50 Fun Facts About Charmed

In which American city do the Halliwell sisters live and fight evil?

The creator's original pitch was set in Boston with three witch roommates before it was reworked into three sisters in San Francisco.

On which network did Charmed originally air from 1998 to 2006?

At 178 episodes it was the second-longest drama the network ever broadcast, behind only 7th Heaven.

Which sister has the power to freeze people and objects, later evolving into making things explode?

The show explained her freezing as slowing molecules down and her combustion power as speeding them up.

What was Phoebe's original power in season one?

Because premonition is a passive power, the character trained in martial arts to hold her own in fights.

Where in the Halliwell Manor does Phoebe find the Book of Shadows in the pilot?

Reading its opening inscription aloud is what activated the sisters' powers in the pilot.

Which actress played Prue Halliwell for the first three seasons?

She had previously starred on another Aaron Spelling series, Beverly Hills, 90210, and left Charmed at the end of season three.

Who played the sisters' whitelighter Leo Wyatt?

Leo was introduced as the handyman hired to fix up the manor before the sisters learned he was their guardian angel.

What is the name of the nightclub Piper opens in season two?

Prue and Phoebe later became part-owners; before the club, Piper cooked at a restaurant called Quake.

Which sister was killed off in the season three finale?

She was killed by Shax, the Source's assassin, and her funeral is where the surviving sisters first meet Paige.

Which actress joined the cast in season four as long-lost half-sister Paige Matthews?

Two of the wrong options were genuinely considered for the role before it went to her.

Paige is the daughter of the sisters' mother Patty and which whitelighter?

Her whitelighter blood is why she was given up at birth: witch-whitelighter relationships were forbidden by the Elders.

Which Australian actor played half-demon Cole Turner, also known as Belthazor?

Cole arrived in season three as an assistant district attorney sent by the Triad to kill the sisters, and instead fell for Phoebe.

Which future Big Bang Theory star joined Charmed in its final season as young witch Billie Jenkins?

Billie spent the season searching for her kidnapped older sister Christy, who turned out to be working with the Triad.

Which song, in a cover by Love Spit Love, served as the show's opening theme?

The same cover had appeared on the soundtrack of The Craft; when the license lapsed, streaming versions swapped in a hard-rock instrumental.

How many episodes of Charmed were made in total?

That total made it the longest-running hour-long US series with all-female leads until Desperate Housewives passed it by two episodes.

Which prolific producer, whose company also made 7th Heaven and Beverly Hills, 90210, produced Charmed?

He personally suggested the working title House of Sisters, which was dropped in favour of Charmed.

Who created Charmed and wrote its pilot script?

She had researched Wicca to move past broomstick stereotypes, and left as executive producer before season three over the show's shift toward romance plots.

Which actress was originally cast as Phoebe in the unaired 28-minute pilot before quitting?

After she left, Aaron Spelling asked Alyssa Milano, whom he knew from Melrose Place, to take over and the pilot was reshot.

What is the title of the Charmed pilot, a pun on a line from Macbeth?

It drew 7.7 million viewers, the highest-rated debut in WB history until Smallville's pilot beat it.

In the pilot, what object spells out a one-word message that sends Phoebe upstairs to find the Book?

The board's inscription, 'the power of three will set you free', later becomes the chant that vanquishes the warlock Jeremy.

In the pilot, Piper's boyfriend Jeremy turns out to be what kind of evil being?

He had been dating her for six months purely because he knew the sisters were witches whose powers he could steal.

Which ancestor's active powers does the Book of Shadows incantation bestow on the sisters?

She was later resurrected on screen in season one to re-imprison her warlock ex-lover Matthew Tate in a locket.

Prue's second power, gained in season two, lets her be in two places at once. What is it?

While projecting, her physical body falls unconscious and she cannot use her telekinesis.

Prue's first job on the show was at an auction house. What career did she switch to?

Her fiancé and boss Roger nearly got strangled by his own tie when her new telekinesis flared up in the pilot.

For which newspaper does Phoebe become an advice columnist?

She later dated her millionaire boss Jason Dean, played by future Grey's Anatomy star Eric Dane.

