"Charlie's Angels" is a female detective TV series that aired on ABC from 1976-81. This show was an immediate sensation during the first season because it featured three shapely, often scantily clad women (originally Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, and Jaclyn Smith) solving crimes undercover for a boss (John Forsythe) they knew only as a godly voice from a telephone speaker. He was clever and the "Angels" always trusted him.

"Charlie's Angels" has 3 feminine heroes who (1) work in a male dominated work place and (2) are in a society where women are viewed as victims. The Angels--once "three little girls who went to the police academy"--worked under the auspices of a patriarchal, the narrative voice they called Charlie (the never see the man, John Forsythe). He runs the Charles Townsend Detective Agency from remote locations in Los Angeles, CA. Bosley is Charlie's non-threatening acolyte (played by David Doyle). Doyle in his role helps direct the Angels meet Charlie's desired ends. Working undercover in women's prison camps, as showgirls, as prostitutes, and in other sexually suggestive locales and professions, the Angels inevitably found themselves in jeopardy. Using their smarts and strengths as beautiful, seemingly frail decoys, the detectives are able to beat their opponents.

Critics said "Charlie's Angels" was a fantasy whose trappings appealed to males, females, young and old.

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