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133-560: Four soundtrack albums of Charmed have been released and feature music that were used in the show. The first soundtrack album, Charmed: The Soundtrack , was released as a worldwide digital partial edition on September 22, 2003 by BMG Music . The full edition was released as a CD in the United States on September 23, 2003 and in the United ;Kingdom on September 29, 2003. Charmed: The Soundtrack debuted at number 177 on

266-587: A Book of Shadows , solstice celebrations and handfastings . Cast member Holly Marie Combs revealed in The Women of Charmed documentary (2000) that the series aimed at following a mythology created by fantasy, and not adhering to Wiccan rules too closely, for fear of coming under criticism for either not being "technically correct enough" or missing the truth completely. Ahead of the third season, Burge left her former position as executive producer to Kern, after she reportedly became frustrated that storylines for

399-667: A reboot of Charmed , which did not get picked up at the network. However, The CW network later developed a different reboot series , which premiered in October 2018, featuring different cast members and characters. Witches of East End (2013–14) was noted by critics for its strong resemblance to Charmed , as both shows are about a sisterhood of witches battling evil and live in similar houses, which its executive producer Maggie Friedman has acknowledged. Other witch-themed shows that have been compared to Charmed include The Secret Circle (2011–12) and Hex (2004–05), which

532-484: A "crafty cult classic" and in her retrospective review of the first season, wrote that it "remains spellbinding thanks to its proper balance of quirky humor, Buffy -esque drama" and Shannen Doherty's character Prue. Angelica Bastien of Bustle magazine commended the "strong female characters" and felt that the show resembled Xena: Warrior Princess more than Buffy due to its "mix of drama, wacky humor, intensely layered mythology, and feminism -lite vibe." During

665-635: A Cable Guide Award in the United Kingdom for "Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series." The series also won a "Certificate of Merit" at the 2003 EDGE Awards for the season four episode " Muse to My Ears ." In 2004, Alyssa Milano was nominated for a Spacey Award in Canada for "Favorite Female TV Character" and in 2005, she was nominated for "Favorite Television Actress" at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards . That same year, Rose McGowan won

798-460: A bonus disc with special features such as the original unaired pilot, "The Demons of Charmed ", " Charmed Effects", "The Men of Charmed ", " The Book of Shadows ", "The Power of Three", "Directing Charmed ", and "The Making of a Monster". Two of The Complete Series box sets were released in Region 1 on November 18, 2008. Both sets are a replica of the show's Book of Shadows , with one set being

931-513: A challenge for them, with the exposure of magic having far-reaching consequences on their various relationships and resulting in a number of police and FBI investigations throughout the series. The series initially focuses on the three Halliwell sisters, Prue ( Shannen Doherty ), Piper ( Holly Marie Combs ), and Phoebe ( Alyssa Milano ). Charmed achieved a cult following and popularity on The WB with its first episode " Something Wicca This Way Comes " garnering 7.7 million viewers, breaking

1064-401: A circle. The show's title card then appears, featuring the triquetra symbol and Book of Shadows . After the title card in the opening of seasons 1 to 3, scenes from the pilot episode are shown, including an overhead view of the sisters casting a spell at a round table and a shot of them coming downstairs. A scene of the sisters reciting a spell is then shown with the word "Starring." This

1197-545: A completion date of September 2019. The remastered version of season one was released on high-definition Blu-ray in the US on October 30, 2018. Season 2 was released through Manufacture on Demand in 2020. Season 3 is scheduled for release May 18, 2021, almost 20 years to the day that Season 3 finished airing on The WB. On December 13, 2019, Koch Films announced a full series release on Blu-ray for Charmed in Germany, making Germany

1330-464: A creative consultant until season four. Her departure resulted in changes in the story structure of the show, from a "demon of the week" system to using third or half-season-long story arcs. In addition, more importance was given to the protagonists' personal lives. The serial connection of episodes culminated in the second half of season four. Despite the ratings increasing during season four's final story arc from 4.19 to 4.21, The WB asked Kern to abandon

1463-459: A curse on her and Sasan says, "It's Shannen [Doherty]! She knows all that witchcraft from Charmed ." In the season four episode "Me and the Devil" of True Blood , Sookie Stackhouse ( Anna Paquin ) tells a witch named Marnie Stonebrook ( Fiona Shaw ) that one of her favorite television shows she watched as a child was Charmed . In the episode " Boy Parts " of American Horror Story: Coven ,

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1596-517: A device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer , portable media player , MP3 player or smartphone . This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. Music downloads are typically encoded with modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) audio data compression , particularly the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format used by iTunes as well as

1729-557: A gender perspective to carry out an in-depth analysis of third-wave feminism as shown in the series. Between 2012 and 2015, French academic and essayist Alexis Pichard delivered a set of three lectures on Charmed . In 2012, he spoke about intertextuality and postmodernism in the series at the Université de Rouen. In 2014, he explored Charmed 's transmedia storytelling at the Université Paris 3. In 2015, he investigated

1862-674: A pop culture reference in television shows and films. In the 2000 parody film, Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth , Barbara Primesuspect ( Julie Benz ) is said to be yelling " Charmed my ass!" at Shannen Doherty , who does not appear on-screen. The series is also mentioned in the episode "Ur-ine Trouble" of teen comedy-drama series Popular , when Josh Ford ( Bryce Johnson ) tells Brooke McQueen ( Leslie Bibb ) to go home and watch Charmed . In another episode of Popular , titled "The Shocking Possession of Harrison John," Josh asks George Austin ( Anthony Montgomery ) who

1995-472: A regular release and the other being a limited deluxe edition. Both sets also include the special features from the season eight DVD and The Ultimate Box Set . The Complete Series was re-released in the United States on November 11, 2014. It was released in a new box, with a brand new cover of all four sisters. The set also includes the special features from the season eight DVD and a bonus special feature called "Easter Eggs". In June 2018, CBS Studios (who own

2128-514: A resurgence of witches in new shows The Originals , Witches of East End , Salem , and in the third season of American Horror Story titled Coven . In an interview with E! Online , cast member Alyssa Milano stated that she believed the success of Charmed helped pave the way for these witch-themed shows, saying "I feel like networks are trying to replicate that." The growing trend of witches on television that year as well as Charmed ' s success on Netflix prompted CBS to develop

2261-466: A show about three witches?" He proposed that the series should focus on family values and developed the series-long mantra of it being about "three sisters who happen to be witches, not three witches who happen to be sisters." Spelling warmed to Burge's ideas and, after the concept was re-crafted to be a series about three sisters (now living in San Francisco) descended from a line of witches, it

