In 1980, during the fourth season of Charlie’s Angels, producer Aaron Spelling tried one of those backdoor pilots, hoping for a spin-off series. In this episode, entitled "Toni’s Boys", the “Charlie” equivalent was played by none other than Barbara Stanwyck. The show however, never made it past this one experiment.

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I thought it was a fun episode and would have at least watched some episodes had it gone to series. Over all the early 80's was not a good time for TV

There was almost an all-male spinoff of Charlie's Angels (https://www.metv.com/stories/there-was-almost-an-all-male-spinoff-of-charlies-angels)

The series was titled Toni's Boys.

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Everyone knows about Charlie's Angels. (Just ask three people to pose for a photo.) But few people know about the attempted spin-off: Toni's Boys. Yes, there was a backdoor pilot episode for a gender-swapped spin-off version of Charlie's Angels but with dudes.

This episode is weird. And wonderful. I think it's time we bring back the idea for Toni's Boys.

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