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[Esmeralda]

Aug 24, 2018 21:01:25 GMT -5 summerreading said:

Aug 23, 2018 6:52:26 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

I think the idea of Peyton having that power (although right now her power is Water, not Fire or Earth - BUT as a warlock, she could steal these powers, but by killing other witches, not her family) having that power is a fantastic idea.

So is making Prudence an ex-nurse (or even a full doctor...) who can help heal injuries, but not people who are dead. We've yet to come up with an occupation for Prudence and that would be a great one!

Come along next page, I get the feeling I'm going to have to redo our whole thing, including these and other additions/subtractions/changes.

That is correct, she can steal these powers and killing other witches, not her family. I'm glad you liked that power idea Es, what do others think? 

I just thought of the idea that our Nexus or Hollow, might need the five elements to unlock or get access to it. That Peyton might want to get their powers for her own gains to get inside. Not sure where we would have our Nexus or Hollow located, maybe the Salem Witches burial site or just go Classic Charmed and near the Manor. 

We didn't come up with an occupation for Prudence yet, If others agree, I'd love for that to be hers. 

I have a feeling we're only a few replies off from being on a new page. 

I really hope we skip the idea of the Nexus or the Hollow - never cared for that particular idea - but if we do decide to use it (and as a dark, dramatic version, we might want to, needing all five powers to access it is a great idea.

You might be right that we're close to the next page.

Aug 24, 2018 21:11:18 GMT -5 summerreading said:

Aug 24, 2018 7:42:09 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Oh, *definitely* like that idea, Ruth! And because ours is a true reboot of the show, unlike the ripoff, I think we can get away with doing this - doing our versions of favorite Charmed episodes. In something like 'The 90's Episode', would it be *just* Piper and Phoebe who would go time-traveling with the other actresses playing younger versions of themselves? If so, it's why having the actresses being younger than their characters (since it's easier to make younger actors look older than making older actors look younger...hehehehehe, yeah, I still like my idea of the originals playing the older Warrens, even if I've agreed not to do that, since I admit I can't see Holly agreeing to look that much older than Shannen and Alyssa in every episode!

What a wonderful idea, Ruth! Maybe Piper and Phoebe would just travel, I don't think to have the others travel would work. But maybe, like Phoebe going back to the 20's to find the pendant from 'Pardon My Past'. The reason they go back in time is to find something important or another reason they end up in the 90's. I guess the older Warren's could be dealing with their own crisis in the present. 

That's a good point, we might have to cast actresses younger for the parts. It isn't uncommon that shows do this Es. You find that actresses who play the mothers to their kids are sometimes only a decade older than the actors or actresses playing their kids. 

I don't think Holly would agree either. 

Oh, that's an interesting idea - combine both our version of 'That Seventies Episode' and 'Pardon My Past' into a single episode to explore Patience's and Paige's past as children. Perhaps they can first go to the 90's and then find out that they have to go even farther back, with perhaps Patience and Paige going back to the '60's - our version of the '20's - with maybe Patience and Paige the ones who do that traveling. Or would that be too confusing?

Another possible idea - maybe Piper and Phoebe run into a warlock who's like the one in 'Cat House' who pops them first to the '90's and then to the '60's. What do you think?

Aug 24, 2018 9:50:31 GMT -5 @deano said:

Perhaps you’re right about the women using spells and potions to heal, summerreading - like the witch, Janna, did in ‘Exit Strategy’ with her healing paste - as this would require more time and effort (I.e, needing the right herbs, perhaps it only works at midnight) than simply sticking out your hand and ‘hey presto!’

Actually, in the book I’m currently reading, Labyrinth Lost, one of the witches can heal but she has to “absorb” the injury herself so maybe that’s another route because then, obviously, this form of healing can’t be used for every little cut or scrape.

But these are only suggestions if you do wantbuo include a healing power further down the line.

I love the idea of Prudence being a nurse or doctor.

Aug 24, 2018 16:39:00 GMT -5 prudencehalliwell said:

Prudence being a Nurse or Doctor is a really good idea. Regardless if she's retired or not.

Deano. That's an interesting twist to healing. Maybe even everytime she heals it weakens her or takes a day of her own life away. So they'd have to only use it in rare cases. Can't heal the dead.

But maybe going the way of having Prudence being a nurse or Doctor and potions and herbs is enough.

Those are good suggestions. But I wouldn't want any healing powers to heal the dead. Plus if we're going to have Prudence being a doctor, maybe we wouldn't need a healing power.

Maybe the Warren's come across someone who has a healing power but this Witch doesn't survive long enough. But play with all the idea's you suggested above. Maybe this Witch keeps healing, and the more she heals, the more she absorbs, the more it drains her to the point that she dies.

I really like this idea as compared to one of the Warrens having a healing power. The idea of using herbs is a lot better one, I'm thinking. It will add some drama, wondering if someone will die.

And that's a HUGE thing for our series - let's correct the mistake Classic Charmed did in Season Two with having too many people but then not staying dead - it's what takes away a lot of drama. Let's not have ANY Warren die unless she's going to stay dead and be replaced by someone else.

[summerreading]

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 2, Episode 4: 'The Shadow Man'

A DARK SHADOW FROM PATIENCE AND PAIGE'S CHILDHOOD RETURNS — After Prudence takes an accidental fall, the family rushes her to the emergency room. After getting her x-rays done, and getting a clean kill of health and an overnight stay, Prudence soon has a Premonition of darkened silhouette figure, with a large broad-rimmed hat entering the room of a little boy at the hospital. Prudence reveals to her family the evil they are facing is known as 'The Shadow Man', and Patience and Paige soon recall a childhood memory when Paige was 6 years old when a darkened silhouette shadow entered her room.

Prudence convinces her staff (or former if she's retired) to let Phoebe and Piper volunteer as intern nurses in the hospital in order to help keep their innocent safe, while Prudence helps Patience and Paige come to terms with a childhood memory, and figure out what went wrong with Prudence's spell to banish it so many decades ago.


Original airdate: Sunday, November 3, 2019, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

With all the talk about Prudence possibly being a nurse or doctor, and all the talk about past Classic Charmed episodes with a twist being done. I thought about our version of 'The Woogyman' for an episode. If one remembers Ghost Whisperer Season One with the Man in the Hat, obviously our 'Shadow Man' will be nothing like him in our reboot. But I thought of him for my story idea. 

I'm not sure if we are going to have her be a Doctor or Nurse, or if she's retired. So I've left this uncertain still. Until others decide and agree?

As always, everyone here, feel free to edit or offer suggestions? 

[summerreading]

Aug 24, 2018 21:20:11 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Aug 24, 2018 21:01:25 GMT -5 summerreading said:

That is correct, she can steal these powers and killing other witches, not her family. I'm glad you liked that power idea Es, what do others think? 

I just thought of the idea that our Nexus or Hollow, might need the five elements to unlock or get access to it. That Peyton might want to get their powers for her own gains to get inside. Not sure where we would have our Nexus or Hollow located, maybe the Salem Witches burial site or just go Classic Charmed and near the Manor. 

We didn't come up with an occupation for Prudence yet, If others agree, I'd love for that to be hers. 

I have a feeling we're only a few replies off from being on a new page. 

I really hope we skip the idea of the Nexus or the Hollow - never cared for that particular idea - but if we do decide to use it (and as a dark, dramatic version, we might want to, needing all five powers to access it is a great idea.

You might be right that we're close to the next page.

That's okay Es, again what do others think?

I'm not even sure what ours could be? Maybe we've got enough stories that something like that might not be necessary. But I'm glad you liked the idea of needing the five powers to access it, that's where my idea for it formed from. I just didn't know what the rest could be. 

Just as I say that your reply Es ends up leading our next page.

[Esmeralda]

Aug 24, 2018 21:31:31 GMT -5 summerreading said:

Aug 24, 2018 21:20:11 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

I really hope we skip the idea of the Nexus or the Hollow - never cared for that particular idea - but if we do decide to use it (and as a dark, dramatic version, we might want to, needing all five powers to access it is a great idea.

You might be right that we're close to the next page.

That's okay Es, again what do others think?

I'm not even sure what ours could be? Maybe we've got enough stories that something like that might not be necessary. But I'm glad you liked the idea of needing the five powers to access it, that's where my idea for it formed from. I just didn't know what the rest could be. 

Just as I say that your reply Es ends up leading our next page.

LOL, that's exactly what I was going to write. It's going to take me a while to redo the whole thing, but it should be fun working on it.

[summerreading]

Aug 24, 2018 21:37:46 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Aug 24, 2018 21:31:31 GMT -5 summerreading said:

That's okay Es, again what do others think?

I'm not even sure what ours could be? Maybe we've got enough stories that something like that might not be necessary. But I'm glad you liked the idea of needing the five powers to access it, that's where my idea for it formed from. I just didn't know what the rest could be. 

Just as I say that your reply Es ends up leading our next page.

LOL, that's exactly what I was going to write. It's going to take me a while to redo the whole thing, but it should be fun working on it.

 

It's the weekend started for me now, so I'll have more time to play with ideas for episodes. 

Happy reading and catching up Es and working on the redo!

[summerreading]

Aug 24, 2018 21:20:11 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Aug 24, 2018 21:11:18 GMT -5 summerreading said:

What a wonderful idea, Ruth! Maybe Piper and Phoebe would just travel, I don't think to have the others travel would work. But maybe, like Phoebe going back to the 20's to find the pendant from 'Pardon My Past'. The reason they go back in time is to find something important or another reason they end up in the 90's. I guess the older Warren's could be dealing with their own crisis in the present. 

That's a good point, we might have to cast actresses younger for the parts. It isn't uncommon that shows do this Es. You find that actresses who play the mothers to their kids are sometimes only a decade older than the actors or actresses playing their kids. 

I don't think Holly would agree either. 

Oh, that's an interesting idea - combine both our version of 'That Seventies Episode' and 'Pardon My Past' into a single episode to explore Patience's and Paige's past as children. Perhaps they can first go to the 90's and then find out that they have to go even farther back, with perhaps Patience and Paige going back to the '60's - our version of the '20's - with maybe Patience and Paige the ones who do that traveling. Or would that be too confusing?

Another possible idea - maybe Piper and Phoebe run into a warlock who's like the one in 'Cat House' who pops them first to the '90's and then to the '60's. What do you think?

Es, I LOVE those ideas suggested. That really would be fun.  

Maybe we could have this as a 2-parter, with the visit in the 90's being part 1, and the visit to the 60's being part 2.

I also like your idea of the warlock like the one in 'Cat House' who pops them first to the '90's and then to the '60's.

So many ideas to take this?

Those are good suggestions. But I wouldn't want any healing powers to heal the dead. Plus if we're going to have Prudence being a doctor, maybe we wouldn't need a healing power.

Maybe the Warren's come across someone who has a healing power but this Witch doesn't survive long enough. But play with all the idea's you suggested above. Maybe this Witch keeps healing, and the more she heals, the more she absorbs, the more it drains her to the point that she dies.

I really like this idea as compared to one of the Warrens having a healing power. The idea of using herbs is a lot better one, I'm thinking. It will add some drama, wondering if someone will die.

And that's a HUGE thing for our series - let's correct the mistake Classic Charmed did in Season Two with having too many people but then not staying dead - it's what takes away a lot of drama. Let's not have ANY Warren die unless she's going to stay dead and be replaced by someone else.

Thinking more and more, I really do agree that I honestly think we're better off doing it this way 100%. As you say, it adds some drama wondering if someone will die. 

Also, let's not kill any of the Warren's, and if we did leave it until the final episode. Unless she's going to stay dead and be replaced if it happened earlier.

[Esmeralda]

Aug 24, 2018 21:57:54 GMT -5 summerreading said:

Aug 24, 2018 21:20:11 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Oh, that's an interesting idea - combine both our version of 'That Seventies Episode' and 'Pardon My Past' into a single episode to explore Patience's and Paige's past as children. Perhaps they can first go to the 90's and then find out that they have to go even farther back, with perhaps Patience and Paige going back to the '60's - our version of the '20's - with maybe Patience and Paige the ones who do that traveling. Or would that be too confusing?

Another possible idea - maybe Piper and Phoebe run into a warlock who's like the one in 'Cat House' who pops them first to the '90's and then to the '60's. What do you think?

Es, I LOVE those ideas suggested. That really would be fun.  

Maybe we could have this as a 2-parter, with the visit in the 90's being part 1, and the visit to the 60's being part 2.

I also like your idea of the warlock like the one in 'Cat House' who pops them first to the '90's and then to the '60's.

So many ideas to take this?

I really like this idea as compared to one of the Warrens having a healing power. The idea of using herbs is a lot better one, I'm thinking. It will add some drama, wondering if someone will die.

And that's a HUGE thing for our series - let's correct the mistake Classic Charmed did in Season Two with having too many people but then not staying dead - it's what takes away a lot of drama. Let's not have ANY Warren die unless she's going to stay dead and be replaced by someone else.

Thinking more and more, I really do agree that I honestly think we're better off doing it this way 100%. As you say, it adds some drama wondering if someone will die. 

Also, let's not kill any of the Warren's, and if we did leave it until the final episode. Unless she's going to stay dead and be replaced if it happened earlier.

Still working on my update - it will take a while and I might not post it til tomorrow - but had to reply to this.

Here's an interesting idea - perhaps in our series finale (and let's not make Classic Charmed's mistake and have it go for too long - no more than four, preferably three, seasons, especially since we're doing episodes and not just season summaries like I do with my Dream Charmeds.) we *do* have Patience and Prudence die, with Paige, Piper and Phoebe left to star in their ow series - a series that can move back to The CW! It probably means we'd have to change the ages on those three so that when our series ends, they're still in their 20's/30's (this would especially make Paige quite a bit younger, but putting Peyton closer to Piper's age), which The CW would want.

Although there's a stranger idea - perhaps in the series finale, Peyton saves an innocent in order to let her own mother die which turns her from a warlock back into a witch, and the spin-off can be Peyton, Piper and Phoebe - then the older three can keep the same ages they are now, with Peyton perhaps being closer in age to Piper. And since in our set-up, this triangle of power (as compared to the pentagon of power) doesn't have to be sisters, one of them being cousins (and not a half...) would work.

What does anyone think about that?

When planning a story, I always like to figure out my beginning and my ending (and I usually do that by starting in the middle and then first working backwards to a start and then going forwards to an ending), so figuring out our ending (especially because we don't have to worry about Real Life (actors/actresses leaving...) messing with our plans!) is important, too, and I like the idea of our series doing what Classic Chamed should've done - only go four seasons and then begin the spin-off with some of their future kids. Had they done that and that spin-off became something like "Supernatural", we wouldn't have to be worrying about the ripoff!

Okay, back to the updating!

[coltoncharmed]

Amazing work as always guys. Two pages since I last checked here a few days ago.

I'll catch up over the weekend replying to people.

I like the idea of a time travel episode across multiple periods. Maybe you can cast Holly in a guest starring role in one of those.

[Esmeralda]

Aug 24, 2018 23:49:33 GMT -5 coltoncharmed said:

Amazing work as always guys. Two pages since I last checked here a few days ago.

I'll catch up over the weekend replying to people.

I like the idea of a time travel episode across multiple periods. Maybe you can cast Holly in a guest starring role in one of those.

That sounds like a very good idea!

[pheebs]

Aug 23, 2018 6:52:26 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Aug 22, 2018 23:53:06 GMT -5 pheebs said:

Good suggestion, Granny Charmed. 

I checked online, and CBS airs on Friday Nights, MacGyver reboot at 8 pm, Hawaii Five-O reboot at 9 pm and Blue Bloods at 10 pm. On Sunday Nights, they are airing a new series called God Friended Me at 8 pm and NCIS: Los Angeles at 9 pm. 

