Charlie's Angels (2011 TV series)
| Charlie's Angels | |
|---|---|
| File:Charlie's Angels 2011 title card.jpg | |
| Genre | Action Crime Drama |
| Created by | Ivan Goff Ben Roberts |
| Developed by | Alfred Gough Miles Millar |
| Starring | Annie Ilonzeh Minka Kelly Rachael Taylor Ramón Rodríguez Victor Garber John Terry |
| Theme music composer | Jack Elliott Allyn Ferguson |
| Composer(s) | Louis Febre |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 (1 unaired)[1] (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Marcos Siega Drew Barrymore Nancy Juvonen Leonard Goldberg Alfred Gough Miles Millar |
| Production location(s) | Miami, Florida |
| Running time | 44 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Millar Gough Ink Panda Productions Flower Films Sony Pictures Television |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
| First shown in | United States |
| Original release | September 22 – November 10, 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Charlie's Angels (1976) |
Charlie's Angels is a remake developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar for ABC, based upon the 1976 series of the same name created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts. The series premiered on ABC on September 22, 2011.
On October 14, 2011, ABC had canceled the series after only four episodes;[2] it burned-off three of the remaining four episodes and concluded on November 10, 2011.
Contents
Cast and characters
- Annie Ilonzeh as Kate Prince, a former Miami cop[3]
- Minka Kelly as Eve French, a street racer[4]
- Rachael Taylor as Abby Sampson, a thief
- Ramon Rodriguez as John Bosley, a hacker[5]
- Victor Garber as the voice of Charles "Charlie" Townsend[6]
- John Terry as Victor Sampson, Abby's father
Development
A remake of the original series had been announced since late 2009, when screenwriter Josh Friedman was hired to write a pilot script.[7] Friedman's script was ultimately rejected, and ABC hired Smallville creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar to pen a new version.[8] In an interview, Alfred Gough expressed his desire to avoid doing anything "campy or retro."[9] He later stated, "The characters are real and emotionally grounded, but they still like to have fun, wear great clothes, solve crime, and kick some serious ass...we hope to surprise people and bring a whole new generation to Charlie's Angels."[9]
Robert Wagner was set to star as Charlie, but due to scheduling conflicts, had to exit the project.[10] After an exhaustive search, Victor Garber was finally cast as the new voice of Charlie.[6]
Veteran television director Marcos Siega directed the pilot.[11] Filming began in Miami on March 8, 2011.[12] On May 13, 2011, ABC picked the project up to series. ABC later announced that the show would air Thursdays at 8:00 pm Eastern/7:00 pm Central, starting at the beginning of the 2011–12 United States network television season.[13]
Reception
Critical response
The show received mostly negative reviews.[14][15][16] Many reviewers criticized the acting,[17] confusing plot, and useless action scenes. Metacritic gives the show a score of 30% based on reviews from 22 critics.[18]
Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe gave the show a "C" grade commenting "The underwhelming cast brings nothing to the boilerplate action. Kelly is miscast as a biker chick, and making Bosley a hunk with computer skills fails to add life."[19] IGN's Matt Fowler named the pilot the worst pilot of the fall, pointing out the bad acting and writing,[20] saying that he didn't "believe that these ladies could change a flat tire, much less take down a notorious human trafficker" and that the series should have gone dark like Nikita or copied the tone of Burn Notice.[21]
On December 26, 2011 Hitfix.com's Alan Sepinwall listed the reboot on his "Lumps of coal: The worst TV I watched in 2011", stating "it just chose horribly wrong, with a grim, ultra-serious take that robbed whatever campy/cheesey fun you might have expected from the brand name, and with a collection of terrible performances and bad writing that undercut any attempt to give the Angels some dramatic heft."[22]
Ratings and cancellation
The pilot episode drew only a 2.1/6 among the 18–49 demos with 8.76 million viewers in Thursday slot on ABC.[23]
Thirteen episodes of the series were ordered.[24] However, after the fourth episode aired, ABC announced on October 14, 2011 that it had decided to cancel the series because of the low ratings.[25] The eighth and final episode of the show was never aired on ABC, but was aired by AXN in Poland in late December 2011 and aired by Cinemax Latinoamerica & E4 in the UK in January 2012.[26]
Shortly before the show ended, Minka Kelly made a post of her thoughts on Twitter about the cancellation of the show with her fans. "I've had a wonderful time working with this incredible crew and amazing cast. I've made friends 4 life! A beautiful experience. #CharliesAngels."[27] ABC president Paul Lee stated also after the cancellation of the show, “I don’t think we breathed life into that franchise but I think it was a strong attempt.”[24]
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | 18–49 rating |
U.S. viewers (million) |
Original air date |
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| 1 | "Angel with a Broken Wing" | Marcos Siega | Alfred Gough & Miles Millar | 2.1/6 | 8.76[23] | September 22, 2011 |
