1981)
109. Mr. Galaxy (6/17/1981)
110. Let Our Angel Live (6/24/1981)

Theatrical Movies Based On The TV Show:

Charlie's Angels (2000)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)