Maybe after the first season, our show 'Elemental Charmed' is picked up by CBS, like Supergirl shifted from CBS to The CW and winds up on Friday or Sunday' schedulele. 

I couldn't help but do a press release for it.    What do you all think?

Even though I want to go back and reply to the other posts I haven't commented on yet, i HAD to pop back and comment on this right away! Absolutely totally LOVE it, Pheebs! I'm glad you liked my idea of moving our show from broadcast TV to network TV as compared to Supergirl which did it in reverse and I *so* love how you find real press releases and adapt them for out show!

You calling it a "fantasy drama" really made me smile - that's truly what we'd want our show to be, one that takes itself seriously, the way early Classic Charmed did. 

My only problem with this is that the way I have it set up, Shannen wouldn't appear in the Season One finale.  However, I think that can be fixed by showing flashbacks of the Salem Witch Trials that include both sisters (I'll add here that I absolutely love your idea of having one sister the start of a line of witches and the other the start of a line of warlocks, but I still don't think they have to - or should be - non-identical twins.  But as always in this project, I'll bow to the majority's opinion. 

Thanks, Es. I loved your idea, and it fits perfectly. 

Glad you love me calling it a "fantasy drama" because that is what I hope our reboot will be. 

If other's don't like my idea of non-identical twins, I'll also bow to the majority's opinion as well.

Here's my edits:

"Elemental Charmed" Renewed for Season Two, Moves To CBS

CBS has picked up its first new series for next season, and it is not that new. After weeks of speculation, "'Elemental Charmed" will move from cable channel The CW to its broadcast sister network CBS, which has renewed the fantasy drama for a second season.

The pickup, which comes hours after the most recent deadline for The CW to renew freshman series, will find its new home at CBS, with the likes of other old properties which have in the past few years been rebooted and redeveloped for the CBS audience.


An ''Elemental Charmed' move to CBS had been rumored for a while, with talks becoming real the last few days. A CBS pickup was contingent on finding a way to produce a show of that scale and since CBS also partners The CW network, the decision to move the series should make for a smooth transition. 


CBS frequently had been mentioned as a suitable home for 'Elemental Charmed' because the show’s audience tending to skew older than the ones who usually watch The CW, the CBS president's public comments about regretting not going after the project when it was originally pitched, and the fact that CBS co-owns part of The CW. 


This is the complete opposite of what happened a few years back, when "Supergirl" was rumored to be moving from CBS to The CW; this time a series originally aired on The CW is making the move.


Despite the fact that its numbers were consistent for The CW and the series would have still been ordered for a second season, they found that most of their younger core audience wasn't responding to the series, which center around three generations of a family of witches. 

Producer Connie Burge explained in an interview: "Although The CW was very supportive of our show, we didn't find it connected with the younger audience, and the network felt this would have meant the series would undergo a revamp in the second season, only starring TBC and TBC who play Piper and Phoebe, the youngest members of the Warren family, something we didn't want to do." 

TBC who plays Prudence, the matriarch of the Warren family, joked to interviewers 'I was convinced that had the series stayed on The CW, I would be out of a job, because they would have killed me off."

But TBC turned serious as she added, "The move will allow the show to still remain the staple it was on The CW; we just found that the audience connected with us older women just as much as they connected with the younger ones. I am really pleased with the move, and look forward to our show telling more great stories about the Warren women."

Paul Ruditis, one of the chief writers, relieved panicking fans that "All the ladies are coming back for Season Two, the foundation and mythology we set up in our first season will progress in Season Two. We will continue to tell great stories for these Warren women."

Ruditis also hinted that the second season might go deeper into the family lives of the Warrens. We could possibly see some backstories forming from some of our ladies. 

"Elemental Charmed" is produced by Constance M. Burge in association with CBS Studios.

Source: Deadline

Date: May 4, 2019

Classic Charmed stars 'Shannen Doherty' and 'Alyssa Milano' to guest star in undisclosed roles for the season finale of 'Elemental Charmed'

The former stars of the original Classic series 'Charmed' have both booked guest-starring roles in the series' upcoming season finale set to air May 19th. 

Connie Burge, who created the classic series that starred Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano and Rose McGowan and is executive producer for the new series, had been considering bringing the former stars onto the show for some time. "I've been trying to find suitable roles for Shannen, Alyssa, Holly, and Rose. But I just couldn't find the right story. But after collaboration with Sheryl J. Anderson, who wrote the season finale, we found the perfect roles for them."

Shannen Doherty revealed that she was called about appearing in 'Elemental Charmed' and admits she was hesitant to take the offer. But after hearing what Burge had planned for her, and then hearing she had talked to Alyssa Milano who would also be appearing. Shannen felt the timing was right, and that fans of the original classic series would really like what Connie and Sheryl have planned.

Alyssa Milano told press, "Just being approached was such an honor. I spent eight years of my life with 'Charmed', so this was almost like a high-school reunion, and when I heard Shannen was also going to be a part of it, I really wanted to do it. I haven't worked with Shannen in nearly 20 years, but the two of us have connected through social media for a while and I can't wait to see her again."

Burge mentioned that she hopes that other stars like Holly Marie Combs, Rose McGowan, Brian Krause and Julian McMahon could appear in the series further down the line. "I don't want to overcrowd this series with too many guest appearances. But it's not out of the question."

Shannen Doherty and Alyssa Milano will start filming their scenes for the season finale in April. 

Source: Deadline

Date: March 4, 2019

Due to loving this, I've changed my version of the Season One finale and Season Two Premiere:

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)


Season 1, Episode 22: 'The Life and Death of Mary Ann Warren, Part One'

CLASSIC CHARMED STARS SHANNEN DOHERTY AND ALYSSA MILANO GUEST STAR IN SEASON FINALE - While attending a tour of the Salem Witch Museum with Paige and Prudence, who corrects the details of history, Piper and Phoebe learn more about their ancestors and about the Warren line. Through flashbacks we learn about the life and death of their ancestor Mary Ann Warren (special guest star Alyssa Milano) and her sister Jenna Warren (special guest star Shannen Doherty).

At the same time, Patience is called to the scene of a woman who may have hung herself, but who Patience thinks was murdered by a warlock.

The Warrens learn that a witch hunter is targeting women believed to be ancestors of the Salem Witch Trial victims and may be working for the warlock. But Prudence has a premonition revealing that the witch hunter is a descendant of one of the en responsible for Mary Ann's hanging. When the Warrens use the five Elements to find the burial site of the Salem Witches, the spirit of one of the murdered victims suddenly possesses Prudence.  The Warrens are unsure which of their ancestors is possessing Prudence and whether she means to harm them or hurt them.


Original airdates: Sunday, May 19, 2019, 8:00-9:00 PM ET, rebroadcasted on Sunday, October 13, 2019, 7:00-8:00 PM ET.

The CW

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)


Season 2, Episode 1: 'The Life and Death of Mary Ann Warren, Part Two'

CLASSIC CHARMED STARS SHANNEN DOHERTY AND ALYSSA MILANO GUEST STAR IN SEASON TWO PREMIERE - The Warrens discover it's their ancestor, Mary Ann Warren (special guest star Alyssa Milano) who has possessed Prudence, and she has done so in order to use Prudence's Spirit Element to reveals secrets of Warren family history that not even Prudence knew, especially the fact that her sister Jenna Warren (special guest star Shannen Doherty) actually betrayed her and played a part in her death.

With the help of Mary Ann, the Warrens now set out to stop both the witch hunter and warlock - who is possessed by the spirit of Jenna Warren.


Original airdate: Sunday, October 13 2019, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

How's that?

Es, I absolutely LOVE IT! 

Well done.

[pheebs]

Aug 24, 2018 21:20:11 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Aug 24, 2018 21:01:25 GMT -5 summerreading said:

That is correct, she can steal these powers and killing other witches, not her family. I'm glad you liked that power idea Es, what do others think? 

I just thought of the idea that our Nexus or Hollow, might need the five elements to unlock or get access to it. That Peyton might want to get their powers for her own gains to get inside. Not sure where we would have our Nexus or Hollow located, maybe the Salem Witches burial site or just go Classic Charmed and near the Manor. 

We didn't come up with an occupation for Prudence yet, If others agree, I'd love for that to be hers. 

I have a feeling we're only a few replies off from being on a new page. 

I really hope we skip the idea of the Nexus or the Hollow - never cared for that particular idea - but if we do decide to use it (and as a dark, dramatic version, we might want to, needing all five powers to access it is a great idea.

You might be right that we're close to the next page.

I'm with Es on this one. I myself thought about a Nexus or the Hollow, but in the end, I felt like we could do more just with our Witches and Warlocks mythology instead. 

But Summer, If you have ideas on it, I'll still love to see them. 

Aug 24, 2018 21:11:18 GMT -5 summerreading said:

What a wonderful idea, Ruth! Maybe Piper and Phoebe would just travel, I don't think to have the others travel would work. But maybe, like Phoebe going back to the 20's to find the pendant from 'Pardon My Past'. The reason they go back in time is to find something important or another reason they end up in the 90's. I guess the older Warren's could be dealing with their own crisis in the present. 

That's a good point, we might have to cast actresses younger for the parts. It isn't uncommon that shows do this Es. You find that actresses who play the mothers to their kids are sometimes only a decade older than the actors or actresses playing their kids. 

I don't think Holly would agree either. 

Oh, that's an interesting idea - combine both our version of 'That Seventies Episode' and 'Pardon My Past' into a single episode to explore Patience's and Paige's past as children. Perhaps they can first go to the 90's and then find out that they have to go even farther back, with perhaps Patience and Paige going back to the '60's - our version of the '20's - with maybe Patience and Paige the ones who do that traveling. Or would that be too confusing?

Another possible idea - maybe Piper and Phoebe run into a warlock who's like the one in 'Cat House' who pops them first to the '90's and then to the '60's. What do you think?

I LOVE these ideas. Ruth Marie, Es, and Summer, great job!

That is an interesting possibility, have a warlock like in 'Cat House' popping them from the  '90's and then to the '60's. Maybe this warlock is also looking for something too. 

But I do think we have so much material, that it can easily become two episodes or a two-parter. But I do like how our flashbacks and backstories are going so far. End of Season 1/Start of Season 2 focus on Mary Ann/Jenna and the start of the Warren Line, and then jumping into the 60's and 90's.

Maybe this storyline with the 60's and 90's could be something we save for S3, with the introduction of Peyton (as an adult) as the cliffhanger of S3 and into S4. 

Those are good suggestions. But I wouldn't want any healing powers to heal the dead. Plus if we're going to have Prudence being a doctor, maybe we wouldn't need a healing power.

Maybe the Warren's come across someone who has a healing power but this Witch doesn't survive long enough. But play with all the idea's you suggested above. Maybe this Witch keeps healing, and the more she heals, the more she absorbs, the more it drains her to the point that she dies.

I really like this idea as compared to one of the Warrens having a healing power. The idea of using herbs is a lot better one, I'm thinking. It will add some drama, wondering if someone will die.

And that's a HUGE thing for our series - let's correct the mistake Classic Charmed did in Season Two with having too many people but then not staying dead - it's what takes away a lot of drama. Let's not have ANY Warren die unless she's going to stay dead and be replaced by someone else.

I just had a conversation on the boards about death being meaningless with how often the Halliwell's died and got resurrected. I don't want that to be a problem with our show. I really feel we can have more fun playing with the near-death card much better.

Aug 24, 2018 21:25:14 GMT -5 summerreading said:

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 2, Episode 4: 'The Shadow Man'

A DARK SHADOW FROM PATIENCE AND PAIGE'S CHILDHOOD RETURNS — After Prudence takes an accidental fall, the family rushes her to the emergency room. After getting her x-rays done, and getting a clean kill of health and an overnight stay, Prudence soon has a Premonition of darkened silhouette figure, with a large broad-rimmed hat entering the room of a little boy at the hospital. Prudence reveals to her family the evil they are facing is known as 'The Shadow Man', and Patience and Paige soon recall a childhood memory when Paige was 6 years old when a darkened silhouette shadow entered her room.

Prudence convinces her staff (or former if she's retired) to let Phoebe and Piper volunteer as intern nurses in the hospital in order to help keep their innocent safe, while Prudence helps Patience and Paige come to terms with a childhood memory, and figure out what went wrong with Prudence's spell to banish it so many decades ago.


Original airdate: Sunday, November 3, 2019, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

With all the talk about Prudence possibly being a nurse or doctor, and all the talk about past Classic Charmed episodes with a twist being done. I thought about our version of 'The Woogyman' for an episode. If one remembers Ghost Whisperer Season One with the Man in the Hat, obviously our 'Shadow Man' will be nothing like him in our reboot. But I thought of him for my story idea. 

I'm not sure if we are going to have her be a Doctor or Nurse, or if she's retired. So I've left this uncertain still. Until others decide and agree?

As always, everyone here, feel free to edit or offer suggestions? 

Great job of adopting a popular episode like 'Is There a Woogy in the House?' and giving it a twist. I don't remember much about the Ghost Whisperer Man with the Hat, but like you just said, Summer, he's nothing like that in ours, apart from the way he dresses. 

[pheebs]

Aug 24, 2018 22:28:55 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Aug 24, 2018 21:57:54 GMT -5 summerreading said:

Es, I LOVE those ideas suggested. That really would be fun.  

Maybe we could have this as a 2-parter, with the visit in the 90's being part 1, and the visit to the 60's being part 2.

I also like your idea of the warlock like the one in 'Cat House' who pops them first to the '90's and then to the '60's.

So many ideas to take this?

Thinking more and more, I really do agree that I honestly think we're better off doing it this way 100%. As you say, it adds some drama wondering if someone will die. 

Also, let's not kill any of the Warren's, and if we did leave it until the final episode. Unless she's going to stay dead and be replaced if it happened earlier.

Still working on my update - it will take a while and I might not post it til tomorrow - but had to reply to this.

Here's an interesting idea - perhaps in our series finale (and let's not make Classic Charmed's mistake and have it go for too long - no more than four, preferably three, seasons, especially since we're doing episodes and not just season summaries like I do with my Dream Charmeds.) we *do* have Patience and Prudence die, with Paige, Piper and Phoebe left to star in their ow series - a series that can move back to The CW! It probably means we'd have to change the ages on those three so that when our series ends, they're still in their 20's/30's (this would especially make Paige quite a bit younger, but putting Peyton closer to Piper's age), which The CW would want.

Although there's a stranger idea - perhaps in the series finale, Peyton saves an innocent in order to let her own mother die which turns her from a warlock back into a witch, and the spin-off can be Peyton, Piper and Phoebe - then the older three can keep the same ages they are now, with Peyton perhaps being closer in age to Piper. And since in our set-up, this triangle of power (as compared to the pentagon of power) doesn't have to be sisters, one of them being cousins (and not a half...) would work.

What does anyone think about that?

When planning a story, I always like to figure out my beginning and my ending (and I usually do that by starting in the middle and then first working backwards to a start and then going forwards to an ending), so figuring out our ending (especially because we don't have to worry about Real Life (actors/actresses leaving...) messing with our plans!) is important, too, and I like the idea of our series doing what Classic Chamed should've done - only go four seasons and then begin the spin-off with some of their future kids. Had they done that and that spin-off became something like "Supernatural", we wouldn't have to be worrying about the ripoff!

Okay, back to the updating!

I like this Es, in my head, I was thinking no more than five seasons, but I thought about ending what about ending our show with 100 episodes, and the fifth season being half a season with 12 episodes. I don't want our show to overstay its welcome like Classic Charmed, so I'll be fine with four. 

