Charles in Charge

Oct 03, 1984 (en) Comedy [30] Min
  • First Air Date
    Oct 03, 1984
  • Production
    Universal Television, Al Burton Productions, Scholastic Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    61%
  • Original title
    Charles in Charge
  • Release
    Oct 03, 1984
  • en
    -

Overview

Charles in Charge is an American sitcom series starring Scott Baio as Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, who worked as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board. Baio directed many episodes of the show, and was credited with his full name, Scott Vincent Baio. It was first broadcast on CBS from October 3, 1984 to April 3, 1985, when it was cancelled due to a struggle in the Nielsen ratings. It then had a more successful first-run syndication run from January 3, 1987 to November 10, 1990, as 126 original episodes were aired in total. The show was produced by Al Burton Productions and Scholastic Productions in association with Universal Television, and distributed by NBCUniversal Television Distribution and New Line Cinema Corporation.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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  1. Scott Baio

    Charles

  2. Willie Aames

    Buddy Lembeck

  3. Nicole Eggert

    Jamie Powell

  4. Josie Davis

    Sarah Powell

  5. Alexander Polinsky

    Adam Powell

  6. Ellen Travolta

    Lillian

  7. James T. Callahan

    Walter Powell

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 7 / Crews : 0

Season 1 ( 1984-10-03)

Pilot

Episode: 1

Extracurricular Activity

Episode: 2

Another Saturday Night

Episode: 3

War

Episode: 4

Cousin Elliott

Episode: 5

Slumber Party

Episode: 6

Discipline

Episode: 7

Trick or Treat

Episode: 8

A Date with Enid

Episode: 9

Friends And Lovers

Episode: 10

Home for the Holidays

Episode: 11

Accidental Puppy

Episode: 12

The Commotion

Episode: 13

Mr. President

Episode: 14

Jill's Decision

Episode: 15

Pressure from Grandma

Episode: 16

Snowed In

Episode: 17

Charles 'R' Us

Episode: 18

Charles' Spring Break (A.K.A.: The Last Resort)

Episode: 19

The Wrong Guy

Episode: 20

Mr. Brilliant

Episode: 21

Meet Grandpa

Episode: 22

Season 2 ( 1987-01-03)

Amityville

Episode: 1

The Naked Truth

Episode: 2

Feud for Thought

Episode: 3

The Egg and Us

Episode: 4

The Loan Arranger

Episode: 5

American Teen

Episode: 6

Buddy Comes to Dinner

Episode: 7

A Fox in the Henhouse

Episode: 8

Pizza Parlor Protest

Episode: 9

Trade Off

Episode: 10

Dating

Episode: 11

Music, Music, Mayhem

Episode: 12

Buddy in Charge

Episode: 13

Isn't That What's Her Face?

Episode: 14

A Date From Heck

Episode: 15

Mama Mia

Episode: 16

Weekend Weary

Episode: 17

U.F. Oh No

Episode: 18

The Case of the Mock-Turtle Mystery

Episode: 19

Twice Upon a Time (1)

Episode: 20

Twice Upon A Time (2)

Episode: 21

A Job From Heck

Episode: 22

Baby Doll

Episode: 23

Lillian Putts a Round

Episode: 24

Her Brother's Keeper

Episode: 25

The Undergraduate

Episode: 26

Season 3 ( 1987-12-26)

Yule Laff

Episode: 1

Piece of Cake

Episode: 2

Dorm Warnings

Episode: 3

Speechless

Episode: 4

Infatuation

Episode: 5

Role Model

Episode: 6

The Extremely Odd Couple

Episode: 7

Poppa, the Sailor Man

Episode: 8

Bottle Baby

Episode: 9

Dear Charles

Episode: 10

The Pickle Plot

Episode: 11

The Buddy System

Episode: 12

Sarah Steps Out

Episode: 13

Trading Papers

Episode: 14

Five Easy Pizzas

Episode: 15

Getting In

Episode: 16

Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow

Episode: 17

Dutiful Dreamer

Episode: 18

Berkling Up Is Hard to Do

Episode: 19

Runaround Charles

Episode: 20

Where the Auction Is

Episode: 21

The Boy Who Loved Women

Episode: 22

Barbelles

Episode: 23

The Blackboard Bungle

Episode: 24

The Heart Burgler

Episode: 25

May the Best Man Lose

Episode: 26

Season 4 ( 1988-12-31)

No Nukes, Is Good Nukes

Episode: 1

Ninny and the Professor

Episode: 2

Duelling Presleys

Episode: 3

Adam See, Adam Do

Episode: 4

Yesterday Cafe

Episode: 5

Fatal Obsession

Episode: 6

Walter Gets a Dodo

Episode: 7

Ladies' Night Out

Episode: 8

Chargin' Charles

Episode: 9

A Fish Called Buddy

Episode: 10

Second Banana

Episode: 11

Still at Large

Episode: 12

Poetic License

Episode: 13

Charles Splits (1)

Episode: 14

Charles Splits (2)

Episode: 15

Curing the Common Cult

Episode: 16

Room at the Bottom

Episode: 17

A Sting of Pearls

Episode: 18

Walter's War

Episode: 19

The Organization Man

Episode: 20

Big Bang

Episode: 21

Triple Threat

Episode: 22

Aunt Vanessa

Episode: 23

It's a Blunderfull Life

Episode: 24

Bad Boy

Episode: 25

Buddy's Daddy

Episode: 26

Season 5 ( 1989-12-30)

Summer Together, Fall Apart

Episode: 1

Get Thee to a Nuttery

Episode: 2

Three Dates & a Walnut

Episode: 3

Out with the in Crowd

Episode: 4

There's a Girl in My Ficus

Episode: 5

Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded

Episode: 6

Baby Bummer

Episode: 7

Paper Covers Rock

Episode: 8

Child Hoods

Episode: 9

Advice and Contempt

Episode: 10

Daffy Doc

Episode: 11

Buddy Flips a Disc

Episode: 12

Brain Man

Episode: 13

Don't Rock the Vote

Episode: 14

Let's Quake a Deal

Episode: 15

Up Your IQ

Episode: 16

All That Chaz

Episode: 17

Frankie and Mommy

Episode: 18

Lost Resort

Episode: 19

Dead Puck Society

Episode: 20

La Cage Aux Fools

Episode: 21

Teacher's Pest

Episode: 22

Almost Family

Episode: 23

Seeing Is Believing

Episode: 24

Fair Exchange

Episode: 25

Charles Be DeMille

Episode: 26
Oct 03, 1984 (en)
Comedy
[30] Min
  • First Air Date Oct 03, 1984
  • Production
    Universal Television, Al Burton Productions, Scholastic Productions
  • Rotten tomato 61%
Original Title Charles in Charge
en

Overview

Charles in Charge is an American sitcom series starring Scott Baio as Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, who worked as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board. Baio directed many episodes of the show, and was credited with his full name, Scott Vincent Baio. It was first broadcast on CBS from October 3, 1984 to April 3, 1985, when it was cancelled due to a struggle in the Nielsen ratings. It then had a more successful first-run syndication run from January 3, 1987 to November 10, 1990, as 126 original episodes were aired in total. The show was produced by Al Burton Productions and Scholastic Productions in association with Universal Television, and distributed by NBCUniversal Television Distribution and New Line Cinema Corporation.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer