Charles in Charge

1984-10-03 | en

Scott Baio Willie Aames Nicole Eggert

Comedy

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Seasons & Episodes

EP1 Summer Together, Fall Apart

Dec. 30,1989

After complaints from the family, Charles tells the children there are no more rules in the house.

EP2 Get Thee to a Nuttery

Jan. 06,1990

Buddy decides to become a priest after a near-death experience.

EP3 Three Dates & a Walnut

Jan. 13,1990

Walter makes plans with three women on the same night.

EP4 Out with the in Crowd

Jan. 20,1990

Jamie tries to join an exclusive group of girls.

EP5 There's a Girl in My Ficus

Jan. 27,1990

Charles' girlfriend Jennifer (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) tells a lie about Buddy in order to get rid of him.

EP6 Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded

Feb. 03,1990

Charles is the judge of a beauty pageant where Jamie, Sarah, and both of Charles' girlfriends are contestants.

EP7 Baby Bummer

Feb. 10,1990

Buddy offers to help out Adam with babysitting, but he ends up forgetting the little girl at the diner.

EP8 Paper Covers Rock

Feb. 17,1990

A tabloid shows pictures of Charles with a rock star (Samantha Fox), and everyone thinks they're in a relationship.

EP9 Child Hoods

Feb. 24,1990

Charles' old friends come to visit.

EP10 Advice and Contempt

Mar. 03,1990

Jamie gets upset when she thinks Charles is trying to make her boyfriend stop seeing her.

EP11 Daffy Doc

Apr. 28,1990

Buddy enters a mental hospital to do research, but they make him a patient.

EP12 Buddy Flips a Disc

May. 05,1990

Buddy wins a contest to be a disc jockey for a day at the diner.

EP13 Brain Man

May. 12,1990

Buddy gets tested for ESP and starts to predict the future.

EP14 Don't Rock the Vote

May. 19,1990

Jamie and Sarah run for class president against each other. Buddy and Charles start fighting again which leads to a food fight erupting in the diner.

EP15 Let's Quake a Deal

May. 26,1990

Charles invents a device that will help people prepare for earthquakes.

EP16 Up Your IQ

Jun. 02,1990

When a boy thinks Jamie is shallow, she talks to Charles' intelligent girlfriend.

EP17 All That Chaz

Jun. 09,1990

An accidental bump on the head turns Charles into Chaz again.

EP18 Frankie and Mommy

Aug. 25,1990

Lillian sees an old boyfriend.

EP19 Lost Resort

Sep. 01,1990

Charles works at a hotel in Hawaii with Buddy's cousin. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)

EP20 Dead Puck Society

Sep. 08,1990

Charles is the substitute teacher in Sarah's class, and Sarah's partner lets her do all the work on an assignment

EP21 La Cage Aux Fools

Sep. 15,1990

Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.

EP22 Teacher's Pest

Sep. 22,1990

Walter takes a history class that Charles teaches.

EP23 Almost Family

Oct. 20,1990

Charles visits his aunt Sally at her car wash. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)

EP24 Seeing Is Believing

Oct. 27,1990

Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.

EP25 Fair Exchange

Nov. 03,1990

Sarah visits her relatives in Albuquerque and a foreign exchange student that is living with them. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)

EP26 Charles Be DeMille

Nov. 10,1990

Sarah puts on a show to raise money, and Charles directs while preparing for an interview to get into Princeton.

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Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, works as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board.

Charles in Charge Audience Reviews

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Aaron1375 Yes, I am probably in the minority, but I did enjoy the first family a lot more than the second family in this show. Other than that it was a rather mediocre show that had its moments, but was really nothing special especially since the first family to me seemed more real, while the second seemed to be a little to much like the perfect sitcom family type. It also seemed strange that the second family would even want Charles in their home seeing as how they never met him in the first place. Still, the show had a few laughs with the second family and was not all bad. The two principle characters from the first season returned as Scott Baio and Willie Ames from the rather funny film "Zapped" are buddies going to school and Charles kind of watches after the kids while having a place to stay. So it is kind of like "The Nanny" or a "Mr. Belvedere" only in this one it is less of a professional and more of just a guy going to college. Of course there are wacky things going on as one would expect from a sitcom of this era as there are problems with the kids and problems with school and that sort of thing. So basically a sitcom that started strong, but with the change of families became more bland.

TigermaveX At first, Charles In Charge didn't seem like a very good show, to me.. in fact, I found it pretty corny, with the theme music and all the predictable stories. Sure, the music may seem a tad bit corny, and the stories predictible, but it's still a likable and charming sitcom. Willie Aames almost MAKES the show. He is downright hilarious at times and acts his part wonderfully. Scott and him play off of each other wonderfully. The rest of the cast is well balanced, with the grandfather constantly hating Aames character, and the sisters fighting and disagreeing.Once I started really watching the show, I found myself liking it more and more, and now watch it every morning, if I'm awake. In short, this usually isn't a very deep show with a large message to send (Although almost every show does have some sort of good message), it's a simple, entertaining show that will usually put you in a good mood. Seven out of ten.

kelkel75 This show is probably the worst sit-com of the 80's(Well, it ties with Mr. Belvedere" The actors were horrible and the plots were stupid. The entire show was just as unbelievable as you can get. I'm just glad I don't see it on reruns all the time.

Spiffy-Tiffy Charles in Charge was just about the best show you could grow up watching. I love Scott Baio, and I think both families were great! It would be great if Charles were in Charge of me!!! I've always thought that if I ever had a live in babysitter, Charles would be the one for me.