2394-567: A trio of 16th Century witches. The depiction of witchcraft in Charmed has had a significant impact on popular culture . The book Investigating Charmed: The Magic Power of TV (2007) revealed that viewers of the Wiccan religion appreciated the fact that Charmed brought their religion into the public eye in a positive way, through the use of sacred objects, spellcasting, a Book of Shadows , solstice celebrations and handfastings . In 2008,

2527-581: A turbulent marriage in the fourth, and in the fifth, following their divorce, she is compelled to vanquish him. Phoebe has a number of multi-episode human boyfriends in subsequent seasons, including her boss, Jason Dean ( Eric Dane ), before meeting a cupid named Coop ( Victor Webster ) in the eighth season, whom she marries. Paige, like Phoebe, has several multi-episode boyfriends, including fellow-witch and magic " addict " Richard Montana ( Balthazar Getty ) in season six, and an unstable FBI agent-turned-whitelighter Kyle Brody ( Kerr Smith ) in season seven. In

2660-486: A witch named Queenie ( Gabourey Sidibe ) mentions that she grew up watching Charmed . Both the show and character Piper were referenced in the episode "Sorry for Your Loss" of The Tomorrow People , when Piper Nichols ( Aeriél Miranda ) introduces herself to Russell Kwon ( Aaron Yoo ), who responds by saying " Charmed , Piper." Critics noted references of Charmed in the witchcraft-themed music video for British girl group Little Mix 's song " Black Magic " (2015). In

2793-470: A younger half-sister, Paige Matthews ( Rose McGowan ), who had been the secret love child of their witch mother, Patty ( Finola Hughes ), and her "whitelighter" (guardian angel) Sam Wilder ( Scott Jaeck ). Paige's magical abilities represent her dual heritage as both a witch and whitelighter; like Prue, she possesses a form of telekinesis, but she has to verbally call for objects to "orb" (teleport) them to their intended destination. As she attempts to control

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2926-592: Is Busker Busker 's " Cherry Blossom Ending " (2012), which was downloaded over 7 million times between 2012 and 2017. In 2011, " Roly-Poly " by T-ara was the most successful song of the year, selling 4.1 million digital copies. "Roly Poly" also became the fastest-selling song in Korea's history and the first to reach more than 4 million downloads in a calendar year (within 5 months). In 2012, this accolade went to Psy 's " Gangnam Style ", after selling 3.8 million units. Charmed#Cast and characters Charmed

3059-444: Is Michael Bernardino's ( Ron Lester ) "favorite hottie witch" on Charmed and George says it is Prue. In the episode "Faith" of Third Watch , Fred Yokas ( Chris Bauer ) mentions to his wife Faith ( Molly Price ) that their daughter was upset she could not watch Charmed . In the 2002 teen comedy film Big Fat Liar , Kaylee ( Amanda Bynes ) recalls watching an episode of Charmed on The WB where Alyssa Milano's character Phoebe

3192-478: Is able to cause evil beings or objects to explode using her hands as a development of her powers surrounding molecular movement. Phoebe, the youngest of the three, initially possesses the power of premonition allowing her to receive visions of the future and later of the past. She later develops the powers of levitation in season three, and empathy in season six , the latter allowing her to sense and tap into others' emotions and, sometimes, powers. In accordance with

3325-774: Is an American fantasy drama television series created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling and his production company Spelling Television , with Brad Kern serving as showrunner . The series was originally broadcast by The WB from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006. The series narrative follows a trio of sisters, known as The Charmed Ones, the most-powerful, good witches of all time, who use their combined " Power of Three " to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern-day San Francisco . Keeping their supernatural identities separate and secret from their ordinary lives often becomes

3458-417: Is finally vanquished. After his demise, an annual season-long storyline and several antagonists are introduced in subsequent seasons (occasionally following the " Big Bad " television format). These include Phoebe's demonic ex-husband, Cole Turner ( Julian McMahon ), until mid-season five ; the scheming, misguided Elder , Gideon (Gildart Jackson), throughout season six; The Avatars until mid-season seven ;

3591-423: Is followed by clips of each main and supporting cast member, though the supporting cast is omitted from the first five episodes, in which Milano was the last to be billed. The last few scenes in the opening show the sisters' cat, a San Francisco cable car, and lastly the sisters walking upstairs into their home, with Doherty's character closing the door using her telekinetic powers. Following Doherty's departure at

3724-439: Is the only show that has a licensed fully bonded demonologist, which is me, on staff and as a result because I've written books about demonology and the occult of witchcraft, I'm there to answer questions about how a demon would behave. The book Investigating Charmed: The Magic Power of TV (2007) revealed that viewers of the Wiccan religion appreciated the accurate portrayal of some Wiccan elements, but were disappointed with

3857-537: The Chicago Tribune placed The Charmed Ones at number seven on their list of "The Top Pop Culture Witches of All Time." In 2014, The Charmed Ones were ranked at number six on the "Pop Culture's Favorite Witches" list by MSN 's Wonderwall. In 2016, Piper was also ranked at number six in The Huffington Post ' s list of "The Top 10 Greatest Witches of All Time." Charmed has also become

3990-446: The 16:9 aspect ratio . The earlier seasons of Charmed received mostly favorable reviews from television critics, with its first season scoring a Metacritic score of 61 out of 100. During the first season, Entertainment Weekly writer Ken Tucker, speaking on the comparisons between Charmed and rival series, argued: "spike-heeled where Buffy is fleet-footed, Charmed is Charlie's Angels with an Ouija board ." As well as

4123-525: The Charmed Magazine , which was issued bi-monthly and featured interviews with the cast and crew, the latest news and developments, and behind-the-scenes information on the show. The 24th and final issue of Charmed Magazine was released in 2008. Music download A music download (commonly referred to as a digital download ) is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into

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4256-494: The Halliwell Manor ), and "Forever Charmed" (a profile of Charmed fans). The DVD also features a new opening theme, having replaced the original theme song " How Soon is Now? " with hard-rock instrumental music. This change was made because the music license to use "How Soon is Now?" had expired. A new packaging of the Region 4 DVDs for all eight seasons were released on April 7, 2011. The Book of Shadows DVD Collection

4389-610: The MP3 audio coding format . According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9 percent of all music sales in the US in 2012. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made US$ 1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year. According to the RIAA , music downloads peaked at 43% of industry revenue in the US in 2012, and has since fallen to 3% in 2022. Paid downloads are sometimes encoded with digital rights management that restricts copying

