Sabrina the Teenage Witch
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad Season Opener
TV Flash files “It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad Season Opener” as the first listed hour of season 3 — Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996–2003) on ABC/The WB, season 3, episode 1, aired 1998-09-25, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E01: listed hour 51 of 163 in the Sabrina the Teenage Witch guide, first listed hour of season 3. It aired 1998-09-25 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Mom vs. Magic” (S02E26). Next is “Boy Was My Face Red” (S03E02).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Having trouble picking between Dashiell and Harvey, Sabrina thinks her decision will be easier when she gets her witch's license.
Viewer FAQ
Where does It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad Season Opener sit in the Sabrina the Teenage Witch guide?
S03E01 is listed hour 51 of 163 — first listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 1.
When did Sabrina the Teenage Witch S03E01 air?
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad Season Opener aired 1998-09-25 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…