Charmed

Charmed
Charmed
Pembuat	Constance M. Burge
Pemeran	Holly Marie Combs; Alyssa Milano; Rose McGowan; Shannen Doherty; Brian Krause; Dorian Gregory; Julian McMahon
Negara asal	USA
Jmlh. episode	178
Produksi
Durasi	41-44 min.
Rilis asli
Jaringan	The WB Television Network
Rilis	October 7, 1998 –; May 21, 2006

For similar words see charm.

Charmed adalah serial tv dari Amerika yang diproduksi sebanyak 8 sesi dari Warner Bros. Serial TV ini diproduksi oleh almarhum Aaron Spelling. TV Serial ini mengisahkan tentang 3 bersaudara yang mempunyai kekuatan sihir yang baik, hal ini dijuga dikenal dengan supernatural.

Karakter

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Pemeran Karakter Utama

Prudence "Prue" Halliwell - (Shannen Doherty) (Seasons 1-3)

Born October 28, 1970, Prue adalah kakak tertua dari Halliwell bersaudara. Dilahirkan dengan kekuatan telekinetika, dan kemampuannya berkembang seurun waktu dengan kekuatan memproyeksikan astral. Cerdas dan mempunyai kemampuan yang keras, sebagai kakak tertua, ia sangat melindungi kedua adiknya, Strong-willed and intelligent, she would often take charge of situations and had always been overprotective of her two sisters, Piper and Phoebe. Having spent her childhood taking care of her two younger sisters after the death of their mother, she became responsible, with a fierce determination at whatever she did, including fighting demons. Though at times Prue let pride dictate her way of handling things, she never let her personal life interfere with her work life. On May 17, 2001, in an attempt to save an innocent, Prue sacrificed her own life; she was killed by Shax, a hired hitman sent by the Source.

Piper Halliwell - (Holly Marie Combs)

Piper was born on August 7, 1973, and was the middle child until Prue's death. Her powers include the ability to freeze and explode objects at will. She was most concerned with having a normal life, and always had reservations about her life as a Charmed One. When she first became a Charmed One she was quiet and reserved; often having to mediate between Prue and Phoebe. As the show progressed she gained a stronger persona and took more authority after Prue died. She eventually became a mother of three with her husband Leo Wyatt, and went to great lengths to protect her children. She is great at mediating and arbitrating. Her love of food steered her to a career in the culinary arts, which led her to own a club and as revealed in the last episode, her own restaurant.

Phoebe Halliwell - (Alyssa Milano)

Phoebe, born November 2, 1975 was the original baby of the family and is a spontaneous, free-spirited young woman. The power she was born with was premonitions, which grew to enable her to see into the past as well as the future, later gaining the ability to project herself into the future. and she later gained the powers of levitation and empathy. She is a romantic, and later became a successful columnist and author. She often had a turbulent relationship with her older sister Prue, and later mediated between Piper and Paige. She has a strong intuitive sense and she is able to anticipate events with her power of premonition. Her longest relationships were with Cole Turner for over a year, and Coop, from 2006 into the distant future. She and Coop were married by the Angel of Destiny as seen in the last episode, and eventually had three girls. She continued working at the Bay Mirror and also wrote a book on finding love.

Paige Matthews - (Rose McGowan) (Seasons 4-8)

Born on August 2, 1977 after a secret love affair with her Whitelighter Samuel Wilder, the Charmed Ones' mother, Patty Halliwell, gave birth to a fourth daughter. Paige was put up for adoption because her parents' love was forbidden. Her personality is bold and vibrant, adding a new dynamic to the show from season 4 onwards. Paige's birth power was telekinesis, but because she was part Whitelighter this ability combined with her natural orbing to create telekinetic-orbing. She came into the craft quickly, aiding in the vanquish of The Source of All Evil. In Season 8 she gained the ability to heal those she loved, starting with Henry. She was driven to become a "full-time witch", and had a hard time finding a career she was content with, eventually settling with her destiny as a Whitelighter, like her father. Paige married mortal parole officer Henry Mitchell and they had two twin daughters and a son, Henry Jr.

Pemeran Pembantu

Leo Wyatt - (Brian Krause) (Recurring Season 1; Seasons 2-8)

Leo was the sisters' Whitelighter to begin with, initially watching over the sisters but soon becoming involved romantically with Piper. Leo's magical promotions provided the show's portrayal of a supernatural ladder of success and struggle between career and family. His relationship with Piper was the first of many conflicts between the Halliwells and the Elders.

Andy Trudeau - (Ted King) (Season 1)

Andy was the sisters' childhood friend, and Prue's love interest. He served as the sisters' initial connection to the police force and what it gets to know of the sisters' activity, as well as the first conflict (in Andy and Prue's relationship) between the girls' secret life and normal life. Andy's death was the first loss of someone close to the girls as a casualty of battle.

