The showrunners were annoyed by the network constantly using Sex Sells to promote the series, feeling they were misrepresenting it.
Most of the skimpy outfits the sisters had to wear when transformed into various magical creatures. Alyssa Milano got the worst of it and said she hated dressing up in them - saying in 2021 that the skimpiness was the only way to keep the show on the air. The exception is the genie outfit (which she used a picture of for her official website). Likewise Rose McGowan said "Nymphs Just Want To Have Fun" was her least favourite episode because of the nymph costume she had to wear. Alyssa did clarify in 2021 that the show's sex positivity was ultimately a good thing in her eyes.
"I hope we didn't make something that was 'bad for the world' for eight years. I think we gave permission to a generation of women to be themselves and to be strong and own their sexuality. I'm so proud of what this show meant to so many.”
Holly Marie Combs had this about the famous "Coyote Piper" dance on the bar before she'd even shot it. She claims she had to be drunk while filming the dance.
Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs eventually both said that they didn't like the way Prue was killed offscreen; the former saying that it was too mundane a death for such a strong character like Prue and in the scene itself "we look like we're taking a nap", and the latter saying it was done "very poorly".
Years later, Holly expressed frustrations with Piper's character around Season 5 and 6; feeling as though every other scene was her crying about Leo, and calling it "really exhausting".
"She became really exhausting around like season five, and so she mellowed out more by design and my needs ... But she was growing,"
Rose McGowan really hated Paige's Really Gets Around behaviour in Season 5 - where she would be seen with a different guy every week. The main reason being that she disliked having to film these raunchy scenes with actors she had literally just met. This resulted in long term love interests like Richard Montana, Kyle Brody and Henry Mitchell. She later took the time to complain in her autobiography about the lack of female crew members compared to males, on a show about female empowerment.
"Only one female director was hired in the entire five years I was there, and the crew sank her. This was a show about three young women, and they had not in all the time I was there had a female director...I feel horribly about not fighting for her more, but I didn't fully understand the dynamics of what was happening. My character was too busy talking to leprechauns to have the time."
Brad Kern regrets not including a photo of Prue in the finale.
Krista Vernoff, who was a writer and producer until the end of Season 5, described "A Witch's Tail" as the episode that was the last straw for her. The blatant Fanservice of Phoebe turning into a mermaid with scales barely covering her nipples saw a spike in male viewers, and it led to the network trying to find more ways to get the three leads into similar outfits. Although she left at the end of the season primarily because needed to grieve for her father, the increased reliance on Fanservice was a deciding factor.
Scout Taylor-Compton, who played Thistle the fairy princess, mentioned on her Talk Scary to Me podcast that she didn't enjoy her time on the show. Although on the House of Halliwell podcast, Holly Marie Combs recalls her approaching her at a convention and saying it was a "great experience".
Brian Krause wasn't happy with the 'Leo gets frozen' arc in Season 8, since it was him being written out for ten episodes due to budget cuts. No one else in the cast and crew was happy with it either, and they all took pay cuts to allow him to come Back for the Finale. Holly Marie Combs spoke disdainfully of it in particular, saying that it was a very difficult decision for her to make as a producer
Shannen Doherty on many of the behind the scenes clips could be seen criticising the quality of writing and production values. She would later however call Charmed one of her favourite roles, and her repeated convention appearances in the 2010s and 2020s suggest she has mellowed to it. In a 2023 podcast, she actually stated it was "the best show" and she was heartbroken to be fired from it.
Armin Shimerman had a terrible time on the show, calling it the main cast among the worst he had ever worked with.
The showrunners are deeply ashamed of Season 1's "The Wedding From Hell", which is regarded as one of the show's worst episodes.
