Charlie’s Angels

…sexually charged dramatic series (Charlie’s Angels [1976–81], The Love Boat [1977– 86], and Fantasy Island [1978–84]), Silverman rapidly elevated ABC to the coveted number one slot. Perhaps to counteract criticism of its lowbrow entertainment fare, the network offered a number of prestige projects during the Silverman years, notably the…

…on a Caribbean cruise ship; Charlie’s Angels (ABC, 1977–81), which presented three female detectives whose undercover investigations required them to disguise themselves in beachwear and other revealing attire; Three’s Company (ABC, 1977–84), which had the then-titillating premise of two young women and a man sharing an apartment; and Fantasy Island…

…in the hit television series Charlie’s Angels, in which she appeared (1976–77), together with Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith, as a sexy private investigator. Though Fawcett left the show to pursue more challenging roles, she had little success until she appeared in a dramatic made-for-TV movie as a victim of…

…of the action comedy series Charlie’s Angels. Having moved to Los Angeles in 1975, Jones continued to find work in television, notably playing film producer Howard Hughes in The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977). He made big-screen appearances in The Betsy (1978), an adaptation of novelist Harold Robbins’s pulpy auto industry…