Charmed multimedia
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The television series Charmed is broadcast in many countries around the world, and several seasons have been released on DVD and spawned representation in other media, such as in the form of soundtracks.
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[edit] Syndication
The series was originally shown on the WB television network in the United States and on CTV in Canada, with independent station SunTV (originally Toronto 1) picking up the show's 8th season after CTV decided against continuing its broadcast.
Currently, the show is licensed to a number of networks in North America, with the major carriers being TNT and Canada's Showcase Diva. TNT airs four different episodes each weekday at 8:00am, 9:00am, 4:00pm & 5:00pm E/P.[1] Showcase Diva airs the same episode twice a day, Monday - Friday at Noon & 7:00pm ET (9:00am & 4:00pm PT).[2] Charmed is shown in the Province of Quebec in French on VRAK.TV Mondays at 9:00pm (21h00) with repeats Friday at 6:00pm (18h00) and Saturday at 8:00pm (20h00).[3]
Outside of North America, Charmed is broadcast in a high number of other countries and television networks, each with their own schedule for the series, and sometimes with their own title for the series. Countries where Charmed airs include the following:
- Argentina: Charmed airs on the (with subtitles), on the cable channel Sony Entertainment Television in primetime and reruns of the first three seasons, Monday to Friday afternoons.
- Australia: Network Ten (free-to-air channel) airs Season 8, Tuesdays at 9:30pm (21:30)[1]. TV1 (on Austar and Foxtel) airs Season 6, Thursdays at 7:30pm (19:30)[2].
- Belgium: Charmed reruns and new seasons air on Kanaal Twee.
- Bosnia: Charmed airs on Pink channel daily.
- Croatia: Charmed is on Nova TV.
- Denmark: Season 8 recently finished on TV3. Charmed is named "Heksene fra Warren Manor" (Danish), which translated means "The witches from Warren Manor". The name was briefly changed to "Charmed" a few years back and then changed back again.
- Finland: Charmed is on Nelonen (Channel 4). Its Finnish name is "Siskoni on noita", which when translated back to English is "My Sister is a Witch". Nelonen is currently airing re-runs of Season 1, every Sunday at 13:30. The last episode of Season 7 aired in June 2006.
- France: The series finale of Charmed aired November 25, 2006 on M6.
- Germany: Seasons 1-7 have been aired on Pro 7 under the title "Charmed - Zauberhafte Hexen", the latter phrase meaning "Magical Witches" (or, ambiguously, "Enchanting Witches"). Season 8 is currently on every Tuesday at 8:15pm. The German dub was also bought by Austrian ORF1.
- Greece: Star Channel is currently showing Season 8 every Sunday at 16:30.
- Hungary: The show was bought in 2003 by TV2, starting in a weekly primetime slot, but in later seasons removed to a daily, afternoon timeslot. After the broadcast of Season 7, reruns were started weekly in 2005, but they were abandoned after Season 3's Wrestling with Demons not to cause a conflict with Season 8 episodes starting to air daily on September 4, 2006 [3]. The series finale aired October 3, 2006 and the reruns continued roughly a month later. The show's title in Hungarian is Bűbájos boszorkák [4], roughly meaning "Charming witches".
- India: Season 8 of Charmed is shown on Star World.
- Indonesia: Charmed Season 7 is shown on SCTV.
- Ireland: Charmed is aired terrestrially on TV3.
- Italy: Charmed (in Italian "Streghe", which means "witches") is mostly shown on Rai Due which has begun showing Season 8 on June 15 every Thursday at 9 pm with 3 episodes a night. The Series Finale Forever Charmed aired on August 3, 2006. Charmed reruns are on FOX (Seasons 1-6) and La7 (Seasons 1-4).
- Lebanon: The show airs on Star World, Tuesdays at 21:00 and the last episode aired on June 13, 2006. It also airs on Showtime Arabia's TV Land (Season 5 until now) and on MBC 4 (Season 4 until now).
- Macedonia: "Волшебнички" (Charmed) airs on A1 TV, every night at 23:30, and currently airing Season 7.
- Malaysia: Season 7 is currently running on ntv7 every Wednesday at 11:15pm.
- Malta: Charmed can be viewed on Thursdays at 9pm or Saturdays at 10pm on Living TV. It is also shown on Living TV from Noon until 2pm and repeated at 5pm-7pm daily.
- Mexico: Charmed airs (with subtittles) on the cable channel Sony Entertainment Television airing Season 8 Saturdays at 10:00am and random reruns of Seasons 1-7 Monday through Friday at 3:00pm and 3:00am. Local channels 5 and 4 from Televisa showed Seasons 1-5 in Spanish, but has been cancelled on those channels.
