Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Season 1

1996 · 24 episodes · ★ 6.6

What Season 1 of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Sabrina Spellman is sixteen years old and lives in Westbridge, on the outskirts of Boston, with her aunts Hilda and Zelda and Salem, a talking cat. Her plan is simple: go to school and hang out with her friends at the pizza parlor. Everything changes on her birthday, when she discovers she is half witch and half mortal. Her spells rarely turn out the way they should, so she has to learn to master her magic without her everyday life falling apart. Among the conflicts are Libby, who spreads lies about her, and Jenny, along with her budding romance with Harvey. Hilda and Zelda guide her through the process, while Salem provides the household's comic relief.

24episodes

Sep 27, 1996premiered

May 16, 1997latest episode

8.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Pilot
Sep 27, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 6.9
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.
Directing: Robby Benson · Writing: Nell Scovell · Starring: Teller, Debbie Harry, Robby Benson, Penn Jillette
1x02 Bundt Friday
Oct 4, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 6.6
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.
Directing: Gary Halvorson · Writing: Norma Safford Vela · Starring: Bridget Flanery, Ella Joyce, Eddie Allen, Tom McGowan
1x03 The True Adventures of Rudy Kazootie
Oct 11, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 5.7
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.
Directing: Gail Mancuso · Writing: Renee Phillips, Carrie Honigblum · Starring: Randy Travis, Eddie Cibrian, Frank Conniff, Beth Kennedy
1x04 Terrible Things
Oct 18, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 7.1
Sabrina discovers that some of her closest friends have their own respective wishes, and she attempts to have all three of their desires granted.
Directing: Gary Halvorson · Writing: Jon Sherman · Starring: Penn Jillette, Tom McGowan, Sara Van Horn, Milo Ventimiglia
1x05 A Halloween Story
Oct 25, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 6.7
Sabrina faces a frightful dilemma when she must be in two places at once for Halloween.
Directing: Gary Halvorson · Writing: Nell Scovell · Starring: Sally Jessy Raphael, Emily Hart, Diane McBain, Linda Kash
1x06 Dream Date
Nov 1, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 6.7
When Sabrina is left feeling down because Harvey has agreed to go to the school dance with Libby, her aunts literally cook up a date for her, but nonetheless she still pines for him.
Directing: Gail Mancuso · Writing: Rachel Lipman · Starring: Thomas F. Wilson, Eddie Cibrian, Nicole Bilderback, Darin Singleton
1x07 Third Aunt From the Sun
Nov 8, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 6.7
Sabrina's zany Aunt Vesta pays her a visit and soon hatches a plot to entice her niece into moving to the Other Realm.
Directing: Gary Halvorson · Writing: Nick Bakay · Starring: Raquel Welch, Braeden Marcott
1x08 Magic Joel
Nov 15, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 6.4
In an effort to get Harvey's attention, Sabrina takes a job as a magician's assistant, but things go awry when she inadvertently makes the magician disappear.
Directing: Peter Baldwin · Writing: Norma Safford Vela, Nell Scovell · Starring: Andrew Keegan, Paul Provenza, Donald Faison, Ally Holmes
1x09 Geek Like Me
Nov 22, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 6.9
Popular Libby manages to turn being a geek into a position of power.
Directing: Gary Halvorson · Writing: Rachel Lipman · Starring: Bridget Flanery, Curtis Andersen, Mark Fite, James Fields
1x10 Sweet and Sour Victory
Nov 29, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 6.3
Depressed by her lack of talent at sports, Sabrina casts a spell which makes her brilliant at Kung Fu, but when she beats a seasoned professional, her conscience bothers her.
Directing: Robby Benson · Writing: Neal Boushell, Sam O'Neal · Starring: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Vien Hong, Robert Dorfman
1x11 A Girl and Her Cat Mid-Season Finale
Dec 13, 1996 · 22 min · ★ 6.3
A Christmas Eve catnapping renews Salem's love for his family.
Directing: Brian K. Roberts · Writing: Frank Conniff · Starring: Coolio, Dana Gould, Seth Adkins, Joe O'Connor
