well, i have a distinct recollection of this series, aired (along with other rubbish TV fodder from the USA ) through the mid 80's. Well, it was your mid-card sit-com: not much of a plot; just good ole' clichéd plots rehashed here & there. I remember the reason most ( me included i guess ) would watch it was the cute highschool girl...i remember girls were infatuated with either Baio or the actor playing Buddy Lambeck. i remember this & other midcard 80's TV fodder (EG M.J. Fox's "Keatons" ) with a smile for their mild entertaining value. Typical "reaganomics" (1980-88, Ronald Reagan's era ) products, they fostered the image of the middle class American riding the powerful wave of welfare&wealth in the "new" conservative USA triumphing over the USSR in the last exchanges of the cold war, "star wars" etc. A transient illusion of middle class betterment, which now casts a shadow upon such superficial products.

This was one of my favorite shows growing up! It's still one of my favorites now! I watch it all the time on Nick at Nite. I have seen some of the episodes from the 1st. season, but I have to admit that I watched the show in syndication, so I grew up seeing the Powell family. However, the Pembrokes were great too. I'm especially thankful for the "Amityville" episode which explained why Charles was set up with a new family and kept continuity intact. Charles is cool, but Buddy is the best! Anyway, the show rules! (no matter what season)

The 1984 version was better than the second version in the late '80s. It featured better plots and better actors. Also, Buddy was not an idiot on the first version, as he was on the second version. Still, it wasn't that great a show, when you compare it to Scott Baio's other show (Happy Days) and Willie Aames's other show (Eight is Enough).

Charles in Charge had one of the greatest premises for a sitcom ever: that grownups really DO understand, that they are human and fallible, yet reliable and caring. I have come to identify with the noble notion that as adults, we all have a responsibility to help the youth in our community through the rough spots in their lives. I found it excruciatingly ironic that Josie Davis, despite playing a role that revolved around "the beauty within," felt like the "ugly sister." Several people have commented that the Jaimie character was their first crush, but I always thought Josie Davis was hands down the more beautiful of the two. Having seen her since on 90210, I gotta say, "YOWZA!" Was I right or what? Inner beauty rocks, and Josie's got it inside and out!