On this day in 1981, Charlie’s Angels was seen for the last time on ABC. It was almost the end of an era, but not really.

Three women, the Angels (originally Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, and Jaclyn Smith), graduated from the Los Angeles police academy only to be assigned such duties as handling switchboards and directing traffic. They quit and were hired to work for the Charles Townsend Agency as private investigators. Their boss, Charlie (voiced by John Forsythe), is never seen full face — in some episodes the viewer gets to see the back of his head and his arms, talking through a phone while surrounded by beautiful women — assigning cases to the Angels and his liaison, Bosley (played by David Doyle), via a speaker phone.

Although it’s never been duplicated, Charlie’s Angels set the stage for many different type of detective shows, and of course set the stage for the other beautiful women of the world to get in shape. I bet diet pill reviews went through the roof when women saw the Angels take to the screen.

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