4522-405: The comic book series . It is written by Ruditis, who previously authored Season 9 and edited Season 10 , and follows the younger Charmed Ones' reunions with Prue and Cole Turner after their resurrections. The Charmed comic books serve as a continuation of the television series and were originally published by Zenescope Entertainment . The first comic book series, Charmed: Season 9 ,

4655-402: The comic book series . It is written by Ruditis, who previously authored Season 9 and edited Season 10 , and follows the younger Charmed Ones' reunions with Prue and Cole Turner after their resurrections. The Charmed comic books serve as a continuation of the television series and were originally published by Zenescope Entertainment . The first comic book series, Charmed: Season 9 ,

4788-403: The eighth and final season , Kaley Cuoco joined the show as the young witch Billie Jenkins . Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent maintained their positions as executive producers of the series until it ended. Constance M. Burge became an executive producer when she was hired to create the series and write the pilot script. After the 28-minute "unaired pilot" was shown to The WB and the series

4921-529: The sixth season , Gillian Flynn of Entertainment Weekly described Charmed as "a guilty-pleasure fantasy" that is "inherently cute and incredibly simple." Flynn also praised the comedic acting between Milano, Combs and Rose McGowan, adding that "selling this kind of comedy takes a certain gameness, and the actresses have got it." The latter seasons of Charmed also received a mixed reception from some critics. Bustle ' s Bastien felt that after Doherty's departure, " Charmed got pretty bad," noting that

5054-437: The third season , Michael Abernethy of PopMatters praised the "well-choreographed action sequences, respectable acting" and "believable" sisterly relationship between Milano, Doherty, and Holly Marie Combs. Abernethy credited Charmed as "more enjoyable than most shows in the good vs evil genre" largely due to the strength of the performers, and noted that despite the monster of the week format, "the writers tend to explore

5187-484: The "Top 100 Cult TV Shows ." In 2007, AOL TV ranked each Charmed One on its list of the "Top TV Witches"— Piper third, Phoebe seventh, Prue ninth and Paige twelfth. In 2010, HuffPost TV and AOL TV ranked Charmed at number ten on their joint list of "The Top 20 Magic/Supernatural Shows of All Time" and in 2013, TV Guide placed the series on its list of "The 60 Greatest Sci-Fi Shows of All Time." In 2012, six years after its original broadcasting, Charmed

5320-441: The "big four" networks ( ABC , CBS , NBC , and Fox ), were a success for the relatively new and smaller WB network. Charmed ' s premiere in 1998 helped ratings rise for The WB, with TV Guide ' s Mark Schwed noting that the network's viewing figures were way up than the previous year. For its first three seasons, Charmed was the second-highest rated series on The WB, behind 7th Heaven . During its fifth season ,

5453-608: The "download revolution" by making legal services attractive for users. Even legal music downloads have faced a number of challenges from artists, record labels and the Recording Industry Association of America . In July 2007, the Universal Music Group decided not to renew their long-term contracts with iTunes. This decision was primarily based on the issue of pricing of songs, as Universal wanted to be able to charge more or less depending on

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5586-775: The RIAJ. The first was Songs for Japan (2011), a charity compilation album raising profits for the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , which was certified gold for 100,000 downloads in June 2011. The second album was the Japanese language cast recording of the Frozen soundtrack, which sold 100,000 copies between its release in March 2014 and January 2015. In South Korea, Circle Digital Chart has been tracking digital sales since 2009. The most successful song according to their published data

5719-474: The Television Series , was released as a limited edition in June 2013 and featured a selection of cues from the show by composer J. Peter Robinson . This is now out of print. Several official board games of Charmed have been published by Clash of Arms and Tilsit . The show's first board game, Charmed: The Book of Shadows , was released in 2001 and the second board game, Charmed: The Source ,

5852-593: The US Billboard 200 chart and number 10 on the US Billboard Top Soundtracks chart. The second soundtrack album, Charmed: The Book of Shadows , was released as a worldwide digital download on January 1, 2005 by Silva Screen Records. It was later released as a CD in the US on April 19, 2005 and in the UK on September 5, 2005. Charmed: The Book of Shadows debuted at number 9 on

5985-597: The US Billboard Top Soundtracks chart and number 20 on the US Billboard Top Independent Albums chart. The third soundtrack album, Charmed: The Final Chapter , was released as a CD in the US on May 9, 2006 and in the UK on November 20, 2006. It was later released as a worldwide digital download on July 22, 2008 by Artists' Addiction Records. The fourth soundtrack, Charmed: Score from the Television Series ,

6118-438: The United States was held by Gwen Stefani 's " Hollaback Girl ", which sold over one million downloads, making it the first song to achieve platinum download status. As of July 2012 , the record for the best-selling downloaded single in the United States on the iTunes Store is held by The Black Eyed Peas 's " I Gotta Feeling ", which has sold over 8 million downloads. Soon after his death in 2009, Michael Jackson became

6251-778: The United States. Their stated goal is to support artists' creativity and help them not be cheated out of money by illegal downloading. The Recording Industry Association of America launched its first lawsuits on the 8th of September 2003, against individuals who illegally downloaded music files from the Kazaa FastTrack network. Two years after it began, the campaign survived at least one major legal challenge. The RIAA said it filed 750 suits in February 2006 against individuals downloading music files without paying for them in hopes of putting an end to Internet music piracy . The RIAA hopes their campaign will force people to respect

6384-561: The Witch and The Warren Witches , are anthologies of short stories . The final novel, Trickery Treat , was released in January 2008. In 2015, HarperCollins acquired the rights to publish a second series of Charmed novels from CBS Consumer Products . The first novel, The War on Witches , was published in May 2015 and its narrative is set between the events of Seasons 9 and 10 of

6517-536: The album sold 430,000 digital copies. Adele's third studio album 25 became the fastest-selling album in a week in iTunes history after it was released on 20 November 2015. It sold 1.64 million digital copies in its first week (included preorders on the iTunes store since the release of the album's lead single "Hello" in October 2015). In 2006, the Recording Industry Association of Japan began issuing certifications for digitally released music in Japan, compiling data from

6650-504: The artist, a shift away from iTunes' standard—at the time—99 cents per song pricing. Many industry leaders feel that this is only the first of many show-downs between Apple Inc. and the various record labels. According to research by the website TorrentFreak , 38 percent of Swedish artists support file share downloading and claim that it helps artists in early career stages. Artists, including Swedish rock group Lamont, have profited from file sharing. The recording industry vs Napster: In