Darryl Morris - (Dorian Gregory) (Seasons 1-7)

Darryl was Andy's partner, who took over Andy's role as the Halliwells' police connections. He continued covering up for the sisters, until his wife, due to the danger of protecting the sisters' identity, forced him to move to another state.

Dan Gordon - (Greg Vaughan) (Season 2)

Dan moved into the house next door with his niece, Jenny. At the first glimpse, he instantly fell in love with Piper. They temporarily dated, but Dan could not take the place of Piper's first love, Leo. He later moved away due to a spell gone wrong and finding out that Piper & Leo were magically connected.

Jenny Gordon - (Karis Paige Bryant) (Season 2)

Jenny was Dan's niece. She was written off suddenly.

Cole Turner - (Julian McMahon) (Seasons 3-5)

Cole was Phoebe's first husband. He was a half upper-level demon named Belthazor, later taking in the The Source power, and other forms. He continued to watch over Phoebe silently, unseen.

Adult Chris Halliwell - (Drew Fuller) (Season 6)

Chris came from the future to help defeat The Titans and save Wyatt from evil that took him over in the future. His adult form died at the hands of Gideon.

Billie Jenkins - (Kaley Cuoco) (Season 8)

Billie is Paige's charge. Making her believe she was the ultimate power she was swayed to believe the Charmed Ones were turned evil by greed to have a normal life by her sister, Christy, but came to her senses. She babysits Phoebe's children in the future.

Recurring

Penelope "Penny" Halliwell (Grams) - (Jennifer Rhodes)
Patricia "Patty" Halliwell (Mom) - (Finola Hughes) (seasons 1 - 5, 7 - 8)
Victor Bennet - (James Read) (seasons 3 - 8)
Sam Wilder - (Scott Jaeck) (seasons 2, 5, 8)
Little Wyatt Halliwell - (Jason & Kristopher Simmons) (seasons 5 - 8)
Older Wyatt Halliwell - (Wes Ramsey) (seasons 6 - 8)
Little Christopher "Chris" Perry Halliwell (seasons 7 & 8)
Elise Rothman - (Rebecca Balding) (seasons 4-8)

Billing order

In the first three seasons, the actresses portraying the Charmed Ones are billed according to the ages of their characters: Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs and Alyssa Milano. The initial five episodes lists the actors/characters as Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, T.W. King, Dorian Gregory, and Alyssa Milano. Beginning with episode six, the Charmed Ones are listed by character age, followed by the inspectors Andy Trudeau and Darryl Morris. From the 4th season onwards, the veteran leading actresses receive the coveted first and last billing while their new costar gets the middle spot: Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, and Holly Marie Combs as "Piper". From the fourth season onwards, the leads are then followed by whichever supporting players are contracted for that particular season. If one of the supporting players does not appear in a particular episode, his/her name also does not appear in the opening credits. Brian Krause, who became a main cast member halfway through the second season, was in virtually every episode by the third season. His name is listed fourth in the credits from season three onwards, apart from in season eight where Kaley Cuoco (Billie) took that spot.

Episode

Thema yang ditampilan

Pengembangan Karakter

With the series always focusing on the constant development of their main characters, each of the main characters had recurring problem points of their lives. As women in their late twenties and early thirties, the sisters constantly had to cope with balancing their magical lives with their everyday and professional lives (Prue's professional career, Phoebe's studies and afterwards her job, Piper's role as a mother, and Paige's accepting magic as a general part of her life). Another returning source of personal conflict was the sisters' love life, the problems that arise from hiding a part of their lives from their human relationships (most notably the relationship of Prue and Andy, of Piper and Dan, of Phoebe and Jason, and of Paige and Henry) and hiding their often forbidden relationships with members of the magical community from the rest of the magical community (most notably Leo and Piper's conflict with the Elders, and Phoebe loving a half-demon Cole).

Kematian dari karakter utama

As the sisters had to struggle with many forces of darkness, death was not an uncommon event in their lives. Each of the sisters died at several points of the series, with Piper dying eight times, Phoebe dying seven times, Paige dying seven times and Prue dying three times. Except for Prue Halliwell's death in the third season finale, the protagonists always found a way out to return the respective Halliwells into life.

Exposisi dari Keajaiban/ Sihir

In the world of Charmed, the existence of magic and the forces of benevolent and malevolent magic remains hidden from the rest of the world. A recurring problem in episodes was the way to fight the forces of evil without being exposed.

