{Season 1} SPOILERS AHEAD! Filming Info, Previews

[summerreading]

Oct 25, 2018 20:18:41 GMT -5 prudencehalliwell said:

Oct 20, 2018 20:28:25 GMT -5 Granny Charmed said:

tvline.com/2018/10/20/charmed-spoilers-reboot-original-connections-new-interview/

Charmed Boss: Can Harry Be Trusted? And Who Are the Sisters' Fathers?

Just as I expected dears, this *truly* is a reboot of S4-S8, and nothing from S1-S3 or how they did things in those seasons, is making its way into this show.

Looks like we'll have The Elders, Whitelighters, The Source, Demons, Magical Creatures all coming in. Looks like they have taken more mythology from S4-S8 over the earlier seasons.

As much as we might hate Kern, his legacy on Charmed is creeping into this show dears. He left enough, that most of what *he* did is being used again. 

So they are adding magical creatures and mythology from S5-8. Wonder if the Satyr in this one is more secretive. They are in a small town after all. 

I hope they keep the mystery that Classic Charmed did in S1-4, and not S5-8. As you said, it is a small town. You cannot have them being open walking around. 

It makes me happier with how we handled it in one episode during Elemental Charmed using the Elements. 

[pheebs]

www.eonline.com/uk/news/981189/charmed-celebrates-halloween-but-why-is-most-of-the-cast-not-so-into-the-holiday

Charmed Celebrates Halloween, But Why Is Most of the Cast Not So Into the Holiday?


Things are gettin' spooky on the CW's new iteration of Charmed.



The show is celebrating Halloween this week with a big Halloween party (duh), mostly so Maggie can help herself get into her dream sorority, but also so we get to see everyone dressed up in elaborate costumes. There's also a demon (duh) on the loose, meaning those costumes had better be practical for demon-chasing. E! News was on set for the Halloween party and got the scoop on the soiree.



"Macy gets a text saying that there's going to be some sort of party at our house, and we're like what is this party about? And we're like oh, obviously, it's Maggie," Melonie Diaz teases. "So we come home, and she's done this spell to transform the house into like this really fancy Halloween extravaganza."



While the party is mainly for Maggie to schmooze, it's obviously not just her night. "Sparks are flying" between Macy (Madeleine Mantock) and Galvin (Ser'Darius Blain) after he gets mysteriously invited to the party, Blain says.



"Sparks are flyin', the house is on fire," he teases.


But like we said, there's work to be done as well as partying.



"We're in the midst of a Halloween party, looking for and trying to discover this powerful demon by the name of the Harbinger," Rupert Evans says. "So we're running around looking for this demon, and we're not sure who or what they are."



While the show is getting really into the holiday, most of the cast seems to not be all that into it, for mostly good reasons.



Diaz says she was never allowed to celebrate growing up, and both Evans and Mantock grew up outside of the U.S., where Halloween wasn't really celebrated much at all.



"Growing up in England, I feel like it's not so much of a holiday," Mantock says. "I don't think my parents were very happy about me going out to knock on strangers' doors as a child, strangely."



Blain, however, is so into Halloween that he was once named #18 on Time Magazine's Top 20 Costumes in New York when he dressed as an "elaborate" nerd.



"It's a mischief night, you know," he says of the holiday. "It's a night where nobody's gonna look down on you for getting a little wild."



You can see Charmed get a little wild this Sunday, and hear more from the cast in the video above! Be sure to check out our interview with the costume designer, too!



Charmed airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on the CW.

[CharmedFaith]

They are adding another potential love interest for Mel. Calm your roll and focus and develop the relationships you already have.
deadline.com/2018/10/lethal-weapon-casts-nishi-munshi-charmed-aleyse-shannon-1202489341/

[pheebs]

Oct 28, 2018 17:16:49 GMT -5 CharmedFaith said:

They are adding another potential love interest for Mel. Calm your roll and focus and develop the relationships you already have.
deadline.com/2018/10/lethal-weapon-casts-nishi-munshi-charmed-aleyse-shannon-1202489341/

What?? Your kidding, and here I thought Mel and her girlfriend were going to be the major couple of S1. *Sigh* I would not be surprised they go for a love triangle. 

Then again maybe Mel's girlfriend being the Andy like character, splits up with her, because Mel doesn't tell her secret and she knows she's hiding something.

[cyma]

Oct 28, 2018 17:16:49 GMT -5 CharmedFaith said:

They are adding another potential love interest for Mel. Calm your roll and focus and develop the relationships you already have.
deadline.com/2018/10/lethal-weapon-casts-nishi-munshi-charmed-aleyse-shannon-1202489341/

First Maggie and the new guy who is boyfriend to that Kapa whatever leader and now this? Did the writers just watch the original show and concluded Charmed fans are only interested in love triangles so let's stuff it in the reboot?

