The only two actors who would appear in both the film and television series would be Melissa Joan Hart, whose character possessed a different surname from her comic book and television counterpart, and Michelle Beaudoin, whose character was renamed for the television series. Also of note is the fact that, unlike the comics, which were set in the fictional town of Greendale, and the eventual television series (located in an equally fictional town named Westbridge), the television film was said to take place in Riverdale. This was the name originally used in the comics for the home of Archie and his group of friends.
Although set in the United States, just like the comics and said television series, the movie was shot entirely in British Columbia, Canada.
The movie centers around Sabrina Sawyer, who is sent to live with her eccentric aunts in Riverdale. On her 16th birthday, Sabrina discovers that she is a witch. Sabrina then develops a crush on Seth, the cutest boy in school who happens to be dating Katie La More, the school's "queen bee aka mean girl." Sabrina has to find a way to use her newly discovered magical power to get Seth to notice her, but at the same time not cast a love spell, which could backfire on her.
After Katie dumps Seth, he starts to notice Sabrina. Sabrina is able to use her magic to win a track competition and get Seth to ask her to the Spring Fling. Katie discovers Sabrina's secret and sets out to let everyone know what Sabrina is. Sabrina has to use her magic to turn Katie into a poodle to stop her but later changes her back. All the while, Harvey likes Sabrina and waits to see if she will have a change of heart and start to notice him. The story ends happily with Sabrina and Harvey together at the dance.
In the film, Sabrina's last name is Sawyer and not Spellman as in the TV show.
In the film, Sabrina lives in Riverdale (same as Archie Andrews in the comics) and in the TV show lives in Westbridge.
In the TV show, she uses her finger to cast spells, but in the film, she just needs the power of her mind.
In the film, both her parents are witches, while in the TV show her father is a witch and her mother is mortal (non-witch)
In the film, Katie takes the part as the antagonist, while in the series it is Libby.
Michelle Beaudoin plays Marnie, Sabrina's unintelligent and unpopular friend, whereas in the first season of the TV show, her character (also Sabrina's best friend) is called Jenny and is quite clever.
Katie is more like a stereotypical cheerleader than Libby as she is blonde and slim, while Libby is dark-haired and curvy.
Harvey is "nerdy" in the film whereas in the TV series, he is more of a "jock".
In the TV show, Aunt Hilda is the rather unintelligent "fun Aunt" and Aunt Zelda is much more brilliant and serious. In the film, both witches are quite clever, but Zelda is much more serious than Hilda.
The person who plays Salem's voice is different
In the TV show, Salem is much more self-centered and was turned into a cat for attempting to take over the world, while in the movie Salem is much more sophisticated and turned into a cat for kissing someone who did never really love him.
With the exception of Sabrina and Marnie/Jenny everyone in both the sitcom and film are played by different actors. For example: Harvey, Aunt Hilda and Aunt Zelda.
In the TV show, Sabrina is told she is a witch before she goes to school. In the film, she goes to school, not knowing she is a witch, but finds out the night of her 16th birthday by finding the spell book. In the series the aunts gave her the book.
In the film, Sabrina had a surprise birthday party with everyone from school, in the series, it was only the aunts and Salem.
In the film, Sabrina already knows Marnie/Jenny, which in the series she meets Jenny for the first time.
