Friday, March 10, 2023

Ratings-Topper

a promo pic of Shelley from 1979

Aaron Spelling's phenomenal hit TV series Charlie's Angels was entering its 4th season in 1979 with Shelley onboard as Angel #5 - joining incumbent Angels Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd as Charles Townsend's latest Angel detective team. Since its debut in 1976, the series had been a phenomenal hit around the world for three seasons. And with the addition of THE Charlie Girl Shelley Hack as Tiffany Welles, the 4th season debut episode ("Love Boat Angels") topped the Nielsen ratings. It was a crossover episode with another Spelling hit TV series The Love Boat. Aside from The Love Boat cast, Bert Convy, Bo Hopkins and Dick Sargent were brought in as special guests. It was partly filmed in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The season was off to a great start and many predicted that Charlie's Angels would remain a ratings-topper for that coming year.

a writeup about the Angels in 1979