- Middle East & North Africa: Charmed airs on satellite from the major networks, on the Showtime Arabia satellite Pay-TV network via TV Land, as well as on Star World, via the Arab Digital Distribution platform. On Free to Air satellite, it's broadcasted on the MBC network's MBC 4 channel.
- Netherlands: Season 8 aired Friday nights at 8:30pm on NET 5, the last eight episodes will air in 2007 starting with 12 Angry Zen on January 5, 2007.
- New Zealand: Charmed has finished on TV 3 and Season 6 is current on Sundays and repeating on Mondays on Sky1.
- Norway: TV3 has finished showing Season 8. Reruns of all seasons are shown on ZTV.
- Poland: Polsat is showing Season 1 every Saturday.
- Portugal: TVI is showing Season 7 every night (with subtitles), Season 8 will be shown later on this year.
- Philippines: It airs on Studio 23 every Monday since March 1999, all year long with a complete repeat of the current season every year until the new season airs, which is usually end of March or early April. Season 8 currently airs every Monday at 7:30pm on Studio 23 and every Tuesday at 8:00pm and repeats of the last episode every Wednesday at 11:00am, Saturday at 7:00pm and Sunday at Noon on Star World, an Australasia-wide cable channel. Season 8 just finished on both broadcasters, currently only Studio 23 reruns of the selected episodes of Season 7 and full Season 8 episodes starting September 22, Friday at 8:20pm. Before Studio 23 was on broadcast, it was the first pilot channel seen over RPN 9 from Seasons 1-3.
- Serbia: Charmed is on Pink channel everyday as Čari (Literally Charms). It ended with Season 7 in December 2005.
- Singapore: Season 8 of Charmed can be viewed on MediaCorp TV Channel 5 every Friday at 8:30pm. Charmed can also be viewed on Star World (cable TV) Tuesday nights at 8:00pm.
- Slovenia: Charmed is on Kanal A as Čarovnice (literally Witches). Now airing Season 5 every Saturday and Sunday.
- Spain: New seasons are on Telecinco and older seasons are currently repeated on Cosmopolitan (television)|Cosmopolitan]], FDF and Cuatro.
- Sweden: The final episode of Charmed aired September 10, 2006 on TV3. In Sweden, Charmed is called Förhäxad, which can be translated to both Bewitched or Charmed. One episode from Seasons 1-8 is broadcast every Saturday evening.
- Switzerland: SF2 is showing Seasons 1-8.
- Turkey: Charmed is aired on Dizimax channel. Seasons 1-7 are broadcasted everyday.
- United Kingdom and Ireland: Charmed can be seen daily on satellite and cable channel Living TV as well as Channel 6. Terrestrial channel Five airs Seasons 1-7 on Saturdays; Channel 4 has bought the rights for Season 8 on normal British terrestrial television, and will be showing it every Sunday, repeats will be shown on Saturday.[4]
- Venezuela: Season 7 airs on RCTV in the afternoons.
[edit] DVDs
DVDs of Charmed were released no earlier than 2005, mostly due to licensing issues with the commercial songs in the individual episodes.
The first seven Charmed DVD sets contain no special features whatsoever, in accordance with Paramount's "no extras" policy,[5] and much to the chagrin of both the fans and of Charmed executive producer, Brad Kern, who has stated many times that his continuing efforts to persuade Paramount to include any extras were unsuccessful.[6] In 2006, Paramount's television DVD department was taken over by CBS, resulting in a promise that the last Charmed DVD box set will contain extras (see below for known release dates).[7]
Issue #12 of Charmed magazine includes an interview with Brad Kern, which contains info on the Season 8 extras. He said they would like to get at least 90 minutes of extras, which "would include episode commentaries, hopefully bloopers, set tours," making it an extensive extras package. Kern is also pushing for the unaired pilot (starring Lori Rom as Phoebe Halliwell) to be included as part of the extras; however, it is experiencing some legal problems at the moment.[8].
On 16 November 2006, 1600 limited edition Book of Shadows DVD box sets were released in Australia, featuring Seasons 1-7. Each set comes with a numbered certificate and includes a selection of the original illustrated pages used in the actual Book of Shadows featured in the show. A write-up of every episode for each season is followed by that season on six discs, which fit on one page. The book contains an extra page reserved for the release of the Season 8 DVDs expected in 2007.[9]
[edit] Release dates
[edit] Cover art
Most regions share the same cover art; only the covers for Seasons 3, 5 and 7 have been changed from their Region 1 releases. At this time, it is unknown if Season 8 will feature a different cover for Region 1.