6783-596: The award for "Favorite Sister" at the Family Television Awards. Charmed also received recognition for its young guest actors, having been nominated for five Young Artist Awards , with Alex Black winning once for his role in the season four episode " Lost and Bound ." In the United States, Charmed premiered on The WB on October 7, 1998, and ended on May 21, 2006. The first season aired on Wednesday nights at 9:00 pm. For its second, third and fourth seasons, Charmed moved to Thursday nights. For

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6916-474: The beginning of the 2000s Napster was sued due to mass infringement of music ownership copyrights by the record industry- a sue which issued a preliminary injunction for the service and was concluded by the closure of the Napster free music sharing between its users. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) oversees about 85 percent of published music production, distribution and manufacturing in

7049-448: The book moved. The Magic Chest Box Set was released as a limited edition in Region 2 on March 5, 2007. It included all eight seasons and came in an ornate miniature wooden chest with leatherworks and a red velvet interior. The Ultimate Box Set was released in Region 2 on October 27, 2008 and Region 4 on November 6, 2008. The set includes all eight seasons, with a cover that features all four Halliwell sisters together. It also includes

7182-483: The copyrights of music labels and eventually minimize the number of illegal downloads. The Official Charts Company began to incorporate downloads in the UK Singles Chart on 17 April 2005, at which time Radio 1 stopped broadcasting the separate download chart, although the chart is still compiled. Initially this was on condition that the song must have a physical media release at the same time; this rule

7315-495: The deaths of loved ones. The sisters also fight to prevent the exposure of the existence of magic to the human community at large, contending with several police, FBI, and Homeland Security investigations. Often through the assistance of their long-term ally, Darryl Morris ( Dorian Gregory ) of the San Francisco Police Department , they are able to avoid police suspicion, including the investigation of

7448-488: The demon Zankou ( Oded Fehr ) until the season seven finale; and, in season eight, powerful sister witches Billie ( Kaley Cuoco ) and Christy Jenkins ( Marnette Patterson ), who fall under the influence of the demonic Triad (who earlier feature as an early-season three antagonist). In addition to the supernatural themes explored in Charmed , the characters contend with serious issues in their day-to-day lives such as relationships, careers, marriage, childbirth, illness and

7581-611: The drama series Savannah (1996–97). When the theme of witchcraft was first pitched to her, she was aware of stereotypes of witches (flying brooms, black cats, and warts). After researching Wicca , she changed her perspective and aimed at telling a story of good witches who looked and acted like ordinary people. With this, her initial concept was a series set in Boston, Massachusetts , about three friends and roommates who were all witches. However, executive producer E. Duke Vincent lacked confidence, asking "Why would anybody want to watch

7714-420: The early 2000s onwards. The best-selling song is Fukushima -based vocal group Greeeen 's song " Kiseki " (2008), which was certified for being legally downloaded four million times between 2008 and 2015, followed by R&B singer Thelma Aoyama 's " Soba ni Iru ne " (2008) featuring rapper SoulJa , which was certified for three million downloads between 2008 and 2014. Greeeen's song " Ai Uta " (2007) ranks as

7847-401: The eighth season, she becomes committed to a human parole officer, Henry Mitchell ( Ivan Sergei ), whom she marries. The final episode's flashforward montage reveals Piper, Phoebe, and Paige to have three children each with their respective husbands. In 1998, when The WB began looking for a new drama series for the 1998–99 season , they approached Spelling Television (which had produced

7980-496: The end of season three, the season four opening credits had to be recreated to remove all footage of Doherty and to include her replacement, Rose McGowan. The beginning of the opening remained the same. However, after the title card is shown, new scenes are introduced which include images of the Golden Gate Bridge, a gargoyle, talisman, a scrying crystal, a tattoo of the triquetra symbol, and candles. The order in which

8113-415: The end of the third season . Jennifer Love Hewitt and Tiffani Thiessen were both considered as replacements. The part ultimately went to film actress Rose McGowan , who played the long-lost younger half-sister Paige Matthews in the fourth season . In season one, Ted King was cast as the inspector Andy Trudeau , Dorian Gregory was cast as his inspector partner Darryl Morris , and Brian Krause

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8246-399: The end of the fifth season; however, they reconnect in the subsequent season, resulting in a second son named Chris . The final episode of Charmed shows them to have a daughter, many grandchildren, and to grow old together in the future. Phoebe's romantic history involves a tortured relationship with half-demon, half-human Cole Turner in the show's third, fourth and fifth seasons; they have

8379-575: The end of the first episode, each sister learns that she has a unique magical power that allows them to cast spells and brew potions. Prue, the eldest, has the power of telekinesis (the ability to move objects with her mind), and in season two she develops the power of astral projection (the ability to be in two places at once). Piper, the middle sister, has the power of molecular immobilization. As she grows more proficient, she learns how to freeze only certain people or objects or body parts, as she wishes. In season three , her powers evolve further, as she

8512-416: The end of the season. Australian actor Julian McMahon joined the cast of Charmed in season three as the half-demon Cole Turner . He departed the show midway through season five. Drew Fuller joined Charmed at the end of the fifth season as Piper and Leo's second son from the future, Chris Halliwell . Fuller left his role at the end of season six , but returned for guest appearances in later seasons. In

8645-485: The entire season was shot only on the Paramount Studios lot as they could not go out on location anymore. These budget cuts also led to cast member Dorian Gregory being written out of the final season and Brian Krause being written out of several episodes as a cost-saving measure. Kern revealed that the show could not afford to have Krause in all 22 episodes of the final season, but he was brought back for

8778-555: The events of the two-part episode of the same name – are original stories revolving around the Halliwell sisters and their allies. The first ten novels involve the original Charmed Ones, Prue , Piper , and Phoebe Halliwell , while the remaining thirty-three are set after both Prue's murder and the introduction of Paige Matthews as the youngest, new Charmed One. Two books, Seasons of the Witch (2003) and The Warren Witches (2005), are anthologies of short stories . Writers of

8911-475: The family's Book of Shadows in the attic, she learns that she and her sisters are the most powerful witches ever known, destined to protect both innocents and the world at large from demons, warlocks, and other evil creatures. Phoebe, reasonably suspecting the book to be a novelty, reads its initial inscription—unaware that it also happens to be an incantation activating the sisters' supernatural powers once all three are reunited in their ancestral home. By

