Charles in Charge (1984)

A boy dates both Sarah and Josie.

Beauty-pageant judge Charles has ties to four contestants.

Charles' charges come along on his dream date.

Buddy disrupts Charles' evening with Gwendolyn.

Charles helps save his aunt's (Ellen Travolta) carwash.

Charles prepares for Cmdr. Powell's visit.

Charles calls himself ``Chaz'' and acts strangely.

The Pembrokes disapprove of Lila's new love.

Buddy gets to be a disc jockey for a day.

A new family awaits Charles upon his return.

Charles stands by a grade he gave to a student.

Buddy has visions of Charles' future.

Mrs. Powell insists Charles take a weekend off.

A persistent coed sets her sights on Charles.

Mr. Pembroke's mother visits for Christmas.

Uncle Joe makes Charles a job offer.

Charles arranges a visit by Walter's father.

A girl tries to come between Charles and Buddy.

Charles encourages the family to trade favors.

Charles urges the children to try new hobbies.

Charles asks a girl out, then learns she is blind.

Charles gets between feuding Lillian and Walter.

Walter borrows World War II souvenirs to impress a woman.

A snowstorm traps Charles with Lila's friends.

Charles worries when Lillian begins to date.

The family's bad luck causes Charles to dream.

To protest animal experimentation, Charles and Buddy are locked in a cage.

A cassette player fosters several arguments.

Jamie and Nicole try to sneak out to a nightclub.

Charles checks out a dream date for unsure Buddy.

The family thinks Charles wants to live in the dorm.

Charles plots his schedule with a computer.

Charles accepts a job as a teacher's aide.

Walter makes three dates for one night.

Charles gives Sarah advice he should take.

Buddy's identical cousin takes Charles' job at a Hawaiian resort.

Charles' mother takes over during a visit.

Jamie falls under a shady guru's spell.

Charles vies with Elliot for class president.

Charles' new girl is a nude model for art class.

Sarah, Jamie and Adam purchase Charles' services.

Buddy enters a mental hospital to do research.

Family troubles test Charles' philosophy.

Lillian hires an odd Elvis impersonator.

Charles must chaperon Lila's pajama party.

Charles is suspicious of Jamie's modeling school.

Charles tries to reform a juvenile delinquent.

A confidence class turns Buddy into a boor.

The Powell children decide to have no rules; guest Tony Dow.

The girls care for eggs as a school project.

Sarah is arrested for protesting at her father's ship.

Charles offers to direct a show to fund Sarah's class trip.

Ellen's married cousin makes a play for Charles.

Buddy and Charles think Jamie's teacher (Sally Struthers) is a fugitive.

Charles invites an old chum of Jill's to dinner.

Grampa Harry (Dick O'Neill) arrives for a visit.

The family is snowbound in a cabin on Christmas.

Charles learns an illiterate boy is using Sarah.

Charles loses his loan when his grades drop.

Charles discusses Douglas' grade with a teacher.

Charles invites Gwendolyn to the Pembrokes'.

Charles' first love returns.

The family is stunned when Charles brings home a bride.

A tabloid links Charles and a rock singer.

Cmdr. Powell's amorous shipmate visits Ellen.

Jamie wants the remodeled basement to be her room.

Charles tries to market an earthquake simulator.

An actress asks Charles' help to stay incognito.

Charles borrows Sarah's poem to impress a girl.

Charles lets the children keep an injured dog.

Charles and Buddy foil a pizza-parlor holdup.

Adam schemes to win a school quiz contest.

Jamie befriends a snob to join a clique.

Buddy helps Charles fight a fear of public speaking.

The children abandon Charles for a fun cousin.

Walter enrolls in a history class taught by Charles.

Promotion-manager Charles rejects offers of help.

Jamie debates attending school in New York.

Florida spring break is a disaster.

The Powells and Charles suffer dating woes.

The Powells' former sitter plots against Charles.

Sarah and Jamie vie to be class president.

The family learns to be honest about feelings.

Charles stands vigil over unconscious Buddy in the hospital.

Douglas' first love undergoes a makeover.

Sarah dates a smooth-talking ticket scalper.

Charles writes an essay about growing up.

Charles sees the other side of Buddy's sister (Mindy Cohn).

Charles romps with visiting pals from high school.

Accused turtle-killer Adam demands a trial.

Sarah visits her relatives in Mexico.

Charles' crush on a model could alienate Linda.

Jamie loses out to Sarah for a part in a TV ad.

Jill is offered a job with long hours.

Charles agrees to help a shy boy.

A girl's ex-beau, a bodybuilder, threatens Charles.

Jamie stays with a boy only because Charles disapproves.

Charles chaperons newly hired waitress Jamie.

Walter likes Professor Bunt's visiting sister (Marcia Wallace).

Charles stays neutral as the children squabble.

Charles gets an A for Sarah's work.

Buddy assumes trouble when his father visits alone.

A restaurant critic visits the pizza parlor.

A brush with death convinces Buddy he should be a priest.

The local pizzeria may become a parking lot.

Charles dreams about the Powells' lives without him.

A bump on the heads again turns Charles into Chaz.

Charles takes a job as an advice columnist.

The children run Charles' credit card to the limit just before a date.

Grandma Irene makes Charles a business offer.

Charles and Adam think they see a UFO.

Charles makes three appointments for one evening.

Lillian is ambivalent about an old flame.

Injured guest Buddy upsets Charles' romance.

Charles seethes when Gwendolyn dates another.

Charles and Buddy start an agency for live-in helpers.

Gwen hesitates after saying ``yes'' to Charles.

Charles and Buddy's involvement with triplets causes confusion.

Charles' advice causes misunderstandings.

Buddy's advice leads Adam astray.

Charles and Buddy try to join a fraternity.

Charles tutors history in Lillian's '50s cafe.

Jamie wants to convince a boy she is not shallow.

Buddy takes over while Charles visits his kin.

Adam observes Charles' way with women.