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Constance M. Burge is an American television writer and producer. She is the creator of the television series Charmed (1998–2006) and the short-lived series Savannah (1996–1997). Burge was also a writer for Judging Amy, Ally McBeal and Boston Public, and has produced several other shows.
Year (s)TitleWriterProducer2022YesYes2018-2019YesYes2018StoryNo2016-2017YesYesMar 14, 2004 · While getting ready for her class reunion, Phoebe reads a poem that she wrote in her high school yearbook and accidentally casts a spell that slowly reverts her back to her delinquent, high school personality.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
- Jonathan West
- 2004-03-14
Did a full hour BTS of charmed during season 2 and if I recall Constance was part of that and did an interview that’s how I learned she based the show on her sisters. YouTube should have the full thing.
Nov 7, 2019 · She earned a master’s degree in playwriting at UCLA, and mostly worked as a waitress and bartender until she landed on the writing staff on “Medicine Ball,” a short-lived 1995 Fox drama about the lives and loves of a group of young Seattle interns.
- A Buffy The Vampire Slayer Companion Piece
- The Source of The Halliwell’s Powers
- Increasing Abilities
- Mixing Character with The Supernatural
- Wish Fulfillment For The Audience
- Charmed Could Have only Worked on The WB at The Time
- The Casting of Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs
- So What Exactly Happened to The Original Phoebe?
- Give The Cast as Much Credit as The Writers
After Buffy the Vampire Slayermade its debut in 1997 and scored with critics and the audience, the WB was anxious for a companion piece. When Connie came in to pitch a different show, Suzanne Daniels, then the head of the network, told her they were looking for something having to do with the life of witches. “I didn’t know anything about witches a...
(Photo Credit: CBS Television Distribution) There is actually a lot about the Halliwell sisters that were influenced from Connie’s own family: “They were definitely created from my own life, although we’re not witches,” she laughs. “One of my sisters works for the State Department, another works for Avery Dennison. So very corporate, but definitely...
(Photo Credit: Getty Images) Early on, there was a concentrated effort to be careful not to let the Halliwells get too powerful too quickly. “We were very cautious to expand their powers in small bits,” Connie reflects, “because we were so aware that the larger their powers — the bigger their powers grow — the more formidable the people who are aft...
Explains Connie, “We tried so hard to make sure that every sister has an arc throughout the episode; that they’ll all learn their lesson, which will parallel whatever the innocent of the week is experiencing so that it doesn’t feel so random. I love to be scared, I love to laugh, and I love to cry, so we’d try to put all three in every episode when...
(Photo Credit: Getty Images) “Charmed has dramatic elements, but also romantic elements and a lot of fantasy,” she details. “The other thing is the idea of wish fulfillment; that if I wanted to, I could cast a spell and be book smart, or make everyone around me tell the truth. Imagine never having to have a bad hair day, or more serious things. Bei...
(Photo Credit: CBS Television Distribution) When it came to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, series creator Joss Whedon oftentimes sang the praises of the WB as being the only network where he would have had the freedom to bring his creative vision to life. Connie feels similarly. “I also have to credit [executive producer] Aaron Spelling, because the tru...
Although they had a sometimes contentious relationship on Beverly Hills 90210, executive producer Aaron Spelling, says Connie, “was extremely supportive of the idea of casting Shannen Doherty as Prue. Holly at the time had been on Picket Fences, and she was also dear friends with Shannen, so they had terrific chemistry with each other. Then the thi...
(Photo Credit: CBS Television Distribution) When you think of Phoebe on Charmed, it’s only natural that you would think of Alyssa Milano. But in the original pilot for the series, and even attending that year’s Television Critics Association’s gathering, actress Lori Rom was in the role. But like magic, she was gone. “My understanding,” Connie offe...
(Photo Credit: Getty Images) “Throughout the course of the first year, the show really changed so much,” Connie concludes, “and even with the characters, too, because when Shannen was playing Prue, we wrote to her strength. We also wrote to Holly’s strengths and Alyssa’s strengths. They were sogrounded as the characters, and found a good path for t...
- Ed Gross
Constance M. Burge is an American television writer, creator, and producer. She created the short-lived series Savannah and the long-running series Charmed. Burge was also a writer for Judging Amy, Ally McBeal and Boston Public and worked as a producer for several other shows too.
Dec 18, 2023 · While the chemistry between the Halliwell sisters worked onscreen, behind-the-scenes tensions were high and history repeated itself when Doherty exited after three seasons.