9044-776: The fifth season, the series moved to Sunday nights at 8:00 pm and remained there until its eighth and final season. By the end of season eight, Charmed had aired a total of 178 episodes and became the longest running hour-long television series in American history, featuring all female leads. Most seasons consisted of 22 episodes, except for the fifth and sixth seasons, which contained 23 episodes, including their double-episode premieres and double-episode finales. TNT and E! currently air reruns of Charmed during early weekday mornings. Full episodes of Charmed are also available for viewing on TNT's official website. WE tv had previously aired reruns during weeknights in 2010. The series

9177-437: The film Fighting with My Family (2019), Saraya is watching the episode "Happily Ever After" and this inspires her to come up with her ring name Paige. Since Charmed ended in 2006, academics have appropriated its content and published essays and articles regarding Charmed . It has been the subject of several collective books such as Investigating Charmed: The Magic Power of TV edited by Karin and Stan Beeler, which adopts

9310-470: The final two episodes to help bring closure to the storylines. Charmed uses its opening sequence to introduce the main and supporting cast members in each season. It consists of scenes from various episodes and miscellaneous footage of the cast which was updated from season to season. The opening begins with images of the Golden Gate Bridge and flashing shots of the triquetra symbol in

9443-422: The first and second seasons before leaving her position as executive producer. Scripting was carried out after group brainstorms took place, discussing the events of the episodes, the emotions of the characters, and the mythology involved. Robert Masello, an executive story editor for the series, credits himself as the only demonologist hired for a series, in order to add his experience to the storyline. Charmed

9576-692: The first artist to sell over one million songs downloaded via the Internet in one week. However, Adele marks the most downloads sold by a single song in a week, with " Hello " selling 1.12 million copies in November 2015. Eminem 's seventh studio album, Recovery (2010), became the first album to sell one million digital copies. Beyoncé 's self-titled fifth studio album became the fastest-selling album within 24 hours in iTunes history after its release in December 2013. Within 24 hours of availability,

9709-617: The highest-rated Sunday night program in The WB's history. At 178 episodes , Charmed was the second-longest drama broadcast by The WB , behind 7th Heaven . In 2006, it became the longest-running, hour-long television series featuring all-female leads, before being surpassed by Desperate Housewives in 2012. The series has also received numerous awards and nominations . In 2010, The Huffington Post and AOL TV ranked Charmed within their joint list of "The Top 20 Magic/Supernatural Shows of All Time," while in 2013, TV Guide listed

9842-478: The latter seasons "got too complicated" and campy by focusing too much on the magic "and not enough about the themes that grounded the show earlier on." Becca James also from The A.V. Club felt that the show "should have died the same time" Doherty's character did. Hugh Armitage of Digital Spy believed that Charmed "began to feel very self-indulgent towards its stars" in the latter seasons, noting that character-driven storylines were replaced with gimmicks such as

9975-584: The lead actresses are credited was also changed to accommodate the changes to the main cast. The last few scenes in the opening are also changed to include a cemetery, exterior shots of the Halliwell Manor, and pages in the Book of Shadows . A five-second opening was used for the two-part premiere episodes of seasons four and five; it features flashing shots of the triquetra symbol and the show's title in large blue letters. The opening theme song used in

10108-414: The manufacture on-demand company Allied Vaughn. All remaining seasons were released over the course of the subsequent months, with the final season released in late 2021. The Charmed novels are a series of books that accompany the television series, but follow no strict continuity with the series or each other. The first novel, The Power of Three , was released in November 1999 and is a novelization of

10241-548: The most powerful witches the world has ever known ... the Charmed Ones. — Phoebe Halliwell ( Alyssa Milano ) in " Something Wicca This Way Comes " The series starts in 1998 when Phoebe Halliwell ( Alyssa Milano ) returns from New York and moves back into the family's Halliwell Manor in San Francisco to live with her sisters Prue ( Shannen Doherty ) and Piper ( Holly Marie Combs ). When Phoebe discovers

10374-434: The most-recurring human antagonist, Inspector Sheridan ( Jenya Lano ), in the sixth and seventh seasons. The sisters also face romantic storylines. Prue's love interests include her high school sweetheart, Inspector Andy Trudeau ( Ted King ), who dies in the season one finale in an attempt to save the sisters, and a brief co-worker, Jack Sheridan ( Lochlyn Munro ), in season two. Piper's central love interest throughout

10507-419: The music or playing purchased songs on certain digital audio players. They are almost always compressed using a lossy codec (usually MPEG-1 Layer 3, Windows Media, or AAC), which reduces file size and bandwidth requirements. These music resources have been created as a response to expanding technology and needs of customers who wanted and/or needed easy, quick access to music. Their business models respond to

10640-466: The network's then-most successful series, 7th Heaven ) to create it. Expanding on the popularity of witch-themed dramas such as The Craft (1996) and Practical Magic (1998), the production company explored different forms of mythology to find characters they could realize with contemporary storytelling. Constance M. Burge was hired to create the series as she was under contract with 20th Century Fox and Spelling Television after conceiving

10773-441: The original television airings of all eight seasons was Love Spit Love 's cover version of " How Soon Is Now? " by The Smiths . This version of the song had previously appeared on the soundtrack of The Craft , and is featured in the series' first soundtrack album. In the shortened five-second opening for the two-part premiere episodes of seasons four and five, the song was replaced by instrumental music. "How Soon Is Now?"

10906-537: The reasons Charmed strikes such a chord with its viewers." The A.V. Club ' s Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya described the fourth season as "one of the grimmest seasons of Charmed ," following Doherty's departure and her character's death "informing the overall tone." Upadhyaya also praised the "smart decisions" the writers made of how they introduced a new sister into the series, calling the transition " Charmed ' s greatest accomplishment" that "opened up whole new avenues for grounded, emotional storytelling." During

11039-455: The record for the network's highest-rated debut episode. The show's ratings, although smaller than rival shows on the "big four" networks ( ABC , CBS , NBC , and Fox ), were a success for the relatively new and smaller WB network. Charmed went through several timeslot changes during its eight-season run. During its fifth season , the show moved to the Sunday 8:00 pm timeslot, where it became

11172-581: The religious organisation Beliefnet ranked The Charmed Ones at number eight on their list of the "Top 10 Witches in Pop Culture." Beliefnet praised the cultural image of Charmed for its female empowerment, mythology and how the sisters "managed to solve their cases" week-on-week. In 2011, Seventeen magazine named The Charmed Ones ninth in its list of the top fictional witches of all time, while E! Online ranked Piper at number six on their list of "Pop Culture's Top 10 Most Bitchin' Witches." In 2012,