That would make a great spin-off Es, lots of possibilities on our hands now. 

The whole storyline with the 90's and 20's and Piper and Phoebe learning all about Peyton and the truth about her. Looks like the storylines we'll have done in the second half of season two. So that means introducing Paige in our third season, or at least towards the end. With Four possibly being our final season. 

If we change the ages of our characters, maybe we could go back to our original age set-up we had a while back. Phoebe 20, Piper 25, Paige 35, and then maybe Patience 45 and Prudence 65. So if our show runs four seasons, Phoebe would be 24, Piper would be 29, Paige would be 39. Prudence and Patience would be 49 and 69. Peyton can be close to Piper's age, so let's make her 27 at the end of season 4. Might mean adjusting our backstory around, so it isn't about 20 years Piper and Phoebe have been living with their dad, but maybe about 15 years. So they sent them away, when Patience was 30, Paige was 25 and Prudence was 50.

Maybe if we do that spin-off, I'll be able to use some of my idea's I came up with with the set of three sisters and a brother (non magical), adjusted to be Piper, Phoebe, and Peyton and possibly Peyton as the guide. Use some of the plots, I played around with and changed for that spin-off. 

For now, I'll put it to the side, and focus on the 'Elemental Charmed' series, but we can definitely bring them back up when we know exactly what we want out of all the seasons.

What does everyone think? 

[Esmeralda]

Aug 24, 2018 21:25:14 GMT -5 summerreading said:

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 2, Episode 4: 'The Shadow Man'

A DARK SHADOW FROM PATIENCE AND PAIGE'S CHILDHOOD RETURNS — After Prudence takes an accidental fall, the family rushes her to the emergency room. After getting her x-rays done, and getting a clean kill of health and an overnight stay, Prudence soon has a Premonition of darkened silhouette figure, with a large broad-rimmed hat entering the room of a little boy at the hospital. Prudence reveals to her family the evil they are facing is known as 'The Shadow Man', and Patience and Paige soon recall a childhood memory when Paige was 6 years old when a darkened silhouette shadow entered her room.

Prudence convinces her staff (or former if she's retired) to let Phoebe and Piper volunteer as intern nurses in the hospital in order to help keep their innocent safe, while Prudence helps Patience and Paige come to terms with a childhood memory, and figure out what went wrong with Prudence's spell to banish it so many decades ago.


Original airdate: Sunday, November 3, 2019, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

With all the talk about Prudence possibly being a nurse or doctor, and all the talk about past Classic Charmed episodes with a twist being done. I thought about our version of 'The Woogyman' for an episode. If one remembers Ghost Whisperer Season One with the Man in the Hat, obviously our 'Shadow Man' will be nothing like him in our reboot. But I thought of him for my story idea. 

I'm not sure if we are going to have her be a Doctor or Nurse, or if she's retired. So I've left this uncertain still. Until others decide and agree?

As always, everyone here, feel free to edit or offer suggestions? 

Oh, SR! Somehow another I missed this one until Pheebs tried quoting it, but since it was a quote-within-a-quote it went away, so I went searching and found it. This is absolutely amazing! Here's my edit, based on what I'm doing with my update. I'm *almost* done with it, but with the way things are going, I might wait until we start a new page before I post it.

Or then again, maybe I'll just post it when I finish, and if it's not on a new page, I can re-post it when we reach a new page.

Okay, enough rambling - here's my edit:

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 2, Episode 4: 'The Shadow Man'

A DARK SHADOW FROM PAIGE'S CHILDHOOD RETURNS — When Paige takes an accidental fall, the family rushes her to the emergency room. After x-rays give her a clean bill of health, but forces an overnight stay, Prudence decides to stay overnight with her daughter. That night, she has a premonition of a darkened silhouette figure with a large broad-rimmed hat entering the room of a little boy at the hospital. Prudence informs her family that the evil they are now facing is known as 'The Shadow Man'. The words bring back bad memories for Paige. When Piper and Phoebe want to know why their aunt has gone pale-white, she reveals that when she was 6 years old, she was a patient in this same hospital and a darkened silhouette shadow wearing a large broad-rimmed hat, entered her room.

Prudence convinces her former staff to let Piper and Phoebe volunteer at the hospital, so they can try to keep their young innocent safe, while Prudence and Patience help Paige come to terms with her childhood memory, while attempting to figure out what went wrong with Prudence's spell to vanquish it so many decades ago.


Original airdate: Sunday, November 3, 2019, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

As always, feel free to re-edit, comment or ask questions, and, SR, especially if you want to change anything back, go for it. My edits are always just suggestions.

I changed the shadow to just being from Paige's childhood because unless we change ages, when Paige was six, Patience would've been sixteen, so it wouldn't have been a childhood memory for her - it just sounds scarier for the shadow to go after the youngest. I also like the Shadow being in the hospital, not the Manor, so it's not the same as the Woogy or the Nexus. But if others think otherwise, go ahead and let's discuss!

[Esmeralda]

Aug 25, 2018 9:37:45 GMT -5 pheebs said:

Aug 24, 2018 21:20:11 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

I really hope we skip the idea of the Nexus or the Hollow - never cared for that particular idea - but if we do decide to use it (and as a dark, dramatic version, we might want to, needing all five powers to access it is a great idea.

You might be right that we're close to the next page.

I'm with Es on this one. I myself thought about a Nexus or the Hollow, but in the end, I felt like we could do more just with our Witches and Warlocks mythology instead. 

But Summer, If you have ideas on it, I'll still love to see them. 

Summer (I think I like that as a nickname better than SR - up to you, SummerReading!), I'm also very curious to see how you'd use either the Nexus or the Shadow or the Hollow - but hopefully not try to mix them up like Kern did - vanquish one, you can't all of the sudden bring it back by calling it one of the other names...

Oh, that's an interesting idea - combine both our version of 'That Seventies Episode' and 'Pardon My Past' into a single episode to explore Patience's and Paige's past as children. Perhaps they can first go to the 90's and then find out that they have to go even farther back, with perhaps Patience and Paige going back to the '60's - our version of the '20's - with maybe Patience and Paige the ones who do that traveling. Or would that be too confusing?

Another possible idea - maybe Piper and Phoebe run into a warlock who's like the one in 'Cat House' who pops them first to the '90's and then to the '60's. What do you think?

I LOVE these ideas. Ruth Marie, Es, and Summer, great job!

That is an interesting possibility, have a warlock like in 'Cat House' popping them from the  '90's and then to the '60's. Maybe this warlock is also looking for something too. 

But I do think we have so much material, that it can easily become two episodes or a two-parter. But I do like how our flashbacks and backstories are going so far. End of Season 1/Start of Season 2 focus on Mary Ann/Jenna and the start of the Warren Line, and then jumping into the 60's and 90's.

Maybe this storyline with the 60's and 90's could be something we save for S3, with the introduction of Peyton (as an adult) as the cliffhanger of S3 and into S4. [/quote]Oh, Pheebs! Especially if we only went three seasons, that would be an absolutely fantastic idea for the end of S3 and the beginning of S4! What say the rest of you?

I really like this idea as compared to one of the Warrens having a healing power. The idea of using herbs is a lot better one, I'm thinking. It will add some drama, wondering if someone will die.

And that's a HUGE thing for our series - let's correct the mistake Classic Charmed did in Season Two with having too many people die but then not staying dead - it's what takes away a lot of drama. Let's not have ANY Warren die unless she's going to stay dead and be replaced by someone else.

I just had a conversation on the boards about death being meaningless with how often the Halliwell's died and got resurrected. I don't want that to be a problem with our show. I really feel we can have more fun playing with the near-death card much better.[/quote]AMEN!!!

Aug 24, 2018 21:25:14 GMT -5 summerreading said:

With all the talk about Prudence possibly being a nurse or doctor, and all the talk about past Classic Charmed episodes with a twist being done. I thought about our version of 'The Woogyman' for an episode. If one remembers Ghost Whisperer Season One with the Man in the Hat, obviously our 'Shadow Man' will be nothing like him in our reboot. But I thought of him for my story idea. 

I'm not sure if we are going to have her be a Doctor or Nurse, or if she's retired. So I've left this uncertain still. Until others decide and agree?

As always, everyone here, feel free to edit or offer suggestions? 

Great job of adopting a popular episode like 'Is There a Woogy in the House?' and giving it a twist. I don't remember much about the Ghost Whisperer Man with the Hat, but like you just said, Summer, he's nothing like that in ours, apart from the way he dresses. [/quote]I LOVE Ghost Whisperer but don't remember that particular episode. But I like taking something from a different, similar series and make it fit ours.

[Esmeralda]

As I’ve been talking about, now that we’re on a new page, I’m going to update what we’ve done so far.

First to admit that I’m editing it to reflect what I think our series should do. Anyone who disagrees with anything I post, please feel free to point it out so we can discuss. As always, majority will rule – this is a Team Charmed Café project and any member is more than welcomed to put in their comments, questions, suggestions, etc. or add their own “press release”.

If anyone quotes this full post and then adds their own comments, everything in quotes will go away unless you delete the first [*quote author="Esmeralda "...]. It’s ProBoards’ way of preventing the posts from getting what they think is too long, but it can definitely be a pain!

Many, many thanks to all of the members who have contributed so far. This has been *so* much fun, and I hope it will continue to give us a lot of fun for many months (and pages!) to come!

Here we go! Everyone – please be sure to read the backstory, the main characters and the first few press releases regarding episodes, since that’s what I edited the most.

"Elemental Charmed"

BACKSTORY:

Prudence Warren, a witch born from a long matriarchal line of witches who have always lived in Warren Manor in Salem, MA, always said everything happens for a reason, but nothing comes without a price.

She has known that she has the Elemental power of Spirit when she started having premonitions as a teenager. While studying to become a doctor, she married fellow witch, Allen Halliwell, and gave birth twice (with Allen agreeing to let their daughters carry the family name of Warren if any son carried his family name of Halliwell). When they grew older, Prudence discovered that her older daughter, Patience, had the Elemental power of Earth, while her younger daughter, Paige, had the Elemental power of Air. When Prudence's premonitions revealed that her two future granddaughters would have the other two Elemental powers of Water and Fire, she realized that her family was destined to become the powerful Elemental Witches. She began training her daughters in the Craft in order to prepare them for what would eventually happen to them and their own daughters, especially after a warlock murdered Allen.

While still a teenager, Paige fell in love with an older man, Sam Wilder. Although Prudence warned her against him so Paige eventually broke up with him, a couple months later she discovered she was pregnant. She gave birth to a daughter, Peyton. When Prudence, Patience, and Paige discovered that Peyton had the Elemental power of Water, and when a couple years later Patience married non-magical Victor Bennett and had their daughter Piper, who had the Elemental power of Fire, the Warren family was certain that those five would become the Elemental Witches with each of Prudence's daughters having one child, who were cousins.

This changed when Sam came back and began influencing his eight-year-old daughter. When Peyton used her firepower to kill a classmate who was teasing her, she became a warlock like her father. Under his influence, Peyton turned on her family and much as it hurt the family, especially Patience, they ended up having to vanquish Peyton, and they were sure all was lost.

But this changed five years later, when Piper was ten and Patience gave birth to Phoebe, who had the same Elemental power as Peyton - Water. After Phoebe was born, Patience and her mother and sister decided to try to protect her daughters from what had happened to Peyton. The three older witches placed a cloaking spell on Victor and the girls before the three of them relocated to the other side of the country in San Francisco. This way the girls could be raised by their father and be protected while also having a normal childhood, something no other Warren witch had ever had.

In order to continue to protect them, Victor raised Piper and Phoebe so they didn't know that they were witches or destined to become one of the Elemental Witches – they were always just his little girls. They’ve visited their grandmother, mother (who they believed divorced their father, but agreed to let him have custody so that she could live her own life as a photographer for the Salem Police Department) during summer vacations and they always go back to Warren Manor for Christmas.

But as our series begins, Prudence has a premonition showing that Sam is back, going after Piper and Phoebe, so the two are in danger. Paige uses her Elemental power of Air to transport herself, her mother and her sister to her nieces. They're too late to prevent Sam from murdering Victor, but thanks to Prudence's premonition, Patience uses her Elemental power of Earth to throw Sam into a wall before he can harm her daughters. Then Prudence, Patience and Paige use a potion and a spell to vanquish Sam. Patience reveals to her daughters that they are witches and lets them decide if they want her to unbind their powers. After seeing what happened to their father, that idea frightens the girls and they decide against this.

Piper and Phoebe try to forget what their mother told them as they help their family prepare their father’s wake and funeral, even as the younger set of sisters consider moving to Salem. During the funeral, the whole Warren family remember and mourn Victor through numerous flashbacks.

But when Piper and Phoebe see how their powers can help people, they finally agreed to embrace their destiny, and their powers are unbound. They agree to join their mother and aunt, who along with their grandmother who uses her premonitions and knowledge to guide her daughters and granddaughters. The five Warren women are now the Elemental Witches, setting out to protect those innocent of the knowledge of magic from the denizens of evil magic.

THE MAIN CHARACTERS:

Prudence Warren: Aged 70. Much the same as the Grams we know and shake our head at, she's the strict, fiery matriarch of the Warren family. She's very much like Prue Halliwell, initially strict but because she will have suffered fewer losses than the "real Grams" she becomes more mellow and softer. She has the Elemental power of Spirit which gives her premonitions. She was a doctor but is now retired, although now she uses her skills along with potions to heal her family’s injuries.

Patience Warren: Prudence's older daughter, aged 50. Pretty much the Patty we know and love, although even more kind and caring. She functions as the "balance" of the family as Piper was in the original series, but unlike Piper Halliwell, she is the most selfless person of all and always has time to help those in need, although that often gets her in trouble. Like Prue Halliwell, she's a photographer, but unlike Prue, she works with the Salem police. She has the Elemental power of Earth which allows her to throw anything..

Paige Warren: Prudence's younger daughter, aged 40. Again, she is basically the same as her namesake, except she is Patty's sister, not Piper and Phoebe's. She's sometimes irresponsible and impulsive and not always in touch with reality. Much in the same way Prue would lecture Phoebe at being irresponsible in the original series, Prudence would be the same with this "Paige". Like Paige Matthews, she's a social worker. Paige has the Elemental power of Air, which allows her to use the wind to move herself and anyone else to wherever she wants to go.

Piper Warren: Patience's older daughter, aged 30. Again much like Piper Halliwell, but rather than being shy, she's very fiery, like later-season Piper without constantly feeling sorry for herself (although she does miss her normal life..,), and because there are no whitelighters, she never falls for one. Like Piper Halliwell, she owns her own restaurant and is a very good cook, so she's the one who makes most of the potions. She has the Elemental power of Fire, which allows her to form and throw fireballs, but like Piper Warren herself, the power isn't evil.

Phoebe Warren: Patience's younger daughter, aged 20. Also much like Phoebs Halliwell (and never like PhoeME Halliwell), but like her grandmother, mother, aunt and sister, the fact that she was born in Warren Manor has nothing to do with whether she can easily turn evil - all five have free will and can decide if they want to do good or evil. Phoebe is still in college and works on the school paper. She has always loved to write and is the one who comes up with most of the original spells. Phoebe has the Elemental power of Water which allows her to freeze molecules.

PRESS RELEASES FOR “ELEMENTAL CHARMED” FROM THE CW

"Simply Charmed Again"

Reboot From Original Creator Gets CW Pilot Orders

For a second consecutive year, the CW has handed out its first two pilot orders to a high-profile reboot of a long-running series from CBS TV Studios and another project from one of Warner Bros. TV’s top producers.

