The show was extremely similar in characterization and plot-structure to Out of This World (1987), but was in fact based on material which predated that show by several decades: the same Archie Comics as the series Sabrina and The Groovie Goolies - though the animated show went in a very different direction. Other fixtures in her life were her talking cat Salem (a witch punished for his megalomania by being trapped in an animal body), her oblivious love interest Harvey, and her mortal enemy Libby (former Trope Namer for the Alpha Bitch). She moves in with her witch aunts Hilda and Zelda, and learns to survive the pratfalls of high school with a little magic on her side. On her 16th birthday, Sabrina Spellman, resident of Westbridge, Massachusetts, discovers that she is a witch and has magical powers. None of the cast members carried over onto the show except Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina, and Michelle Beaudoin who played Marnie in the movie and Jenny in the show. It was preceded by a Pilot Movie that aired on Showtime but had a different setting and continuity to the show (the movie was set in Riverdale, while the show was set in Westbridge). Sabrina the Teenage Witch is a live-action sitcom that ran from 1996 to 2003, based on the Archie comic book. That Sabrina character certainly gets around, doesn't she?
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