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Charles in Charge (1984)

Comedy · Family

Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, works as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board.

IMDb rating
6.1 (7,262 votes)
Episode average
8.0 ↑ +1.9 vs IMDb
Seasons
5
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1984)

7.41 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 7.2 25 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 126 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 109 votesEp 3: 7.1 · 101 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 107 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 98 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 112 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 84 votesEp 8: 7.1 · 98 votesEp 9: 7.3 · 91 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 90 votesEp 11: 7.1 · 104 votesEp 12: 7.5 · 91 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 90 votesEp 14: 7.1 · 91 votesEp 15: 7.3 · 87 votesEp 16: 7.4 · 92 votesEp 17: 7.2 · 96 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 97 votesEp 19: 7.8 · 91 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 92 votesEp 21: 7.6 · 86 votesEp 22: 7.2 · 92 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pilot7.8126
2Extracurricular Activity7.5109
3Another Saturday Night7.1101
4War7.5107
5Cousin Elliot7.598
6Slumber Party7.7112
7Discipline7.584
8Trick or Treat7.198
9A Date with Enid7.391
10Friends & Lovers7.290
11Home for the Holidays7.1104
12Accidental Puppy7.591
13The Commotion7.390
14Mr. President7.191
15Jill's Decision7.387
16Pressure from Grandma7.492
17Snowed In7.296
18Charles 'R' Us7.597
19Charles' Spring Break7.891
20The Wrong Guy7.892
21Mr. Brilliant7.686
22Meet Grandpa7.292

Season 2 (1987)

8.20 avg 26 episodes 7.8 → 8.5 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 100 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 87 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 81 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 75 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 79 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 83 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 78 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 83 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 76 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 76 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 75 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 72 votesEp 13: 8.5 · 74 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 77 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 77 votesEp 16: 8.1 · 76 votesEp 17: 8.2 · 74 votesEp 18: 8.2 · 69 votesEp 19: 8.2 · 70 votesEp 20: 8.4 · 75 votesEp 21: 8.4 · 72 votesEp 22: 8.4 · 72 votesEp 23: 8.2 · 76 votesEp 24: 7.9 · 72 votesEp 25: 8.2 · 74 votesEp 26: 8.5 · 71 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Amityville7.8100
2The Naked Truth8.487
3Feud for Thought8.181
4The Egg and Us8.175
5The Loan Arranger8.079
6American Teen7.983
7Buddy Comes to Dinner8.078
8A Fox in the Henhouse8.483
9Pizza Parlor Protest8.176
10Trade Off8.476
11Dating8.475
12Music, Music, Mayhem8.472
13Buddy in Charge8.574
14Isn't That What's Her Face?8.377
15A Date from Heck7.877
16Mama Mia8.176
17Weekend Weary8.274
18The Case of the Mock Turtle Mystery8.269
19U. F. Oh No!8.270
20Twice Upon a Time: Part 18.475
21Twice Upon a Time: Part 28.472
22A Job from Heck8.472
23Baby Doll8.276
24Lillian Putts Around7.972
25Her Brother's Keeper8.274
26The Undergraduate8.571

Season 3 (1988)

8.14 avg 26 episodes 8.1 → 8.6 23 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 71 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 73 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 72 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 71 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 74 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 72 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 71 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 68 votesEp 9: 7.9 · 73 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 74 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 70 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 72 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 72 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 69 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 71 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 72 votesEp 17: 7.9 · 68 votesEp 18: 7.9 · 71 votesEp 19: 7.9 · 71 votesEp 20: 8.2 · 72 votesEp 21: 8.1 · 70 votesEp 22: 8.0 · 73 votesEp 23: 8.5 · 72 votesEp 24: 7.9 · 71 votesEp 25: 8.4 · 69 votesEp 26: 8.6 · 71 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Yule Laff8.171
2Piece of Cake7.973
3Dorm Warnings8.372
4Speechless8.071
5Infatuation8.574
6Role Model8.572
7The Extremely Odd Couple8.371
8Poppa, the Sailor Man7.968
9Bottle Baby7.973
10Dear Charles8.274
11The Pickle Plot8.170
12The Buddy System8.272
13Sarah Steps Out8.172
14Trading Papers8.369
15Five Easy Pizzas7.871
16Getting In8.272
17Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow7.968
18Dutiful Dreamer7.971
19Berkling Up Is Hard to Do7.971
20Runaround Charles8.272
21Where the Auction Is8.170
22The Boy Who Loved Women8.073
23The Blackboard Bungle8.572
24The Heart Burglar7.971
25May the Best Man Lose8.469
26Barbelles8.671

