‘Charmed’ Original Series & Reboot Writers Feud After Finale

Meredith Jacobs
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Melonie Diaz, Lucy Barrett, Sarah Jeffery in Charmed
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Fans of the CW shows know all about the multiverse, thanks to the Arrowverse. But by the end of the reboot of Charmed, there was a new multiverse on the network… only it wasn’t one everyone could get behind.

The finale ended with the reboot’s Charmed Ones — Mel (Melonie Diaz), Maggie (Sarah Jeffery), and Kaela (Lucy Barrett) — traveling to the front porch of the Halliwell Manor, home to the original’s Piper (Holly Marie Combs), Phoebe (Alyssa Milano), Paige (Rose McGowan), and Prue (Shannen Doherty). While the reboot’s executive producers had their own ideas for what would have happened next, given the series ended with them walking inside, a writer from the original series disagreed.

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“As an original #Charmed writer, I can tell u what happened next: Piper, Phoebe & Paige vanquished the 3 imposters right after they invaded Halliwell Manor. Then @H_Combs blew up the portal to that other universe & quipped: ‘We wish them well,'” Curtis Kheel wrote on Twitter on June 11, referencing Combs’ own words in 2017. (The stars of both Charmed shows have been in disagreement for quite a while about the reboot.)

The reboot’s writers’ official Twitter account quote-tweeted that post with the following response: “Unlike with the OG version of the franchise, we had a strict ‘no assholes’ hiring policy in the writer’s room. We feel mostly sorry for these people, because unlike them we actually like each other and had the BEST time. Onward…”

The reboot’s writers added in a follow-up tweet that they “LOVE both versions, which is why we set out to create a cohesive universe. In our minds there is zero competition in a long line of strong young witches tasked with repeatedly saving the world.”

Then, in a thread on June 12, Kheel explained, “The idea that there are more #CharmedOnes than just Prue/Piper/Phoebe/Paige is retrofit nonsense, meant to legitimize the reboot. I call bulls**t. Yes, there is a multiverse. We saw plenty of alternate universes in the original show so that’s not a new concept at all. However in the Charmed multiverse, Prue/Piper/Phoebe/Paige are ALWAYS the Charmed Ones in every universe. Otherwise, it’s not #Charmed. It’s just another show pretending to be Charmed because Paramount decided they could make some money by slapping that title on it.” Read more from Kheel in the tweets below.

However those involved with both shows might feel, at this point, that nod to the original series in the finale isn’t going to be leading anywhere. That was the end of the reboot, following the CW canceling Charmed along with Dynasty (after five seasons), In the Dark (after four seasons), Legacies (after four seasons, marking an end to the Vampire Diaries francise), Roswell, New Mexico (after four seasons), 4400 (after its first season), and Naomi (after its first season) on May 12.

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    PurplePuzzle

    The original charmed was the best I only watched two shows of the new charmed didn't like it I love the original one always it was the best

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    GoldPuzzle

    Umm Phoebe (Actress Alyssa Milano) is Italian decent she’s not Latina.

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    CyanDog

    darling, I alyssa (actor playing phoebe in old show) is not a latina, she doesnt even look like it, she's of italian decent.. not spanish or mexican.. so the old writers didnt have to adress it 😉 also, if the "new" writers wanted to try and use the old show to save their new one, maybe they shouldnt have spent all that time and energy villifying and invalidating the old show and the old fans.. but they did.. even went so far as to say the old show didnt exist in their eyes.. then BAM as a hail mary because their own writing and original attitude got them cancelled they tried to bring up the original show.. old writers concluded the show because there wasnt going to be a spin off or anything. they didnt mean to bring it back. seems new ones wanted to in a bid to un-cancel the show

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    CyanLamp

    I love both shows and I think they should bring the new one back and include the old charmed. I love the new one because it has more diversity when it came to the inclusion of other races. Yes phoebe is Latina in real life but they never addressed it in the old one. The new writers were smart to include everyone so every person that watched it could feel like they mattered too. I don't see what the problem is?? If the old writers wanted to bring charmed back they shouldn't have made them old in the last episode or at least used their great grandkids in a reboot. Their lose.

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    PurpleAnchor

    I liked them both the first had the opportunity to grow as the second did not... multiverse could have saved both but there are always villains for every story. Logic would have it, for a fictional story, that one person nor one group can save the world (outside of my God). The rule is that you can't succeed by yourself,so one group of three no matter how we see them can save the entire world. Then the original had boys in the line of sisterhood....there are flaws. I was hoping for a generational take with alil multiverse action against multiple big bads. Opportunity lost by the way of the non compromising.🙆🤷🤦.