This time the network has greenlighted a new “Charmed” from the show's original creator. The project will reunite Burge with three of her fellow writing staff: Sheryl. J Anderson and the popular team of Chris Levinson and Zach Estrin. Also joining the project is Paul Ruditis, known for his work on the popular Charmed comic series and author of several Charmed novels. Burge will act as executive producer while the others will write all of the episodes.

The CW originally tried to bring back “Charmed”, one of the signature dramas of predecessor The WB, last season, when it ordered a reimagining of the original Aaron Spelling series from the same creative auspices. It was to be set in 1976 and feature a new trio of witches. The project was rolled over to this development season.

The new “Charmed” script, penned by Anderson and Ruditis and based on a story by Burge, is set in present time. Per The CW, whose brass greenlighted the pilot shortly after getting the script, “this new dark, dramatic ‘Charmed’ reboot" of the original series centers on five women, not three, and unlike the original classic series, this new take will be incorporating the five elements (Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit).

Source: Deadline

Released: January 25, 2018

”Charmed” Reboot, "Elemental Charmed" signs well-known actresses for key roles

EXCLUSIVE: The new fantasy drama, "Elemental Charmed", has signed three well-known actresses to play the three older witches.

TBC, known for playing TBC on “TBA”, will play Prudence Warren, the fiery matriarch of the Warren clan, the SpiritHolder, whose Elemental power of Spirit lets her see the future.

TBC, known for playing TBC on “TBA”, will play Prudence's calm, quiet oldest daughter, Patience Warren, the EarthMover, whose Elemental power of Earth lets her throw people and objects.

TBC, known for playing TBC on “TBA” will play Prudence's younger daughter, quirky, fun-loving Paige Warren, the WindWalker, whose Elemental power of Air lets her transport herself and others.

The other starring roles, that of Patience's two daughters, Piper Warren, the FireStarter, and Phoebe Warren, the WaterBearer, will be played by actresses starring for the first time, and word has it that every young dark-haired actress in Hollywood is hoping for the chance to audition.

If picked up, CBS Studio slates "Elemental Charmed" to start on Sunday, October 14th on The CW, one week after the 20th anniversary of the airing of the cult classic's premiere episode. That episode, 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' will be shown on its twentieth anniversary, the first “Charmed” episode to be broadcasted in remastered HD.

Source: Deadline

Released: February 17, 2018

"Charmed Reboot Finds Its Piper and Phoebe"

EXCLUSIVE: The new dark, dramatic “Charmed” reboot, "Elemental Charmed" has a surprise for fans of the classic series. Executive producer Connie Burge has convinced the two actresses who played the original stars as children to be part of the new series.

Emmalee Thompson, who played Young Prue, and Meghan Corletto, who played Little Piper, have been cast as the younger set of sisters at the center of the CW’s dramatic pilot "Elemental Charmed" from original creator Constance M. Burge and CBS TV Studios. They join TBC, TBC and TBC, who recently agreed to join the new series.

Thompson will play Piper Warren, the older of the younger set of sisters, who owns a restaurant and is the FireStarter, who has the Elemental power of Fire which lets her throw fireballs while Corletto will play Phoebe Warren, the youngest of the Warren family, who’s still in college, and is the WaterBearer, who has the Elemental power of Water, which lets her freeze molecules.

Penned by Sheryl J. Anderson and Paul Ruditis and created by Burge, the “Charmed” reboot pilot centers on two sisters in Salem, MA, who discover that they, along with their grandmother, mother, and aunt, are a family of witches who discover that between protecting those innocent of the knowledge of magic from the denizens of evil magic while maintaining familial bonds, a witch’s work is never done.

Source: Deadline

Released: February 27, 2018

CHARMED 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SPECIAL SET TO AIR OCTOBER 7TH

A week before the new “Charmed” reboot, "Elemental Charmed" debuts, original “Charmed” stars Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs and Alyssa Milano will reunite for a special retrospective look at the classic original series "Charmed”. The special will premiere on Sunday, October 7th at 9 p.m. ET on The CW, following the rebroadcast of the cult classic's premiere episode, 'Something Wicca This Way Comes', which will be the first “Charmed” episode to be broadcasted in remastered HD.

The one-hour special titled "Charmed: 20 Years of Magic" will see the three stars reuniting and reflecting on the legacy of the series, the impact it has on pop culture, and just why now is the perfect time for “Charmed” to return. The special will also showcase some previously unseen footage from popular “Charmed” episodes, and will give viewers a deeper look into the making of "Elemental Charmed", the new “Charmed” reboot, set to begin the following week.

Source: The CW

Released: August 6, 2018

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 1: 'House of the Rising Warrens'

NEW SERIES PREMIERE — It isn't every day you wake up and discover that you're a witch from a long matriarchal line of witches, and sisters Piper and Phoebe Bennett will soon discover that their somewhat ordinary life of being raised in Salem, MA, by their father, Victor, is about to become anything but ordinary.

When their grandmother, Prudence Warren, who has been living on the other side of the country in San Francisco, has a premonition that a warlock who she had presumed was dead is back, and is going after Piper and Phoebe, she rushes to their rescue. With her are her older daughter, Piper and Phoebe's mother Patience Warren, and her younger daughter, their aunt Paige Warren. They three are too late to prevent the warlock from murdering Victor. Patience reveals to her daughters that their true last name is Warren just like hers, her mothers and her sisters, but the girls grew up with the last name of Bennett to hide the fact that they are witches with bound powers. Their mother gives them the choice to have her unbind their powers. After seeing what happened to their father, that idea frightens the girls and they decide against this.

Piper and Phoebe try to forget what their mother told them as they help their family prepare their father’s wake and funeral, even as the younger set of sisters consider moving to Salem. During the funeral, the whole Warren family remember and mourn Victor through numerous flashbacks.

But when Piper and Phoebe see how their powers can help people, they finally agreed to embrace their destiny, and their powers are unbound. They agree to join their mother and aunt, who along with their grandmother who uses her premonitions and knowledge to guide her daughters and granddaughters. The five Warren women are now the Elemental Witches, setting out to protect those innocent of the knowledge of magic from the denizens of evil magic.

Original airdate: Sunday, October 14, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

The CW

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 2: 'Back Home Again’

THE WARRENS ARE REUNITED IN SALEM. While still mourning the death of their father and getting used to the idea that they are part of a family of witches with powers, Piper and Phoebe move to their family’s ancestral home in Salem, MA. Piper has sold her restaurant in San Francisco and is now looking for a new restaurant in Salem. Paige thinks she should name it ‘Piper’s Brew’ but Piper doesn’t think that’s funny. In the meantime, Phoebe registers for classes at Salem College, happy that her credits have all transferred.

But not everything goes as well. Piper is used to living in her own apartment and Phoebe has lived in the dorms since she started college. Finding out that they are going to have to share a room, something they’ve never had to do, does not make either happy. But when both run into a warlock and they need their grandmother’s, mother’s and aunt’s help to vanquish her, they realize why Patience and Paige have always lived with their mother.

Original airdate: October 21, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

The CW

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 3: 'Yesterday I Was Just a Witch; Today I'm Chanting Spells and Righting Wrongs'

MAGIC COMES WITH A PRICE — Having vanquished their first warlock as the Elemental Witches, the three older Warrens agree that Piper and Phoebe need a crash course on how to handle their new found gifts.

Patience investigates a new murder in the city, which leads her directly to Phoebe's campus where two teenagers are killed in a demonic-like ritual and a new friend of Phoebe's may be next. When two employees begin to give Piper a hard time, Piper contemplates a little harmless spell to get back at them which her aunt, Paige, accidentally encourages, before realizing she has made a huge mistake. But Piper soon realizes that all magic comes with a price, and learns a valuable lesson from Prudence.

Original airdate: October 28, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

The CW

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 4: 'Revenge is a Dish Best Served Hexed'

THE HEX OF DEATH — After going through several managers for her new restaurant, Piper thinks she's found the perfect candidate, unaware that her new employee is actually a warlock who's serving food with a secret ingredient: a hex. At the same time, Paige is helping a client who is going through a custody battle over their son, unaware that her client's ex-partner is Piper's new manager...

Eventually, matters take a turn for the worst when the warlock learns that Piper and Paige are witches, and places a hex on the two of them, causing them to become greatly ill. As Prudence, Patience, and Phoebe try to find a solution to stop the warlock, Prudence coaches Phoebe as she tries to writes her very first spell.

Original airdate: Sunday, November 4, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

The CW

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 5: 'Kill Me Three Times'

PATIENCE WHO? — When Marcus, who had a high school crush on Paige, returns to Salem and is showcasing his work in an art and sculpture exhibition, she and Patience decide to go see his work. The sisters are shocked to see that half of Marcus' work displaying paintings and sculptures are of Patience, revealing that he actually had a secret obsession with Patience.

Later, two of the sculptures of Patience comes to life, each having full memories of Patience's life, and manage to trap the real Patience and then begin to wreak havoc on her life, both determined to become the supreme Patience. As her family try to figure out why Patience is acting nothing like herself, the women are shocked to find Patience's dead body, unaware that one of the fake Patiences has killed the other one and is now determined to kill the real Patience and take over her life forever.

Original airdate: Sunday, November 11, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

The CW

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 6: 'The Soul Collector'

SALEM HARVEST FEST '18 — It's time for the annual Salem Harvest Festival, and that means another year of Prudence nagging her family to join in the fun. As they have every year since getting bored of it, Patience and Paige find any excuse to bail out. Since her granddaughters have never gone, Prudence tries to motivate them to join in the fun. Piper agrees to cater the fest and Phoebe agrees to do a story about it for her college paper.

Elsewhere, Paige deals with a new case at social services: a runaway teen, who hasn't come home to her parents. Later Patience is called to the scene of a crime and finds the body of the teen. But her ghost suddenly makes herself known, unaware she is really dead. Prudence has a premonition of an evil spirit known as 'The Soul Collector' going after the teen. She explains to Patience that only on "Harvest Day' can the spirit become corporeal and remain corporeal by collecting a dead soul.

Eventually, the entire family becomes involved, with Prudence and Paige helping the teen resolve issues with her parents, while Patience, Piper, and Phoebe work on finding a way to stop the 'Soul Collector' Piper wants to come up with a potion while Phoebe wants to write a spell. Patience decides it's best if they use both.

Original airdate: Sunday, November 25, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

The CW

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 7: 'Reflections of the Dark Kind'

CLASSIC “CHARMED” STAR DEBBI MORGAN GUEST STARS — When two sisters, who are college friends of Phoebe, play around, chanting the name Bloody Mary (guest star Debbi Morgan) in the mirror, they wind up dead. Patience helps the police make the scene of the crime and Paige handles helping the mourning parents. But when Prudence has a premonition of their surviving daughter seeing a strange shadow in the mirror following her, the Warrens know they have another innocent to save.

Later, things become terrifying when Paige sees Bloody Mary in the mirror holding a baby, and Paige taps into some deep dark secrets of her past that her nieces Piper and Phoebe do not know. When Prudence gets a premonition of Paige dead, the Warrens must not only save their innocent, but also keep Paige safe from harm, in addition to saving their innocent.

Original airdate: Sunday, December 2, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

The CW

"Elemental Charmed" Renewed for Season Two, Moves To CBS-TV

CBS-TV has picked up its first new series for next season, and it is not that new. After weeks of speculation, "'Elemental Charmed" will move from cable channel The CW to its broadcast sister network CBS, which has renewed the fantasy drama for a second season.

The pickup, which comes hours after the most recent deadline for The CW to renew freshman series, will find its new home at CBS-TV, with the likes of other old properties which have in the past few years been rebooted and redeveloped for the CBS audience, especially for those whose cable systems do not include The CW.

An ''Elemental Charmed” move to CBS-TV had been rumored for a while, with talks becoming real the last few days. A CBS pickup was contingent on finding a way to produce a show of that scale and since CBS-TV also partners The CW network, the decision to move the series should make for a smooth transition.

CBS-TV had frequently been mentioned as a suitable home for 'Elemental Charmed' because the show’s audience tending to skew older than the ones who usually watch The CW, the CBS-TV president's public comments about regretting not going after the project when it was originally pitched, and the fact that CBS-TV is owned by CBS Studio, which also co-owns part of The CW.

This is the complete opposite of what happened a few years back, when "Supergirl" was rumored to be moving from CBS-TV to The CW; this time a series originally aired on The CW is making the move.

Despite the fact that its numbers were consistent for The CW and the series would have still been ordered for a second season, they found that most of their younger core audience wasn't responding to the series, which center around three generations of a family of witches.

Producer Connie Burge explained in an interview: "Although The CW was very supportive of our show, we didn't find it connected with the younger audience, and the network felt this would have meant the series would undergo a revamp in the second season, only featuring Emmalee Thompson and Meghan Corletto, who play Piper and Phoebe, the youngest members of the Warren family, something we didn't want to do."

TBC who plays Prudence, the matriarch of the Warren family, joked to interviewers: ”I was convinced that had the series stayed on The CW, I would be out of a job, because they would have killed me off."

But TBC turned serious as she added, "The move will allow the show to still remain the staple it was on The CW; we just found that the audience connected with us older women just as much as they connected with the younger ones. I am really pleased with the move, and look forward to our show telling more great stories about the Warren women."

Paul Ruditis, one of the chief writers, relieved panicking fans, announcing that "All the ladies are coming back for Season Two, the foundation and mythology we set up in our first season will progress in Season Two. We will continue to tell great stories for these Warren women."

Ruditis also hinted that the second season might go deeper into the family lives of the Warrens. We could possibly see some backstories forming from some of our ladies.

"Elemental Charmed" is produced by Constance M. Burge in association with CBS Studios.

Source: Deadline

Release Date: May 4, 2019

Classic “Charmed” stars Shannen Doherty and 'Alyssa Milano' to guest star in undisclosed roles for the season finale of 'Elemental Charmed'

The former stars of the original classic series “Charmed have both booked guest-starring roles in the series' upcoming season finale set to air May 19th.

Connie Burge, who created the classic series that starred Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano and Rose McGowan and is executive producer for the new series, had been considering bringing the former stars onto the show for some time. "I've been trying to find suitable roles for Shannen, Alyssa, Holly, and Rose. But I just couldn't find the right story. But after collaboration with Chris Levinson and Zach Estrin, who co-wrote the season finale, we think we’ve found the perfect roles for them."

Doherty revealed that she was called about appearing in "Elemental Charmed" and admits she was hesitant to take the offer. But after hearing what Burge had planned for her character, and then hearing that Burge had talked to Milano who would also be appearing. Doherty felt the timing was right, and that fans of the original classic series would really like what Burge has planned.

Milano told the press: "Just being approached was such an honor. I spent eight years of my life with 'Charmed', so this was almost like a high-school reunion, and when I heard Shannen was also going to be a part of it, I really wanted to do it. I haven't worked with Shannen in nearly 20 years, but the two of us have connected through social media for a while and I can't wait to see her again."

Burge mentioned that she hopes that other stars like Holly Marie Combs, Rose McGowan, Brian Krause and Julian McMahon could appear in the series further down the line. "I don't want to overcrowd this series with too many guest appearances, not when we already have five stars. But it's not out of the question."

Doherty and Milano will start filming their scenes for the season finale in April.

Source: Deadline

Date: March 4, 2019

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 22: 'The Life and Death of Mary Ann Warren, Part One'

CLASSIC “CHARMED” STARS SHANNEN DOHERTY AND ALYSSA MILANO GUEST STAR IN SEASON FINALE - While attending a tour of the Salem Witch Museum with Paige and Prudence, who corrects the details of history, Piper and Phoebe learn more about their ancestors and about the Warren line. Through flashbacks we learn about the life and death of their ancestor Mary Ann Warren (special guest star Alyssa Milano) and her sister Jenna Warren (special guest star Shannen Doherty).