[Esmeralda]

*sigh* That would be so disappointing if the only thing they pick up from Classic Charmed (S1-3) is the stupid triangle - Burge's biggest mistake.

[West]

Oct 29, 2018 14:36:51 GMT -5 cyma said:

Oct 28, 2018 17:16:49 GMT -5 CharmedFaith said:

They are adding another potential love interest for Mel. Calm your roll and focus and develop the relationships you already have.
deadline.com/2018/10/lethal-weapon-casts-nishi-munshi-charmed-aleyse-shannon-1202489341/

First Maggie and the new guy who is boyfriend to that Kapa whatever leader and now this? Did the writers just watch the original show and concluded Charmed fans are only interested in love triangles so let's stuff it in the reboot?

Seems the Kappa stuff is not going away. Episode 6 is titled Kappa Spirit. But since the show is set in college, and the entire main cast but the girlfriend detective are involved in some way shape or form in the college. It will be more college/teen-like than Classic Charmed.

Which is funny, because the new Sabrina has its lead in high school, and its handling things better, in regards to love interests. Yet I find that show feels more adult than Charmed. But that all has to do with being on The CW than Netflix. Too bad, Charmed wasn't done on Netflix, all these love triangles and love interest stories would be toned down.

Barely anything from Classic Charmed S1-S3 is in this show. I wonder if they have decided to ditch Warlocks completely, or are the Warlocks in this reboot what they call male witches. Since one of the fathers shows up in episode 9, guess we'll learn that truth then.

[pheebs]

'Charmed' Adds Constantine Rousouli in Villainous Role (Exclusive)


www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/charmed-adds-constantine-rousouli-villainous-role-1155026

The actor will recur on The CW's reboot as an "extremely powerful enforcer."


The Charmed reboot is bringing another new villain into its world.



The rookie CW series has cast Constantine Rousouli in a recurring part as Hunter, who will prove to be an adversary of the Vera-Vaughn sisters, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.



Rousouli's character, Hunter, is a handsome man who wears a tailored suit well but also has considerable powers of imitation and concealment. That combination makes him an unstoppable, extremely powerful enforcer.



The character will first appear in the season's fifth episode, set to air in November.



Rousouli starred in the digital series How to Be a Vampire on CW Seed and recently completed work on The Purge director James DeMonaco's feature Once Upon a Time in Staten Island. He also played Sebastian (the Ryan Phillippe role in the movie) in the Cruel Intentions musical off Broadway.



He is repped by Artists First and KMR.

How many recurring villains have we had already, I am sure they announced at least two already before? 

[ljones]

I watched an interview with the three leads and Sarah Jeffrey described Maggie's power as "she's an empath - she can read minds. Those two things go hand in hand". Sounds like her power will develop quickly to include reading people's feelings as well. Before you know it, she'll be doing a Phoebe and deflecting fireballs.

God, I hope that never happens. Using empathy to deflect fireballs was one of the most stupid things I have ever witnessed on "Classic Charmed". What on earth was Brad Kern thinking? Why not allow Maggie to be a telepath? She would be a lot more effect than being empathic. And she wouldn't have to find a way to "deflect fireballs". Good grief!

And also, an empath DOES NOT read minds. It reads or senses emotions. A telepath reads minds. Sigh! I see the same crappy bad writing is going to ruin this show, the way it ruined the first show.

[West]

Nov 1, 2018 0:14:23 GMT -5 ljones said:

I watched an interview with the three leads and Sarah Jeffrey described Maggie's power as "she's an empath - she can read minds. Those two things go hand in hand". Sounds like her power will develop quickly to include reading people's feelings as well. Before you know it, she'll be doing a Phoebe and deflecting fireballs.

God, I hope that never happens. Using empathy to deflect fireballs was one of the most stupid things I have ever witnessed on "Classic Charmed". What on earth was Brad Kern thinking? Why not allow Maggie to be a telepath? She would be a lot more effect than being empathic. And she wouldn't have to find a way to "deflect fireballs". Good grief!

And also, an empath DOES NOT read minds. It reads or senses emotions. A telepath reads minds. Sigh! I see the same crappy bad writing is going to ruin this show, the way it ruined the first show.

I guess nobody does proper research. That's just as bad as witches burning not being hung for Salem witches which even Connie got wrong.

But since it was said they'll get new powers. I'm sure they can't even get the original powers right or let them grow. They'll just keep throwing more at them.