Perubahan Pemain Karakter pada saat Inisialisasi

Originally Lori Rom was cast as Phoebe but she left the production soon after shooting began. Parts of the first episode had to be reshot with her replacement Alyssa Milano.
The Book of Shadows was moved from where it initially was set (in a chest) to a podium.
Charmed was picked up for a full season after the ratings success of the first two episodes, according to the documentary The Women of Charmed produced in 1999. By then, the first few (most probably six) episodes had completed production. Some of the crew were then replaced, including the series' composer (thus discontinuing the use of the many chime instruments characteristic of the opening episodes).
Some basic story elements of the Charmed world laid down in the initial six episodes were later changed. The Book of Shadows was later established as untouchable by evil; Grams' husband and grandfather of the three sisters had his name and time frame changed; the sisters having a relationship with their father even though in the initial episodes they wanted nothing to do with him. Also, the time frame of Victor Bennett leaving his wife (the girls' mother) was changed occasionally throughout the series.

Perubahan struktur cerita

Between the second and the third season, creator and executive producer Constance M. Burge had left the crew of the show, leaving her former position to executive producer Brad Kern. Burge continued to produce other shows, but remained as creative consultant until season four.^[1] Burge's departure resulted in changes in the story structure of the show, from a "demon of the week" system to using third- or half- season-long story arcs. Also, more importance was given to the protagonists' personal lives.

The serial connection of episodes culminated in the second half of season four. Despite the ratings actually rising during season four's final story arc from 4.19 to 4.21, the WB asked Brad Kern to abandon the serial system in the future. This led to the largely episodic structure of season five, and resulted in the two systems being balanced from the sixth season. The departure of Constance M. Burge has been often debated in Charmed fandom. While reasons were never made public, unsupported claims (such as Burge leaving because she did not agree to the introduction of the character Cole or because of the story arc-episodic structure debate) still circulate among fans debating over whether Kern or Burge would be a better producer.

Departure of Shannen Doherty

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Actress Shannen Doherty as Prue Halliwell

At the end of the third season, Shannen Doherty left the show, resulting in her character's death, and in the introduction of Rose McGowan's character Paige. While in episode 3.16 the Angel of Death foreshadowed Prue's death, episode 3.22 remained as a cliffhanger, and Prue's death was only established in the season four premiere episode. Fan speculation continues to this day, some pointing to rumours of on-set issues with Doherty regarding punctual appearance at work and tension with co-workers, others putting blame on Alyssa Milano for reasons such as her supposedly asking the show's producers to let Doherty go. These rumours even today lead to harsh debates and flame wars over whether it was Doherty's, Milano's or someone else's "fault" that Doherty left.

Doherty's departure is the best known change in Charmed, and while there is debate over whether the show got better or worse after Prue's death, it is most often agreed that after season three the characters' dynamics changed, and the individual sisters' storylines became more balanced.

Timeslot changes

The show witnessed multiple changes in its timeslot. From its initial Wednesday night, Charmed moved to Thursday nights in Season 2, and during Season 4 it moved again, this time to Sunday nights, to anchor "The WB's Big Sunday" event. The change in broadcast day played a central role in the show's change of ratings, as from the moment Charmed moved to Sunday, its episodes had to continually compete with other strong-rated shows such as Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and The Simpsons, as well as events such as the Golden Globes.

Changes in the Charmed universe

In the first three seasons, the magical world of Charmed introduced original concepts such as the spiritual nexus or the workings of the show's witchcraft, and involved creatures such as Whitelighters and Darklighters, and also a number of mythological creatures not frequently adapted to television, such as the Woogyman, the Wendigo or the Banshee. This is probably attributable to Constance M. Burge, as well as story editor Robert Masello, introduced as the show's mythology expert (as seen in the 1999 documentary Women of Charmed).

Gradually from the fourth season, besides keeping the dominance of creatures with attributes explicitly created to conform to the storylines, Charmed started to rely more heavily on using creatures from classical (i.e. Greek and Roman) mythology as well as from miscellaneous folklore items well-known in contemporary culture.

Budget cuts

Budget cuts in the last few seasons have led to many minor, and a few major changes in the show.

Budget cuts have caused demons to gradually become entirely human-like from the monsters with rich costumes and make-up witnessed in the first seasons.
One of the most notable budget-related changes was the WB's decision not to include Brian Krause and Dorian Gregory in season eight. As Brad Kern said in a number of interviews, he had to restructure the budget to include Krause in as many as ten episodes, to avoid abruptly ending his storyline. Enough money was saved to include Krause in the final two episodes of the series.
In an interview in Charmed Magazine Issue 8, Brad Kern revealed that in season eight Kern, executive producers Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent and a number of crew members opted to reduce their own salaries in order to maintain the show's quality, as the budget of the season was reduced by twenty percent.