| When a mission involving a child slavery ring results in Gloria's (Nadine Velazquez) death, Charlie (voiced by Victor Garber) persuades Abby (Rachael Taylor) and Kate (Annie Ilonzeh) to team up with Gloria's friend, Eve (Minka Kelly). They don't know it, but Abby, Kate and Eve will always support and look out for each other. They also discover that Gloria's death is also tied to the child slavery ring's elusive mastermind, which hits too close to home and very personal for Eve, who wants to seek revenge. | ||||||
| 2 | "Runway Angels" | Angela Robinson | Sonny Postiglione, Alfred Gough & Miles Millar | 1.5/4 | 7.11[28] | September 29, 2011 |
| Undercover at a fashion show to solve the disappearance of a runway model, the Angels discover that Kate's ex-fiancé Detective Ray Goodson (Isaiah Mustafa) is involved with the case. The model, Gabriella Tucker is found dead, and Abby goes undercover as a model in the mansion where Gabriella lived. The murder is linked to a green-card marriage scam, where the models marry criminals in exchange for money. Abby is caught talking into her comm earpiece in the bathroom and the lawyer who runs the scheme catches her. Gabriella was married to Simon Genks, really Nicoli Dinko, a former Chechen military sniper. He used his green card to get a job with a security company so he could kill the Russian first lady, as he blamed the Russians for the death of his first wife. | ||||||
| 3 | "Bon Voyage, Angels" | James Marshall | Douglas Petrie | 1.2/4 | 5.93[29] | October 6, 2011 |
| The Angels take the case of an investigative journalist who disappears on a cruise ship, a case that connects with Kate's past. | ||||||
| 4 | "Angels in Chains" | Marcos Siega | Story by: Robert Earll Teleplay by: Javier Grillo-Marxuach |
1.3/4 | 5.91[30] | October 13, 2011 |
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The Angels go undercover in Cuban women's prison, in which women are being kidnapped and sold as high-level prostitutes. necklace. Note: This episode was based on an episode from the original series with both episodes sharing the same title. |
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| 5 | "Angels in Paradise" | Marcos Siega | Alfred Gough & Miles Millar | 1.2/4 | 5.57[31] | October 20, 2011 |
| After a family is kidnapped and the Angels are sent to rescue them, they discover there's a bigger plan in the works. At Charlie's urging, Abby reconnects with her father when it appears that he has a connection to this latest case. | ||||||
| 6 | "Black Hat Angels" | James Marshall | Douglas Petrie | 1.2/3 | 5.31[32] | November 3, 2011 |
| The Angels are given a mission by Charlie to find a missing painter who's been kidnapped; upon investigating, the angels find that someone has set up Bosley to be the kidnapper. | ||||||
| 7 | "Royal Angels" | J. Miller Tobin | Meredith Lavender & Marcie Ulin | 1.1/3 | 5.10[33] | November 10, 2011 |
| When a royal African king is shot and killed, the Angels must protect the king's son (Romeo Miller), who is also a target. | ||||||
| 8 | "They Are Not Saints" | Kevin Bray | Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Alfred Gough & Miles Millar | N/A | N/A | Unaired in the U.S. |
| While jet-skiing on a day off, the Angels come across an unconscious man (Jason Pendergraft) whom Eve revives through mouth-to-mouth resuscitation; however, when the man (who they later discover is a Los Angeles Police Officer) is revived, he has amnesia and attempts at his life are made while the Angels protect him and help him ascertain his true identity. Eve takes a liking to the man and Bosley's feelings for her become apparent. | ||||||
International broadcasts
Canada by CTV, where it aired an hour earlier on the same night as the ABC broadcasts.[34]
Australia by Nine Network, which aired the original series. However, after airing only two episodes, the Nine Network replaced the show's time slot and moved the series over to the network's other channel, GO!. GO! has since removed the program from its schedule. The remaining four episodes are still yet to air.- The American Forces Network, for military viewers stationed overseas.
New Zealand by TV2, After cancellation in the US, TVNZ pulled the show. It is set to return at a later date.[35]
United Kingdom by E4 aired all 8 episodes (including last episode which was never aired by ABC) through January 2012.
Sweden by TV3
Hungary by AXN
Middle East by OSN First
Poland by AXN
Portugal by TV Séries, 2 weeks after the US air date; SIC on Saturdays afternoon broadcast all produced episodes.
Bulgaria by AXN
Czech Republic by AXN, TV Nova (Czech Republic)
Slovak Republic by Dajto
India by Star World from January 7, 2012
Indonesia by Trans TV starting in 2013.
Lithuania by LNK from June 9, 2012
Italy by Rai 2 from January 8, 2012[36]
Latin America by Cinemax Latinoamerica aired all 8 episodes (including last episode which was never aired by ABC) from November 30, 2011 through January 7, 2012.[37][38][39]
Philippines by Fox Philippines, beginning in December 2011.
Germany by local AXN, all 8 episodes starting on May 17, 2012.[40]
Norway by Viasat 4 from July 16, 2012 – present
France by Canal+ Family from October 29, 2012 through November 8, 2012 ; Canal+ from January 5, 2013 ; Canal+ Décalé from February 4, 2013 ; NT1 from July 4, 2014 through July 18, 2014 (the four networks aired all 8 episodes, including last episode which was never aired by ABC).
Quebec by AddikTV from January 2, 2013
Switzerland by RTS Un from March 3, 2013 (in french language)
Turkey by ATV from January 7, 2014.
Finland by YLE TV2 from August 25, 2014.
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DVD releases
Charlie's Angels is currently available on DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.[41][42]
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External links
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