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STTW: ``Terrible Things'' (#003)

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Airing Info

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Original Air Date

18 Oct 96, 9:00pm ET / 8:00pm CT (4th aired episode; 4th week)

Production Date

unknown

Running Time

info to come

Repeated

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Also Shown

please see Worldwide airings of STTW

Episode Content

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Story

When Sabrina makes three wishes come true for her unsuspecting friends, she learns the truth of her aunts' warnings that one shouldn't meddle with the fate of others, and is faced with the ominous task of explaining her error to the Witches' Council. (from ABC's AOL folder)

Opening Scene

Sabrina has to do a quick change when she discovers she's wearing the same outfit as Libby. [Sabrina, Jenny, Libby and other students in hallway at school (also, Sabrina in bathroom)]

Closing Scene

Mr. Pool talks to Principal Larue in hall and offers to wash his car.

Fourth Outfit

• Outfit: work clothes, tool belt, hardhat and workboots, holding shovel
• Line: ``I'm ready to clean my closet!''

Character Names

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Credits

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Starring

same as ``Pilot'' (#001)

Guest-Starring

• Penn Jillette as Drell
• Sara Van Horn as Marge
• Aeryk Egan as the sports announcer
• Marvin Jones II as Randy the Destroyer
• Tom McGowan as Principal Larue
• Milo Ventimiglia as Letterman
• James Fields as the photographer

Opening Titles

same as ``Pilot'' (#001)

Opening Credits

Based on Characters Appearing in Archie Comics

Developed By           Johnathan Schmock
Co-Producer            Jon Sherman
Co-Producer            Rachel Lipman
Produced By            Kenneth R. Koch
Supervising Producers  Carrie Honigblum
                       Renee Phillips
Co-Executive Producer  Norma Safford Vela
Executive Producer     Nell Scovell
Executive Producer     Paula Hart
Written By             Jon Sherman
Directed By            Gary Halvorson

Closing Credits

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Other Info

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Ratings

Tied for 38th with Mad About You, 9.6 rating, 9.3 million homes. 10th highest-rated ABC show. 3rd highest-rated new ABC series, after Spin City (10th, 13.8 rating) and Life's Work (29th, 10.6). Note: A TGIF show beat it for the first time: Boy Meets World (35th, 9.8). For more info, see Friday night Nielsen ratings.

27 Dec 96 repeat: Highest ranking (not rating) for the series so far: 14th, 9.2 rating, 8.9 million homes. For more info, see Friday night Nielsen ratings.

Commercials

(as shown in Rochester, NY, on affiliate WOKR)

• First Break
  • Subway sandwich shop
  • ..?..
  • Salon Selectives hair styling products
  • Pet Doctor Barbie
  • promo: Brand Spanking New Doug
  • local: News Source 13 Rochester Fastrac Radar

• Second Break
  • James and the Giant Peach on video
  • Walmart MasterCard
  • Red Lobster
  • promo: Clueless
  • promo: Lois and Clark
  • That Thing You Do!
  • local: the Bon-Ton (store)
  • local: Nazareth Schools
  • local: Mary Eileen Callan for State Senate paid political ad
  • local: Value City Furniture

• Third Break
  • Cheerios
  • Always Ultra-Thin with Wings
  • Johnson's No More Tears Baby Shampoo
  • McDonald's deluxe sandwiches
  • promo: Relativity

Opinions

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Favorite Lines

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Favorite Scenes

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Other Good Stuff

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Weak Points and Mistakes

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DYNs

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• James Fields, who plays the photographer who snaps Jenny's picture in the lunchroom, is Melissa's real-life boyfriend.
• Principal Larue's first name is Steve.

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