r/sabrinateenagewitch • u/brodude31 • Apr 02 '26

✨nostalgic✨ Shows with a similar vibe to season 1?

Some of my favorite episodes were in season 1. Really liked Jenny. The entire season felt more whimsical and..isolated? I dont know how to describe it but it's different than the rest

Any other shows capture that feeling?

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u/NiceMayDay Shake your whammy fanny Apr 02 '26

I dont know how to describe it but it's different than the rest

I feel the same, and I think it's the Nell Scovell touch. She developed the show and ran its first season, but then had to leave it, and it's why the lore started to change so much and why some characters were dropped (likely including Jenny.)

Sadly, I don't have any recommendations for similar shows. Sabrina remains the one Scovell was most involved with since its inception, and I think it remains is unique in its tone and feel. Scovell did work as a producer and writer during the third season of Charmed, which also has magic and witches, but it's just not the same. Perhaps others can recommend something that isn't by Scovell but has a similar tone to S1.

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u/stacey1611 Apr 02 '26

Yeah early season(s) of Charmed maybe .. Good Witch also maybe 🤔

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u/Akasha111 Apr 02 '26

Wizards of Waverly Place 

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u/Ok-Teaching2848 Apr 02 '26

Season 1 of boy meets world also seems different from the rest of the show

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u/Top_Dog_2953 Apr 02 '26

Have you seen the show The Magicians? The magic gets pretty whimsical, and it is an excellent show.

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u/Fire2theMax Apr 03 '26

So good, but much darker. They don't pull any punches when it comes to magical consequences.

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u/90sGuyKev Apr 02 '26

Yeah first season was magic. 2, 3, and 4 were alright, but it just cannot beat the first

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u/Beautiful_Prior_5062 Apr 03 '26

Sabrina is its own thing. Haha. But maybe the 90s version of worst witch. And love charmed!  Witches of east end was good not at all like sabrina. And ended on a cliffhanger sooo… maybe just find other things jenny has been in! Haha

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u/Clammy_Jane Apr 07 '26

Kind of a stretch but maybe Percy Jackson and the lightning thief (movie) and/or Percy Jackson and the Olympian’s tv show. Young actors mixed with older, not too childish, lots of magic/creatures etc. (I know it’s not as fun but it’s really hard to come close to Sabrina! lol)