List of Charmed episodes

This article is about episodes of the 1998 WB series. For episodes of the 2018 CW series, see List of Charmed (2018 TV series) episodes.

Charmed is an American television series created by Constance M. Burge. In the United States, Charmed premiered on The WB on October 7, 1998 and ended on May 21, 2006, with 178 episodes.[1][2] Charmed originally aired on Wednesday nights at 9:00 pm,[1] before moving to Thursday nights for its second, third and fourth seasons.[3][4][5] For the fifth season, the series moved to Sunday nights at 8:00 pm and remained there until its eighth and final season.[2][6]

The first episode, "Something Wicca This Way Comes", garnered 7.7 million viewers and broke the record for the highest-rated debut episode for The WB.[7] During its fifth season, Charmed became the highest-rated Sunday night program in The WB's history.[8][9] By the end of its eighth season, Charmed had become the second-longest drama broadcast by The WB and broke the record for the longest running hour-long television series featuring all female leads,[10] later overtaken in 2012 by Desperate Housewives.

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  6. ^ "TV Listings for – September 29, 2002". TV Tango. Archived from the original on 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
  7. ^ Michael, Dennis (October 23, 1998). "'Charmed' has that Spelling magic". CNN. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013.
  8. ^ "Breaking News - The WB Breaks Demographic Records in 2002-03 Season". The Futon Critic. May 28, 2003. Archived from the original on August 8, 2013.
  9. ^ Paige, Albiniak (May 13, 2003). "The WB Sticks with Scripted". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  10. ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (January 20, 2006). "Charmed Hits a (Final?) Milestone". TV Guide. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008.