“But that is the difference between a show in the ‘60s and a show in the ‘90s created by someone who grew up in the ‘70s and had Gloria Steinem in her life,” she says. Many of the choices Scovell would go on to make during her single-season tenure on Sabrina and later in her career were directly influenced by some of the women she looked up to growing up post- Bewitched.
“What was so much fun for me was that twist,” Scovell admits. “She doesn't have a date for the prom, so her aunts make one out of man-dough, as one does.” Scovell can’t help but chuckle recalling the sixth episode of the first season, titled “Dream Date,” with guest star Brian Austin Green.īut the zaniness of the sitcom, and what it would quickly become-a teen classic that, unlike the older classic, Bewitched, portrayed a young witch who is encouraged to use, not hide her powers-was what made it so remarkable. “It was just running all the old sitcom tropes through this additional twist of magic,” she says. Scovell, at first, seems modest about its impact and helming the series, which she adapted from the original Archie Comics. It ran for seven seasons, ending in 2003. It’s been 25 years since Sabrina, The Teenage Witch premiered on ABC. She, like me, wanted to be good in school, and a good person.” She doesn't want to be a cheerleader popular. “And the revolutionary idea of Sabrina is she's a good kid. “I wanted to make a show that I would've liked to watch when I was a young a girl,” she tells on a Zoom call from Los Angeles.
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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. Release date to be announced.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. One of the main buildings that will be used in the show will be Dann’s Electronics in Cloverdale, located at 5657 176 Street.Įpisodes will run at twenty episodes a season and is set for two seasons. Additional known roles include Jaz Sinclair, who will play Rosalind Walker, Michelle Gomez as Mary Wardell, and Chance Perdomo as Ambrose Spellman.įilming will happen in Cloverdale, and starts March 5th, running up until December 5th. Sabrina Spellman will be played by Kiernan Shipka, who is known for her role as Sally Draper in Mad Men. Gotta catch up to #Riverdale… A long way to go, but the PATH OF NIGHT begins here… /9g0JJjrhjv It will be set in Greendale, a town fairly close to Riverdale.
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In parallel, the new series will focus on Sabrina’s inner struggle as half-witch, half-mortal, as she faces off against the evil beings that threaten humanity. The comic reimagines the origins and experiences the adolescent witch goes through as more of a dark, coming of age story. Made by the makers of Riverdale, a Netflix series with a similar ‘dark’ reimagining of a comic favourite, Sabrina is supposed to hold plenty of “horror, occult, and witchcraft.” Chief Creative Officer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is using horror such as Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist as his inspiration for the reboot. The new reboot, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, will be a original Netflix series, inspired by the comic “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.” The enchanting Sabrina The Teenage Witch series is returning to the screen, this time with a dark twist.
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