Charles In Charge

Charles in Charge
Title screen for Charles in Charge
Format	Sitcom
Created by	Michael Jacobs Barbara Weisberg
Starring	Scott Baio Willie Aames Julie Cobb (1984-1985) James Widdoes (1984-1985) April Lerman (1984-1985) Jonathan Ward (1984-1985) Michael Pearlman (1984-1985) Jennifer Runyon (1984-1985) Sandra Kerns (1987-1990) Nicole Eggert (1987-1990) Josie Davis (1987-1990) Alexander Polinsky (1987-1990) Ellen Travolta (1987-1990) James T. Callahan (1987-1990)
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	126 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Al Burton
Running time	24:30 (CBS); 22:30 (first-run syndication)
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS (1984-1985) first-run syndication (1987-1990)
Original run	October 3, 1984 - April 3, 1985 (CBS) – January 3, 1987 - December 14, 1990 (first-run syndication)
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Charles in Charge is an American sitcom series which stars Scott Baio as Charles, a 19-year-old college student working as a live-in babysitter in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The house depicted in the title screen is actually located on George Street in New Brunswick, N.J., in the Rutgers University district. Baio also directed many episodes of the show, and is credited with his full name, Scott Vincent Baio.

It was first broadcast on CBS from October 3, 1984 to April 3, 1985, where it was cancelled due to a struggle in the Nielsen ratings, and then a more successful first-run syndication run from January 3, 1987 to December 14, 1990. 126 original episodes were aired in total. It was produced by Al Burton Productions and Scholastic Productions in association with Universal Television.

Contents 1 Transition from CBS to first-run syndication 2 Cast 2.1 Main cast 3 Episodes 4 Theme song 5 DVD releases 6 References 7 External links

Transition from CBS to first-run syndication

Charles first worked for the Pembroke family: wife Jill, husband Stan, and their three children Lila; Douglas; and Jason. When the show ended its run on CBS, and entered first-run syndication in 1987, the story was explained so that the Pembrokes leased their house and moved to Seattle, and the Powells moved into their house, allowing Charles to live downstairs yet again. This time, the family consisted of grandfather Walter, mother Ellen (whose husband was in the military and could only visit his family sporadically), and her three kids Jamie, Sarah, and Adam.

Cast

Main cast

Actor	Role
Scott Baio	Charles (Charles' last name was never revealed in the series; in fact the writers went to great lengths to avoid saying his last name.)
Willie Aames	Buddy Lembeck
1984-1985
Jennifer Runyon	Gwendolyn Pierce
James Widdoes	Stan Pembroke
Julie Cobb	Jill Pembroke
April Lerman	Lila Pembroke
Jonathan Ward	Douglas Pembroke
Michael Pearlman	Jason Pembroke
1987-1990
James T. Callahan	Mr. Walter Powell
Sandra Kerns	Mrs. Ellen Powell
Nicole Eggert	Jamie Powell
Josie Davis	Sarah Powell
Alexander Polinsky	Adam Powell
Ellen Travolta	Lillian
Justin Whalin	Anthony Swenson (1988)

Charles' mother was played by Ellen Travolta, John Travolta's sister. She had previously played the mother of Chachi Arcola, Scott Baio's character on Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi. Chachi's real name, incidentally, was also Charles.

Nicole Eggert went on to star in Baywatch as Summer Quinn. Another actress who appeared on this show, and later went on to star in Baywatch was Erika Eleniak. Nicole also starred in Blown Away with the Coreys. Baio reportedly dated both actresses during the late-1980s and 1990s; however, both he and Eggert, though admitting they were attracted to each other, have denied that they ever dated.^[1] Both Charles in Charge and Baywatch were TV shows that began on network TV, before moving to first-run syndication.

Meg Ryan guest starred as "Meagan Parker" in two episodes of the show's first season: "War" on October 24, 1984^[2] and "Charles 'R' Us" on February 13, 1985.^[3]

Episodes

Main article: List of Charles in Charge episodes

Theme song

The theme song was composed by David Kurtz, Michael Jacobs, and Al Burton, and performed by Shandi Sinnamon.

Artists who have recorded or performed covers of the theme include

• the Australian band Smudge on their debut album, Manilow.
• the Christian rock band Relient K's debut, self-titled album, which also included a new verse about Buddy, the girl from Baywatch (referring to Jamie), and hanging out with Charles at his mom's pizza parlor with Jesus.
• The Blanks on the episode "My Nightingale" (2.02) of the sitcom Scrubs and appears on their debut album, Riding the Wave.
• Electric Hellfire Club, recording a gothic cover of the theme song on the compilation cd "TV Terror: Felching a Dead Horse"

It was one of the songs Brian Griffin and Stewie Griffin sang in their TV medley on the Family Guy Live in Vegas album, as well as sung by Peter Griffin in the episode "The Thin White Line."

Conan O'Brien often breaks into the chorus— in an operatic tone— when discussing TV themes, his own singing voice, or Scott Baio.

DVD releases

Universal Studios Home Entertainment released a 3-disc set of the first season of Charles in Charge on DVD in Northern America for the very first time in February 2006. Due to poor sales, Universal licensed the rights to release the remaining four seasons to Arts Alliance America during the summer of 2007. To date, they have released seasons two and three.

DVD Name	Ep #	Release Date
The Complete First Season	22	February 14, 2006
The Complete Second Season	26	November 20, 2007
The Complete Third Season	26	May 20, 2008
The Complete Fourth Season	26	TBA
The Complete Fifth Season	26	TBA

References

1. ^ "Charles in Charge". Scott Baio, Nicole Eggert, Willie Aames, Josie Davis, Erika Eleniak, Alexander Polinsky, Elizabeth Koopman, Elena Miliaresis, Timothy Kelley. The E! True Hollywood Story. E! Entertainment Television. 2006-05-21.
2. ^ Charles in Charge"War." IMDb.Retrieved 30 June 2007
3. ^ Charles in Charge "Charles 'R' Us." IMDb. Retrieved 30 June 2007

External links

• Charles in Charge at the Internet Movie Database
• Charles in Charge at Allmovie
• Charles in Charge Online
• Completely Unofficial Charles in Charge page

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