Sabrina the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name. Its first four seasons aired on ABC from September 27, 1996 to May 5, 2000; the final three seasons ran on The WB Television Network from September 22, 2000 to April 24, 2003.

History and production

The unofficial pilot of the series was the 1996 TV movie Sabrina the Teenage Witch. The movie, produced by Hartbreak Films and aired on Showtime, starred Melissa Joan Hart as the title character, Sabrina Sawyer, and Charlene Fernetz and Sherry Miller as Sabrina's aunts Zelda and Hilda respectively. When the television series debuted on ABC later that year, Hart became Sabrina Spellman (the character's original last name in the comics), and Caroline Rhea and Beth Broderick replaced Fernetz and Miller. In 2000, the show was dropped by ABC and picked up by The WB. When viewership began to wane, the show was canceled after seven seasons. The television series was produced by Hartbreak Films and Viacom Productions, and later was syndicated through Paramount Television on reruns - which would go on to absorb Viacom Productions in 2004, and be renamed to CBS Paramount Television in 2006, whose name is seen on the season 1, 2, and 3 DVDs. Then in 2007, the syndication arm was renamed to CBS Television Distribution, whose name is on the season 4 and 5 DVDs.