Charles in Charge

Charles in Charge is a television series which stars Scott Baio as Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Jersey, who worked as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board. Charles first worked for the Pembroke family: Wife Jill, husband Stan, and their three children, Lila, Douglas, and Jason. The story goes that the Pembrokes sub-leased their house and moved to Seattle, and the Powells moved in instead, thereby allowing Charles to live downstairs yet again. This time, the family consisted of grandfather Walter, mother Ellen whose husband was in the military, and consequently could only visit his family sporadically, and her three children, Jamie, Sarah, and Adam. 126 original episodes were aired in total. It was first broadcast on CBS from October 3, 1984 to April 3, 1985, when it was cancelled due to a struggle in the Nielsen ratings. It then had a more successful first-run syndication run from January 3, 1987 to December 22, 1990.