Season One: "Pilot" • "Bundt Friday" • "The True Adventures of Rudy Kazootie" • "Terrible Things" • "A Halloween Story" • "Dream Date" • "Third Aunt From the Sun" • "Magic Joel" • "Geek Like Me" • "Sweet and Sour Victory" • "A Girl and Her Cat" • "Trial by Fury" • "Jenny's Non-Dream" • "Sabrina Through the Looking Glass" • "Hilda and Zelda: The Teenage Years" • "Mars Attracts" • "First Kiss" • "Sweet Charity" • "Cat Showdown" • "Meeting Dad's Girlfriend" • "As Westbridge Turns" • "The Great Mistake" • "The Crucible" • "Troll Bride" Season Two: "Sabrina Gets Her License (Part 1)" • "Sabrina Gets Her License (Part 2)" • "Dummy For Love" • "Dante's Inferno • "A Doll's Story" • "Sabrina, the Teenage Boy" • "A River of Candy Corn Runs Through It • "Inna Gadda Sabrina" • "Witch Trash" • "To Tell a Mortal • "Oh What A Tangled Spell She Weaves" • "Sabrina Claus" • "Little Big Kraft" • "Five Easy Pieces of Libby" • "Finger Lickin' Flu" • "Sabrina and The Beanstalk" • "The Equalizer" • "2x18- The Band Episode" • "When Teens Collide" • "My Nightmare, the Car" • "Fear Strikes Up a Conversation" • "Quiz Show" • "Disneyworld" • "Sabrina's Choice" • "Rumor Mill" • "Mom vs. Magic" Season Three: "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Season Opener" • "Boy Was My Face Red" • "Suspicious Minds" • "The Pom Pom Incident" • "Pancake Madness" • "Good Will Haunting" • "You Bet Your Family" • "And The Sabrina Goes To..." • "Nobody Nose Libby Like Sabrina Knows Libby" • "Sabrina and the Beast" • "Christmas Amnesia" • "Whose So-Called Life Is It Anyway?" • "What Price Harvey?" • "Mrs. Kraft" • "Sabrina and the Pirates" • "Sabrina, the Matchmaker" • "Salem, the Boy" • "Sabrina, the Teenage Writer" • "The Big Sleep" • "Sabrina's Pen Pal" • "Sabrina's Real World" • "The Long and Winding Shortcut" • "Sabrina, the Sandman" • "Silent Movie" • "The Good, the Bad and the Luau" Season Four: "No Place Like Home" • "Dream a Little Dreama Me" • "Jealousy" • "Little Orphan Hilda" • "Spoiled Rotten" • "Episode LXXXI: The Phantom Menace" • "Prelude to a Kiss" • "Aging, Not So Gracefully" • "Love Means Having to Say You're Sorry" • "Ice Station Sabrina" • "Salem and Juliette" • "Sabrina, Nipping at Your Nose" • "Now You See Her, Now You Don't" • "Super Hero" • "Love in Bloom" • "Welcome Back, Duke" • "Salem's Daughter" • "Dreama, the Mouse" • "The Wild, Wild Witch" • "She's Baaack!" • "The Four Faces of Sabrina" • "The End of an Era" Season Five: "Every Witch Way but Loose" • "Double Time" • "Heart of the Matter" • "You Can't Twin" • "House of Pi's" • "The Halloween Scene" • "Welcome, Traveler" • "Some of My Best Friends Are Half-Mortals" • "Lost at 'C'" • "Sabrina's Perfect Christmas" • "My Best Shot" • "Tick-Tock Hilda's Clock" • "Sabrina's New Roommate" • "Making the Grade" • "Love is a Many Complicated Thing" • "Sabrina, the Muse" • "Beach Blanket Bizarro" • "Witchright Hall" • "Sabrina, the Activist" • "Do You See What I See?" • "Sabrina's Got Spirit" • "Finally!" Season Six: "Really Big Season Opener" • "Sabrina's Date with Destiny" • "What's News" • "Murder on the Halloween Express" • "The Gift of Gab" • "Thin Ice" • "Hex, Lies & No Videotape" • "Humble Pie" • "A Birthday Witch" • "Deliver Us from E-mail" • "Cloud Ten" • "Sabrina and the Candidate" • "I Think I Love You" • "The Arrangement" • "Time After Time" • "Sabrina and the Kiss" • "The Competition" • "I, Busybody" • "Guilty!" • "The Whole Ball of Wax" • "Driving Mr. Goodman" • "I Fall to Pieces" Season Seven: "Total Sabrina Live!" • "The Big Head" • "Call Me Crazy" • "Shift Happens" • "Free Sabrina" • "Sabrina Unplugged" • "Witch Way Out" • "Bada-Ping!" • "It's a Hot, Hot, Hot, Hot Christmas" • "Ping, Ping A Song" • "The Lyin', the Witch and the Wardrobe" • "In Sabrina We Trust" • "Sabrina in Wonderland" • "Present Perfect" • "Cirque du Sabrina" • "Getting To Nose You" • "Romance Looming" • "Spellmanian Slip" • "You Slay Me" • "A Fish Tale" • "What a Witch Wants" • "Soul Mates"
Songs
"Walk of Life" • "Abracadabra" • "Hey Mr. DJ (Keep Playin' This Song)" • "One Way or Another" • "Kate" • "Show Me Love" • "Giddy Up" • "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" • "Magnet and Steel" • "So I Fall Again" • "Smash" • "I Know What Boys Like" • "Doctor Jones" • "Soda Pop" • "Amnesia" • "Blah Blah Blah"
