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Charlie’s Angels

ABC

1976-1981

First Broadcast: September 22, 1976

Last Broadcast: June 24, 1981

“Once upon a time, there were three little girls who went to the Police Academy. 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.” The show was a primetime action comedy series. In it, Charlie Townsend runs a private detective agency and the angels are his undercover detectives. He recruits three women to work as private eyes and gives them their assignments via speaker phone. This 1970s tv series inspired the term “jiggle tv” which was a staple of seventies television.

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Charlie's Angels Cast

Actor		Character(s)
Jaclyn Smith	…	Kelly Garrett
David Doyle	…	John Bosley
Cheryl Ladd	…	Kris Munroe
Kate Jackson	…	Sabrina Duncan
Farrah Fawcett	…	Jill Munroe
Shelley Hack	…	Tiffany Welles
Tanya Roberts	…	Julie Rogers
John Forsythe	…	Charles Townsend

Theme Song & Opening Credits

Episodes

There were 5 seasons and 110 episodes of Charlie’s Angels. Check out the Charlie’s Angels Episode Guide.

Quotes

Charlie: Once upon a time, there were three little girls who went to the Police Academy; 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.

Trivia

Jaclyn Smith and David Doyle were the only cast members in every episode.
David Doyle was often mistaken for actor Tom Bosley. His character’s name “John Bosley” was an inside joke reference to this fact.
Jaclyn Smith and David Doyle were the only cast members in every episode.
David Doyle was often mistaken for actor Tom Bosley. His character’s name “John Bosley” was an inside joke reference to this fact.

Websites

Charlie’s Angels Forum ( Forum ) – Connect with fans of Charlie’s Angels in the Charlie’s Angels forum. CharliesAngels.com – Fan site run by “Angelologist” Mike Pingel, one time personal assistant to Farrah Fawcett and webmaster of Cheryl Ladd’s and Tanya Robert’s official sites.