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First Aired: October 3rd, 1984

Status: Ended

Genre: Comedy

Network: CBS

Summary: 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.

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Season 5

Episode 1: Summer Together, Fall Apart

Air Date: December 30th, 1989

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

Episode 2: Get Thee to a Nuttery

Air Date: January 6th, 1990

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

Episode 3: Three Dates & a Walnut

Air Date: January 13rd, 1990

Summary: Walter makes plans with three women on the same night.

Episode 4: Out with the in Crowd

Air Date: January 20th, 1990

Summary: Jamie tries to join an exclusive group of girls.

Episode 5: There's a Girl in My Ficus

Air Date: January 27th, 1990

Summary: 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

Air Date: February 3rd, 1990

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

Episode 7: Baby Bummer

Air Date: February 10th, 1990

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

Episode 8: Paper Covers Rock

Air Date: February 17th, 1990

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

Episode 9: Child Hoods

Air Date: February 24th, 1990

Summary: Charles' old friends come to visit.

Episode 10: Advice and Contempt

Air Date: March 3rd, 1990

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

Episode 11: Daffy Doc

Air Date: April 28th, 1990

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

Episode 12: Buddy Flips a Disc

Air Date: May 5th, 1990

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

Episode 13: Brain Man

Air Date: May 12nd, 1990

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

Episode 14: Don't Rock the Vote

Air Date: May 19th, 1990

Summary: 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

Air Date: May 26th, 1990

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

Episode 16: Up Your IQ

Air Date: June 2nd, 1990

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

Episode 17: All That Chaz

Air Date: June 9th, 1990

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

Episode 18: Frankie and Mommy

Air Date: August 25th, 1990

Summary: Lillian sees an old boyfriend.

Episode 19: Lost Resort

Air Date: September 1st, 1990

Summary: 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

Air Date: September 8th, 1990

Summary: 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

Air Date: September 15th, 1990

Summary: Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.

Episode 22: Teacher's Pest

Air Date: September 22nd, 1990

Summary: Walter takes a history class that Charles teaches.

Episode 23: Almost Family

Air Date: October 20th, 1990

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

Episode 24: Seeing Is Believing

Air Date: October 27th, 1990

Summary: Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.

Episode 25: Fair Exchange

Air Date: November 3rd, 1990

Summary: 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

Air Date: November 10th, 1990

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

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