Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

TV Episode

Inna-Gadda-Sabrina

by Sheldon Bull, directed by Gary Halvorson
(ABC-TV, USA, 7 November 1997) \pt. 1 of the 1997 TGIF Crossover]

In a crossover involving all four of ABC’s Friday night family-friendly shows, Salem eats Sabrina’s time ball, sending their world back to the 1960s and sending each of the other shows’ characters to a different decade as well. You could argue that the time ball causes the whole culture to experience the world as if it were back in the 1960s rather than producing actual time travel. —Inmate Jan

You hold it and your surroundings become whatever decade you think of.

On the set of Sabrina’s house, Caroline Rhea (as Hilda), Melissa Joan Hart
(as Sabrina), and Beth Broderick (as Zelda) flash peace signs in sixties clothes.

Eloi Honorable Mention

Fantasy
Comedy
Audience: Families
Debatable Time Travel

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TV Episode

Boy Meets World (s05e06)

No Guts, No Cory

by Lara Olsen and Patricia Carr, directed by Alan Myerson
(ABC-TV, USA, 7 November 1997) \pt. 2 of the 1997 TGIF Crossover]

As part of ABC’s Friday night crossover, Salem (the cat from tag-4138 Sabrina) transports the Boy Meets World world to 1940s America where Cory, his dad, and Shawn all ship off to war. —Michael Main

I don’t know how I would handle living back then. You know, I wonder what it was like during World War II.

Down on one knee, Ben Savage (as Cory Matthews in a World War 2 uniform)
proposes to Danielle Fishel (as Topenga in a 1940s dress).

Fantasy
Comedy
Audience: Families
Debatable Time Travel

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TV Episode

You Wish (s01e07)

Genie without a Cause

by Jeff Sherman, directed by Jeff McCracken
(ABC-TV, USA, 7 November 1997) \pt. 3 of the 1997 TGIF Crossover]

In the third part of ABC’s Friday night crossover, Sabrina’s cat Salem transports the You Wish gang to the 1950s Travis has a James Dean-ish drag race, Genie inspires a young Bob Dylan, and Salem tries to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Felix the Cat. —Michael Main

I hope this is the one where she stomps on the grapes.

Closing title card Episode 7 of You Wish, with an ad for abc dot com and
Sabrina riding a bicycle across the moon.

Fantasy
Comedy
Audience: Families
Debatable Time Travel

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TV Episode

Teen Angel (s01e07)

One Dog Night

by Michael Price, directed by Gary Halvorson
(ABC-TV, USA, 7 November 1997) \pt. 4 of the 1997 TGIF Crossover]

The final part of ABC’s Friday night crossover took Salem the cat to Teen Angel’s house where he transports Teen Angel and the family back to the time of disco and, apparently, altered the course of the 1976 presidential election. —Michael Main

Oh, honey, you can go any time. Disco’s gonna last forever.

Fantasy
Comedy
Audience: Families
Debatable Time Travel

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TV Episode

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (s06e22)

I Fall to Pieces

by Jon Vandergriff, directed by Melissa Joan Hart
(The WB-TV, USA, 10 May 2002)

On the rebound from a breakup, Aunt Hilda meets her soul mate—the conductor from the Halloween mystery train—and if the wedding is to go on, Rodin to do his thing. —Inmate Jan

Oh, I can’t believe it: The only time a witch falls to pieces is when she’s separated from her soul mate.

In cardinal and gold bridesmaid dresses, Beth Broderick (as Zelda) and Melissa
Joan Hart (as Sabrina) pose beside bride Caroline Rhea (as Hilda).

Fantasy
Comedy
Audience: Families
Debatable Time Travel

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TV Episode

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (s07e08)

Bada Ping!

by Nancy Cohen, directed by Anson Williams
(The WB-TV, USA, 22 November 2002)

Sabrina takes Salem into the future to find out her fate after gangster Mickey Brentwood finds out that she’s writing an exposé on his shady practices. —Inmate Jan