In the sitcom, however, none of these things were ever taken terribly seriously. And the loveable family cat, Salem, could talk because he was actually a warlock who was serving 100 years as a cat as punishment for trying to take over the world in what appears to have been a major military operation, in which Sabrina’s aunt Hilda was also involved. Sabrina’s mortal boyfriend Harvey walks away for a long time after finally discovering the truth and realizing just how often she’d manipulated him, mind and body, for years. Celebrities were regularly snatched from whatever they were doing for bizarre experiences they had to assume were dreams.
The Witches’ Council’s draconian rules were just the start. Sabrina’s mortal mother, for example, cannot lay eyes on her daughter without turning into a ball of wax, a possibility horrifyingly actually rendered in season six episode The Whole Ball Of Wax. The Witches Council appears to be a highly repressive and prejudiced (racist? speciesist? Mugglist?) regime, controlling every aspect of witches’ lives whether they live in the magical Other Realm or in the mortal world. Looking back, there was some content in the Sabrina sitcom that, if not quite dark or mature, was certainly weird and somewhat horrifying. This tone is reflected in the spooky teasers, and a quick, but potentially spoilery, glance at the Wikipedia page for the comic indicates just how dark it could get (there’s a lot more Satan involved than we remember from the sitcom, and a storyline or two that might be more expected on Game Of Thrones).
A companion series to similarly Archie Comics-inspired Riverdale, this show will be ‘darker’ and ‘more macabre’ according to showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. It’s based on a new horror comic strip that has been running under the same title since 2014, and has relocated Sabrina from the fictional town of Westbridge, Massachusetts to ‘Greendale’ ( Community fans – begin speculation on how much of Community this could explain!). Netflix’s new show, The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina, will be a completely different series with a very different tone to the light-hearted animations, 1960s comic strips, TV movies, and the sitcom. Originally created by Archie Comics in the 1960s, there have been four animated series and several made-for-TV movies about Sabrina, but the character is best known from the sitcom that aired between 19, starring Melissa Joan Hart.
Among the many, many 1990s reboots coming your way over the next few years ( Buffy The Vampire Slayer! Frasier! The Simpsons is actually still going by the way!), Netflix is developing a new, recast, and rebooted series focusing on Sabrina The Teenage Witch.
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