At the same time, Patience is called to the scene of a woman who may have hung herself, but who Patience thinks was murdered by a warlock.

The Warrens learn that a witch hunter is targeting women believed to be descendants of the Salem Witch Trial victims and may be working for the warlock. But Prudence has a premonition revealing that the witch hunter is a descendant of one of the men responsible for Mary Ann's hanging. When the Warrens use the five Elements to find the burial site of the Salem Witches, the spirit of one of the murdered victims suddenly possesses Prudence. The Warrens are unsure which of their ancestors is possessing Prudence and whether she means to harm them or help them.

Original airdates: Sunday, May 19, 2019, 8:00-9:00 PM ET, rebroadcasted on Sunday, October 13, 2019, 7:00-8:00 PM ET.

The CW

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 2, Episode 1: 'The Life and Death of Mary Ann Warren, Part Two'

CLASSIC CHARMED STARS SHANNEN DOHERTY AND ALYSSA MILANO GUEST STAR IN SEASON TWO PREMIERE - The Warrens discover it's their ancestor, Mary Ann Warren (special guest star Alyssa Milano) who has possessed Prudence, and she has done so in order to use Prudence's Spirit Element to reveals secrets of Warren family history that not even Prudence knew, especially the fact that her sister Jenna Warren (special guest star Shannen Doherty) actually betrayed her and played a part in her death.

With the help of Mary Ann, the Warrens now set out to stop both the witch hunter and warlock - who is possessed by the spirit of Jenna Warren.

Original airdate: Sunday, October 13 2019, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 2, Episode 4: 'The Shadow Man'

A DARK SHADOW FROM PAIGE'S CHILDHOOD RETURNS — When Paige takes an accidental fall, the family rushes her to the emergency room. After x-rays give her a clean bill of health, but forces an overnight stay, Prudence decides to stay overnight with her daughter. That night, she has a premonition of a darkened silhouette figure with a large broad-rimmed hat entering the room of a little boy at the hospital. Prudence informs her family that the evil they are now facing is known as 'The Shadow Man'. The words bring back bad memories for Paige. When Piper and Phoebe want to know why their aunt has gone pale-white, she reveals that when she was 6 years old, she was a patient in this same hospital and a darkened silhouette shadow wearing a large broad-rimmed hat, entered her room.

Prudence convinces her former staff to let Piper and Phoebe volunteer at the hospital, so they can try to keep their young innocent safe, while Prudence and Patience help Paige come to terms with her childhood memory, while attempting to figure out what went wrong with Prudence's spell to vanquish it so many decades ago.

Original airdate: Sunday, November 3, 2019, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

As always, feel free to re-edit, comment or ask questions. My edits are always just suggestions.  As usual, I'm not completely thrilled with what we have, so if anyone has suggestions of their own on how to improve it, let's hear them!

[Ruth Marie]

Aug 24, 2018 7:42:09 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Aug 24, 2018 5:43:32 GMT -5 Ruth Marie said:

I really like you have done with these new press releases. Great job, Team Charmed Cafe.

The backstory of Mary Ann and Jenna Warren is great. Especially the idea of having one sister the start of a line of witches and the other the start of a line of warlocks.

Another suggestion is having our very own That 70s Episode' with renaming it That 90s Episode' the title a nod to the Classic original episode. But coming up with our own fun time travel episode or one that would explore the past, show exactly what happened to Peyton, how the sisters got sent away in more detail, and such.

What does everyone think of that idea?

Oh, *definitely* like that idea, Ruth! And because ours is a true reboot of the show, unlike the ripoff, I think we can get away with doing this - doing our versions of favorite Charmed episodes. In something like 'The 90's Episode', would it be *just* Piper and Phoebe who would go time-traveling with the other actresses playing younger versions of themselves? If so, it's why having the actresses being younger than their characters (since it's easier to make younger actors look older than making older actors look younger...hehehehehe, yeah, I still like my idea of the originals playing the older Warrens, even if I've agreed not to do that, since I admit I can't see Holly agreeing to look that much older than Shannen and Alyssa in every episode!

Glad you liked it, Es!

Can't wait to see what you all come up with for the press release for it eventually.

Aug 25, 2018 14:18:30 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Aug 25, 2018 9:37:45 GMT -5 pheebs said:

I'm with Es on this one. I myself thought about a Nexus or the Hollow, but in the end, I felt like we could do more just with our Witches and Warlocks mythology instead. 

But Summer, If you have ideas on it, I'll still love to see them. 

Summer (I think I like that as a nickname better than SR - up to you, SummerReading!), I'm also very curious to see how you'd use either the Nexus or the Shadow or the Hollow - but hopefully not try to mix them up like Kern did - vanquish one, you can't all of the sudden bring it back by calling it one of the other names...

I certainly hope we won't be making the same mistake Kern did. Be interesting to see what you decide to do!

I LOVE these ideas. Ruth Marie, Es, and Summer, great job!

That is an interesting possibility, have a warlock like in 'Cat House' popping them from the  '90's and then to the '60's. Maybe this warlock is also looking for something too. 

But I do think we have so much material, that it can easily become two episodes or a two-parter. But I do like how our flashbacks and backstories are going so far. End of Season 1/Start of Season 2 focus on Mary Ann/Jenna and the start of the Warren Line, and then jumping into the 60's and 90's.

Maybe this storyline with the 60's and 90's could be something we save for S3, with the introduction of Peyton (as an adult) as the cliffhanger of S3 and into S4. 

Oh, Pheebs! Especially if we only went three seasons, that would be an absolutely fantastic idea for the end of S3 and the beginning of S4! What say the rest of you?

I think you guys have really have got so much to work with, especially with all the input and ideas everyone is bringing to the table.

I do agree with those suggestions. Maybe you can have the Warrens who don't time travel to the 60's or 90's being the ones to meet or see Peyton, but she doesn't reveal who she is just yet that can come at the start of S4. Unless you want the audience to learn who she is at the same time the Warren's do. Could also play a Chris with her pretending to be an ally for a few episodes before she is exposed or reveals herself. Just some suggestions. 

Great job of adopting a popular episode like 'Is There a Woogy in the House?' and giving it a twist. I don't remember much about the Ghost Whisperer Man with the Hat, but like you just said, Summer, he's nothing like that in ours, apart from the way he dresses. 

I LOVE Ghost Whisperer but don't remember that particular episode. But I like taking something from a different, similar series and make it fit ours.

I always thought Ghost Whisperer and Charmed would make a great crossover. I can't see any other shows working, but at least with this crossover not too many problems with working them together. But I'm sure there is a Fanfic story around the internet on this. 

But I really love how well you all are with coming up with inspiration, and adopting and changing it to fit 'Elemental Charmed'. 

[Ruth Marie]

Aug 25, 2018 16:41:26 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

As I’ve been talking about, now that we’re on a new page, I’m going to update what we’ve done so far.

First to admit that I’m editing it to reflect what I think our series should do. Anyone who disagrees with anything I post, please feel free to point it out so we can discuss. As always, majority will rule – this is a Team Charmed Café project and any member is more than welcomed to put in their comments, questions, suggestions, etc. or add their own “press release”.

If anyone quotes this full post and then adds their own comments, everything in quotes will go away unless you delete the first [*quote author="Esmeralda "...]. It’s ProBoards’ way of preventing the posts from getting what they think is too long, but it can definitely be a pain!

Many, many thanks to all of the members who have contributed so far. This has been *so* much fun, and I hope it will continue to give us a lot of fun for many months (and pages!) to come!

Here we go! Everyone – please be sure to read the backstory, the main characters and the first few press releases regarding episodes, since that’s what I edited the post.

Great job putting this all together, I especially like how the press releases are now in order. Much easier to follow the development and know how the series is coming along.

"Elemental Charmed"

BACKSTORY:

Prudence Warren, a witch born from a long matriarchal line of witches who have always lived in Warren Manor in Salem, MA, always said everything happens for a reason, but nothing comes without a price.

She has known that she has the Elemental power of Spirit when she started having premonitions as a teenager. While studying to become a doctor, she married fellow witch, Allen Halliwell, and gave birth twice (with Allen agreeing to let their daughters carry the family name of Warren if any son carried his family name of Halliwell). When they grew older, Prudence discovered that her older daughter, Patience, had the Elemental power of Earth, while her younger daughter, Paige, had the Elemental power of Air. When Prudence's premonitions revealed that her two future granddaughters would have the other two Elemental powers of Water and Fire, she realized that her family was destined to become the powerful Elemental Witches. She began training her daughters in the Craft in order to prepare them for what would eventually happen to them and their own daughters, especially after a warlock murdered Allen.

While still a teenager, Paige fell in love with an older man, Sam Wilder. Although Prudence warned her against him so Paige eventually broke up with him, a couple months later she discovered she was pregnant. She gave birth to a daughter, Peyton. When Prudence, Patience, and Paige discovered that Peyton had the Elemental power of Water, and when a couple years later Patience married non-magical Victor Bennett and had their daughter Piper, who had the Elemental power of Fire, the Warren family was certain that those five would become the Elemental Witches with each of Prudence's daughters having one child, who were cousins.

This changed when Sam came back and began influencing his eight-year-old daughter. When Peyton used her firepower to kill a classmate who was teasing her, she became a warlock like her father. Under his influence, Peyton turned on her family and much as it hurt the family, especially Patience, they ended up having to vanquish Peyton, and they were sure all was lost.

But this changed five years later, when Piper was ten and Patience gave birth to Phoebe, who had the same Elemental power as Peyton - Water. After Phoebe was born, Patience and her mother and sister decided to try to protect her daughters from what had happened to Peyton. The three older witches placed a cloaking spell on Victor and the girls before the three of them relocated to the other side of the country in San Francisco. This way the girls could be raised by their father and be protected while also having a normal childhood, something no other Warren witch had ever had.

In order to continue to protect them, Victor raised Piper and Phoebe so they didn't know that they were witches or destined to become one of the Elemental Witches – they were always just his little girls. They’ve visited their grandmother, mother (who they believed divorced their father, but agreed to let him have custody so that she could live her own life as a photographer for the Salem Police Department) during summer vacations and they always go back to Warren Manor for Christmas.

But as our series begins, Prudence has a premonition showing that Sam is back, going after Piper and Phoebe, so the two are in danger. Paige uses her Elemental power of Air to transport herself, her mother and her sister to her nieces. They're too late to prevent Sam from murdering Victor, but thanks to Prudence's premonition, Patience uses her Elemental power of Earth to throw Sam into a wall before he can harm her daughters. Then Prudence, Patience and Paige use a potion and a spell to vanquish Sam. Patience reveals to her daughters that they are witches and lets them decide if they want her to unbind their powers. After seeing what happened to their father, that idea frightens the girls and they decide against this.

Piper and Phoebe try to forget what their mother told them as they help their family prepare their father’s wake and funeral, even as the younger set of sisters consider moving to Salem. During the funeral, the whole Warren family remember and mourn Victor through numerous flashbacks.

But when Piper and Phoebe see how their powers can help people, they finally agreed to embrace their destiny, and their powers are unbound. They agree to join their mother and aunt, who along with their grandmother who uses her premonitions and knowledge to guide her daughters and granddaughters. The five Warren women are now the Elemental Witches, setting out to protect those innocent of the knowledge of magic from the denizens of evil magic.

This backstory is really great. Especially love that now, I get a true picture of how the sisters were raised, and that we do see some mourning. With the flashbacks, I'm picturing point of views from all the Warren's.

THE MAIN CHARACTERS:

Prudence Warren: Aged 70. Much the same as the Grams we know and shake our head at, she's the strict, fiery matriarch of the Warren family. She's very much like Prue Halliwell, initially strict but because she will have suffered fewer losses than the "real Grams" she becomes more mellow and softer. She has the Elemental power of Spirit which gives her premonitions. She was a doctor but is now retired, although now she uses her skills along with potions to heal her family’s injuries.

Patience Warren: Prudence's older daughter, aged 50. Pretty much the Patty we know and love, although even more kind and caring. She functions as the "balance" of the family as Piper was in the original series, but unlike Piper Halliwell, she is the most selfless person of all and always has time to help those in need, although that often gets her in trouble. Like Prue Halliwell, she's a photographer, but unlike Prue, she works with the Salem police. She has the Elemental power of Earth which allows her to throw anything..

Paige Warren: Prudence's younger daughter, aged 40. Again, she is basically the same as her namesake, except she is Patty's sister, not Piper and Phoebe's. She's sometimes irresponsible and impulsive and not always in touch with reality. Much in the same way Prue would lecture Phoebe at being irresponsible in the original series, Prudence would be the same with this "Paige". Like Paige Matthews, she's a social worker. Paige has the Elemental power of Air, which allows her to use the wind to move herself and anyone else to wherever she wants to go.

Piper Warren: Patience's older daughter, aged 30. Again much like Piper Halliwell, but rather than being shy, she's very fiery, like later-season Piper without constantly feeling sorry for herself (although she does miss her normal life..,), and because there are no whitelighters, she never falls for one. Like Piper Halliwell, she owns her own restaurant and is a very good cook, so she's the one who makes most of the potions. She has the Elemental power of Fire, which allows her to form and throw fireballs, but like Piper Warren herself, the power isn't evil.

Phoebe Warren: Patience's younger daughter, aged 20. Also much like Phoebs Halliwell (and never like PhoeME Halliwell), but like her grandmother, mother, aunt and sister, the fact that she was born in Warren Manor has nothing to do with whether she can easily turn evil - all five have free will and can decide if they want to do good or evil. Phoebe is still in college and works on the school paper. She has always loved to write and is the one who comes up with most of the original spells. Phoebe has the Elemental power of Water which allows her to freeze molecules.

Really think Prudence's role is perfect with these latest changes with her doctor skills and potions to heal injuries, and thrilled that it's only injuries, and not potions to bring people back from death. LOL

PRESS RELEASES FOR “ELEMENTAL CHARMED” FROM THE CW

"Simply Charmed Again"



Reboot From Original Creator Gets CW Pilot Orders

For a second consecutive year, the CW has handed out its first two pilot orders to a high-profile reboot of a long-running series from CBS TV Studios and another project from one of Warner Bros. TV’s top producers.

This time the network has greenlighted a new “Charmed” from the show's original creator. The project will reunite Burge with three of her fellow writing staff: Sheryl. J Anderson and the popular team of Chris Levinson and Zach Estrin. Also joining the project is Paul Ruditis, known for his work on the popular Charmed comic series and author of several Charmed novels. Burge will act as executive producer while the others will write all of the episodes.

The CW originally tried to bring back “Charmed”, one of the signature dramas of predecessor The WB, last season, when it ordered a reimagining of the original Aaron Spelling series from the same creative auspices. It was to be set in 1976 and feature a new trio of witches. The project was rolled over to this development season.

The new “Charmed” script, penned by Anderson and Ruditis and based on a story by Burge, is set in present time. Per The CW, whose brass greenlighted the pilot shortly after getting the script, “this new dark, dramatic ‘Charmed’ reboot" of the original series centers on five women, not three, and unlike the original classic series, this new take will be incorporating the five elements (Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit).

Source: Deadline

Released: January 25, 2018

”Charmed” Reboot, "Elemental Charmed" signs well-known actresses for key roles

EXCLUSIVE: The new fantasy drama, "Elemental Charmed", has signed three well-known actresses to play the three older witches.

TBC, known for playing TBC on “TBA”, will play Prudence Warren, the fiery matriarch of the Warren clan, the SpiritHolder, whose Elemental power of Spirit lets her see the future.

