Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Cat Showdown
TV Flash files “Cat Showdown” as hour 19 of 163 in the TV Flash guide — Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996–2003) on ABC/The WB, season 1, episode 19, aired 1997-03-21, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E19: listed hour 19 of 163 in the Sabrina the Teenage Witch guide, hour 19 of 24 in season 1. It aired 1997-03-21 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Sweet Charity” (S01E18). Next is “Meeting Dad's Girlfriend” (S01E20).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Sabrina has blown her allowance, and Salem has maxed out his credit card over the phone, so they decide to enter a cat show to earn the prize money, but soon find themselves wrapped up in a blackmail scheme to force the judge to throw the competition, and, to avoid being caught, Sabrina has to transform herself into a contestant. Meanwhile, Hilda and Zelda seek out a magical perfume that will make Zelda repulsive to their love-sick mailman Dirk, and Hilda gets shrunk as a punishment for taking free samples in the magical "Full Moon" shop.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Cat Showdown sit in the Sabrina the Teenage Witch guide?
S01E19 is listed hour 19 of 163 — hour 19 of 24 in season 1, season 1 episode 19.
When did Sabrina the Teenage Witch S01E19 air?
Cat Showdown aired 1997-03-21 and is listed at 30 minutes.
ABC or The WB?
An ABC TGIF hit that later moved to The WB. Same aunts, same cat, mid-spell network hop.
In the series
Why this series still plays
A talking cat, two witch aunts, and Melissa Joan Hart learning spells between locker drama. TGIF fantasy sitcom at peak teen branding: Salem’s deadpan, mortal-boy problems, magic as after-school accessory. Enchantment that hopped networks mid-run and still plays like comfort candy — light, catchy, a pointing finger you still flinch at.
In medias res in a TGIF kitchen: a talking cat, two witch aunts, Melissa Joan Hart learning spells between locker drama. Nell Scovell developed the series from Archie Comics (1996–2003). Max can keep his teen-magic streaming windows; this is late-1990s youth branding as a network night — ABC hit that later moved to The WB mid-spell. Caroline Rhea's Hilda, Beth Broderick's Zelda, Nick Bakay's Salem, Nate Richert's Harvey as mortal-boy problem. Light fantasy multi-cam with massive teen appeal. Salem's deadpan.…
Filed against
- Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman
Melissa Joan Hart learned spells between locker drama as Sabrina Spellman — TGIF fantasy sitcom at peak teen branding, a talking cat, two witch aunts, magic as after-school accessory. Enchantment that hopped networks mid-run. TV Flash…
- Caroline Rhea as Hilda Spellman
Caroline Rhea’s Hilda Spellman made Sabrina the Teenage Witch an aunt you could hear from the kitchen — 1990s catalog TGIF enchantment, then Phineas and Ferb stretching the voice into a mom who never quite busts the boys. TV Flash files…
- Beth Broderick as Zelda Spellman
Beth Broderick’s Zelda Spellman aunted Sabrina the Teenage Witch as TGIF fantasy at peak teen branding — a talking cat, two witch aunts, Melissa Joan Hart learning spells between locker drama, Salem’s deadpan, magic as after-school…
- Nate Richert as Harvey Kinkle
Nate Richert’s Harvey Kinkle was the mortal-boy problem on Sabrina the Teenage Witch — TGIF fantasy at peak teen branding, Melissa Joan Hart’s spells between locker drama, a talking cat, two witch aunts, magic as after-school accessory.…
- Nick Bakay as Salem Saberhagen
Nick Bakay’s Salem Saberhagen was the deadpan in Sabrina the Teenage Witch’s talking cat — 1990s TGIF fantasy, Melissa Joan Hart’s spells between locker drama, two witch aunts, mortal-boy problems, magic as after-school accessory. TV…