Charlie's Angels season 1

Charlie's Angels
Season 1
No. of episodes	22
Release
Original release	September 22, 1976 (1976-09-22) – May 4, 1977 (1977-05-04)
Season chronology

This is a list of episodes for the first season of the 1970s television series, Charlie's Angels. Broadcast on the ABC network from September 22, 1976 to May 4, 1977 - with a total of 22 episodes - season one starred Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Jaclyn Smith and David Doyle. John Forsythe provided the voice of the character Charles "Charlie" Townsend.

The pilot film aired on March 21, 1976 as a 2 hour TV movie. Succeeding episodes were between 48 and 50 minutes in length. Viewing figures for the first season were extremely high, finishing at #5 in the Nielsen ratings.

The pilot episode featured M*A*S*H actor David Ogden Stiers as the character Scott Woodville, a male liaison to Charlie. Woodville was dropped for the series as it was felt the character was too severe and that it was unnecessary for Charlie to have two male liaisons. Fellow liaison Bosley (played by Doyle) was kept as someone the writers could use to add humor to the episodes.

The show's three female leads were launched to greater heights in their careers, with Fawcett-Majors proving to be the most popular of the trio. Although Jackson and Smith were overshadowed by Fawcett-Majors they have equally stood the test of time; both have also been cited as "fan favorites."

NOTE: The United States Copyright Office starts numbering the episodes with "Hellride", the first regular episode of season 1.

Main cast

• Kate Jackson as Sabrina Duncan (regular)
• Farrah Fawcett-Majors as Jill Munroe (regular)
• Jaclyn Smith as Kelly Garrett (regular)
• David Doyle as John Bosley (regular)
• John Forsythe as Charles "Charlie" Townsend (regular, voice only)
• David Ogden Stiers as Scott Woodville (pilot episode only)

Notable guest stars

• Fernando Lamas
• Ida Lupino
• Dick Sargent
• Richard Mulligan
• Frank Gorshin
• Michael Bell
• Bo Hopkins
• Jenny O'Hara
• Anthony James
• Tom Selleck
• Tommy Lee Jones
• Kim Basinger
• Lauren Tewes

Episodes

See also: List of Charlie's Angels episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Hellride"	Richard Lang	Edward J. Lakso	September 22, 1976 (1976-09-22)
2	2	"The Mexican Connection"	Allen Baron	Jack V. Fogarty	September 29, 1976 (1976-09-29)
3	3	"Night of the Strangler"	Richard Lang	Pat Fiedler	October 13, 1976 (1976-10-13)
4	4	"Angels in Chains"	Phil Bondelli	Robert Earll	October 20, 1976 (1976-10-20)
5	5	"Target: Angels"	Richard Lang	David Levinson	October 27, 1976 (1976-10-27)
6	6	"The Killing Kind"	Richard Benedict	Rick Husky	November 3, 1976 (1976-11-03)
7	7	"To Kill an Angel"	Phil Bondelli	Rick Husky	November 10, 1976 (1976-11-10)
8	8	"Lady Killer"	George McCowan	Sue Melburn	November 24, 1976 (1976-11-24)
9	9	"Bullseye"	Daniel Haller	Jeff Myrow	December 1, 1976 (1976-12-01)
10	10	"Consenting Adults"	George McCowan	Les Carter	December 8, 1976 (1976-12-08)
11	11	"The Séance"	George W. Brooks	Robert C. Dennis & Edward J. Lakso	December 15, 1976 (1976-12-15)
12	12	"Angels on Wheels"	Rick Husky	Jack V. Fogarty & Rick Husky	December 22, 1976 (1976-12-22)
13	13	"Angel Trap"	George McCowan	Edward J. Lakso	January 5, 1977 (1977-01-05)
14	14	"The Big Tap-Out"	Georg Stanford Brown	Brian McKay	January 12, 1977 (1977-01-12)
15	15	"Angels on a String"	Lawrence Doheny	Edward J. Lakso	January 19, 1977 (1977-01-19)
16	16	"Dirty Business"	Bill Bixby	Edward J. Lakso	February 2, 1977 (1977-02-02)
17	17	"The Vegas Connection"	George McCowan	John D.F. Black	February 9, 1977 (1977-02-09)
18	18	"Terror on Ward One"	Bob Kelljan	Edward J. Lakso	February 16, 1977 (1977-02-16)
19	19	"Dancing in the Dark"	Cliff Bole	Les Carter	February 23, 1977 (1977-02-23)
20	20	"I Will Be Remembered"	Nicholas Sgarro	Melvin Levy	March 9, 1977 (1977-03-09)
21	21	"Angels at Sea"	Allen Baron	John D.F. Black	March 23, 1977 (1977-03-23)
22	22	"The Blue Angels"	Georg Stanford Brown	Laurie Lakso & Edward J. Lakso	May 4, 1977 (1977-05-04)