TBC, known for playing TBC on “TBA”, will play Prudence's calm, quiet oldest daughter, Patience Warren, the EarthMover, whose Elemental power of Earth lets her throw people and objects.

TBC, known for playing TBC on “TBA” will play Prudence's younger daughter, quirky, fun-loving Paige Warren, the WindWalker, whose Elemental power of Air lets her transport herself and others.

The other starring roles, that of Patience's two daughters, Piper Warren, the FireStarter, and Phoebe Warren, the WaterBearer, will be played by actresses starring for the first time, and word has it that every young dark-haired actress in Hollywood is hoping for the chance to audition.

If picked up, CBS Studio slates "Elemental Charmed" to start on Sunday, October 14th on The CW, one week after the 20th anniversary of the airing of the cult classic's premiere episode. That episode, 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' will be shown on its twentieth anniversary, the first “Charmed” episode to be broadcasted in remastered HD.

Source: Deadline

Released: February 17, 2018

"Charmed Reboot Finds Its Piper and Phoebe"

EXCLUSIVE: The new dark, dramatic “Charmed” reboot, "Elemental Charmed" has a surprise for fans of the classic series. Executive producer Connie Burge has convinced the two actresses who played the original stars as children to be part of the new series.

Emmalee Thompson, who played Young Prue, and Meghan Corletto, who played Little Piper, have been cast as the younger set of sisters at the center of the CW’s dramatic pilot "Elemental Charmed" from original creator Constance M. Burge and CBS TV Studios. They join TBC, TBC and TBC, who recently agreed to join the new series.

Thompson will play Piper Warren, the older of the younger set of sisters, who owns a restaurant and is the FireStarter, who has the Elemental power of Fire which lets her throw fireballs while Corletto will play Phoebe Warren, the youngest of the Warren family, who’s still in college, and is the WaterBearer, who has the Elemental power of Water, which lets her freeze molecules.

Penned by Sheryl J. Anderson and Paul Ruditis and created by Burge, the “Charmed” reboot pilot centers on two sisters in Salem, MA, who discover that they, along with their grandmother, mother, and aunt, are a family of witches who discover that between protecting those innocent of the knowledge of magic from the denizens of evil magic while maintaining familial bonds, a witch’s work is never done.

Source: Deadline

Released: February 27, 2018

CHARMED 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SPECIAL SET TO AIR OCTOBER 7TH

A week before the new “Charmed” reboot, "Elemental Charmed" debuts, original “Charmed” stars Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs and Alyssa Milano will reunite for a special retrospective look at the classic original series "Charmed”. The special will premiere on Sunday, October 7th at 9 p.m. ET on The CW, following the rebroadcast of the cult classic's premiere episode, 'Something Wicca This Way Comes', which will be the first “Charmed” episode to be broadcasted in remastered HD.

The one-hour special titled "Charmed: 20 Years of Magic" will see the three stars reuniting and reflecting on the legacy of the series, the impact it has on pop culture, and just why now is the perfect time for “Charmed” to return. The special will also showcase some previously unseen footage from popular “Charmed” episodes, and will give viewers a deeper look into the making of "Elemental Charmed", the new “Charmed” reboot, set to begin the following week.

Source: The CW
Released: August 6, 2018

These are very good. LOVE THEM!!!

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 1: 'House of the Rising Warrens'

NEW SERIES PREMIERE — It isn't every day you wake up and discover that you're a witch from a long matriarchal line of witches, and sisters Piper and Phoebe Bennett will soon discover that their somewhat ordinary life of being raised in Salem, MA, by their father, Victor, is about to become anything but ordinary.

When their grandmother, Prudence Warren, who has been living on the other side of the country in San Francisco, has a premonition that a warlock who she had presumed was dead is back, and is going after Piper and Phoebe, she rushes to their rescue. With her are her older daughter, Piper and Phoebe's mother Patience Warren, and her younger daughter, their aunt Paige Warren. They three are too late to prevent the warlock from murdering Victor. Patience reveals to her daughters that their true last name is Warren just like hers, her mothers and her sisters, but the girls grew up with the last name of Bennett to hide the fact that they are witches with bound powers. Their mother gives them the choice to have her unbind their powers. After seeing what happened to their father, that idea frightens the girls and they decide against this.

Piper and Phoebe try to forget what their mother told them as they help their family prepare their father’s wake and funeral, even as the younger set of sisters consider moving to Salem. During the funeral, the whole Warren family remember and mourn Victor through numerous flashbacks.

But when Piper and Phoebe see how their powers can help people, they finally agreed to embrace their destiny, and their powers are unbound. They agree to join their mother and aunt, who along with their grandmother who uses her premonitions and knowledge to guide her daughters and granddaughters. The five Warren women are now the Elemental Witches, setting out to protect those innocent of the knowledge of magic from the denizens of evil magic.

Original airdate: Sunday, October 14, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

The CW

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 2: 'Back Home Again’

THE WARRENS ARE REUNITED IN SALEM. While still mourning the death of their father and getting used to the idea that they are part of a family of witches with powers, Piper and Phoebe move to their family’s ancestral home in Salem, MA. Piper has sold her restaurant in San Francisco and is now looking for a new restaurant in Salem. Paige thinks she should name it ‘Piper’s Brew’ but Piper doesn’t think that’s funny. In the meantime, Phoebe registers for classes at Salem College, happy that her credits have all transferred.

But not everything goes as well. Piper is used to living in her own apartment and Phoebe has lived in the dorms since she started college. Finding out that they are going to have to share a room, something they’ve never had to do, does not make either happy. But when both run into a warlock and they need their grandmother’s, mother’s and aunt’s help to vanquish her, they realize why Patience and Paige have always lived with their mother.

Original airdate: October 21, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

The CW

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 3: 'Yesterday I Was Just a Witch; Today I'm Chanting Spells and Righting Wrongs'

MAGIC COMES WITH A PRICE — Having vanquished their first warlock as the Elemental Witches, the three older Warrens agree that Piper and Phoebe need a crash course on how to handle their new found gifts.

Patience investigates a new murder in the city, which leads her directly to Phoebe's campus where two teenagers are killed in a demonic-like ritual and a new friend of Phoebe's may be next. When two employees begin to give Piper a hard time, Piper contemplates a little harmless spell to get back at them which her aunt, Paige, accidentally encourages, before realizing she has made a huge mistake. But Piper soon realizes that all magic comes with a price, and learns a valuable lesson from Prudence.

Original airdate: October 28, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

The CW

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 4: 'Revenge is a Dish Best Served Hexed'

THE HEX OF DEATH — After going through several managers for her new restaurant, Piper thinks she's found the perfect candidate, unaware that her new employee is actually a warlock who's serving food with a secret ingredient: a hex. At the same time, Paige is helping a client who is going through a custody battle over their son, unaware that her client's ex-partner is Piper's new manager...

Eventually, matters take a turn for the worst when the warlock learns that Piper and Paige are witches, and places a hex on the two of them, causing them to become greatly ill. As Prudence, Patience, and Phoebe try to find a solution to stop the warlock, Prudence coaches Phoebe as she tries to writes her very first spell.

Original airdate: Sunday, November 4, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

The CW

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 5: 'Kill Me Three Times'

PATIENCE WHO? — When Marcus, who had a high school crush on Paige, returns to Salem and is showcasing his work in an art and sculpture exhibition, she and Patience decide to go see his work. The sisters are shocked to see that half of Marcus' work displaying paintings and sculptures are of Patience, revealing that he actually had a secret obsession with Patience.

Later, two of the sculptures of Patience comes to life, each having full memories of Patience's life, and manage to trap the real Patience and then begin to wreak havoc on her life, both determined to become the supreme Patience. As her family try to figure out why Patience is acting nothing like herself, the women are shocked to find Patience's dead body, unaware that one of the fake Patiences has killed the other one and is now determined to kill the real Patience and take over her life forever.

Original airdate: Sunday, November 11, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

The CW

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 6: 'The Soul Collector'

SALEM HARVEST FEST '18 — It's time for the annual Salem Harvest Festival, and that means another year of Prudence nagging her family to join in the fun. As they have every year since getting bored of it, Patience and Paige find any excuse to bail out. Since her granddaughters have never gone, Prudence tries to motivate them to join in the fun. Piper agrees to cater the fest and Phoebe agrees to do a story about it for her college paper.

Elsewhere, Paige deals with a new case at social services: a runaway teen, who hasn't come home to her parents. Later Patience is called to the scene of a crime and finds the body of the teen. But her ghost suddenly makes herself known, unaware she is really dead. Prudence has a premonition of an evil spirit known as 'The Soul Collector' going after the teen. She explains to Patience that only on "Harvest Day' can the spirit become corporeal and remain corporeal by collecting a dead soul.

Eventually, the entire family becomes involved, with Prudence and Paige helping the teen resolve issues with her parents, while Patience, Piper, and Phoebe work on finding a way to stop the 'Soul Collector' Piper wants to come up with a potion while Phoebe wants to write a spell. Patience decides it's best if they use both.

Original airdate: Sunday, November 25, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

The CW

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 7: 'Reflections of the Dark Kind'

CLASSIC “CHARMED” STAR DEBBI MORGAN GUEST STARS — When two sisters, who are college friends of Phoebe, play around, chanting the name Bloody Mary (guest star Debbi Morgan) in the mirror, they wind up dead. Patience helps the police make the scene of the crime and Paige handles helping the mourning parents. But when Prudence has a premonition of their surviving daughter seeing a strange shadow in the mirror following her, the Warrens know they have another innocent to save.

Later, things become terrifying when Paige sees Bloody Mary in the mirror holding a baby, and Paige taps into some deep dark secrets of her past that her nieces Piper and Phoebe do not know. When Prudence gets a premonition of Paige dead, the Warrens must not only save their innocent, but also keep Paige safe from harm, in addition to saving their innocent.

Original airdate: Sunday, December 2, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

The CW

"Elemental Charmed" Renewed for Season Two, Moves To CBS-TV

CBS-TV has picked up its first new series for next season, and it is not that new. After weeks of speculation, "'Elemental Charmed" will move from cable channel The CW to its broadcast sister network CBS, which has renewed the fantasy drama for a second season.

The pickup, which comes hours after the most recent deadline for The CW to renew freshman series, will find its new home at CBS-TV, with the likes of other old properties which have in the past few years been rebooted and redeveloped for the CBS audience, especially for those whose cable systems do not include The CW.

An ''Elemental Charmed” move to CBS-TV had been rumored for a while, with talks becoming real the last few days. A CBS pickup was contingent on finding a way to produce a show of that scale and since CBS-TV also partners The CW network, the decision to move the series should make for a smooth transition.

CBS-TV had frequently been mentioned as a suitable home for 'Elemental Charmed' because the show’s audience tending to skew older than the ones who usually watch The CW, the CBS-TV president's public comments about regretting not going after the project when it was originally pitched, and the fact that CBS-TV is owned by CBS Studio, which also co-owns part of The CW.

This is the complete opposite of what happened a few years back, when "Supergirl" was rumored to be moving from CBS-TV to The CW; this time a series originally aired on The CW is making the move.

Despite the fact that its numbers were consistent for The CW and the series would have still been ordered for a second season, they found that most of their younger core audience wasn't responding to the series, which center around three generations of a family of witches.

Producer Connie Burge explained in an interview: "Although The CW was very supportive of our show, we didn't find it connected with the younger audience, and the network felt this would have meant the series would undergo a revamp in the second season, only featuring Emmalee Thompson and Meghan Corletto, who play Piper and Phoebe, the youngest members of the Warren family, something we didn't want to do."

TBC who plays Prudence, the matriarch of the Warren family, joked to interviewers: ”I was convinced that had the series stayed on The CW, I would be out of a job, because they would have killed me off."

But TBC turned serious as she added, "The move will allow the show to still remain the staple it was on The CW; we just found that the audience connected with us older women just as much as they connected with the younger ones. I am really pleased with the move, and look forward to our show telling more great stories about the Warren women."

Paul Ruditis, one of the chief writers, relieved panicking fans, announcing that "All the ladies are coming back for Season Two, the foundation and mythology we set up in our first season will progress in Season Two. We will continue to tell great stories for these Warren women."

Ruditis also hinted that the second season might go deeper into the family lives of the Warrens. We could possibly see some backstories forming from some of our ladies.

"Elemental Charmed" is produced by Constance M. Burge in association with CBS Studios.

Source: Deadline

Release Date: May 4, 2019

Classic “Charmed” stars Shannen Doherty and 'Alyssa Milano' to guest star in undisclosed roles for the season finale of 'Elemental Charmed'

The former stars of the original classic series “Charmed have both booked guest-starring roles in the series' upcoming season finale set to air May 19th.

Connie Burge, who created the classic series that starred Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano and Rose McGowan and is executive producer for the new series, had been considering bringing the former stars onto the show for some time. "I've been trying to find suitable roles for Shannen, Alyssa, Holly, and Rose. But I just couldn't find the right story. But after collaboration with Chris Levinson and Zach Estrin, who co-wrote the season finale, we think we’ve found the perfect roles for them."

Doherty revealed that she was called about appearing in "Elemental Charmed" and admits she was hesitant to take the offer. But after hearing what Burge had planned for her character, and then hearing that Burge had talked to Milano who would also be appearing. Doherty felt the timing was right, and that fans of the original classic series would really like what Burge has planned.

Milano told the press: "Just being approached was such an honor. I spent eight years of my life with 'Charmed', so this was almost like a high-school reunion, and when I heard Shannen was also going to be a part of it, I really wanted to do it. I haven't worked with Shannen in nearly 20 years, but the two of us have connected through social media for a while and I can't wait to see her again."

Burge mentioned that she hopes that other stars like Holly Marie Combs, Rose McGowan, Brian Krause and Julian McMahon could appear in the series further down the line. "I don't want to overcrowd this series with too many guest appearances, not when we already have five stars. But it's not out of the question."

Doherty and Milano will start filming their scenes for the season finale in April.

Source: Deadline

Date: March 4, 2019

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 22: 'The Life and Death of Mary Ann Warren, Part One'

CLASSIC “CHARMED” STARS SHANNEN DOHERTY AND ALYSSA MILANO GUEST STAR IN SEASON FINALE - While attending a tour of the Salem Witch Museum with Paige and Prudence, who corrects the details of history, Piper and Phoebe learn more about their ancestors and about the Warren line. Through flashbacks we learn about the life and death of their ancestor Mary Ann Warren (special guest star Alyssa Milano) and her sister Jenna Warren (special guest star Shannen Doherty).

At the same time, Patience is called to the scene of a woman who may have hung herself, but who Patience thinks was murdered by a warlock.

The Warrens learn that a witch hunter is targeting women believed to be descendants of the Salem Witch Trial victims and may be working for the warlock. But Prudence has a premonition revealing that the witch hunter is a descendant of one of the men responsible for Mary Ann's hanging. When the Warrens use the five Elements to find the burial site of the Salem Witches, the spirit of one of the murdered victims suddenly possesses Prudence. The Warrens are unsure which of their ancestors is possessing Prudence and whether she means to harm them or help them.

Original airdates: Sunday, May 19, 2019, 8:00-9:00 PM ET, rebroadcasted on Sunday, October 13, 2019, 7:00-8:00 PM ET.

The CW

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 2, Episode 1: 'The Life and Death of Mary Ann Warren, Part Two'

CLASSIC CHARMED STARS SHANNEN DOHERTY AND ALYSSA MILANO GUEST STAR IN SEASON TWO PREMIERE - The Warrens discover it's their ancestor, Mary Ann Warren (special guest star Alyssa Milano) who has possessed Prudence, and she has done so in order to use Prudence's Spirit Element to reveals secrets of Warren family history that not even Prudence knew, especially the fact that her sister Jenna Warren (special guest star Shannen Doherty) actually betrayed her and played a part in her death.

