It was announced today during Netflix’s Television Critics Association panel that Chilling Adventures of Sabrina will debut its 10-episode first season on October 26. The date gives the series the usual pre-Halloween spot usually held by Netflix’s Halloween-mainstay, Stranger Things. That show, of course, has been delayed until next year in order to ensure the show delivers something “bigger and better” for Season 3.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is based on the comic series of the same name published by Archie Comics. The series first debuted back in 2014 from Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and artist Robert Hack and reimagined the classic character Sabrina the Teenage Witch in a dark coming-of-age story. The show, which is said to draw inspiration from Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist, will focus on Sabrina’s struggle to maintain her mortal and witch sides.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina stars Kiernan Shipka as Sabrina Spellman, Michelle Gomez as Mary Wardwell/Madam Satan, Jaz Sinclair as Rosalind Walker, Chance Perdomo as Ambrose Spellman, Lucy Davis as Hilda Spellman, Miranda Otto as Zelda Spellman, Ross Lynch as Harvey Kinkle, and Richard Coyle as Father Blackwood.