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8.9/10 TV Final episode date 21 May 2006 Network The WB | 7.1/10 IMDb First episode date 7 October 1998 Theme song How Soon Is Now? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast Alyssa Milano, Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, Rose McGowan, Brian Krause Similar Buffy the Vampire, Angel, 7th Heaven, Smallville, Supernatural Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charmed is an American television series created by Constance M. Burge. In the United States, Charmed premiered on The WB on October 7, 1998 and ended on May 21, 2006, with 178 episodes. Charmed originally aired on Wednesday nights at 9:00 pm, before moving to Thursday nights for its second, third and fourth seasons. For the fifth season, the series moved to Sunday nights at 8:00 pm and remained there until its eighth and final season.
The first episode, "Something Wicca This Way Comes", garnered 7.7 million viewers and broke the record for the highest-rated debut episode for The WB. During its fifth season, Charmed became the highest-rated Sunday night program in The WB's history. By the end of its eighth season, Charmed had become the second-longest drama broadcast by The WB and broke the record for the longest running hour-long television series featuring all female leads, later overtaken in 2012 by Desperate Housewives.