| Charlie's Angels | |
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Ivan Goff Ben Roberts |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Jack Elliott Allyn Ferguson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 115 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Aaron Spelling Leonard Goldberg |
| Running time | 48–50 minutes |
| Production companies | Spelling-Goldberg Productions Columbia Pictures Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 22, 1976 – June 24, 1981 |
| Related | |
| Charlie's Angels (reboot series) | |
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Charlie's Angels is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, airing for five seasons consisting of 115 episodes. It was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts and was produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions. The show follows the crime-fighting adventures of three women working at a private detective agency in Los Angeles, California, and originally starred Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett (billed as Farrah Fawcett-Majors), and Jaclyn Smith in the leading roles and John Forsythe providing the voice of their boss, the unseen Charlie Townsend, who directed the crime-fighting operations of the "Angels" over a speakerphone.[1] There were a few casting changes: after the departure of Fawcett, Cheryl Ladd joined; after Jackson departed, Shelley Hack joined, and she was subsequently replaced by Tanya Roberts.[2]
Despite mixed reviews from critics and a reputation for merely being "jiggle television" that emphasized the sex appeal of the female leads, Charlie's Angels was a top ten hit in the Nielsen ratings for its first two seasons. After the third season, however, the show had fallen from the top 10, and by the fifth season, from the Top 30.
Charlie's Angels continues to have a 1970s American cult and pop culture following through syndication, DVD releases, and subsequent television shows. The show also spawned a media franchise with a film series started in 2000, which is a continuation of the series story with later generations of Angels. A reboot television series was broadcast in 2011, but was canceled after seven episodes.
- ^ Bergan, Ronald (April 4, 2010). "John Forsythe obituary". Theguardian.com. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
- ^ "'Charlie's Angels' Celebrates 40th Anniversary". ABC News. September 22, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2017.