11305-486: The revealing outfits worn by the sisters, particularly both Milano's and McGowan's characters. Heart of Glass magazine's Kristina Adams felt that after creator Constance M. Burge's departure from the show, executive producer Brad Kern "ruined it" by focusing more on the magic and making a "cliché" magical world with the introduction of nymphs, Greek gods, valkyries, Egyptian gods, magic school, gnomes, and ogres. Adams further added that "storylines were less thought out," and

11438-415: The rights to Charmed ) announced that the whole series was in the process of being remastered to high-definition with a completion date of September 2019. The remastered version of the first season was released on high-definition Blu-ray in the United States on October 30, 2018 and in the United Kingdom on November 12, 2018. A Blu-ray release for Season 2 has been confirmed, but will instead be released by

11571-685: The serial system. This led to the largely episodic structure of season five , and resulted in the two systems being balanced from the sixth season onwards. The first six seasons of Charmed were filmed at Ray-Art Studios in Canoga Park, Los Angeles on four of the studio's sound stages. After Ray-Arts Studio was sold in 2003, production for Charmed moved to the Paramount Studios lot for seasons seven and eight. The Innes House located at 1329 Carroll Avenue in Los Angeles

11704-497: The series as one of "The 60 Greatest Sci-Fi Shows of All Time." Charmed has also become a source of pop culture references in film and television and has influenced other succeeding television series in the same subgenre. The show's success has led to its development in other media, including a video game , board games , soundtracks , novels , and a comic book series which served as a continuation of its narrative. According to data research from The NPD Group in 2012, Charmed

11837-594: The series became the highest-rated Sunday night program in The WB's history. Charmed was the first primetime television show about a coven of witches. Following the broadcast of the season eight episode " Payback's a Witch " in January 2006, Charmed became the longest running hour-long series in American television history featuring all female leads. However, this accolade was surpassed in 2012 by Desperate Housewives , which also lasted for eight seasons but aired two more episodes than Charmed . In 2000, Cult TV placed Charmed at number forty-four on its list of

11970-426: The series before its premiere, Alyssa Milano took over her role and a new pilot had to be filmed. Upon its debut, Charmed received the largest audience for a series premiere in The WB's history. The first season of 22 episodes was picked up by The WB after only two episodes had aired. Former Beverly Hills, 90210 actress Shannen Doherty was cast as the eldest sister Prue Halliwell , while her best friend at

12103-421: The series include Diana G. Gallagher and Paul Ruditis who also co-authored two volumes of the official guidebook, The Book of Three (2004; 2006). In 2015, HarperCollins acquired the rights to publish a second series of Charmed novels from CBS Consumer Products . The first novel, The War on Witches , was published in May 2015 and its narrative is set between the events of Seasons 9 and 10 of

12236-465: The series is the sisters' whitelighter Leo Wyatt ( Brian Krause ); their early relationship is problematic due to the forbidden nature of witch-whitelighter relationships, and so in season two a love triangle forms with Piper, Leo and her neighbor, Dan Gordon ( Greg Vaughan ). Eventually, the two manage to marry and consummate their union in season three, producing a son named Wyatt in season five. The couple separate due to supernatural circumstances at

12369-465: The series premiere episode " Something Wicca This Way Comes ". All other novels, apart from Charmed Again which documents the events of the two-part episode of the same name , are original stories revolving around the four Charmed Ones and their allies. A total of forty-three novels were written. Ten include Prue and the original line-up of Charmed Ones, whilst the remaining thirty-three feature Piper , Phoebe and Paige . Two other novels, Seasons of

12502-494: The series' mythology, witches' powers are tied to their emotions. During the first two seasons, the sisters face various evil beings from week to week. However, in the third season, they discover that their ultimate enemy is The Underworld's demonic ruler, The Source of All Evil . Eventually, Prue is killed in the season three finale by The Source's personal assassin, Shax ( Michael Bailey Smith ). While grieving for their older sister, Piper and Phoebe discover that they also have

12635-473: The show "lost track of its core theme" of witchcraft and sisterhood by bringing in mystical fairy tale beings and focusing more on soap opera -type plots and the sisters' love lives. Similarly, BuzzFeed writer Jarett Wieselman agreed that "After Doherty's exit, Charmed veered into slightly-absurd-yet-no-less-entertaining territory," noting that McGowan's addition "ushered in a wave of increasingly campy episodes ." The A.V. Club ' s Upadhyaya felt that

12768-413: The show's Book of Shadows , with one set being a regular release and the other being a limited deluxe edition. The complete series box set was re-released in the United States on November 11, 2014, and features a brand new cover of all four sisters. In June 2018, CBS Studios (who own the rights to Charmed ) announced that the whole series was in the process of being remastered to high-definition with

12901-581: The show's action sequences—describing the Halliwells as "superheroes"—he noted that the series "plays up the stars' separate-but-equal charms" and admired both its "casting and pop-culture timing." Vanessa Thorpe of The Guardian agreed with Alyssa Milano's description of Charmed as "perfect post-feminist girl-power," praising the balance between action and emotion as the "three sibling sorceresses know mischief, but are accessibly feminine ." Entertainment Weekly critic Karyn L. Barr labelled Charmed

13034-452: The show's earlier seasons. Langmead also disliked the introduction of Kaley Cuoco and Marnette Patterson in the eighth season, and felt that Cuoco was "consistently painful to watch." DVD Verdict 's Ryan Keefer also felt that Cuoco joining the show was a "poor choice" by the producers, and commented that season eight "failed to recapture the glory days of the first few seasons." Charmed has gathered several awards and nominations. The show

13167-704: The show's postfeminist subversion of fairy tales at the University of Lorient, a presentation which was followed two years later by the publication in French academic journal TV/Series of an article titled "'When you said sea hag, did you mean like old woman hag or evil magic hag?' : Imbrication du conte de fées et du (post)féminisme dans Charmed" ('The embedding of fairy tales and (post)feminism in Charmed'). The journal's editor summarises Pichard's work as follows: "Alexis Pichard examines gender norms as they appear on

13300-408: The sibling dynamics to keep the show from growing redundant." Christel Loar also from PopMatters agreed that "episodes go beyond the demon-of-the-week formula to tap into the relationships of the characters and their...flaws. Charmed ...succeeded by combining sisterhood with the supernatural." Loar also claimed that the Halliwells' struggle for normal lives, "stability, and a sense of self is one of

13433-427: The sisters' outfits were becoming "more and more revealing." Nick Romano of Screen Crush wrote that "the storylines became wicca ridiculous and the dialogue became too cheesy," particularly in season eight. Jon Langmead of PopMatters believed that Charmed "slipped markedly" in seasons seven and eight, noting that the final season lost appealing elements such as "smart casting" and "attention to relationship drama" of