Season 4 (1988)

8.05 avg 26 episodes 8.6 → 8.3 23 min avg

Ep 1: 8.6 · 67 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 65 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 65 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 72 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 68 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 68 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 63 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 67 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 70 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 69 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 70 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 71 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 69 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 72 votesEp 15: 8.3 · 73 votesEp 16: 7.4 · 68 votesEp 17: 7.8 · 71 votesEp 18: 7.9 · 69 votesEp 19: 8.0 · 66 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 67 votesEp 21: 7.9 · 66 votesEp 22: 8.3 · 66 votesEp 23: 7.7 · 64 votesEp 24: 8.0 · 66 votesEp 25: 8.0 · 68 votesEp 26: 8.3 · 66 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1No Nukes Is Good Nukes8.667
2Ninny and the Professor8.165
3Duelling Presleys7.865
4Adam See, Adam Do8.372
5Yesterday Cafe8.268
6Fatal Obsession8.268
7Walter Gets a Dodo7.763
8Ladies' Night Out8.267
9Chargin' Charles8.270
10A Fish Called Buddy8.269
11Second Banana8.070
12Still at Large8.071
13Poetic License8.269
14Charles Splits: Part 18.272
15Charles Splits: Part 28.373
16Curing the Common Cult7.468
17Room at the Bottom7.871
18A Sting of Pearls7.969
19Walter's War8.066
20The Organization Man7.967
21Buddy's Daddy7.966
22Triple Threat8.366
23Aunt Vanessa7.764
24It's a Blunderfull Life8.066
25Bad Boy8.068
26Big Bang8.366

Season 5 (1989)

8.00 avg 26 episodes 8.0 → 7.8 23 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 66 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 65 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 66 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 74 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 75 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 67 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 65 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 73 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 70 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 69 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 66 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 65 votesEp 13: 8.4 · 72 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 66 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 68 votesEp 16: 8.1 · 68 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 68 votesEp 18: 7.9 · 67 votesEp 19: 6.9 · 68 votesEp 20: 8.0 · 70 votesEp 21: 8.5 · 63 votesEp 22: 8.2 · 68 votesEp 23: 6.6 · 71 votesEp 24: 8.1 · 69 votesEp 25: 7.9 · 67 votesEp 26: 7.8 · 72 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Summer Together, Fall Apart8.066
2Get Thee to a Nuttery8.365
3Three Dates & A Walnut8.266
4Out with the in Crowd8.174
5There's a Girl in My Ficus8.375
6Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded8.067
7Baby Bummer8.565
8Paper Covers Rock8.173
9Child Hoods7.570
10Advice and Contempt8.169
11Daffy Doc8.466
12Buddy Flips a Disc8.165
13Brain Man8.472
14Don't Rock the Vote8.166
15Let's Quake a Deal7.968
16Up Your I.Q.8.168
17All That Chaz8.168
18Frankie and Mommy7.967
19Lost Resort6.968
20Dead Puck Society8.070
21La Cage Aux Fools8.563
22Teacher's Pest8.268
23Almost Family6.671
24Seeing Is Believing8.169
25Fair Exchange7.967
26Charles Be DeMille7.872

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