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A new show
premiered on the ABC network called Charlie's Angels.
The series was based on three female detectives who worked for
the Charles Townsend Detective Agency. Charlie, who was their
anonymous boss, gave them assignments via a speaker phone. The
show was based on guns, hair, and make-up. The trio consisted of
Sabrina Ducan (Kate Jackson) best known for being the "smart
angel," Jill Munroe (Farrah Fawcett) known as the "athelic
angel," and rounding out the team was "street wise"
Kelly Garrett (Jaclyn Smith). The Angels worked with their
trusty male counter-part, John Bosley, played by David Doyle.
Charlie's Angels was a huge success the moment it hit the
airwaves. The Angels found themselves not only on gum cards,
doll boxes, puzzles and posters, but they also found themselves
on the cover of Time magazine. Suddenly, America was in
love with "Angels." Each Wednesday night, around 10
o'clock, women tuned in for the clothing and hair, while men
just tuned in.
Being #1 was nothing for the Angels, but it was Farrah Fawcett (then:
Majors) who took off like a rocket with her famous "swimsuit"
poster, which sold millions of copies! Everyone lusted after
that poster, and it appeared everywhere, even in the film Saturday
Night Fever. Farrah wasn't happy with the direction her
character was going and received countless offers, so decided to
leave the series at the end of the first season. Everyone was
shocked. The producers, Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg,
took Farrah to court for breaking her five year series contract.
Although she never returned as a series regular, Farrah guest
starred six times over the show's next three years.
1. Hellrider (09/22/76): The Angels join
a female only race track to investigate the death of a female
race car driver.
2. The Mexican Connection (09/29/76): The Angels go
undercover to bust a heroin smuggling ring.
3. Night of the Strangler (10/13/76): The Angels go
undercover to find who is killing high fashion models. Guest
stars: Richard Mulligan.
4. Angels in Chains (10/20/76): The Angels find
themselves in a all woman's prison to find a missing woman.
Guest stars: Kim Basinger, Lauren Tewes, Christina Hart.
5. Target: Angels (10/27/76): The Angels seem to be an on
a hitman's hitlist, but it's Charlie whom he's really after.
Guest stars: Tom Selleck.
6. The Killing Kind (11/3/76): The Angels go deep
undercover to expose a development scheme by criminals hiding in
the witness relocation program. Guest stars: Robert Loggia.
7. To Kill an Angel (11/10/76): Kelly helps a young boy
and finds herself accidentally shot by a gun that was used to
kill someone else moments before in an amusement park.
8. Lady Killer (11/24/76): Jill poses as a playmate
centerfold when a slick men's magazine fears it's losing its
centerfolds girls - to a killer.
9. Bullseye (12/1/76): The Angels enlist the Army to find
out who murdered a female recruit.
10. Consenting Adults (12/8/76): The Angels find
themselves in the midst of a local smuggling and "call girl"
ring.
11. The Seance (12/15/76): The Angels are hired to find
out who is draining a widow's wealth. Guest stars: Rene
Auberjunois.
12. Angels on Wheels (12/22/76): The Angels must find out
why a beautiful roller derby skater, Karen Jason was killed.
Guest stars: Dick Sargent.
13. Angel Trap (01/5/77): The Angels must track down a
assassin named "Jericho" before he strikes again.
Guest stars: Fernandol Lamas.
14. The Big Tap Out (01/12/77): The LAPD brings in the
Angels to "tap out" a compulsive gambler so he can be
caught stealing again.
15. Angels on a String (01/19/77): While on vacation for
R & R, the Angels find themselves caught in the middle in
the kidnapping of a Polish politician Peter Wycinski.
16. Dirty Business (02/02/77): The Angels must find out
who trying to put Marvin Goodman's adult film business out of
business for good.
17. The Vegas Connection (02/09/77): The Angels are hired
to find out why a wealthy businessman's wife is stealing from
his own company.
18. Terror on Ward One (02/16/77) The Angels turn in
their halos for nursing outfits to find who is behind making
attempted rapes on student nurses
19. Dancing in the Dark (02/23/77) The Angels find
themselves dancing to hustle where the hustlers extorted money
from their female clients. Guest stars: Dennis Cole.
20. I Will Be Remembered (03/09/77) Ex film star, Gloria
Gibson is trying to make a comeback. The Angels are hired to
find out who is trying to stop her. Guest stars: Ida Lupino
21. Angels at Sea (03/23/77) The Angels go undercover on
a cruise ship to find out who is trying to trim the guests and
crew by murder.
22. The Blue Angels (05/04/77) The Angels find themselves
barely covered in a massage parlor while investigating a
prostitution ring. Guest stars: Dirk Benedict (A-Team).
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