Charles in Charge
Season 5
Created by: Michael Jacobs
Network: CBS, Syndication
Season aired: 1989-12-30
Seasons
Overview
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.
Episodes · 26
Summer Together, Fall Apart
After complaints from the family, Charles tells the children there are no more rules in the house.
Get Thee to a Nuttery
Buddy decides to become a priest after a near-death experience.
Three Dates & a Walnut
Walter makes plans with three women on the same night.
Out with the in Crowd
Jamie tries to join an exclusive group of girls.
There's a Girl in My Ficus
Charles' girlfriend Jennifer (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) tells a lie about Buddy in order to get rid of him.
Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded
Charles is the judge of a beauty pageant where Jamie, Sarah, and both of Charles' girlfriends are contestants.
Baby Bummer
Buddy offers to help out Adam with babysitting, but he ends up forgetting the little girl at the diner.
Paper Covers Rock
A tabloid shows pictures of Charles with a rock star (Samantha Fox), and everyone thinks they're in a relationship.
Child Hoods
Charles' old friends come to visit.
Advice and Contempt
Jamie gets upset when she thinks Charles is trying to make her boyfriend stop seeing her.
Daffy Doc
Buddy enters a mental hospital to do research, but they make him a patient.
Buddy Flips a Disc
Buddy wins a contest to be a disc jockey for a day at the diner.
Brain Man
Buddy gets tested for ESP and starts to predict the future.
Don't Rock the Vote
Jamie and Sarah run for class president against each other. Buddy and Charles start fighting again which leads to a food fight erupting in the diner.
Let's Quake a Deal
Charles invents a device that will help people prepare for earthquakes.
Up Your IQ
When a boy thinks Jamie is shallow, she talks to Charles' intelligent girlfriend.
All That Chaz
An accidental bump on the head turns Charles into Chaz again.
Frankie and Mommy
Lillian sees an old boyfriend.
Lost Resort
Charles works at a hotel in Hawaii with Buddy's cousin. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)
Dead Puck Society
Charles is the substitute teacher in Sarah's class, and Sarah's partner lets her do all the work on an assignment
La Cage Aux Fools
Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.
Teacher's Pest
Walter takes a history class that Charles teaches.
Almost Family
Charles visits his aunt Sally at her car wash. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)
Seeing Is Believing
Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.
Fair Exchange
Sarah visits her relatives in Albuquerque and a foreign exchange student that is living with them. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)
Charles Be DeMille
Sarah puts on a show to raise money, and Charles directs while preparing for an interview to get into Princeton.
