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'''''Charmed''''' is an American [[fantasy]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] television series created by [[Constance M. Burge]] and produced by [[Aaron Spelling]] and his production company [[Spelling Television]], with [[Brad Kern]] serving as [[showrunner]]. The series was originally broadcast by [[The WB]] from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006. The series narrative follows a trio of sisters, known as The Charmed Ones, the most powerful good [[witches]] of all time, who use their combined "[[Power of Three (Charmed, 1998)|Power of Three]]" to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique [[Magic in fiction|magical powers]] that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern-day [[San Francisco]]. Keeping their supernatural identities separate and secret from their ordinary lives often becomes a challenge for them, with the exposure of magic having far-reaching consequences on their various relationships and resulting in a number of police and [[FBI]] investigations throughout the series. The series initially focuses on the three Halliwell sisters, [[Prue Halliwell|Prue]] ([[Shannen Doherty]]), [[Piper Halliwell|Piper]] ([[Holly Marie Combs]]), and [[Phoebe Halliwell|Phoebe]] ([[Alyssa Milano]]). Following Prue's death in the [[All Hell Breaks Loose (Charmed)|third-season finale]], their long-lost half sister [[Paige Matthews]] ([[Rose McGowan]]) assumes her place within the "Power of Three" from [[Charmed (season 4)|season four]] onwards.
''Charmed'' achieved a [[cult following]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/buffy-and-the-clones/2006/02/24/1140670217264.html |title=Cult versus mainstream |last=Houston |first=Melinda |work=[[The Age]] |date=February 26, 2006 |access-date=October 26, 2015 |archive-date=August 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822102354/http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/buffy-and-the-clones/2006/02/24/1140670217264.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Barr"/> and popularity on The WB with its first episode "[[Something Wicca This Way Comes]]" garnering 7.7 million viewers, breaking the record for the network's highest-rated debut episode.<ref name="cnn.com">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9810/23/charmed/index.html |title=''Charmed'' has that Spelling magic |last=Michael |first=Dennis |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=October 23, 1998 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6SQZL4A1i?url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9810/23/charmed/index.html |archive-date=September 8, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The show's ratings, although smaller than rival shows on the "big four" networks ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[CBS]], [[NBC]], and [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]), were a success for the relatively new and smaller WB network. ''Charmed'' went through several timeslot changes during its eight-season run. For its first three seasons in the Wednesday/Thursday 9:00 pm timeslot, ''Charmed'' was the second-highest rated series on The WB, behind ''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]''.<ref name="tirade"/> During its [[Charmed (season 5)|fifth season]], the show moved to the Sunday 8:00 pm timeslot, where it became the highest-rated Sunday night program in The WB's history.<ref name="breaks demo records"/><ref name="wb sticks"/> At [[List of Charmed episodes|178 episodes]], ''Charmed'' was the [[List of programs broadcast by The WB#Dramas|second-longest drama broadcast by The WB]], behind ''[[7th Heaven (TV series)|7th Heaven]]''. In 2006, it became the longest running hour-long television series featuring all female leads, before being surpassed by ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' in 2012.<ref name="BuzzFeed"/>
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