1x12 Trial by Fury
Jan 3, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 6.7
Sabrina and her aunts use magic to show an unfair teacher that what goes around comes around.
Directing: Peter Baldwin · Writing: Norma Safford Vela, Nell Scovell · Starring: Curtis Andersen, Kathy Ireland, Ed Begley Jr., Henry Gibson
1x13 Jenny's Non-Dream
Jan 10, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 6.1
After spending the weekend at Jenny's, under the advice of her aunts, Sabrina reluctantly invites Jenny to her house. However, when Jenny enters the linen closet, she ends up in the Other Realm, at the mercy of Drell.
Directing: Chuck Vinson · Writing: Jon Sherman · Starring: Teller, Penn Jillette, Jack Wagner, Chuck McCann
1x14 Sabrina Through the Looking Glass
Jan 17, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 6.6
Sabrina's in a foul mood and only baseball great Brady Anderson can help her out of her slump.
Directing: Liz Plonka · Writing: Nell Scovell · Starring: Brady Anderson, James Fields
1x15 Hilda and Zelda: the Teenage Years
Jan 31, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 7.1
Aunts Hilda and Zelda experience growing pains when they turn into teenagers for the night.
Directing: Peter Baldwin · Writing: Nell Scovell · Starring: Curtis Andersen, Judith Jones, Alexandra Johnes, Gordon Gano
1x16 Mars Attracts
Feb 7, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 6.9
Sabrina and her aunts take a trip to Mars, but Sabrina is reluctant to leave Harvey. She agrees to call him at a specified time, but when her attractive ski instructor takes a shine to her, she soon forgets about the mortal world.
Directing: Gary Halvorson · Writing: Nell Scovell · Starring: Chris Elliott, David Chokachi, Sondra Spriggs
1x17 First Kiss
Feb 14, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 6.7
As Sabrina and Harvey grow closer, her aunts reveal that when a witch kisses a mortal for the first time, the mortal turns into a frog. Unable to stop herself, however, Sabrina kisses Harvey, and must find a way to change him back.
Directing: Robby Benson · Writing: Renee Phillips, Carrie Honigblum · Starring: Penn Jillette, Paul Michael Robinson, Peter Marshall
1x18 Sweet Charity
Mar 7, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 7.0
When Sabrina uses Libby's likeness to promote a community service program, the real Libby manages to steal the limelight.
Directing: Peter Baldwin · Writing: Nell Scovell · Starring: Bridget Flanery, James Fields, Karen Morrow, Alan Young
1x19 Cat Showdown
Mar 21, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 7.1
Salem enters a cat show to make some fast cash, but Sabrina uncovers a fur-raising scandal.
Directing: David Grossman · Writing: Frank Conniff · Starring: Beth Howland, Dann Florek, Bill Fagerbakke, Patty Toy
1x20 Meeting Dad's Girlfriend
Apr 4, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 6.4
Love definitely isn't in the air when Sabrina meets her dad's new girlfriend.
Directing: David Grossman · Writing: Nell Scovell · Starring: Robby Benson, Charlene Fernetz, Patrick Thomas O'Brien
1x21 As Westbridge Turns
Apr 25, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 6.4
Sinister plots, tumultuous romance, danger, and intrigue - just another day at Westbridge High, after Sabrina casts a spell wishing for more excitement.
Directing: Gary Halvorson · Writing: Nick Bakay · Starring: Bridget Flanery, Donna D'Errico, John Loprieno, Beverly Johnson
1x22 The Great Mistake
May 2, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 6.5
Sabrina finds herself in a "little" trouble when she sneaks out of the house after being grounded.
Directing: Gary Halvorson · Writing: Jon Sherman · Starring: Tom McGowan, Wayne Duvall, Aria Noelle Curzon, Mika Boorem
1x23 The Crucible
May 9, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 6.7
Sabrina is put on trial for witchcraft when her class visits historical Salem, Massachusetts.
Directing: Gary Halvorson · Writing: Nell Scovell, Jon Sherman · Starring: Bridget Flanery, John Patrick White, Berlinda Tolbert, Kevin Nash
1x24 Troll Bride Season Finale
May 16, 1997 · 22 min · ★ 6.5
When Sabrina is tricked into marrying a troll, only a prince - a.k.a. Harvey - can save her.
Directing: Peter Baldwin · Writing: Nick Bakay, Frank Conniff · Starring: Phil Fondacaro, Bryan Cranston, Cory Buck, Frank Conniff