I question lots of decisions they did in the original with powers. But the reboot is so inspired by Classic Charmed,  with Kern's horrible history. Seeing as they borrowed much more than him not Connie.

[ljones]

I guess nobody does proper research. That's just as bad as witches burning not being hung for Salem witches which even Connie got wrong.

Warlocks that are portrayed as minor demons, instead of witches who had simply betrayed their calling for evil? That was another botched up piece of writing from Connie. And describing Paige's initial power as "telekinetic orbing", instead of what it truly was . . . teleportation? I guess I'll chalk that up to dear old Brad.

[Sasha]

Nov 1, 2018 23:29:45 GMT -5 ljones said:

I guess nobody does proper research. That's just as bad as witches burning not being hung for Salem witches which even Connie got wrong.

Warlocks that are portrayed as minor demons, instead of witches who had simply betrayed their calling for evil? That was another botched up piece of writing from Connie. And describing Paige's initial power as "telekinetic orbing", instead of what it truly was . . . teleportation? I guess I'll chalk that up to dear old Brad.

Jeremy was supposed to be a warlock but he felt and acted like a demon to me, same with the Rowe Coven, they had demonic faces. 
As much as I love S1 and S2, they had lots of errors. Also, Blinking was suddenly a warlock power in S2, but Melinda said Matthew got it from a witch unless she didn't know it was a warlock power, but I doubt that is what they intended. 

As much as I like Connie for what she created, she still was just as bad as Brad when it came to continuity. But it was their job to keep the facts straight and remember continuity for scripts, especially since each writer on the payroll has a different style and it isn't their job to check, that's the showrunners job right? Someone needed to check each script for continuity problems. 

[CharmedFaith]

Picked up for full 22 episodes.

[pheebs]

Not surprised. Charmed is a CBS produced show. They need the content. Since half the network are WB shows.

It also performs strong in DVR over the other two new shows as well.

[gzv969]

Tvbythenumbers quoted today

“Charmed” may be suffering from a steady ratings decline as well, but the Bear still feels good about calling it a likely renewal. It’s the network’s highest-rated rookie show, was picked up for a full season today, and is CBS-owned. The Bear doesn’t think it’s going anywhere.

tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/renewcancel/cancel-bear-vs-the-cw-week-6-legacies-will-probably-be-renewed/

[Sasha]

Nov 8, 2018 20:54:45 GMT -5 gzv969 said:

Tvbythenumbers quoted today

“Charmed” may be suffering from a steady ratings decline as well, but the Bear still feels good about calling it a likely renewal. It’s the network’s highest-rated rookie show, was picked up for a full season today, and is CBS-owned. The Bear doesn’t think it’s going anywhere.

tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/renewcancel/cancel-bear-vs-the-cw-week-6-legacies-will-probably-be-renewed/

I agree It is CBS owned will keep it alive. The CW is both WB and CBS, so this might keep the reboot alive at the CW for a while. 

Also, the Live + 7 (I believe this is DVR ratings?) is doing very well too. 

variety.com/2018/tv/news/charmed-full-season-all-american-legacies-1203023597/

“Charmed,” a reboot of the original series, stars Melonie Diaz, Sarah Jeffery, Madeleine Mantock, Ser’Darius Blain, Ellen Tamaki, Nick Hargrove, and Rupert Evans. Jessica O’Toole, Amy Rardin, Jennie Snyder Urman, Ben Silverman, Brad Silberling, Howard Owens, and Carter Covington serve as executive producers. O’Toole, Rardin, and Snyder Urman created the reboot. The series is averaging a 1.0 rating in adults 18-49 and 2.7 million viewers per episode in Live+7, on average doubling its key demo rating.

[pheebs]

Most people are not watching television live as they used too. It isn't just The CW, Network television, in general, is so down in viewership. Also streaming, watching online the Network sites and DVR, if you added all those figures to the Live ratings, I'm sure most shows will rise much higher. 

Doesn't The CW also take this into account when renewing their shows? I know Netflix has streaming deals for International where they release some shows weekly on Netflix. But I think that is only for Riverdale and Dynasty. I'm just surprised that Charmed isn't one of them, considering it is a very huge on Netflix for Classic Charmed.

[Esmeralda]

I've read in other sites that Charmed: The Rip-off has been given an order for a full 22-episode season, the only one of their 3 new series who got that order. I've also read that in most cases if a The CW series survives its first year, it's usually around for at least 3 years. So we may be stuck with this for a while...

[CharmedFaith]

So Hilltown sits on top of a Hellmouth (not exactly) but is a portal to hell which is why it attracks so many demons.

[tyler]

Charmed renewed for season 2!