The Powell clan consisted of mother Ellen and grandfather Walter, who was Ellen's husband's widowed father and who was living with them to fulfill his son's role as he served overseas in the U.S.
The new family, the Powells, agreed to sublet the house from the Pembrokes, which included retaining Charles's services as live-in babysitter. He learns that the Pembrokes left New Jersey while he was away and have moved across the country to Seattle. The second season's first episode featured Charles returning to New Brunswick from his summer vacation, only to discover an unfamiliar family living in the Pembrokes' home. When the show returned in 1987, only Scott Baio and Willie Aames returned from the original cast, as the producers reworked the story to accommodate the changes in cast.
#CHARLES IN CHARGE FREE#
In addition to this, as well as his escapades with his best friend Buddy, Charles has a crush on fellow Copeland student Gwendolyn Pierce and spends quite a bit of his free time trying to court her, which never seems to work. An arrangement is reached where Charles would take the job with the Pembrokes while he attended Copeland, and in lieu of a salary, he would receive room and board for his duties as caretaker for their children Jason, Douglas, and Lila, all three of whom are not much younger than he is. Needing a place to live while attending school, Charles applies for a job working for Stan and Jill Pembroke, an affluent couple in search of a live-in housekeeper.
#CHARLES IN CHARGE SERIES#
Charles, whose last name is never revealed, is a student at Copeland College (fictional, perhaps meant to represent Rutgers University, whose main campus is in New Brunswick) and is 19 years old when the series begins. The series takes place in New Brunswick, New Jersey. In total, 126 episodes were produced, 22 in the abbreviated first season and 26 in each of the syndicated seasons. Four seasons were produced for syndication, with the last episode airing on November 10, 1990. The show premiered on local stations at the midway point of the 1986-87 season, with the first episode of the new series premiering on January 3, 1987. One year later, after seeing the success of some cancelled network series after they were revived for first-run syndication (which was a significant trend at the time), Universal decided to rework and relaunch Charles in Charge in syndication. None of these series were renewed for a second season, nor were either of the two comedies that shared the hour with Charles in Charge ( Dreams and E/R). The network then dropped Charles in Charge from its Wednesday lineup in favor of the mystery drama series Double Dare the show was moved to Saturday, where it aired in reruns for several weeks until it was replaced by the drama Cover Up. Two episodes had yet to air, and CBS aired them on March 13 and April 3, 1985. Still, the network allowed the show to remain in production to complete the 22 episodes it had ordered for the season.Īfter the February 27, 1985, episode, CBS placed Charles in Charge on hiatus.
At the time, with the exception of their Monday-night comedies ( Kate & Allie and Newhart), CBS's sitcom lineup was not performing well in the ratings and Charles in Charge did not do much to change that. Willie Aames, who had previously been a cast member on Eight Is Enough, also starred as Charles’s best friend Buddy Lembeck.Ĭharles in Charge joined the CBS Wednesday night lineup at 8:00 pm, placing it against ABC’s hit action series The Fall Guy and the new Michael Landon-led Highway to Heaven on NBC. The series was a production of Al Burton Productions and Scholastic Productions in association with Universal Television and starred Scott Baio, who had previously starred in Happy Days, in the title role.
#CHARLES IN CHARGE TV#
Between issues related to the kids, his college career, his "buddy," and girls, Charles had plenty of fodder for a full-fledged TV show.Charles in Charge is an American sitcom television series that premiered on October 3, 1984, on CBS.
The Powell family consisted of Grandfather Walter, mother Ellen and her three children: Jamie, Sarah, and Adam. The Pembroke’s consisted of wife Jill, husband Stan, and their three children: Lila, Douglas, and Jason.
Initially, Charles worked for the Pembroke family, but when the show was re-aired, the story was that the Pembroke’s sub-let their home to the Powell family, and Charles was kept on. In this show, Charles (Baio), a New Jersey college student, is given free rent in the Powell family house in exchange for his services as a nanny and a housekeeper. Its first run in 1984 on CBS was cut short due to poor ratings, but was tried again in 1987 where it found a niche and was very successful. Charles in Charge, starring Scott Baio as Charles and Willie Aames as "Buddy," was a sitcom that ran from 1984 to 1985, and then again from 1987 to 1990.
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