Shannen Doherty Shares What Fans Must Do for a Charmed Reunion


Shannen Doherty.
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Shannen Doherty supplied some recommendations on how Charmed followers might help velocity up the method of getting an official reunion collection with the unique forged greenlit.

“So the best way that it really works is that as actors, except we wrote the present, created it and produced it, we’ve no rights to it,” Doherty, 53, mentioned on the Monday, Might 20, episode of her “Let’s Be Clear” podcast. “I consider CBS owns the present. The one particular person or firm that may make a reunion occur is CBS.”

Whereas Doherty and her costars don’t have a say in greenlighting a brand new Charmed undertaking, she inspired the collection followers to not hand over and take motion into their very own fingers.

“So in the event you guys actually need one you need to bombard their Instagram, [CBS’] Fb, write mail. I don’t even know the right way to do any of that however that’s the one approach,” she mentioned. “You understand, do some petitions and ship them in. That’s just about the one approach that it might occur.”

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Nevertheless, Doherty joked {that a} reunion must “occur fairly shortly except you need to see all of us as grandmas.”

Doherty starred on Charmed for 3 seasons alongside Holly Marie Combs and Alyssa Milano because the Halliwell sisters. Combs, 50, and Milano, 51, continued on the present till it wrapped after eight seasons alongside Rose McGowan who was introduced in for season 4 as lengthy misplaced sister Paige, Doherty’s alternative.

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Whereas the unique Charmed aired from 1998 to 2006, a reboot collection for the CW was ordered in 2018 that includes a brand new forged of characters. Lots of the stars and writers of the unique present slammed the reboot for not taking the unique forged into consideration.

“Till you ask us to rewrite it like [showrunner] Brad Kern did weekly, don’t even consider capitalizing on our arduous work,” Combs tweeted in 2018. “Charmed belongs to the 4 of us, our huge quantity of writers, crews and predominantly the followers. FYI you’ll not idiot them by proudly owning a title/stamp. So bye.”

Along with feuding with the brand new Charmed, rigidity brewed amongst the collection’ authentic stars. Throughout a December 2023 episode of Doherty’s podcast, Combs claimed that Milano had gotten Doherty fired from the collection. Milano, for her half, has vehemently denied the allegations. The backwards and forwards between the ladies reignited a feud that seemingly started behind the scenes of Charmed.

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“Holly and I weren’t imply on the podcast, my podcast ‘Let’s Be Clear.’ In reality, we went in and edited out something that we thought would trigger extra drama,” Doherty mentioned throughout a February look at Megacon. “We merely instructed the reality as a result of the reality truly does matter. However we wished to attempt to prevent, the followers, from heartbreak as a lot as humanly doable.”

As for McGowan and Doherty, the 2 ladies by no means labored collectively on display — however have bonded over time. On the Monday episode of her podcast, Doherty teased that she deliberate on chatting with McGowan quickly.

“Rose and I get alongside rather well and we love one another,” she mentioned whereas confirming McGowan would “one hundred pc” seem on the podcast sooner or later. “I actually respect her basis. I don’t imply a basis like a charity basis, I imply like a basis in herself.”