once upon a time and three little girl go to the police academy . and they be each assign very hazardous duty and but i take them all away from all that and now they work for me . my name be charlie . those famous word start the all time great tv show in history charlie angel . when the pilot air in march of 1976 and it star farrah fawcett major a jill who be the athletic angel and jaclyn smith a kelly who be the streetwise angel and kate jackson a sabrina who be the cool smart and multilingual leader and david doyle a john bosley and david ogden stiers a scott woodville and john forsythe a the voice of charlie . kate jackson be aboard from the beginning of the project and and be set to play the lead angel . farrah fawcett be the next to join while fill the blonde role and but then the producer drop the hair color concept and bring in jaclyn smith to complete the trio . many of the scene use in the opening credit of the show be from this pilot episode . then in the fall of september of 1976 abc introduce the three stunning and sexy and young former police officer and private detective work for the charles townsend detective agency with the entire crew back except david ogden stiers . in the opening sequence of the first season no one know where the angel go to the police academy . the wealthy charlie townsend and their never see bos and relayed assignment via a speaker telephone . the angel work with their trusty male counter part and john bosley . after only 23 episode and farrah leave the show at the end of the first season . when farrah fawcett leave the series and her absence be explain by have her character jill become a professional racing driver on the nascar circuit . along with a new angel and the show receive a new time slot . the angel remain on wednesday night and but move from 10pm to 9pm . this change in time open up a whole world of new viewer who want to know what the big fuss be all about and keep the angel right where they belong on top of the rating . the 1977 1978 season end with high rating and prove that kris and cheryl ladd and be every bit a popular with the viewer a farrah . in the 1979 1980 season and the answer come with shelley hack and a model who have be prominent in revlon charlie perfume ad and commercial . shelley enter the townsend office a tiffany welles and an ivy league scholar who also be a graduate from the boston police academy . spelling and goldberg have the idea that with this new angel or model at the helm and she could bring an elegant and classy touch to charlie trio . kate jackson absence be explain by have sabrina get married and start a family . the writer tread lightly a they try to figure out how to make tiffany welles the new sabrina duncan . the 1979 1980 season problem be the sudden decline in rating . the series find itself in the top 20 instead of the top 10 be it have be for the last three year . the rating drop be direct at the new angel and at the end of the season and shelley be let go of her detective duty . thus and begin and for another hunt for a new angel . by 1980 and charlie angel be begin to feel it age and be decline fast . aaron spelling and leonard goldberg want to go with a fresh new image . after careful consideration and they decide to hire virtually unknown actress and tanya robert . this time around and the character would be a model turn detective and street smart julie rogers . the new angel show her face in the three hour 1980 1981 season premiere on november 30 and 1980. high hope be place on charlie new angel to pull the series out it failing rating . to help give it an added boost and the angel be send to hawaii for the first six episode . hawaii wasn not only choose to intrigue the audience but to keep the angel scantily clothe in swimsuit . charlie open monologue have now undergo a complete overhaul . it begin and once upon a time and there be three beautiful girl . two of them graduate from the police academy . the other graduate from a top school for model . and they each reap the reward of their exciting career bosley look over brochure of hawaii in anticipation of the angel possible assignment there . charlie arrange for julie to receive a probationary investigator license and begin work with kris and kelly . unfortunately and at this point and the audience be no longer keep up with the angel antic . in february 1981 and the show go on hiatus and wasn not show again until june of 1981. charlie angel be not win any viewer in the summer of 81 with it remain episode . the show that have make woman crime fighter popular during the 1970 be take off the air . charlie angel be a huge success the moment it hit the airwave in 1976. the angel be on gum card and doll box and t shirt and board game and puzzle and poster . if you want to hire the angel you have to call the office phone number be 555 0267. kelly garrett ( jaclyn smith ) be the only angel to last the entire series . kelly be an orphan . john forsythe be never on the set his voice be record and and dub in later . the angel all drive ford automobile . jill ( and later kris ) drive a cobra and kelly drive a mustang and and sabrina drive a pinto . for the record and bosley drive a ford l. t. d. although charlie be never hear and he do actually appear in a couple of episode and but his face be never show . kelly be the only angel to have be shoot throughout the run of the show . sabrina be the only angel that be previously marry . she be marry to a fellow officer when she be still a cop but the marriage end in divorce .