In 1998, the former TheWB was at a turning point for your grill and programming. After the appearance of 7th Heaven, Buffy and Dawson's Creek was before the crucial year of consolation and needed success to distance himself from his next rival UPN, so ordered two pilots that drew heavily the attention of the spectators, first Felicity, the first major opportunity to JJ Abrams, and other Charmed , a production of King Midas Aaron Spelling. Both were intended for a more adult audience than their mates grill, looking like a priority target of women and creating Buffy with a growing trend in dramas featuring strong, independent women, which oddly enough, it was difficult for 12 seasons.
Soon Charmed became a hit thanks to the particular audience mix of genres that brought a touch of fresh air to the grill of his station and reinforced its commitment to the supernatural touches sprinkled in different genres who triumphed in other series such as love and family values, endorsing their commitment to this scheme in Angel and Smallville.
won Charmed for 8 seasons in a complicated grid that turned its essence TheWB countless occasions during his 11 seasons on the air, and is the story behind the scenes one of the most complex of the TV.
Season 1.
Announcing Aaron Spelling returned to work with Shannen Doherty press went crazy, given the circumstances in which the diva had left 4 years before Beverly Hills 90210, the illness was evident and the pilot's release brought to 7.7 million fans, the largest audience accumulated by a release in the history of the network, against all odds, as TheWB never thought that a series like that were to succeed in their station. Problems with the pilot and the casting were evident, managers did not want Holly Marie Combs star in the series and at that time was almost a total unknown, so Aaron had to deal with them and convince them that the only way to go ahead with the series, also the third actress Lori Rom in discord, decided to abandon the project just shoot the pilot, so we had to find a replacement in a hurry call to Alyssa Milano, who was working in Melrose Place, Series of the house, and re-shoot the first episode again.
six chapters were recorded, and after the issuance of the second TheWB granted a full season before the great ratings he had received, but did demand, lowering the Gothic elements of the series, less dark and a plot procedural that would help new viewers to catch the series at any time of the season.
With the seventh series substantially changed, the background music and the plots were restructured and the hearing continued to be fantastic, but the heads of the station continued to meddle in the production, demanding a greater role to Shannen in frames and trying to prevent the presence of Brian Krause became habitual.
Yet the first season managed to gather 5.4 million viewers Wednesday night, aided by the strong lead-in to WB were granted, Dawsons Creek, which marked a 5.4 identical million and beating Buffy (5.3 million) by the minimum.
Season 2.
Following the success of the previous batch of episodes was decided to move the series Thursday and leave their successful opening for the premiere of Roswell, but Charmed continued to succeed in your new schedule although things got rough off the stage.
Ted King's departure last season brought the signing of two new regular players, Karis Paige Bryant and Greg Vaughan which proved a total failure, being rejected by viewers. Karis Paige was magically ejected from the show after only 4 innings and Vaughan said goodbye at the end of the season by a decision of the producers, who claimed that they could not find a way for him in the series, which if made for Brian Krause was going to be regular after have appeared as guest star for a year and a half and was embroiled in a relationship with Alyssa Milano at the time.
The creator of Charmed, Constance M. Burge and his co-executive producer Brad Kern began to have serious disputes in the writers' room, they both wanted to continue the story in different ways, first wanted to continue with the scheme followed so far, while the latter sought to turn frames to one side far more sentimental and strengthen relationships and no magic frames. After months of disagreements TheWB decided to support Kern and the creator of the series decided abandon the project.
also began to create problems between Shannen Doherty and Alyssa Milano, who had gained tremendous popularity during the summer break between the first and second season, but the blood would not reach the river now.
If the problems behind the scenes followed one another in front of them all was joy, Charmed became the second most-watched series chain with 4.8 million fans, second only to his "sister more 7th Heaven.
Season 3.
After the departure of Burge, Brad Kern began to introduce elements serial production, gradually abandoning the scheme known as "monster of the week" and hiring Julian McMahon (beginning to come out with Shannen Doherty in real life for a few months) as the main love interest for Alyssa Milano.
The premiere audience attracted to the same 7.7 million who took the pilot, but the plot increasingly focused more on the characters of Milano and Shannen Combs while enjoying increasingly less weight. The situation soon became untenable, Milano and Doherty had stopped speaking and the atmosphere on set was infernal, actresses communicate only when their characters were forced to do so and Shannen gave an ultimatum to the chain and the producers, or remain a or the other.
After tense weeks after recording the last episode of the season where the characters of Prue and Piper were seriously injured, Shannen decided to leave the show without notice, leaving hanging the actors and producers and a flagrant breach contract they still lacked two years of operation.
Charmed was renewed for two more seasons and had remained as the second best product TheWb with 4.9 million viewers, beating the third consecutive year Buffy and Dawson's Creek.
Season 4.
The press began to haunt Shannen, who was involved in trouble with the claim that he had brought, attacked the campus of the series, accusing them of unprofessional and declared that if she left the series, his best friend, Holly Marie Combs would, too, thing made evident once again, the Hollywood diva who escaped demand by Holly, who from the start time to be credited as the star of the series despite the fame of Milan. Shannen
refused to continue shooting even out of his character, so the producers had to manage to continue with the lucrative business that involved the series. They spent all summer looking for a replacement for Doherty, with the names of Tiffani Thiessen, Eliza Dushku, Rose McGowan and Jennifer Love Hewitt candidates to take the upper hand. McGowan was finally able to convince that the direct and joined the series after signing an agreement for five years, along with Alyssa and Holly which extended his for three more.
The story continued with the serial scheme last year and after the general and logical course of time the audience began to suffer a mild, but the main concern of the chain had been settled, and the Rose McGowan's character was widely accepted by the audience, 4.2 million supporters that after the departure of Buffy to another station and the collapse of Dawson's Creek were still more than enough.
Charmed Ecuador had reached its broadcast on American grill and should consolidate the data recorded during his last season with the raid crucial for a new actress and the change in the dynamics which meant losing a figure that dragged both public and Shannen Doherty. We will see that happen in the next post.