13566-427: The small screen, scrutinizing the relationship between supernatural soap Charmed (The WB, 1998-2006) and the fairy tale. He describes a complex relationship where literary associations are a way of subverting traditions and expectations on the one hand – and ultimately succumbing to them on the other, with a problematic post-feminist emphasis on 'having it all'". The Charmed novels are a series of books that accompany

13699-420: The television series. Between 1999 and 2008, forty-three novels were published by Simon & Schuster and were roughly set during the same period as the events of the television series. The first novel, The Power of Three , was released in November 1999 as a novelization of the series premiere episode, " Something Wicca This Way Comes ." All subsequent novels – apart from Charmed Again (2001) which narrates

13832-500: The third highest certified song, with 2.5 million downloads tracked between 2007 and 2009. Two more songs have sold more than two million paid downloads: Ayaka 's " Mikazuki " (2006) and Kobukuro 's " Tsubomi " (2007). The most successful ringtone in Japan is Moldovan-Romanian band O-Zone 's " Dragostea din tei " (2003), known locally as "Koi no Maiahi" ( 恋のマイアヒ ) , which was certified as having four million units sold. In Japan, only two albums have received digital certifications by

13965-448: The third season were going to become more focused on the sisters' relationships with their love interests than each other. She had disagreements with Kern over bringing the character Cole Turner (Julian McMahon) into the show as a love interest for Alyssa Milano's character Phoebe, as there was already enough focus on the show's established couple Piper (Holly Marie Combs) and Leo Wyatt (Brian Krause). However, Burge remained on Charmed as

14098-452: The time and former Picket Fences actress Holly Marie Combs played the role of the middle sister Piper Halliwell . Lori Rom was originally cast as the youngest sister Phoebe Halliwell in the 28-minute unaired pilot episode. However, Rom quit the series, and a new pilot was filmed with former Who's the Boss? actress Alyssa Milano in the role of Phoebe. Doherty departed Charmed at

14231-427: The two sides of her ancestry, Paige also learns how to orb herself and others, and to heal others with the touch of her hand; she eventually receives her own whitelighter charges to train and protect as they learn witchcraft. Paige can also "glamour", shapeshifting into a different human appearance. The Source, responsible for the majority of attacks on the sisters, becomes the main villain during season four until he

14364-515: The way the series tied the Wiccan religion with Christianity , through the concept of demons and angels (Whitelighters). One Wiccan viewer noted that some of the evil demons in Charmed carry the names of benevolent gods and goddesses in the Wiccan religion. However, many Wiccan viewers appreciated the fact that Charmed brought their religion into the public eye in a positive way, through the use of other elements such as sacred objects, spellcasting,

14497-828: Was about to put a spell on her demon boyfriend. In a 2003 episode of the Australian soap opera Neighbours , Serena Bishop ( Lara Sacher ) and Erin Perry ( Talia Zucker ) find out they have a lot in common like their love for Charmed . In a 2005 episode of Neighbours , Bree Timmins ( Sianoa Smit-McPhee ) mentions that The O.C. is the best show on television since Charmed . In the episode "Plucky" of sitcom So Notorious , Aaron Spelling tells his daughter Tori Spelling that "there's always room for another witch on Charmed " after hearing of her latest cable telemovie role. In another episode of So Notorious , titled "Cursed," Tori and Sasan ( Zachary Quinto ) discuss who has put

14630-423: Was also replaced by hard rock instrumental music in the season eight DVD because the license to use the song had expired. This hard rock instrumental music was also used in the opening of all eight seasons on Netflix and later on Peacock . For its remaster, although most of the original shots for the opening credits were retained, some background images and flashing symbols were panned and scanned to fit

14763-431: Was cast as the Halliwell sisters' whitelighter Leo Wyatt . King departed Charmed at the end of the first season, while Gregory remained on the show until the seventh season. In season two, Greg Vaughan joined the series as the Halliwell sisters' new next-door neighbor Dan Gordon , while Karis Paige Bryant was cast as his niece Jenny Gordon . Bryant left her role midway through the second season, while Vaughan left at

14896-467: Was described as "the U.K.'s edgier, oversexed response to Charmed ." Eastwick (2009) was noted for its surface similarities to Charmed as it also focused on a trio of female witches, which led director David Nutter to come out and say that Eastwick was not a clone of Charmed . The season four episode of Smallville titled "Spell" also received comparisons to Charmed as it focused on three of its main female characters, who get possessed by

15029-540: Was first released onto the subscription video-on-demand service Netflix in July 2011. According to data research from The NPD Group , Charmed was the second-most binge watched television series on subscription video-on-demand services such as Netflix in 2012. Charmed ' s first episode " Something Wicca This Way Comes " broke the record for the highest-rated debut episode for The WB, with 7.72 million viewers. The show's ratings, although smaller than rival shows on

15162-642: Was found by The NPD Group to be the second-most binge watched television series on subscription video-on-demand services, such as Netflix . After Charmed ended, there were never any other long-running shows about witches to rival shows about vampires and zombies. In 2013, Joe Rhodes of The New York Times referred to Charmed as "the last successful witch TV series," while BuzzFeed writer Jarett Wieselman wrote that "no subsequent [witch] series have been able to replicate Charmed ' s success." Many witch-themed shows since Charmed ended have been cancelled after one or two seasons. The 2013–14 season saw

15295-509: Was fully lifted on 1 January 2007, meaning all download sales are now eligible in the chart. Music downloads have been measured by the Official Charts Company since 2004 and included in the main UK Singles Chart from 2005. Up to November 2022, the most-streamed song in the UK is " Someone You Loved " by Lewis Capaldi , with over 562 million streams. In November 2005, the record for the best-selling downloaded single in

15428-590: Was issued bi-monthly and featured interviews with the cast and crew, the latest news and developments, and behind-the-scenes information on the show. The 24th and final issue of Charmed Magazine was released in 2008. All eight seasons of Charmed were released individually on DVD in Regions 1, 2 and 4 between February 2005 and September 2007. A new packaging of the Region 4 DVDs for all seasons were released in April 2011. A limited Book of Shadows box set edition

15561-480: Was nominated for one TV Guide Award , two International Horror Guild Awards , three Teen Choice Awards , three Wand Awards and seven RATTY Awards, with Holly Marie Combs winning "Best Science Fiction Lead Actress" in 2003. It was also nominated for three Saturn Awards , including one " Best Network Television Series " nomination for its first season and two " Best Actress on Television " nominations for Shannen Doherty in 1999 and 2000. In 2001, Charmed won

