''Sabrina's Secret Life'' ( French: ''Le Secret de Sabrina'') is a 2003

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based on the

Archie Comics Archie Comic Publications, Inc., is an American comic book publisher headquartered in Pelham, New York.Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' is a comic book series published by Archie Comics about the adventures of a fictional American teenager named Sabrina Spellman. Sabrina was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo, and first appeared ...

co-produced by

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and Les Studios Tex SARL. It originally aired in syndication on the

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block in 2003 as a

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series to '' Sabrina: The Animated Series'' (and '' Sabrina: Friends Forever''). This was the final series to be produced by Les Studios Tex, as they ceased operations around the time the show ended.

Overview

In this series,

Sabrina Spellman Sabrina Victoria Spellman is the eponymous character of the Archie Comics series ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch.'' Sabrina was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo, and she first appeared in ''Archie's Mad House'' #22 in October 19 ...

is 14 years old (two years older than she was in ''Sabrina: The Animated Series'' and one year older than she was in the '' Friends Forever'' movie, but still younger than usually portrayed in the comics) attending Greendale

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. Chloe and her family have moved away, Gem Stone attends a

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far away from Greendale and Uncle Quigley, Pi and the Spookie Jar have mysteriously vanished. Sabrina's new best friend is a girl named Maritza; additionally, Sabrina still has a crush on her friend Harvey. Although ''Sabrina's Secret Life'' is set during her high school years, Sabrina's magic is considerably less strong than it was in the original series. Unlike the previous series, where Sabrina made magic with a wave of her hand and an

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, here she uses a

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to cast spells. Most of the original voice cast did not return for this series.

Characters

(voiced by

Britt McKillip Britt Analisa McKillip (born January 18, 1991) is a Canadian actress and singer. Her credits include the film ''Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktacular'' and its sequel ''Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy'', and her role as Reggie Lass in th ...

, reprising her role from ''Friends Forever'') is a 14-year-old

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at Greendale High and had grown and matured since ''Sabrina: The Animated Series'' ended. She secretly has her courses of magic and witchcraft with Cassandra. Her character and personality are still the same and she still has her romantic crush on Harvey. She also wears a different midriff dress than the previous series. *

Salem Saberhagen Salem Saberhagen is a fictional character from the American Archie Comics comic series ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch''. Salem is an American Shorthair cat who lives with Sabrina Spellman, Hilda Spellman and Zelda Spellman in the fictional town of G ...

(voiced by

Maurice LaMarche Maurice LaMarche (born March 30, 1958) is a Canadian voice actor, comedian, and impressionist. He has voiced the Brain in '' Animaniacs'' as well as its spin-off '' Pinky and the Brain'', Big Bob in ''Hey Arnold!'' (1996–2004), and a variety of ...

) did not change in this series, as he still helps Sabrina with her problems. He has also taken over Uncle Quigley's role as the voice of reason for Sabrina. *

Hilda Spellman Hildegarde Antoinette "Hilda" Spellman is a character featured in the Archie comic book ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch''. Hilda is a full witch (as opposed to half or fully mortal) who lives in the fictional town of Greendale (in the 1990s live-ac ...

and

Zelda Spellman Zelda Phiona Spellman is a character featured in the Archie comic book ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch''. Zelda is a full witch (as opposed to half or fully mortal) who lives in the fictional town of Greendale (in the 1990s live-action sitcom, Zeld ...

are Sabrina's paternal aunts who help their niece with her increasingly powerful magical abilities and proper uses of magic. * Harvey Kinkle (voiced by Michael Heyward) is portrayed as more grown-up, attractive, athletic and smarter but, at the same time, much ditzier than in the original series. He has the same romantic crush on Sabrina and still does not know her magical and mystical secret. * Cassandra (voiced by

Tifanie Christun Tifanie Christun (born February 27, 1972) is an American voice actress. She is the daughter of Ray Lenhart and Cheryl Saban, the stepdaughter of Haim Saban, and the sister of Heidi Lenhart. She is also known as Tifany Lenhart and Tiffany Christ ...

) is Enchantra's niece and Sabrina's best friend-turned-enemy who goes with Sabrina to the same witchcraft courses. In the beginning, she served as Gem Stone's replacement, but she gets kinder progressively. In the end, she and Sabrina become best friends again. * Maritza (voiced by Vanesa Tomasino) is Sabrina's new best friend and Chloe's replacement. She's very similar to Chloe physically and emotionally but, unlike her, she does not know that Sabrina is a witch. * Queen Enchantra is the Queen of all witches. She is portrayed much warmer, friendlier, nicer and kinder than she was in '' Sabrina: The Animated Series.'' * Ms. Magrooney is Sabrina's teacher in both the Human World and The Netherworld. * Mr. Snipe is Sabrina's teacher in both the Human World and The Netherworld.

Episodes

Production

On October 7, 2002, DIC announced the series' production, which they revealed that the popularity of the live-action sitcom led the company to produce a new Sabrina cartoon to follow up on '' Sabrina: The Animated Series.'' DIC also confirmed that ''Sabrina's Secret Life'' would be shown off at MIPCOM 2002 for a fall 2003 release.

Broadcast

The series was first pre-sold internationally at Mipcom 2002. In November 2002, DIC announced pre-sale rights were sold to

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in Germany,

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in Latin America,

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in Italy, Noga Communications in Israel and Saran in Turkey. In 2004, Disney Channels Worldwide purchased the pay rights to the series in United Kingdom, Asia, Taiwan, Australia, France, Latin America, Brazil, the Middle East, and Spain as part of a package with '' Sabrina: The Animated Series'' titled "Totally Sabrina", which would air on

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and

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networks. The package was also pre-sold to TF1 in France,

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in Ireland,

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in Italy,

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in Austria,

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in Greece,

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in Spain,

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in Brazil and

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in Canada, alongside addition to broadcasters who already purchased ''Secret Life,'' like Super RTL, Noga Communications and Saran. In the United States, the show aired on DIC's Syndicated programming block

. The show also reran on

and

for a short time from 2004-2005 and on

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as part of the network's ''

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'' block in 2006-2007 and later again as part of the network's ''

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'' block from September 18, 2010 to January 29, 2011, when it was replaced by ''

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'' and ''

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''; however, all DIC references in these later CBS broadcasts have been replaced by Cookie Jar references. The show would later premiere in France on TF1 on October 25, 2004. In Germany, the show broadcast as simply a third season of ''Sabrina, the Animated Series,'' both under the title ''Simsalabim Sabrina,''.Simsalabim Sabrina

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', 2008.

References

External links

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