Series synopsis
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American comedy family sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on ABC on September 27, 1996. It ended on April 24, 2003. It was created by Nell Scovell. It stars Melissa Joan Hart, Caroline Rhea, Elisa Donovan and Beth Broderick.
On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her 600-year-old aunts Hilda and Zelda as well as talking cat Salem in the fictional town of Westbridge, Massachusetts.
Premise
On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her 600-year-old aunts Hilda and Zelda as well as talking cat Salem in the fictional town of Westbridge, Massachusetts.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman
- Caroline Rhea as Hilda Spellman
- Elisa Donovan as Morgan Cavanaugh
- Beth Broderick as Zelda Spellman
- Nate Richert as Harvey Kinkle
- Soleil Moon Frye as Roxie King
- Jenna Leigh Green as Libby Chessler
- Martin Mull as Willard Kraft
Supporting cast
- Michelle Beaudoin as Jenny Kelley
- Paul Feig as Eugene Poole
- Lindsay Sloane as Valerie Birkhead
- Alimi Ballard as Quizmaster
- Nick Bakay as Salem Saberhagen (voice)
Guest cast
- Jesse Plemons as Bigger Kid
- Sean Cw Johnson as Delivery Man
- Louisa Abernathy as Caterer
- Teller as Skippy
- Debbie Harry as Cassandra
- Robby Benson as Edward Spellman
- Penn Jillette as Drell
- Bridget Flanery as Jill
- Shaun Weiss as Male Student
- Ella Joyce as Mrs. Bogzigian
- Eddie Allen as Guidance Counselor
- Tom McGowan as Principal Larue
Episodes
This series spans 7 seasons with 163 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 24 | September 27, 1996 | May 16, 1997 |
| Season 2 | 26 | September 26, 1997 | May 15, 1998 |
| Season 3 | 25 | September 25, 1998 | May 21, 1999 |
| Season 4 | 22 | September 24, 1999 | May 5, 2000 |
| Season 5 | 22 | September 22, 2000 | May 18, 2001 |
| Season 6 | 22 | October 5, 2001 | May 10, 2002 |
| Season 7 | 22 | September 20, 2002 | April 24, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Pilot On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman finds out that she is a witch. However, instead of helping her, it actually makes life more difficult, especially after she gets on the wrong side of head cheerleader, Libby. |
September 27, 1996 |
| 2 |
Bundt Friday Sabrina slips Libby some truth sprinkles to make her confess to spreading nasty lies, but her plan backfires when the goodies make Jenny reveal she's sweet on Sabrina's love interest, Harvey. Meanwhile, Hilda prepares for a date with Drell - despite his having stood her up over 1,000 times in the past. |
October 4, 1996 |
| 3 |
The True Adventures of Rudy Kazootie In an attempt at earning some money to buy roller blades, Sabrina takes a job babysitting a little boy. However, when she is trying to calm him down, she inadvertently casts a spell which turns him into a man. |
October 11, 1996 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sabrina Gets Her License (1) All of Sabrina's responsibilities as student, girlfriend and witch pile up on her as she fails her witch's exam and ends up at witch boot camp. |
September 26, 1997 |
| 2 |
Sabrina Gets Her License (2) Sabrina plans to escape from boot camp to be with Harvey. |
September 26, 1997 |
| 3 |
Dummy for Love Sabrina takes advantage of Vice Principal Kraft's attraction to Aunt Hilda. |
October 3, 1997 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad Season Opener As Sabrina continues to avoid choosing between Harvey and Dashiell, the pair give her an ultimatum: choose one of them, or neither will stay with her. Meanwhile, her aunts inform that she is finally to receive her witch's license. |
September 25, 1998 |
| 2 |
Boy Was My Face Red To ease Valerie's embarrassment Sabrina casts a spell which helps Valerie, but the spell turns her face red. |
October 2, 1998 |
| 3 |
Suspicious Minds Sabrina gets jealous when Mr. Kraft's assignment calls for the students to pair up and pretend to be married and Libby makes sure that Harvey is her partner. |
October 9, 1998 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
No Place Like Home Sabrina goes to live with her father in Paris. |
September 24, 1999 |
| 2 |
Dream a Little Dreama Me Sabrina learns that she has been instructed to mentor a witch student, and it turns out that her student is the new girl at school, Dreama. However, Dreama's clumsy spells arouse Harvey's friend Brad's suspicions, revealing his true nature. |
October 1, 1999 |
| 3 |
Jealousy Sabrina turns green with envy, literally, after Harvey and Brad become best friends, triggering a case of Jealotosis - an intense green-eyed witch envy - when Harvey teams up with Brad instead of her to write an article for the school paper. |
October 8, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Every Witch Way but Loose Sabrina goes to college and moves into an old house with roomies Roxie, Morgan and Miles. She finds out she can't live a completely normal life as a witch. |
September 22, 2000 |
| 2 |
Double Time Sabrina casts a spell to speed herself up. Zelda takes a position as a prof at the college. |
September 29, 2000 |
| 3 |
Heart of the Matter Hilda takes over the coffee shop while Sabrina casts a spell so she'll say yes to everyone who asks her out after turning down too many dates. |
October 6, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Really Big Season Opener Sabrina and Miles decide to produce a horror picture and some of the actors may be real monsters. |
October 5, 2001 |
| 2 |
Sabrina's Date with Destiny Josh returns from his summer in Prague and says that he's taking a job overseas. |
October 12, 2001 |
| 3 |
What's News Josh's newspaper job is taking all of his time away from Sabrina and she finds out that Morgan is dating Harvey. |
October 19, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Total Sabrina Live! Morgan submits Sabrina's article to a contest and she lands a job at Scorch magazine. Zelda and Hilda move back to the Other Realm and Sabrina and friends move into their house. |
September 20, 2002 |
| 2 |
The Big Head Sabrina's first assignment at Scorch is to interview a rock star which Sabrina ends up teaching a bit of humility. |
September 27, 2002 |
| 3 |
Call Me Crazy First Sabrina thinks everyone considers her too young, then her babbling about herself and (oops!) magic has them thinking she's bonkers and finally an interview with Ashanti gives her some newfound respect. |
October 4, 2002 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 27, 1996 |
| Last aired | April 24, 2003 |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Friday at 20:30:00 |