15694-609: Was picked up by the network, Brad Kern was recruited as the fourth executive producer and as the showrunner in order to decipher how the series would develop over the course of its run. Scripting was done by a large number of writers. Kern did the most writing, with a total of 26 episodes, as well as directing one of them. The writers with the most writing credits other than Kern include Daniel Cerone , Curtis Kheel, Zack Estrin , Chris Levinson, Krista Vernoff , Sheryl J. Anderson, Monica Owusu-Breen , Alison Schapker , Cameron Litvack , and Jeannine Renshaw. Burge wrote seven episodes for

15827-402: Was pitched to The WB's President of Entertainment, Susanne Daniels, who liked it, allowing the series to begin development. The series was retitled Charmed after Spelling's suggestion of House of Sisters was dropped. Burge wrote the pilot script and a 28-minute version of the pilot was filmed (the "unaired pilot," never aired on network television). After original cast member Lori Rom quit

15960-559: Was released as a limited edition in Region 4 on November 16, 2006. It included seasons 1–7 in a replica of the Book of Shadows used in Charmed , with an extra page reserved to place the separately released season eight DVD. The DVD's book included a selection of the original illustrated pages from the show's Book of Shadows . The Triquetra symbol on the front of the DVD's book contained eight flashing LED lights that would light up when

16093-472: Was released as a limited edition on June 18, 2013 by La-La Land Records. It featured a selection of cues from the show by composer J. Peter Robinson . The release was limited to 3000 units, with the first 100 units signed by Robinson himself. All eight seasons of Charmed have been released on DVD in Regions 1, 2 and 4 . The Complete First Season was released in Region 1 on February 1, 2005 and Region 2 on June 6, 2005. The Complete Second Season

16226-497: Was released in 2001 and the second board game, Charmed: The Source , was released in 2003. Other board games include Charmed: The Power of Three and Charmed: The Prophecy , both of which were released in 2005. An action, platform video game of Charmed was developed by DC Studios and published by In-Fusio. The game was released for mobile phones in Europe in 2003 and North America in 2004. In 2004, Titan Magazines began publishing

16359-409: Was released in 2003. Other board games include Charmed: The Power of Three and Charmed: The Prophecy , both of which were released in 2005. An action, platform video game of Charmed was developed by DC Studios and published by In-Fusio. The game was released for mobile phones in Europe in 2003 and North America in 2004. Titan Magazines began publishing the Charmed Magazine in 2004, which

16492-486: Was released in June 2010 and is set eighteen months after the events of the televised show's final episode, " Forever Charmed ." Author Paul Ruditis was the lead writer of the first series and Raven Gregory helped him co-write the first three issues. The second and final comic book series by Zenescope, Charmed: Season 10 , debuted at the New York Comic Con during the weekend of October 9, 2014. Pat Shand

16625-415: Was released in June 2010 and is set eighteen months after the events of the televised show's final episode, " Forever Charmed ." Author Paul Ruditis was the lead writer of the first series and Raven Gregory helped him co-write the first three issues. The second and final comic book series by Zenescope, Charmed: Season 10 , debuted at the New York Comic Con during the weekend of October 9, 2014. Pat Shand

16758-438: Was released in Region 2 on August 1, 2005 and Region 1 on September 6, 2005. The Complete Third Season was released in Region 2 on October 3, 2005 and Region 1 on November 15, 2005. The Complete Fourth Season was released in Region 2 on November 21, 2005 and Region 1 on February 28, 2006. The Complete Fifth Season was released in Region 2 on March 6, 2006 and Region 1 on June 6, 2006. The Complete Sixth Season

16891-491: Was released in Region 4 on November 16, 2006, and featured seasons 1–7. A limited Magic Chest box set edition was released in Region 2 on March 5, 2007, and included all eight seasons. An ultimate box set was released in Region 2 on October 27, 2008, and Region 4 on November 6, 2008. The set includes all seasons, with a cover that features all four Halliwell sisters together. Two complete series box sets were released in Region 1 on November 18, 2008. Both sets are styled after

17024-589: Was released in Region ;2 on April 3, 2006 and Region 1 on October 17, 2006. The Complete Seventh Season was released in Region 2 on June 5, 2006 and Region 1 on February 6, 2007. The DVDs of the first seven seasons of Charmed contain no special features. The Complete Eighth Season was released in Region 2 on April 30, 2007 and Region 1 on September 11, 2007. Special features include "The Making of Charmed ", "The Story of Charmed " (a two-part documentary), "To The Manor Born" (a behind-the-scenes look at

17157-520: Was released in September 2003. The second soundtrack, Charmed: The Book of Shadows , was released in January 2005 and the third, Charmed: The Final Chapter , was released in May 2006. A retrospect of songs compiled from all eight seasons of the show, Charmed: The Final Chapter was positively received by Heather Phares of AllMusic , who praised it for "feel[ing] like a late '90s/early 2000s time capsule". The fourth soundtrack, Charmed: Score from

17290-438: Was the lead writer of the second series while Ruditis assumed the role of editor. In 2017, Dynamite Entertainment acquired the rights to publish a new comic book series titled Charmed: A Thousand Deaths . It was written by Erica Schultz and illustrated by Maria Sanapo. Four soundtrack albums of Charmed have been released and feature music that were used in the show. The first soundtrack album, Charmed: The Soundtrack ,

17423-433: Was the lead writer of the second series while Ruditis assumed the role of editor. In 2017, Dynamite Entertainment acquired the rights to publish a new comic book series titled Charmed: A Thousand Deaths . It was written by Erica Schultz and illustrated by Maria Sanapo. Several official board games of Charmed have been published by Clash of Arms and Tilsit . The show's first board game, Charmed: The Book of Shadows ,

17556-418: Was the second-most binge watched television series on subscription video-on-demand services, such as Netflix . A reboot series of Charmed , featuring different cast members and characters, premiered on The CW on October 14, 2018. Before Melinda was burned at the stake , she vowed that each generation of Warren witches would become stronger and stronger, culminating in the arrival of three sisters ...

17689-574: Was used as the exterior for the show's fictional Halliwell Manor, and has become popular with tourists over the years. During the seventh season and for the first time in its history, the show had been in limbo as there was no guaranteed renewal for an eighth season. Charmed was ultimately renewed for a final season, but the budget was cut considerably compared to previous seasons due to expensive special effects and props and highly-paid actresses. Executive producer Brad Kern revealed that they had to cut back on special effects and guest stars, and that

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