How does Paige move objects with her mind, unlike Prue's straightforward telekinesis?

Her whitelighter half explains it: she teleports objects rather than pushing them through the air.

What is the name of Piper and Leo's first son, born in season five?

Grams was astonished at his wiccaning because no male had ever been born into the Warren-Halliwell line.

Chris Halliwell travels back from the future to stop which relative from becoming an evil dictator?

Adult Chris is killed by the Elder Gideon in the season six finale, in the same episode baby Chris is born.

Which demon, played by Oded Fehr, is the sisters' main antagonist in season seven?

He briefly allied with the sisters against the Avatars before turning on them; they faked their own deaths after vanquishing him.

Which powerful neutral beings try to remake the world as a Utopia in season seven?

The sisters helped them at first, then discovered the Utopia erased free will and teamed up with a demon to undo it.

Coop, whom Phoebe marries in the final season, is what kind of magical being?

The finale reveals the Elders sent Coop to make up for everything they had put her through, so the love was never forbidden.

What is the job of Henry Mitchell, the man Paige marries in season eight?

Their marriage produces twin daughters and a son; in the comics the girls are named Kat and Tamora.

Which SFPD officer, played by Dorian Gregory, covered for the sisters for seven seasons?

He was written out of the final season as a cost-saving measure when the show's budget was cut.

Which of these characters was killed off in the season one finale?

He was killed by the demon Rodriguez, who was posing as an Internal Affairs officer investigating Andy's unsolved cases.

Which Elder, headmaster of Magic School, tries to kill baby Wyatt in season six?

Leo killed him in the season finale, and Paige later fought to keep Magic School open after his death.

In the series finale, Piper borrows Coop's ring to travel back in time and first lands in which year?

The ring revisits past loves, so aiming for Phoebe dropped Piper into the year Phoebe was conceived, with her parents still together.

What is the name of Piper and Leo's daughter, revealed in the finale's flash-forward?

The flash-forward also shows an elderly Piper reading the Book of Shadows to a granddaughter named Prudence.

How many American viewers watched the series finale 'Forever Charmed'?

That made it the highest-rated episode of the eighth season, though well below the 7.7 million who watched the pilot.

The Halliwell Manor exterior is a real Victorian house on which Los Angeles street?

The Innes House at number 1329 has become a tourist stop, though the interiors were shot on sound stages.

Which studio lot hosted production of Charmed's final two seasons after Ray Art Studios was sold?

Budget cuts meant season eight was shot entirely on the lot with no location filming at all.

Which two actresses were considered as Prue's replacement before Paige was cast?

Thiessen had already replaced Doherty once before, on Beverly Hills, 90210.

Which show overtook Charmed in 2012 as the longest hour-long US series led by women?

Both shows ran eight seasons; the newcomer simply aired two more episodes.

Which executive story editor claimed to be the only licensed demonologist ever hired by a TV series?

He had written books on demonology and the occult and was on hand to answer questions about how a demon 'would behave'.

Which company published the Charmed: Season 9 comic-book continuation starting in 2010?

In the comics, Prue turns up alive in Salem, reincarnated in the body of a witch called Patience.

How many Charmed tie-in novels did Simon & Schuster publish between 1999 and 2008?

The first, The Power of Three, novelised the pilot; only the first ten feature the original trio before Paige.

Which podcast did the actors who played Piper, Leo and Chris launch in 2022?

Fuller admitted he had never actually watched the show and recruited his co-stars for a rewatch.

In the 2018 CW reboot, what is the sisters' family surname?

The reboot also relocated the setting from San Francisco to the fictional college town of Hilltowne, Michigan.

Who played whitelighter Harry Greenwood in the CW reboot?

The reboot's Whitelighter was British; the original show's Leo had been a World War II medic.

How many seasons did the CW reboot of Charmed run before its 2022 cancellation?

Echoing the original, eldest sister Macy died at the end of season three and a new Charmed One, Kaela, replaced her.

Which power did the reboot give youngest sister Maggie, instead of the original's visions?

The original Phoebe eventually gained empathy too, in season six, on top of her other powers.