sabrina the teenage witch season 1 episode 1

It also served as the impetus for co-creator and season 1 showrunner, Nell Scovell, a TV veteran whose writing credits include Murphy Brown, Coach, and Newhart. It’s this kind of reflection, bizarre and relatable in equal measure, that humanizes both Hart’s portrayal as well as Sabrina the series.

She, like me, wanted to be good in school, and a good person.

The revolutionary idea of Sabrina is she's a good kid. “I have to be a witch, I have to be a mortal, I have to be a teenager and I have to be a girl all at the same time. “What's the matter?” Sabrina asks with exasperation in the 14 th episode of season 1. So, while she’s struggling to fine-tune her potions, she’s also weathering a pivotal time in her life as she juggles high school, crushes, impending womanhood, and so much more. That’s partly because Sabrina, who lived with her supportive 600-year-old aunts Zelda and Hilda (Beth Broderick and Caroline Rhea), only learns that she’s half-witch with magical abilities at the start of the series, when she turns 16 years old. Starring Melissa Joan Hart, fresh off her star-making turn as the title character on Nickelodeon’s Clarissa Explains It All, Sabrina, The Teenage Witch has everything-humor, heart, magic, and a female protagonist with extraordinary powers yet similar insecurities as her young audience. But in 1996, Sabrina, The Teenage Witch was appointment viewing for 17 million households. Watching a talking cat and a teenage girl navigate the wacky ramifications of spells that make unpalatable lima beans disappear or stop the school bully from spreading lies might not seem like a fun Friday night for those growing up in the TikTok era.

Sabrina the teenage witch season 1 episode 1