Charles in Charge [SEP] original network
Buddy Lembeck.
The series premiered on CBS on October 3, 1984, and aired initially on Wednesday nights at 8 PM paired with another new sitcom, "Dreams". Facing off against two hits in ABC's "The Fall Guy" and NBC's "Highway to Heaven", neither show performed well and "Charles in Charge" was moved to Saturday nights after the cancellation of "Dreams". CBS eventually decided to cancel the series after it made no improvement in the ratings after its move to Saturday,
. The station's original owner was Charles W. Phelan, who had been the director of sales for the Yankee Network in Boston from 1928 to early 1939. The station's first program manager also came from the Yankee Network— Van D. Sheldon, who had most recently been in charge of the Artists Bureau, where he auditioned and hired the bands that performed on the air. The programming and advertising on WESX targeted the cities and towns north of Boston, the area known as the North Shore. But by 1949, Phelan