Charles in Charge

October. 03,1984

Rating：

6.1

Genre：

Comedy

Keywords：

College Sitcom Babysitter

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Trailer Synopsis

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.

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 5 : 1989

26 Episode

Episode 1 - Summer Together, Fall Apart

December. 30,1989

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

Episode 2 - Get Thee to a Nuttery

January. 06,1990

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

Episode 3 - Three Dates & a Walnut

January. 13,1990

Walter makes plans with three women on the same night.

Episode 4 - Out with the in Crowd

January. 20,1990

Jamie tries to join an exclusive group of girls.

Episode 5 - There's a Girl in My Ficus

January. 27,1990

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

Episode 6 - Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded

February. 03,1990

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

Episode 7 - Baby Bummer

February. 10,1990

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

Episode 8 - Paper Covers Rock

February. 17,1990

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

Episode 9 - Child Hoods

February. 24,1990

Charles' old friends come to visit.

Episode 10 - Advice and Contempt

March. 03,1990

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

Episode 11 - Daffy Doc

April. 28,1990

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

Episode 12 - Buddy Flips a Disc

May. 05,1990

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

Episode 13 - Brain Man

May. 12,1990

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

Episode 14 - 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.

Episode 15 - Let's Quake a Deal

May. 26,1990

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

Episode 16 - Up Your IQ

June. 02,1990

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

Episode 17 - All That Chaz

June. 09,1990

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

Episode 18 - Frankie and Mommy

August. 25,1990

Lillian sees an old boyfriend.

Episode 19 - Lost Resort

September. 01,1990

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

Episode 20 - Dead Puck Society

September. 08,1990

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

Episode 21 - La Cage Aux Fools

September. 15,1990

Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.

Episode 22 - Teacher's Pest

September. 22,1990

Walter takes a history class that Charles teaches.

Episode 23 - Almost Family

October. 20,1990

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

Episode 24 - Seeing Is Believing

October. 27,1990

Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.

Episode 25 - Fair Exchange

November. 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.)

Episode 26 - Charles Be DeMille

November. 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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26 Episode

Seasons 3 : 1987

26 Episode

Seasons 2 : 1987

26 Episode

Seasons 1 : 1984

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