Shelley with Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd
in a glamorous promo pic
for Charlie's Angels, 1979
Shelley became Charlie's Angel No. 5 in 1979 and everyone wanted to know everything about Charlie's newest cherub. Write-ups about her immediately came out as soon as it was announced THE Charlie Girl Supermodel got the part of Tiffany Welles in the hit series. "The Charlie Girl becomes Charlie's newest Angel" was the headline Aaron Spelling was counting on to help bring interest in the show which was entering its fourth season. In the past season, the show had dropped from #4 to #12 in the Nielsen ratings; and the casting shake-up was just what the series needed to bring audiences back.
screen captures from a TV ad
for TV Guide's December 29, 1979 issue
check it out on YouTube at:
1979 TV Guide Commercial - Charlie's Angels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A11WWE3LQeE
thank you so much to Retro Man for posting
In December of 1979, TV Guide put the newest Angel team on their cover. Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd and Shelley Hack was Charlie's newest and most glamorous Angel team. A writeup was about the history of the hit TV show so far was featured on its pages. After three seasons, after the loss of two of it's original Angels, Farrah Fawcett and Kate Jackson, the phenomenal hit TV series still had a huge fanbase. The premiere episode of the 4th season topped the Nielsen ratings and it seemed like the addition of Shelley Hack was exactly the right move. So much so that talks about Jaclyn Smith possibly leaving the show as well was on on everyone's tongue. For more, check out: Angels 1979
Shelley with Cheryl Ladd and Jaclyn Smith
in a glamorous promo pic
for Charlie's Angels, 1979
