From left to right: John Bosley, Eve French, Kate Prince, and Abby Simpson.
Charlie's Angels was brought back to television in The New '10s, with Annie Ilonzeh, Minka Kelly, and Rachael Taylor as the Angels, and Ramón Rodriguez as Bosley. With the death of John Forsythe (Charlie), executive producer Leonard Goldberg is the only constant across all three iterations of the franchise. Drew Barrymore, one of the stars (and producers) of the movie versions, was one of the series executive producers (but didn't appear on screen).
Where the original Angels were all frustrated policewomen, the new Angels are all convicts getting a second chance from Charlie.
The show was cancelled after four episodes (of eight produced).
The revived series provides examples of:
- Action Girl: As in the original, the show features three female competent fighters as its leads.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: Some reviewers wondered if this might not lead to a major Plot Hole. In the original series, where Bosley was older and out of shape, it made sense for him to stay at headquarters and let the Angels to the work, but when the new series made Bosley young, buff, and handsome, it would look odd. Eventually averted as Bosley did do a lot of work in the field this time around. (As it happens, this was a misplaced trope as the original Bosley was often in the field and even shot a few bad guys to save the Angels.)
- Bilingual Dialogue: In "Angels in Chains" when Bosley in disguise talks in English to a Cuban National Revolutionary Police Force (Policía Nacional Revolucionaria) officer, who replied to the former in Spanish.
- Classy Cat-Burglar: Abby was a beautiful cat burglar... until she was caught by police.
- Dirty Cop:
- Being a corrupt cop is the reason why Kate was off the force.
- Same happened to some Cuban Ministry of Interior officers. It wasn't the case however when the Angels found out about it.
- External Combustion: How this happened to Gloria when her sedan was destroyed in a car bomb.
- Framing the Guilty Party: How the Angels did about with the Cuban mission when they were accused of having cocaine by having planted evidence.
- Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Most episodes have "angel" in some form in their names.
- My Greatest Second Chance: Most of the Angels (and Bosley) work for Charlie for a shot at redemption for their crimes.
- Mythology Gag: The Townsend Agency's signage notes that it was founded in 1976, the year the original show premiered. Same thing with the safe deposit box as it had the same numbers too.
- Shout-Out: In the episode "Angel with a Broken Wing", the Angels mention Call of Duty after they find a disassembled sniper rifle.
- The Voice: Charlie is usually only heard on a speaker phone or over the radio. The most we see of him is his hand holding the phone, or a brief shot from behind, revealing that he's surrounded by young, beautiful women.
- Why We Can't Have Nice Things: In "Bon Voyage, Angels", the Angels meet with Scott Foster. They all "like him", until Bosley tells them that he's engaged.
- The Remake: "Angels in Chains" is based on the notorious original series episode of that name. Unfortunately, ABC decided to cancel the series after this episode aired.
