A magical show. Sabrina the Teenage Witch premiered in September 1996 as part of ABC’s “TGIF” and quickly became a hit. The sitcom, which followed teen witch Sabrina Spellman as she learned to balance high school and her powers, aired for seven seasons consisting of 163 episodes. The show ended in April 2003.
The series starred Melissa Joan Hart as the lead, Sabrina Spellman, who lived with aunts Hilda (Caroline Rhea) and Zelda (Beth Broderick). Nate Richert starred as her on-off boyfriend, Harvey, while Jenna Leigh Green portrayed her high school enemy, Libby. As for who she gets all her advice from, that comes in the form of her cat, Salem, voiced by Nick Bakay.
“I probably identify with Clarissa the most. Although I know that more people identified and felt very akin to Sabrina,” Hart told Us Weekly exclusively in 2017 when looking back on the role, referring to her role in Clarissa Explains It All, which she led from 1991 to 1994. “But I have to say the most fun role was Mel in Melissa & Joey for me. The other two were always fixing things and could solve problems and what not. But as Mel, I got to be the tornado that tore everything apart. It was like the Lucy character. The one that was always getting in trouble and causing a riot!”
In 2018, Bakay reflected on the impact the series had.
“I am surprised because you can never bank on something having longevity, especially with how disposable pop culture is,” he told Refinery29 at the time. “But if you think about it, this is back when there were not quite so many channels. Also, like I said, I felt like every girl of a certain age in America was watching that show. I feel like there’s just a generation that the cat means a lot to. I’ve often joked I could run for president because the subliminal sound of my voice would get me a lot of votes.”
Scroll through the gallery below to see what the cast is up to today.
In 2003, three months after the end of the magical series, she married Mark Wilkerson. The pair have three sons, their first arriving in January 2006, the second in March 2008 and the third in September 2012. In 2009, she competed on Dancing With the Stars and continued acting, leading the sitcom Melissa & Joey from 2010 to 2015 and appearing in multiple movie and TV shows including Holiday in Handcuffs, Nine Dead and No Good Nick.
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In addition to voicing Salem, Bakay also served as a writer on the sitcom. He went on to write Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Zookeeper and for shows including Two and a Half Men and Young Sheldon. He was a writer and an executive producer on CBS' Mom.
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The comedian went on to do multiple stand-up specials after Sabrina. She had her own talk show for one year and hosted The Biggest Loser from 2004 to 2006. She and her former partner, comedian Costaki Economopoulos, have a daughter, born in October 2008.
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Broderick went on to star in numerous films and TV shows including Timber Falls, Lost and Under the Dome. She is the founder of Momentum, one of the first New York organizations to help assist those suffering with AIDS. She also wrote three plays, A Cup of Joe, Wonderland and Literatti. In 2005, she married Scott Paetty.
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Following his role on Sabrina, Richert starred in four films before retiring from acting in 2006. Richert married Malorie Felt in 2019. He works as a singer-songwriter.
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Green pursued her acting career after the show ended, landing a role in the musical Wicked and eventually performing on Broadway. She also appeared in multiple TV shows and movies including You Again, Skin and The Loudest Voice.
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The actor continued his TV and film career, recurring on The Ellen Show, Danny Phantom, Arrested Development, American Dad! and The Ranch, among many others. In 2018, he landed a lead role on The Cool Kids. Mull is married to singer Wendy Haas and they share one daughter.
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