Sabrina the Teenage Witch’s Nate Richert Says He Only Ever Watched 2 Episodes of the Show (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Nate Richert in 2024 and in 1999.Photo:Gerardo Mora/Getty; Bob D’Amico/Disney General Entertainment Content/ Getty

Gerardo Mora/Getty; Bob D’Amico/Disney General Entertainment Content/ Getty

Sabrina the Teenage Witchmay be a cult classic, but starNate Richertsays he’s only watched twice.

PEOPLE caught up with the actor, 46, who starred as Harvey Kinkle alongside series leadMelissa Joan Hartin the late ‘90s sitcom, at90s Conin Daytona Beach, Fla. in September — and he shared a little known fact about how frequently he viewed the show.

“I watched two episodes,” Richert told PEOPLE of how often he tuned in toSabrina the Teenage Witchwhen it originally aired.

Nate Richert and Melissa Joan Hart in 1996 on SABRINA, THE TEENAGE WITCH.Frank Carroll/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty

Frank Carroll/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty

Since then, things have changed a bit.

“I have recently. I’ve seen a little,” he confessed, which may be, in part, because his 14-year-old son watches the nostalgic series.

However, when the series debuted in 1996, there was good reason for the special occasions when he did pay attention.

“I watched the first one we ever did because Melissa [Joan Hart] had a party and made us all come over and watch it,” Richert laughed as he told PEOPLE. “And then I watched the first one she ever directed because she had a party and made us come over [to] watch it.”

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One character who was not present for the event was Salem, Sabrina’s trusted, but sharp-tongued talking cat.

According to Richert, the crew used more than a dozen live stunt doubles during filming.

Melissa Joan Hart and Salem in 1997 on SABRINA, THE TEENAGE WITCH.ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty

ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty

“I was told that, now I never counted, but when there was a real cat involved, I was told there were 13 of them,” he told PEOPLE.

“What I do know is each one of them had a different chore, like what they were good at. So one cat was good at wearing clothes, one cat was good at climbing ladders. So they all had their special thing,” Richert said. “And then when we had the animatronic cat talking, this woman would be in the furniture. So if the cat was on the back of the couch, you knew that she might be in the couch. So don’t sit down too hard ‘cause you’ll crush her.”

The rest of the cast also weighed in on the beloved pet, and how he might be different if there was ever a reboot.

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“Some of Salem’s lines might have to change. Like he might’ve been a little racy, might have been a little inappropriate,” Hart, 48, told PEOPLE. “There were things that went over kids’ heads that were for the adults. But that was mainly Salem’s lines.”

Sabrina the Teenage Witchis currently streaming on Hulu and Paramount+.

source: people.com