New Sabrina the Teenage Witch TV show

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It’s not a bunch of hocus pocus. The one character from the Archie Comics universe that fans wanted to drop by Riverdale most will be heading to The CW as the star of her own show. Deadline reports that the network has been developing a Sabrina the Teenage Witch reboot under the name of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. She’s not in the TGIF comedy block anymore.

The latest iteration of Sabrina the Teenage Witch could potentially act as Riverdale’s companion series for the 2018-2019 television season, though specifics are far from being locked down. However, the same team that updated Archie and turned him and his friends into a 2017 sensation will helm Sabrina. CW extraordinaire Greg Berlanti will produce, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa will write, and Lee Toland Krieger will direct. But what can we expect from the narrative of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina? Much like the murderous twist of Riverdale, things are about to get dark for Sabrina Spellman, and it’s going to be magical.

Forget what you know about Sabrina the Teenage Witch because the new and reimagined version of the comic classic takes a page from the spellbooks of The Craft, Charmed and even Buffy the Vampire Slayer. According to Deadline, the Sabrina companion series will pick up with the dark story of Aguirre-Sacasa’s 2014 comic book series of the same name. The Chilling Adventures would trade wise-cracking black cats and a pair of zany aunts for a coming of age tale toiling with horror elements, the occult, and Sabrina’s half mortal-dom.

Although the source material finds Sabrina growing up in the 1960s, The CW’s take would most likely fast forward to present day in order to pair with Riverdale. With the scarce information that’s currently available on the pilot, it already sounds like a series worth watching, given that the winning formula of its Archie predecessor courses through its fabric. But let’s hope The CW tightens the title to something much cleaner in the event the network picks up the pilot to series.

During the first season of Riverdale, fans fervently hoped for a cameo appearance from Sabrina, but whether due to casting hold ups or a lack of space in the 13 episodes, the teen witch never appeared. While it remains to be seen if Sabrina will pop up in the upcoming second season, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to introduce the character, in some shape or form, before the potential offshoot premieres. And that begs the question: Will the series exist in the same universe?

It’s hard to imagine that Riverdale will ignore the existence of the spooky teen from the other side of the river. After all, the first season hinted at the supernatural — or, at the very least, strange — happenings going on next door to the town with pep (even though that zombie fan theory never panned out). But should Sabrina appear on a series that has so far been tethered to reality, does that mean Riverdale must bend its rules and believe in magic? If anyone will welcome a teen witch with open arms, it’ll be Veronica.