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Charles in Charge is a popular American sitcom series that stars Scott Baio as the title character, Charles. Charles is a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and in exchange for housing and board, he works as a live-in babysitter. Scott Vincent Baio, who directed multiple episodes of the show, was given credit under his full name throughout the series. It began airing on CBS on October 3, 1984, and continued until April 3, 1985, when it was pulled off the schedule because of poor performance in the Nielsen ratings. After that, it enjoyed a more successful run in first-run syndication, which lasted from January 3, 1987 to November 10, 1990 and consisted of a total of 126 original episodes being shown. The program was produced by Al Burton Productions and Scholastic Productions in conjunction with Universal Television. NBCUniversal Television Distribution and New Line Cinema Corporation were responsible for the program's distribution.