The Charmings

infobox television
show_name = The Charmings


caption =
format = Sitcom
runtime = 30 min
creator =
starring = Christopher Rich
Judy Parfitt
Cork Hubbert
Brandon Call
Garette Ratliff Henson
Paul Eiding
Dori Brenner
Paul Winfield
Carol Huston
country = USA
network = ABC
first_aired = March 20, 1987
last_aired = February 11, 1988
num_episodes = 21
list_episodes =
imdb_id = 0092332
tv_com_id = 1481 |

"The Charmings" was a 1987–1988 television sitcom series. The plot was that Snow White and Prince Charming were magically transported to a 20th century suburb in California.

The series ran on ABC for two seasons. Each episode shows the Charmings trying adapt to their new life while Lillian and her wise cracking Magic Mirror watch from upstairs.

The opening voice-over set-up the premise: cquote|Once upon a time there was a vain queen who was so jealous of her beautiful stepdaughter, Snow White, that she poisoned her with an apple. But, a handsome prince came along and broke the spell. Snow White and Prince Charming threw the wicked stepmother down a bottomless pit and lived happily ever after. But, it turns out the pit wasn't bottomless - just very deep. And now, the queen was very mad. With a spell so powerful even she couldn't control it, she put the Charmings asleep for a thousand years. She also got herself and one dwarf. Eventually they woke up.

Characters

* Snow White - (played by Caitlin O'Heaney (1987) and Carol Huston (1988))
* Prince Eric Charming - (Christopher Rich)
* The Charmings' two children - Brandon Call and Garette Ratliff Henson.
* Queen Lillian White (Judy Parfitt) - The Wicked stepmother
* Luther (Cork Hubbert) - Lillian's dwarf
* The magic mirror (Paul Winfield)
* Don 'King of Carpets' Miller (Paul Eiding) and Sally Miller (Dori Brenner) - The Charmings' neighbors who found their new neighbors' penchant for medieval fairy tale style odd but never figured out they were the real Prince Charming and Snow White.

Episode List

eason 1 (1987)

# "The Charmings" (Pilot)
# "The Mirror Cracked"
# "Lillian Makes a Date"
# "The Charmings Buy a Car"
# "The Incredible Shrinking Prince"
# "An '80s Kind of Prince"

eason 2 (1988)

# "Lillian Loses the Kids"
# "The Charmings Go Plastic"
# "The Witch is of Van Oaks"
# "The Fish Story"
# "Cindy's Back In Town"
# "A Charming Halloween"
# "Trading Places"
# "Lillian Loses Her Powers"
# "The Charmings and the Beanstalk"
# "Yes, Lillian, There is a Santa Claus"
# "The Charmings Get Robbed"
# "Birth of a Salesman"
# "The Man Who Came to Dinner"
# "The Woman of His Dreams"
# "Lillian's Protege"

External links

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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/c/charmingsthe_7771340.shtml]