With the help of Mary Ann, the Warrens now set out to stop both the witch hunter and warlock - who is possessed by the spirit of Jenna Warren.

Original airdate: Sunday, October 13 2019, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 2, Episode 4: 'The Shadow Man'

A DARK SHADOW FROM PAIGE'S CHILDHOOD RETURNS — When Paige takes an accidental fall, the family rushes her to the emergency room. After x-rays give her a clean bill of health, but forces an overnight stay, Prudence decides to stay overnight with her daughter. That night, she has a premonition of a darkened silhouette figure with a large broad-rimmed hat entering the room of a little boy at the hospital. Prudence informs her family that the evil they are now facing is known as 'The Shadow Man'. The words bring back bad memories for Paige. When Piper and Phoebe want to know why their aunt has gone pale-white, she reveals that when she was 6 years old, she was a patient in this same hospital and a darkened silhouette shadow wearing a large broad-rimmed hat, entered her room.

Prudence convinces her former staff to let Piper and Phoebe volunteer at the hospital, so they can try to keep their young innocent safe, while Prudence and Patience help Paige come to terms with her childhood memory, while attempting to figure out what went wrong with Prudence's spell to vanquish it so many decades ago.

Original airdate: Sunday, November 3, 2019, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

As always, feel free to re-edit, comment or ask questions. My edits are always just suggestions.  As usual, I'm not completely thrilled with what we have, so if anyone has suggestions of their own on how to improve it, let's hear them!

Great job, the second episode really is a much better addition, all the questions I wondered are answered, and is a much better transition into the next story. 

I like how we've gotten an episode where the villain of the week is tied into each of the family's jobs and lives.

I think Prudence is next who needs a story based on her, of course, we've gotten her with the Salem Festivals and helping her family out. I just think we need a story somewhere in the first half until the Xmas hiatus that has her tied into the villain of the week and main plotlines. Maybe Prudence still has a sister-in-law still alive through her deceased husband. I'm sure we can get a story that does go a little into her life when she was working as a Doctor and so on too.

[Granny Charmed]

Aug 24, 2018 4:42:33 GMT -5 @deano said:

Aug 24, 2018 0:35:21 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Can't say I like this idea - I hate non-whitelighters (including witchlighters) being able to heal - it made injuries and death mean nothing, so even limited, no, just not happy with that. I find myself preferring what Paul Rudiitis did in his book, having the one with the Element of Earth be the Earth Mover - moving Earth to move people and objects - her form of TK. I like the calmest person of the group have that power while letting Paige, the Wind Walker, being able to transport people. This way you have Melinda Warren's three original powers - move items with your mind (Patience), freeze molecules (Phoebe) hand see the future (Prudence) but in different forms, along with the other two elements, throwing fireballs (Phoebe) and transporting people (Paige) to make them the Elemental witches.

But if any one else likes your idea (especially SR and Pheebs, since they've been doing such a great job with the press releases), go for it! Or, for that matter, if you want to keep Patience's Earth power of forming items from earth, go for it! As I said before, part of the fun of our series is so far the only powers that have really been used is Prudence's premonitions and - once - Paige's transporting, so we can still do whatever we want with the other powers, including Earth.

   TK probably does fit the EarthMover better, actually. 

Aug 24, 2018 1:24:33 GMT -5 Granny Charmed said:

Congratulations dear. Well done. I hit the same last month completely unnoticed. Such an effort to get that far. Your in wonderful company.

Aug 24, 2018 1:48:20 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Congratulations, Deano!

Thanks guys! You're right, Granny. They seemed to take forever to reach! Belated congrats to you too.

Thanks, dear, it really does creep up on you, doesn't it? 

The next one I believe it is 5,000 or 10,000 will take us both a while to get.

[Granny Charmed]

Love the updated stuff dears, I'll look at it more closely later tonight. I'm about to head out with my daughter and granddaughter for lunch, so just read the great stuff Team Charmed Cafe has done right now.

Can't wait to do a deep dive and comment more closely when I can.

[Esmeralda]

Aug 25, 2018 21:57:07 GMT -5 Ruth Marie said:

Aug 25, 2018 16:41:26 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

As I’ve been talking about, now that we’re on a new page, I’m going to update what we’ve done so far.

First to admit that I’m editing it to reflect what I think our series should do. Anyone who disagrees with anything I post, please feel free to point it out so we can discuss. As always, majority will rule – this is a Team Charmed Café project and any member is more than welcomed to put in their comments, questions, suggestions, etc. or add their own “press release”.

If anyone quotes this full post and then adds their own comments, everything in quotes will go away unless you delete the first [*quote author="Esmeralda "...]. It’s ProBoards’ way of preventing the posts from getting what they think is too long, but it can definitely be a pain!

Many, many thanks to all of the members who have contributed so far. This has been *so* much fun, and I hope it will continue to give us a lot of fun for many months (and pages!) to come!

Here we go! Everyone – please be sure to read the backstory, the main characters and the first few press releases regarding episodes, since that’s what I edited the post.

Great job putting this all together, I especially like how the press releases are now in order. Much easier to follow the development and know how the series is coming along.

Thank you, Ruth - that's what I mainly wanted to do - put everything together in "release date" order, and include my own edits.

"Elemental Charmed"

BACKSTORY:

Prudence Warren, a witch born from a long matriarchal line of witches who have always lived in Warren Manor in Salem, MA, always said everything happens for a reason, but nothing comes without a price.

She has known that she has the Elemental power of Spirit when she started having premonitions as a teenager. While studying to become a doctor, she married fellow witch, Allen Halliwell, and gave birth twice (with Allen agreeing to let their daughters carry the family name of Warren if any son carried his family name of Halliwell). When they grew older, Prudence discovered that her older daughter, Patience, had the Elemental power of Earth, while her younger daughter, Paige, had the Elemental power of Air. When Prudence's premonitions revealed that her two future granddaughters would have the other two Elemental powers of Water and Fire, she realized that her family was destined to become the powerful Elemental Witches. She began training her daughters in the Craft in order to prepare them for what would eventually happen to them and their own daughters, especially after a warlock murdered Allen.

While still a teenager, Paige fell in love with an older man, Sam Wilder. Although Prudence warned her against him so Paige eventually broke up with him, a couple months later she discovered she was pregnant. She gave birth to a daughter, Peyton. When Prudence, Patience, and Paige discovered that Peyton had the Elemental power of Water, and when a couple years later Patience married non-magical Victor Bennett and had their daughter Piper, who had the Elemental power of Fire, the Warren family was certain that those five would become the Elemental Witches with each of Prudence's daughters having one child, who were cousins.

This changed when Sam came back and began influencing his eight-year-old daughter. When Peyton used her firepower to kill a classmate who was teasing her, she became a warlock like her father. Under his influence, Peyton turned on her family and much as it hurt the family, especially Patience, they ended up having to vanquish Peyton, and they were sure all was lost.

But this changed five years later, when Piper was ten and Patience gave birth to Phoebe, who had the same Elemental power as Peyton - Water. After Phoebe was born, Patience and her mother and sister decided to try to protect her daughters from what had happened to Peyton. The three older witches placed a cloaking spell on Victor and the girls before the three of them relocated to the other side of the country in San Francisco. This way the girls could be raised by their father and be protected while also having a normal childhood, something no other Warren witch had ever had.

In order to continue to protect them, Victor raised Piper and Phoebe so they didn't know that they were witches or destined to become one of the Elemental Witches – they were always just his little girls. They’ve visited their grandmother, mother (who they believed divorced their father, but agreed to let him have custody so that she could live her own life as a photographer for the Salem Police Department) during summer vacations and they always go back to Warren Manor for Christmas.

But as our series begins, Prudence has a premonition showing that Sam is back, going after Piper and Phoebe, so the two are in danger. Paige uses her Elemental power of Air to transport herself, her mother and her sister to her nieces. They're too late to prevent Sam from murdering Victor, but thanks to Prudence's premonition, Patience uses her Elemental power of Earth to throw Sam into a wall before he can harm her daughters. Then Prudence, Patience and Paige use a potion and a spell to vanquish Sam. Patience reveals to her daughters that they are witches and lets them decide if they want her to unbind their powers. After seeing what happened to their father, that idea frightens the girls and they decide against this.

Piper and Phoebe try to forget what their mother told them as they help their family prepare their father’s wake and funeral, even as the younger set of sisters consider moving to Salem. During the funeral, the whole Warren family remember and mourn Victor through numerous flashbacks.

But when Piper and Phoebe see how their powers can help people, they finally agreed to embrace their destiny, and their powers are unbound. They agree to join their mother and aunt, who along with their grandmother who uses her premonitions and knowledge to guide her daughters and granddaughters. The five Warren women are now the Elemental Witches, setting out to protect those innocent of the knowledge of magic from the denizens of evil magic.

This backstory is really great. Especially love that now, I get a true picture of how the sisters were raised, and that we do see some mourning. With the flashbacks, I'm picturing point of views from all the Warren's.

THE MAIN CHARACTERS:

Prudence Warren: Aged 70. Much the same as the Grams we know and shake our head at, she's the strict, fiery matriarch of the Warren family. She's very much like Prue Halliwell, initially strict but because she will have suffered fewer losses than the "real Grams" she becomes more mellow and softer. She has the Elemental power of Spirit which gives her premonitions. She was a doctor but is now retired, although now she uses her skills along with potions to heal her family’s injuries.

Patience Warren: Prudence's older daughter, aged 50. Pretty much the Patty we know and love, although even more kind and caring. She functions as the "balance" of the family as Piper was in the original series, but unlike Piper Halliwell, she is the most selfless person of all and always has time to help those in need, although that often gets her in trouble. Like Prue Halliwell, she's a photographer, but unlike Prue, she works with the Salem police. She has the Elemental power of Earth which allows her to throw anything..

Paige Warren: Prudence's younger daughter, aged 40. Again, she is basically the same as her namesake, except she is Patty's sister, not Piper and Phoebe's. She's sometimes irresponsible and impulsive and not always in touch with reality. Much in the same way Prue would lecture Phoebe at being irresponsible in the original series, Prudence would be the same with this "Paige". Like Paige Matthews, she's a social worker. Paige has the Elemental power of Air, which allows her to use the wind to move herself and anyone else to wherever she wants to go.

Piper Warren: Patience's older daughter, aged 30. Again much like Piper Halliwell, but rather than being shy, she's very fiery, like later-season Piper without constantly feeling sorry for herself (although she does miss her normal life..,), and because there are no whitelighters, she never falls for one. Like Piper Halliwell, she owns her own restaurant and is a very good cook, so she's the one who makes most of the potions. She has the Elemental power of Fire, which allows her to form and throw fireballs, but like Piper Warren herself, the power isn't evil.

Phoebe Warren: Patience's younger daughter, aged 20. Also much like Phoebs Halliwell (and never like PhoeME Halliwell), but like her grandmother, mother, aunt and sister, the fact that she was born in Warren Manor has nothing to do with whether she can easily turn evil - all five have free will and can decide if they want to do good or evil. Phoebe is still in college and works on the school paper. She has always loved to write and is the one who comes up with most of the original spells. Phoebe has the Elemental power of Water which allows her to freeze molecules.

Really think Prudence's role is perfect with these latest changes with her doctor skills and potions to heal injuries, and thrilled that it's only injuries, and not potions to bring people back from death. LOL

I'm glad you think so.

PRESS RELEASES FOR “ELEMENTAL CHARMED” FROM THE CW

"Simply Charmed Again"

Reboot From Original Creator Gets CW Pilot Orders

For a second consecutive year, the CW has handed out its first two pilot orders to a high-profile reboot of a long-running series from CBS TV Studios and another project from one of Warner Bros. TV’s top producers.

This time the network has greenlighted a new “Charmed” from the show's original creator. The project will reunite Burge with three of her fellow writing staff: Sheryl. J Anderson and the popular team of Chris Levinson and Zach Estrin. Also joining the project is Paul Ruditis, known for his work on the popular Charmed comic series and author of several Charmed novels. Burge will act as executive producer while the others will write all of the episodes.

The CW originally tried to bring back “Charmed”, one of the signature dramas of predecessor The WB, last season, when it ordered a reimagining of the original Aaron Spelling series from the same creative auspices. It was to be set in 1976 and feature a new trio of witches. The project was rolled over to this development season.

The new “Charmed” script, penned by Anderson and Ruditis and based on a story by Burge, is set in present time. Per The CW, whose brass greenlighted the pilot shortly after getting the script, “this new dark, dramatic ‘Charmed’ reboot" of the original series centers on five women, not three, and unlike the original classic series, this new take will be incorporating the five elements (Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit).

Source: Deadline

Released: January 25, 2018

”Charmed” Reboot, "Elemental Charmed" signs well-known actresses for key roles

EXCLUSIVE: The new fantasy drama, "Elemental Charmed", has signed three well-known actresses to play the three older witches.

TBC, known for playing TBC on “TBA”, will play Prudence Warren, the fiery matriarch of the Warren clan, the SpiritHolder, whose Elemental power of Spirit lets her see the future.

TBC, known for playing TBC on “TBA”, will play Prudence's calm, quiet oldest daughter, Patience Warren, the EarthMover, whose Elemental power of Earth lets her throw people and objects.

TBC, known for playing TBC on “TBA” will play Prudence's younger daughter, quirky, fun-loving Paige Warren, the WindWalker, whose Elemental power of Air lets her transport herself and others.

The other starring roles, that of Patience's two daughters, Piper Warren, the FireStarter, and Phoebe Warren, the WaterBearer, will be played by actresses starring for the first time, and word has it that every young dark-haired actress in Hollywood is hoping for the chance to audition.

If picked up, CBS Studio slates "Elemental Charmed" to start on Sunday, October 14th on The CW, one week after the 20th anniversary of the airing of the cult classic's premiere episode. That episode, 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' will be shown on its twentieth anniversary, the first “Charmed” episode to be broadcasted in remastered HD.

Source: Deadline

Released: February 17, 2018

"Charmed Reboot Finds Its Piper and Phoebe"

EXCLUSIVE: The new dark, dramatic “Charmed” reboot, "Elemental Charmed" has a surprise for fans of the classic series. Executive producer Connie Burge has convinced the two actresses who played the original stars as children to be part of the new series.

Emmalee Thompson, who played Young Prue, and Meghan Corletto, who played Little Piper, have been cast as the younger set of sisters at the center of the CW’s dramatic pilot "Elemental Charmed" from original creator Constance M. Burge and CBS TV Studios. They join TBC, TBC and TBC, who recently agreed to join the new series.

Thompson will play Piper Warren, the older of the younger set of sisters, who owns a restaurant and is the FireStarter, who has the Elemental power of Fire which lets her throw fireballs while Corletto will play Phoebe Warren, the youngest of the Warren family, who’s still in college, and is the WaterBearer, who has the Elemental power of Water, which lets her freeze molecules.

Penned by Sheryl J. Anderson and Paul Ruditis and created by Burge, the “Charmed” reboot pilot centers on two sisters in Salem, MA, who discover that they, along with their grandmother, mother, and aunt, are a family of witches who discover that between protecting those innocent of the knowledge of magic from the denizens of evil magic while maintaining familial bonds, a witch’s work is never done.

Source: Deadline

Released: February 27, 2018

CHARMED 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SPECIAL SET TO AIR OCTOBER 7TH

A week before the new “Charmed” reboot, "Elemental Charmed" debuts, original “Charmed” stars Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs and Alyssa Milano will reunite for a special retrospective look at the classic original series "Charmed”. The special will premiere on Sunday, October 7th at 9 p.m. ET on The CW, following the rebroadcast of the cult classic's premiere episode, 'Something Wicca This Way Comes', which will be the first “Charmed” episode to be broadcasted in remastered HD.

