Episode 1
Summer Together, Fall Apart
30m
After complaints from the family, Charles tells the children there are no more rules in the house.
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Guest stars Sandra Kerns, Tony Dow
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Charles in Charge
19845 seasons6.1 / 10
Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, works as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board.
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Synopsis
Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, works as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board.
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Episode 2
Get Thee to a Nuttery
30m
Buddy decides to become a priest after a near-death experience.
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Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars John Roarke
Episode 3
Three Dates & a Walnut
30m
Walter makes plans with three women on the same night.
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Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Marcia Wallace, Ruta Lee, Marlyn Mason
Episode 4
Out with the in Crowd
30m
Jamie tries to join an exclusive group of girls.
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Guest stars Ami Foster, Holly Fields, Kristin Pearcey
Episode 5
There's a Girl in My Ficus
30m
Charles' girlfriend Jennifer (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) tells a lie about Buddy in order to get rid of him.
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Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Sandra Kerns, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, James Karen
Episode 6
Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded
30m
Charles is the judge of a beauty pageant where Jamie, Sarah, and both of Charles' girlfriends are contestants.
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Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Darlene Vogel, Joe Mays, Tiffany Salerno
Episode 7
Baby Bummer
30m
Buddy offers to help out Adam with babysitting, but he ends up forgetting the little girl at the diner.
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Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Molly Orr, Kristina Coggins
Episode 8
Paper Covers Rock
30m
A tabloid shows pictures of Charles with a rock star (Samantha Fox), and everyone thinks they're in a relationship.
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Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Samantha Fox
Episode 9
Child Hoods
30m
Charles' old friends come to visit.
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Guest stars Gabriel Bologna, Tom Fridley, Anthony Mangano
Episode 10
Advice and Contempt
30m
Jamie gets upset when she thinks Charles is trying to make her boyfriend stop seeing her.
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Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Byrne Offutt, Jasper Cole
Episode 11
Daffy Doc
30m
Buddy enters a mental hospital to do research, but they make him a patient.
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Directed by Willie AamesGuest stars Jack Bannon, Ben Stein, Mary Lee Andres, Geno Ghiselli
Episode 12
Buddy Flips a Disc
30m
Buddy wins a contest to be a disc jockey for a day at the diner.
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Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Frank De Vol, Phill Lewis
Episode 13
Brain Man
30m
Buddy gets tested for ESP and starts to predict the future.
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Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Mary B. Ward, Tom Williams, Roberta Weiss
Episode 14
Don't Rock the Vote
30m
Jamie and Sarah run for class president against each other. Buddy and Charles start fighting again which leads to a food fight erupting in the diner.
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Episode 15
Let's Quake a Deal
30m
Charles invents a device that will help people prepare for earthquakes.
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Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars James Karen, Richard Sanders
Episode 16
Up Your IQ
30m
When a boy thinks Jamie is shallow, she talks to Charles' intelligent girlfriend.
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Guest stars Douglas Bryant Johnson, Brooke Stacy Mills
Episode 17
All That Chaz
30m
An accidental bump on the head turns Charles into Chaz again.
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Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Denise Miller, Kelly Ann Conn
Episode 18
Frankie and Mommy
30m
Lillian sees an old boyfriend.
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Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Robert Ridgely
Episode 19
Lost Resort
30m
Charles works at a hotel in Hawaii with Buddy's cousin. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)
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Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Brian Backer, Frank Ferrante, Richard Gautier, Lisa Melilli, Susan Jennifer Sullivan, Jeff Bennett
Episode 20
Dead Puck Society
30m
Charles is the substitute teacher in Sarah's class, and Sarah's partner lets her do all the work on an assignment
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Guest stars Paul Walker, Valerie Michaels
Episode 21
La Cage Aux Fools
30m
Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.
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Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Ben Stein, Mark Clayman, Millicent Collingsworth
Episode 22
Teacher's Pest
30m
Walter takes a history class that Charles teaches.
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Guest stars Pamela Anderson, Mary Sheldon
Episode 23
Almost Family
30m
Charles visits his aunt Sally at her car wash. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)
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Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Crystal Carson, Billy 'Sly' Williams, Jeff Davis, Jack Bannon, Rodney Eastman, Molly Orr
Episode 24
Seeing Is Believing
30m
Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.
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Guest stars Sandra Kerns, Keely Christian
Episode 25
Fair Exchange
30m
Sarah visits her relatives in Albuquerque and a foreign exchange student that is living with them. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)
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Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Michael Manasseri, Olivia Burnette, Cecilia Hart, David Graf, Ivan Gueron
Episode 26
Charles Be DeMille
30mfinale
Sarah puts on a show to raise money, and Charles directs while preparing for an interview to get into Princeton.
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Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Bryan Clark
Episode information updated Jul 22, 2026
More about Charles in Charge
Cast
Scott BaioCharles
Willie AamesBuddy Lembeck
Sandra KernsEllen Powell
Julie CobbJill Pembroke
Nicole EggertJamie Powell
James WiddoesStan Pembroke
Josie DavisSarah PowellApril LermanLila Pembroke
Credits
- Created by
- Michael Jacobs
- Written by
- Lee Aronsohn, Judy Pioli, Chuck Lorre, Mike Reiss, Al Jean, Maxine Lapiduss, Jeffrey Ferro, David Ankrum, Donald Ross, George Tibbles, Frederic Weiss, Jeff Greenstein, Marc Sotkin
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 126
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
CBSUnited States- SyndicationUnited States
Universal TelevisionUnited States- Al Burton Productions
Scholastic ProductionsUnited States
Themes
babysittercollegedomestic workernew jerseyraising childrensitcomyoung adult
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