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Nostalgia can often make us view older TV shows through rose-tinted glasses, but the original 1998 pilot episode of Charmed really does hold up, especially when compared to the pilot episode of The CW's recent reboot . Both shows focus on a trio of sisters - the Halliwells in the original show, and the Vera/Vaughn family in the reboot - who discover that they are witches with powerful abilities and a grand destiny. The original show ran for eight seasons and starred Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs and Alyssa Milano (with Rose McGowan joining later), while the new reboot stars Madeleine Mantock, Melonie Diaz and Sarah Jeffery as Macy, Mel and Maggie , respectively. The road to the reboot's premiere wasn't entirely smooth, with Combs commenting that while she appreciated the new opportunities creates by the show, she couldn't see what was "fierce, funny, or feminist in creating a show that basically says the original actresses are too old to do a job they did 12