The one-hour special titled "Charmed: 20 Years of Magic" will see the three stars reuniting and reflecting on the legacy of the series, the impact it has on pop culture, and just why now is the perfect time for “Charmed” to return. The special will also showcase some previously unseen footage from popular “Charmed” episodes, and will give viewers a deeper look into the making of "Elemental Charmed", the new “Charmed” reboot, set to begin the following week.

Source: The CW
Released: August 6, 2018

These are very good. LOVE THEM!!!

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 1: 'House of the Rising Warrens'

NEW SERIES PREMIERE — It isn't every day you wake up and discover that you're a witch from a long matriarchal line of witches, and sisters Piper and Phoebe Bennett will soon discover that their somewhat ordinary life of being raised in Salem, MA, by their father, Victor, is about to become anything but ordinary.

When their grandmother, Prudence Warren, who has been living on the other side of the country in San Francisco, has a premonition that a warlock who she had presumed was dead is back, and is going after Piper and Phoebe, she rushes to their rescue. With her are her older daughter, Piper and Phoebe's mother Patience Warren, and her younger daughter, their aunt Paige Warren. They three are too late to prevent the warlock from murdering Victor. Patience reveals to her daughters that their true last name is Warren just like hers, her mothers and her sisters, but the girls grew up with the last name of Bennett to hide the fact that they are witches with bound powers. Their mother gives them the choice to have her unbind their powers. After seeing what happened to their father, that idea frightens the girls and they decide against this.

Piper and Phoebe try to forget what their mother told them as they help their family prepare their father’s wake and funeral, even as the younger set of sisters consider moving to Salem. During the funeral, the whole Warren family remember and mourn Victor through numerous flashbacks.

But when Piper and Phoebe see how their powers can help people, they finally agreed to embrace their destiny, and their powers are unbound. They agree to join their mother and aunt, who along with their grandmother who uses her premonitions and knowledge to guide her daughters and granddaughters. The five Warren women are now the Elemental Witches, setting out to protect those innocent of the knowledge of magic from the denizens of evil magic.

Original airdate: Sunday, October 14, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 2: 'Back Home Again’

THE WARRENS ARE REUNITED IN SALEM. While still mourning the death of their father and getting used to the idea that they are part of a family of witches with powers, Piper and Phoebe move to their family’s ancestral home in Salem, MA. Piper has sold her restaurant in San Francisco and is now looking for a new restaurant in Salem. Paige thinks she should name it ‘Piper’s Brew’ but Piper doesn’t think that’s funny. In the meantime, Phoebe registers for classes at Salem College, happy that her credits have all transferred.

But not everything goes as well. Piper is used to living in her own apartment and Phoebe has lived in the dorms since she started college. Finding out that they are going to have to share a room, something they’ve never had to do, does not make either happy. But when both run into a warlock and they need their grandmother’s, mother’s and aunt’s help to vanquish her, they realize why Patience and Paige have always lived with their mother.

Original airdate: October 21, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 3: 'Yesterday I Was Just a Witch; Today I'm Chanting Spells and Righting Wrongs'

MAGIC COMES WITH A PRICE — Having vanquished their first warlock as the Elemental Witches, the three older Warrens agree that Piper and Phoebe need a crash course on how to handle their new found gifts.

Patience investigates a new murder in the city, which leads her directly to Phoebe's campus where two teenagers are killed in a demonic-like ritual and a new friend of Phoebe's may be next. When two employees begin to give Piper a hard time, Piper contemplates a little harmless spell to get back at them which her aunt, Paige, accidentally encourages, before realizing she has made a huge mistake. But Piper soon realizes that all magic comes with a price, and learns a valuable lesson from Prudence.

Original airdate: October 28, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 4: 'Revenge is a Dish Best Served Hexed'

THE HEX OF DEATH — After going through several managers for her new restaurant, Piper thinks she's found the perfect candidate, unaware that her new employee is actually a warlock who's serving food with a secret ingredient: a hex. At the same time, Paige is helping a client who is going through a custody battle over their son, unaware that her client's ex-partner is Piper's new manager...

Eventually, matters take a turn for the worst when the warlock learns that Piper and Paige are witches, and places a hex on the two of them, causing them to become greatly ill. As Prudence, Patience, and Phoebe try to find a solution to stop the warlock, Prudence coaches Phoebe as she tries to writes her very first spell.

Original airdate: Sunday, November 4, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 5: 'Kill Me Three Times'

PATIENCE WHO? — When Marcus, who had a high school crush on Paige, returns to Salem and is showcasing his work in an art and sculpture exhibition, she and Patience decide to go see his work. The sisters are shocked to see that half of Marcus' work displaying paintings and sculptures are of Patience, revealing that he actually had a secret obsession with Patience.

Later, two of the sculptures of Patience comes to life, each having full memories of Patience's life, and manage to trap the real Patience and then begin to wreak havoc on her life, both determined to become the supreme Patience. As her family try to figure out why Patience is acting nothing like herself, the women are shocked to find Patience's dead body, unaware that one of the fake Patiences has killed the other one and is now determined to kill the real Patience and take over her life forever.

Original airdate: Sunday, November 11, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 6: 'The Soul Collector'

SALEM HARVEST FEST '18 — It's time for the annual Salem Harvest Festival, and that means another year of Prudence nagging her family to join in the fun. As they have every year since getting bored of it, Patience and Paige find any excuse to bail out. Since her granddaughters have never gone, Prudence tries to motivate them to join in the fun. Piper agrees to cater the fest and Phoebe agrees to do a story about it for her college paper.

Elsewhere, Paige deals with a new case at social services: a runaway teen, who hasn't come home to her parents. Later Patience is called to the scene of a crime and finds the body of the teen. But her ghost suddenly makes herself known, unaware she is really dead. Prudence has a premonition of an evil spirit known as 'The Soul Collector' going after the teen. She explains to Patience that only on "Harvest Day' can the spirit become corporeal and remain corporeal by collecting a dead soul.

Eventually, the entire family becomes involved, with Prudence and Paige helping the teen resolve issues with her parents, while Patience, Piper, and Phoebe work on finding a way to stop the 'Soul Collector' Piper wants to come up with a potion while Phoebe wants to write a spell. Patience decides it's best if they use both.

Original airdate: Sunday, November 25, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 7: 'Reflections of the Dark Kind'

CLASSIC “CHARMED” STAR DEBBI MORGAN GUEST STARS — When two sisters, who are college friends of Phoebe, play around, chanting the name Bloody Mary (guest star Debbi Morgan) in the mirror, they wind up dead. Patience helps the police make the scene of the crime and Paige handles helping the mourning parents. But when Prudence has a premonition of their surviving daughter seeing a strange shadow in the mirror following her, the Warrens know they have another innocent to save.

Later, things become terrifying when Paige sees Bloody Mary in the mirror holding a baby, and Paige taps into some deep dark secrets of her past that her nieces Piper and Phoebe do not know. When Prudence gets a premonition of Paige dead, the Warrens must not only save their innocent, but also keep Paige safe from harm, in addition to saving their innocent.

Original airdate: Sunday, December 2, 2018, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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"Elemental Charmed" Renewed for Season Two, Moves To CBS-TV

CBS-TV has picked up its first new series for next season, and it is not that new. After weeks of speculation, "'Elemental Charmed" will move from cable channel The CW to its broadcast sister network CBS, which has renewed the fantasy drama for a second season.

The pickup, which comes hours after the most recent deadline for The CW to renew freshman series, will find its new home at CBS-TV, with the likes of other old properties which have in the past few years been rebooted and redeveloped for the CBS audience, especially for those whose cable systems do not include The CW.

An ''Elemental Charmed” move to CBS-TV had been rumored for a while, with talks becoming real the last few days. A CBS pickup was contingent on finding a way to produce a show of that scale and since CBS-TV also partners The CW network, the decision to move the series should make for a smooth transition.

CBS-TV had frequently been mentioned as a suitable home for 'Elemental Charmed' because the show’s audience tending to skew older than the ones who usually watch The CW, the CBS-TV president's public comments about regretting not going after the project when it was originally pitched, and the fact that CBS-TV is owned by CBS Studio, which also co-owns part of The CW.

This is the complete opposite of what happened a few years back, when "Supergirl" was rumored to be moving from CBS-TV to The CW; this time a series originally aired on The CW is making the move.

Despite the fact that its numbers were consistent for The CW and the series would have still been ordered for a second season, they found that most of their younger core audience wasn't responding to the series, which center around three generations of a family of witches.

Producer Connie Burge explained in an interview: "Although The CW was very supportive of our show, we didn't find it connected with the younger audience, and the network felt this would have meant the series would undergo a revamp in the second season, only featuring Emmalee Thompson and Meghan Corletto, who play Piper and Phoebe, the youngest members of the Warren family, something we didn't want to do."

TBC who plays Prudence, the matriarch of the Warren family, joked to interviewers: ”I was convinced that had the series stayed on The CW, I would be out of a job, because they would have killed me off."

But TBC turned serious as she added, "The move will allow the show to still remain the staple it was on The CW; we just found that the audience connected with us older women just as much as they connected with the younger ones. I am really pleased with the move, and look forward to our show telling more great stories about the Warren women."

Paul Ruditis, one of the chief writers, relieved panicking fans, announcing that "All the ladies are coming back for Season Two, the foundation and mythology we set up in our first season will progress in Season Two. We will continue to tell great stories for these Warren women."

Ruditis also hinted that the second season might go deeper into the family lives of the Warrens. We could possibly see some backstories forming from some of our ladies.

"Elemental Charmed" is produced by Constance M. Burge in association with CBS Studios.

Source: Deadline

Release Date: May 4, 2019

Classic “Charmed” stars Shannen Doherty and 'Alyssa Milano' to guest star in undisclosed roles for the season finale of 'Elemental Charmed'

The former stars of the original classic series “Charmed have both booked guest-starring roles in the series' upcoming season finale set to air May 19th.

Connie Burge, who created the classic series that starred Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano and Rose McGowan and is executive producer for the new series, had been considering bringing the former stars onto the show for some time. "I've been trying to find suitable roles for Shannen, Alyssa, Holly, and Rose. But I just couldn't find the right story. But after collaboration with Chris Levinson and Zach Estrin, who co-wrote the season finale, we think we’ve found the perfect roles for them."

Doherty revealed that she was called about appearing in "Elemental Charmed" and admits she was hesitant to take the offer. But after hearing what Burge had planned for her character, and then hearing that Burge had talked to Milano who would also be appearing. Doherty felt the timing was right, and that fans of the original classic series would really like what Burge has planned.

Milano told the press: "Just being approached was such an honor. I spent eight years of my life with 'Charmed', so this was almost like a high-school reunion, and when I heard Shannen was also going to be a part of it, I really wanted to do it. I haven't worked with Shannen in nearly 20 years, but the two of us have connected through social media for a while and I can't wait to see her again."

Burge mentioned that she hopes that other stars like Holly Marie Combs, Rose McGowan, Brian Krause and Julian McMahon could appear in the series further down the line. "I don't want to overcrowd this series with too many guest appearances, not when we already have five stars. But it's not out of the question."

Doherty and Milano will start filming their scenes for the season finale in April.

Source: Deadline

Date: March 4, 2019

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 1, Episode 22: 'The Life and Death of Mary Ann Warren, Part One'

CLASSIC “CHARMED” STARS SHANNEN DOHERTY AND ALYSSA MILANO GUEST STAR IN SEASON FINALE - While attending a tour of the Salem Witch Museum with Paige and Prudence, who corrects the details of history, Piper and Phoebe learn more about their ancestors and about the Warren line. Through flashbacks we learn about the life and death of their ancestor Mary Ann Warren (special guest star Alyssa Milano) and her sister Jenna Warren (special guest star Shannen Doherty).

At the same time, Patience is called to the scene of a woman who may have hung herself, but who Patience thinks was murdered by a warlock.

The Warrens learn that a witch hunter is targeting women believed to be descendants of the Salem Witch Trial victims and may be working for the warlock. But Prudence has a premonition revealing that the witch hunter is a descendant of one of the men responsible for Mary Ann's hanging. When the Warrens use the five Elements to find the burial site of the Salem Witches, the spirit of one of the murdered victims suddenly possesses Prudence. The Warrens are unsure which of their ancestors is possessing Prudence and whether she means to harm them or help them.

Original airdates: Sunday, May 19, 2019, 8:00-9:00 PM ET, rebroadcasted on Sunday, October 13, 2019, 7:00-8:00 PM ET.

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ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 2, Episode 1: 'The Life and Death of Mary Ann Warren, Part Two'

CLASSIC CHARMED STARS SHANNEN DOHERTY AND ALYSSA MILANO GUEST STAR IN SEASON TWO PREMIERE - The Warrens discover it's their ancestor, Mary Ann Warren (special guest star Alyssa Milano) who has possessed Prudence, and she has done so in order to use Prudence's Spirit Element to reveals secrets of Warren family history that not even Prudence knew, especially the fact that her sister Jenna Warren (special guest star Shannen Doherty) actually betrayed her and played a part in her death.

With the help of Mary Ann, the Warrens now set out to stop both the witch hunter and warlock - who is possessed by the spirit of Jenna Warren.

Original airdate: Sunday, October 13 2019, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

ELEMENTAL CHARMED (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

Season 2, Episode 4: 'The Shadow Man'

A DARK SHADOW FROM PAIGE'S CHILDHOOD RETURNS — When Paige takes an accidental fall, the family rushes her to the emergency room. After x-rays give her a clean bill of health, but forces an overnight stay, Prudence decides to stay overnight with her daughter. That night, she has a premonition of a darkened silhouette figure with a large broad-rimmed hat entering the room of a little boy at the hospital. Prudence informs her family that the evil they are now facing is known as 'The Shadow Man'. The words bring back bad memories for Paige. When Piper and Phoebe want to know why their aunt has gone pale-white, she reveals that when she was 6 years old, she was a patient in this same hospital and a darkened silhouette shadow wearing a large broad-rimmed hat, entered her room.

Prudence convinces her former staff to let Piper and Phoebe volunteer at the hospital, so they can try to keep their young innocent safe, while Prudence and Patience help Paige come to terms with her childhood memory, while attempting to figure out what went wrong with Prudence's spell to vanquish it so many decades ago.

Original airdate: Sunday, November 3, 2019, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

CBS-TV

As always, feel free to re-edit, comment or ask questions. My edits are always just suggestions.  As usual, I'm not completely thrilled with what we have, so if anyone has suggestions of their own on how to improve it, let's hear them!

Great job, the second episode really is a much better addition, all the questions I wondered are answered, and is a much better transition into the next story. 

Well, if someone wants to rewrite that press release, go for it, since I'm not happy with how it turned out - but it showed what I think most of us felt was needed before truly starting the Elemental Witches episodes.

[quote[I like how we've gotten an episode where the villain of the week is tied into each of the family's jobs and lives.[/quote]Pheebs made me *so* happy when she wrote those that way!

I think Prudence is next who needs a story based on her, of course, we've gotten her with the Salem Festivals and helping her family out. I just think we need a story somewhere in the first half until the Xmas hiatus that has her tied into the villain of the week and main plotlines. Maybe Prudence still has a sister-in-law still alive through her deceased husband. I'm sure we can get a story that does go a little into her life when she was working as a Doctor and so on too.

You're right that she hasn't really had a story just about her while the others have. But I think she's co-starred in more of the stories than the others have, so we'd learn a lot about her through them, and I wonder if her own might be too much.

BUT I *really* like this idea, so if someone wants to do a press release on it - go for it!