Top TV Moments: Cheryl Ladd

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Charlie’s Angels (1977)
To the extent that Charlie’s Angels has become a globally familiar brand that inspired multiple remakes and reboots over the past four decades, much of the credit rightly belongs to Cheryl Ladd.

Of course the series made a huge pop culture splash in its first season when Farrah Fawcett-Majors’ face and form were on every magazine cover in the country (as well as a poster that sold more than 12 million copies). But Farrah was gone after that one season, and the show’s legacy would have been very different had she taken a sizable segment of the show’s audience with her.

Fortunately (and perhaps surprisingly), that didn’t happen. Season two actually posted higher ratings than it did with Farrah, and the show ran for another three years.



As Kris Munroe Cheryl was not Farrah - but she was beautiful and likable and fit in well with her established costars. Relations off-screen with Kate Jackson were less than cordial, but when the trio tackled cases together their camaraderie was believable. That was not always the case when Shelley Hack replaced Jackson.

[Fallon97]

Thanks for posting. It's nice seeing Cheryl being given credit. She is very underrated.

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Originally Posted by Fallon97

Thanks for posting. It's nice seeing Cheryl being given credit. She is very underrated.

Cheryl always struck me as the unsung hero of Charlie's Angels. She came in at a very difficult time with the abrupt departure of Farrah Fawcett after just the first season. Cheryl could've easily been seen as a "Replacement Scrappy" like Shelley Hack and Tanya Roberts were for Kate Jackson. But despite the challenge, the ratings were even better in the first season that Cheryl was on the show. And isn't it true that during the show's original run, Kris was the most popular Angel and had the most episodes centered on her character?

[Fallon97]

Originally Posted by TMC

Cheryl always struck me as the unsung hero of Charlie's Angels. She came in at a very difficult time with the abrupt departure of Farrah Fawcett after just the first season. Cheryl could've easily been seen as a "Replacement Scrappy" like Shelley Hack and Tanya Roberts were for Kate Jackson. But despite the challenge, the ratings were even better in the first season that Cheryl was on the show. And isn't it true that during the show's original run, Kris was the most popular Angel and had the most episodes centered on her character?

Yes. I recall an interview where Aaron Spelling said that when Cheryl was on the show, she was the most popular Angel. And I believe she did have the most episodes centered on her character.