Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: October 3, 1984
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 126
Networks: CBS, Syndication
Genres: Comedy

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Charles in Charge(1984)

TMDB Rating: 6.1 (68 votes)

Overview

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.

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Season 1

22 episodes • 1984Avg: 7.6Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Pilot	Oct 3, 1984	8.0
2	Extracurricular Activity	Oct 10, 1984	8.0
3	Another Saturday Night	Oct 17, 1984	7.0
4	War	Oct 24, 1984	7.0
5	Cousin Elliott	Nov 7, 1984	8.0
6	Slumber Party	Nov 14, 1984	8.0
7	Discipline	Nov 21, 1984	8.0
8	Trick or Treat	Nov 28, 1984	0.0
9	A Date with Enid	Dec 5, 1984	0.0
10	Friends And Lovers	Dec 12, 1984	0.0
11	Home for the Holidays	Dec 19, 1984	8.0
12	Accidental Puppy	Dec 26, 1984	8.0
13	The Commotion	Jan 2, 1985	0.0
14	Mr. President	Jan 16, 1985	0.0
15	Jill's Decision	Jan 23, 1985	0.0
16	Pressure from Grandma	Jan 30, 1985	0.0
17	Snowed In	Feb 6, 1985	0.0
18	Charles 'R' Us	Feb 13, 1985	6.0
19	Charles' Spring Break (A.K.A.: The Last Resort)	Feb 20, 1985	0.0
20	The Wrong Guy	Feb 27, 1985	0.0
21	Mr. Brilliant	Mar 13, 1985	0.0
22	Meet Grandpa	Apr 3, 1985	0.0

Season 2

26 episodes • 1987

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Amityville	Jan 3, 1987
2	The Naked Truth	Jan 10, 1987
3	Feud for Thought	Jan 17, 1987
4	The Egg and Us	Jan 24, 1987
5	The Loan Arranger	Jan 31, 1987
6	American Teen	Feb 7, 1987
7	Buddy Comes to Dinner	Feb 14, 1987
8	A Fox in the Henhouse	Feb 21, 1987
9	Pizza Parlor Protest	Feb 28, 1987
10	Trade Off	Mar 7, 1987
11	Dating	Mar 14, 1987
12	Music, Music, Mayhem	Mar 21, 1987
13	Buddy in Charge	Mar 28, 1987
14	Isn't That What's Her Face?	Apr 4, 1987
15	A Date From Heck	Apr 11, 1987
16	Mama Mia	Apr 18, 1987
17	Weekend Weary	Apr 25, 1987
18	U.F. Oh No	May 2, 1987
19	The Case of the Mock-Turtle Mystery	May 9, 1987
20	Twice Upon a Time (1)	May 16, 1987
21	Twice Upon A Time (2)	May 23, 1987
22	A Job From Heck	May 30, 1987
23	Baby Doll	Jun 6, 1987
24	Lillian Putts a Round	Jun 13, 1987
25	Her Brother's Keeper	Jun 20, 1987
26	The Undergraduate	Jun 27, 1987

Season 3

26 episodes • 1987

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Yule Laff	Dec 26, 1987
2	Piece of Cake	Jan 2, 1988
3	Dorm Warnings	Jan 9, 1988
4	Speechless	Jan 16, 1988
5	Infatuation	Jan 23, 1988
6	Role Model	Jan 30, 1988
7	The Extremely Odd Couple	Feb 6, 1988
8	Poppa, the Sailor Man	Feb 13, 1988
9	Bottle Baby	Feb 20, 1988
10	Dear Charles	Feb 27, 1988
11	The Pickle Plot	Mar 5, 1988
12	The Buddy System	Mar 12, 1988
13	Sarah Steps Out	Mar 19, 1988
14	Trading Papers	Mar 26, 1988
15	Five Easy Pizzas	Apr 2, 1988
16	Getting In	Apr 9, 1988
17	Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow	Apr 16, 1988
18	Dutiful Dreamer	Apr 23, 1988
19	Berkling Up Is Hard to Do	Apr 30, 1988
20	Runaround Charles	May 7, 1988
21	Where the Auction Is	May 14, 1988
22	The Boy Who Loved Women	May 21, 1988
23	Barbelles	May 28, 1988
24	The Blackboard Bungle	Jun 4, 1988
25	The Heart Burgler	Jun 11, 1988
26	May the Best Man Lose	Jun 18, 1988

Season 4

26 episodes • 1988

#	Episode	Air Date
1	No Nukes, Is Good Nukes	Dec 31, 1988
2	Ninny and the Professor	Jan 7, 1989
3	Duelling Presleys	Jan 14, 1989
4	Adam See, Adam Do	Jan 21, 1989
5	Yesterday Cafe	Jan 28, 1989
6	Fatal Obsession	Feb 4, 1989
7	Walter Gets a Dodo	Feb 11, 1989
8	Ladies' Night Out	Feb 18, 1989
9	Chargin' Charles	Feb 25, 1989
10	A Fish Called Buddy	Mar 4, 1989
11	Second Banana	Apr 22, 1989
12	Still at Large	Apr 29, 1989
13	Poetic License	May 6, 1989
14	Charles Splits (1)	May 13, 1989
15	Charles Splits (2)	May 20, 1989
16	Curing the Common Cult	May 27, 1989
17	Room at the Bottom	Jul 1, 1989
18	A Sting of Pearls	Jul 8, 1989
19	Walter's War	Sep 9, 1989
20	The Organization Man	Sep 16, 1989
21	Big Bang	Oct 14, 1989
22	Triple Threat	Oct 21, 1989
23	Aunt Vanessa	Oct 28, 1989
24	It's a Blunderfull Life	Nov 4, 1989
25	Bad Boy	Nov 11, 1989
26	Buddy's Daddy	Nov 18, 1989

Season 5

26 episodes • 1989

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Summer Together, Fall Apart	Dec 30, 1989
2	Get Thee to a Nuttery	Jan 6, 1990
3	Three Dates & a Walnut	Jan 13, 1990
4	Out with the in Crowd	Jan 20, 1990
5	There's a Girl in My Ficus	Jan 27, 1990
6	Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded	Feb 3, 1990
7	Baby Bummer	Feb 10, 1990
8	Paper Covers Rock	Feb 17, 1990
9	Child Hoods	Feb 24, 1990
10	Advice and Contempt	Mar 3, 1990
11	Daffy Doc	Apr 28, 1990
12	Buddy Flips a Disc	May 5, 1990
13	Brain Man	May 12, 1990
14	Don't Rock the Vote	May 19, 1990
15	Let's Quake a Deal	May 26, 1990
16	Up Your IQ	Jun 2, 1990
17	All That Chaz	Jun 9, 1990
18	Frankie and Mommy	Aug 25, 1990
19	Lost Resort	Sep 1, 1990
20	Dead Puck Society	Sep 8, 1990
21	La Cage Aux Fools	Sep 15, 1990
22	Teacher's Pest	Sep 22, 1990
23	Almost Family	Oct 20, 1990
24	Seeing Is Believing	Oct 27, 1990
25	Fair Exchange	Nov 3, 1990
26	Charles Be DeMille	Nov 10, 1990

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