"Tribune Television Blurb"
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Date: Friday, February 14, 1997
Source: By Steve Johnson, Tribune Television Critic.
Section: TEMPO
Column: Channel surfing.
Parts: 4
Copyright Chicago Tribune
"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch": It's Valentine's Day, and Sabrina,
the heroine in this sprightly, kid-aimed series (8 p.m., WLS-Ch. 7), is
being a-courted. There's a problem, however: The boy, a mortal, wants to
kiss her, and when witches, even half witches like Sabrina, kiss mortals,
they stand a chance of turning them into frogs. In the same way that "3rd
Rock from the Sun" cleverly imagines how Earth customs might appear
to visiting aliens, "Sabrina" creatively envisions, on a less
complicated level but with a sharp sensibility, the dilemmas of a magical
teen trying to lead a normal life with her witch aunts. Melissa Joan Hart
sparkles in the lead, and Penn Jillette has a dandy recurring role as head
of the Witches Council, the most powerful man in the universe.
PHOTO: Melisssa Joan Hart.
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