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[edit] Soundtracks
[edit] Charmed: The Soundtrack (2003)
- "Hot" — Smash Mouth
- "Danger" — Third Eye Blind
- "Strict Machine" — Goldfrapp
- "Maybe Tomorrow" — Stereophonics
- "Rinse" — Vanessa Carlton
- "I Can't Take It" — Andy Stochansky
- "Worn Me Down" — Rachel Yamagata
- "Do You Realize??" — Flaming Lips
- "New Favorite Things" — Balligomingo featuring Lucy Woodward
- "Rainbow In The Sky" — Ziggy Marley
- "How Soon Is Now" — Love Spit Love
[edit] Charmed: The Book of Shadows (2005)
- "Take It Off" — The Donnas
- "Take A Look" — Liz Phair
- "Sand In My Shoes" — Dido
- "Fallen (Dan The Automator Remix)" — Sarah McLachlan
- "I Can't Make Me (Chris Lord Algo Remix)" — Butterfly Boucher
- "San Francisco" — Vanessa Carlton
- "Pieces Of Me (David Garcia And High Spies Remix)" — Ashlee Simpson
- "Unbroken" — Missy Higgins
- "Free (Swiss American Federation Club Remix)" — Sarah Brightman
- "I Close My Eyes" — Shivaree
- "Home" — Zero 7
[edit] Charmed: The Final Chapter (2006)
- "Baby Got Going" — Liz Phair
- "Pinch Me" — Barenaked Ladies
- "Needs" — Collective Soul
- "Good Enough" — Sarah McLachlan
- "Weight Of The World" — Chantal Kreviazuk
- "Tears From The Moon" — Conjure One feat. Sinéad O'Connor
- "Superfabulous" — BT feat. Rose McGowan
- "Weave" — Rusted Root
- "Goodbye" — Natalie Imbruglia
- "Stolen Car" — Beth Orton
- "Bell, Book & Candle" — Eddi Reader
- "Name Of The Game" — The Crystal Method
[edit] References
- ^ TNT Daily Schedule. TNT.tv. Retrieved on 2006-10-28.
- ^ Showcase Diva daily schedule. Showcase.ca. Retrieved on 2006-10-28.
- ^ VRAK.TV daily schedule. VRAK.tv. Retrieved on 2006-11-09.
- ^ Wilkes, Neil. "Channel 4 picks up final 'Charmed' season", Digitalspy.co.uk, 2006-04-07. Retrieved on 2006-06-06.
- ^ Lambert, David. "Final word from extras on Charmed", TVShowsOnDVD.com, 2004-10-01. Retrieved on 2006-06-06.
- ^ Lacey, Gord. "Brad Kern Interview", TVShowsOnDVD.com, 2006-02-27. Retrieved on 2006-06-06.
- ^ Lacey, Gord. "CBS works some magic - Extras on Season 8", TVShowsOnDVD.com, 2006-04-04. Retrieved on 2006-06-06.
- ^ Lacey, Gord. "Charmed magazine talks about Season 8 Extras", TVShowsOnDVD.com, 2006-08-10. Retrieved on 2006-08-09.
- ^ Charmed - Book Of Shadows DVD Collection (Region 4). ezedvd.com.au. Retrieved on 2006-10-12.
- ^ "Charmed - The Complete Seventh Season (Region 1)", TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved on 2006-11-01.
- ^ Charmed - Season 8 (Complete). Herald Sun HiT. Retrieved on 2006-11-21.
- ^ Charmed: Season 8 auf DVD. ATSerien.de. Retrieved on 2006-11-11.
- ^ Charmed : Saison 8, partie 1 - Coffret 3 DVD. Amazon.fr. Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
- ^ DVD news. AntonioGenna.net. Retrieved on 2006-12-12.
- ^ van Oostrum, Arnold. "Tot ziens Charmed!", DVD.nl, 2006-12-11. Retrieved on 2006-12-12.
- ^ Lacey, Gord. "Season 7 Artwork (Region 1)", TVShowsOnDVD.com, 2006-10-28. Retrieved on 2006-10-28.
[edit] External links
- Region 1 DVD News for Charmed TVShowsOnDVD.com
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| Locations and Artifacts: San Francisco Bay Area | Halliwell Manor | Magic School | The Nexus | Book of Shadows |
| Good beings: Charmed Ones | Close friends | Family and friends | Whitelighters | Elders |
| Evil beings: Darklighters | Warlocks |
| Neutral: Avatars | The Hollow | Firestarters |
