Bewitched

Bewitched is a American sitcom that aired from 1964 to 1972 on ABC. In the series are Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Dick Sargent and Agnes Moorehead to see. The series was broadcast around the world and is the longest running television series with a supernatural theme from the sixties andseventies. The lead actress Elizabeth Montgomery was on 4 January 2008 posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == The emphasis of the series is the mixed marriage of a nose-twitching witch, Samantha Stephens, and her human husband, Darrin. The series, a romantic comedy, it shows how even the most difficult situations, the true love between a witch and a human, can tolerate.
 * 2 Background
 * 2.1 Production
 * 2.2 unique elements
 * 2.3 Changes
 * 3 Cast
 * 3.1 regular characters
 * 3.2 recurring characters
 * 4 spin-offs
 * 5 Remakes
 * 6 external links

Darrin McMann and Tate advertising agency for the works. By profit-obsessed boss, Larry Tate, is a regular in the series. Larry is a regular source of misery for Darrin.

The mother of Samantha, Endora, hates normal humans, and approves Darrin strongly off. Also many other relatives of Samantha must have nothing of marriage. Many episodes revolve around Endora, or one of the members of her family, who use magic to undermine the relationship. Many episodes begin with Darrin who once again victim of a spell, what makes for tricky situations with other people like the neighbors or his colleagues. By the end of the episode, however, is everything back in order. Darrin can in turn also not good with Samantha's family, except her aunt Clara. ==Background[ Edit] == ===Production[ Edit] === Sol Saks, which is often seen as the creator of the series, wrote the pilot episode, but was not involved in the rest of the series. Initially, Danny Arnold was responsible for the production of the series. He invented the style, tone and characters for the series. Arnold, who already had experience with McHale's Navy and other shows, saw Bewitchedat first as a sitcom about a mixed marriage. In the episodes he has made the magical element often remained a bit in the background. In each episode, but one or two spells to help the plot, and often solved the problems without her magic Samantha on in the first season were also often supernatural events used as allegory for problems in real life that a young couple can come against.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Arnold left the series after season 1, after which Jerry Davis took it from him. He produced the second season along with Bernard Slade as head writer of the scripts.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Beginning season 3 left both Davis as Slade. The production work took over William Froug . Starting with this season, the series included now in color. Froug, previously producer of Gilligan's Island, was not very familiar with Bewitched. Froug held also one year full as producer. After he left William Asher took over the production. He remained producer until the end of the season. ===Unique elements<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Bewitched was unique as a television series in the mid-60 given that it turned to a married couple that was alienated by the parents of one of the two (Samantha). Samantha and Darrin Stephens were the first live-action tv-koppel which the actors in real life were not married. ===Changes<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">During the first five seasons the show was a success, but lost starting from season six what viewers when Dick York, who played the role of Darrin Stephens, the series had to leave because of back problems. When he left was Ray Fulmer of Hazel mentioned as a possible replacement, but the role was eventually given to Dick Sargent. He was originally the first choice for the role, but when the series began in 1964 could not take the role because he already had a contract with another series. Although he was physically very similar to York, his version of Darrin clearly different in terms of personality.

<p lang="en" len="132" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The sudden departure of York made sure many scripts had to be rewritten, and the production only was slowed.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1966 in the show was the first child of Samantha and Darrin introduced: Tabitha. Initially, the role played by the twins turn Diane and Erin Murphy, but less and less over the years because they resembled each other eventually got the role only in it. The Tates ' son Jonathan, which 1.5 years older than Tabitha, Tabitha was rarely seen after the introduction of. He appeared for the last time in season 7. Bewitched Adam Stephens introduced In 1969, played by Greg and David Lawrence.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1968 died actress Marion Lorne, who played the role of Aunt Clara. Therefore the producers had to introduce a replacement character. This Esmeralda, was played by Alice Ghostley.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">At the beginning of season 7 and 8 played the show temporarily in Salem and in Europe. This is because the set of the living room, where the series was going on normally, was partly destroyed by fire. ==Division Of Roles<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Regular characters<span class="mw-editsection" len="336" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Recurring characters<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Spin-offs<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Remakes<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Remakes are made In different countries of the series. In early 2007 appeared in the remake Hechizada Argentina . In Japan appeared in the 2004 remake Oku-sama wa majo (my wife is a witch), which was a co-production between TBS and Sony Pictures Entertainment. In Chile was a remake entitled La Hechizada broadcast by Megavisión.
 * Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens
 * Dick York as Darrin Stephens (1964-1969)
 * Dick Sargent as Darrin Stephens (1969-1972)
 * Agnes Moorehead as Endora, mother of Samantha
 * David White as Larry Tate, Darrin's boss McMann and Tate
 * Alice Pearce as Gladys Kravitz (1964-1966)
 * Sandra Gould as Gladys Kravitz (1966-1971)
 * George Tobias as Abner Kravitz (1964-1971)
 * Erin Murphy as Tabitha Stephens, daughter of Darrin and Samantha (1966-1972)
 * Diane Murphy as Tabitha Stephens (1966-1968)
 * Greg and David Lawrence as Adam Stephens, son of Darrin and Samantha (1970-1972)
 * Marion Lorne as Aunt Clara, aunt of Samantha (1964-1968)
 * Irene Vernon as Louise Tate, wife of Larry (1964-1966)
 * Kasey Rogers as Louise Tate (1966-1972)
 * Maurice Maurice Evans, father of Samantha
 * Alice Ghostley as Esmeralda, housekeeper of Samantha and Darrin (1969-1972)
 * Bernard Fox as Dr. Bombay, the doctor (1967-1972)
 * Elizabeth Montgomery as Serena, credited as Pandora Guys (1966-1972)
 * Paul Lynde as Uncle Arthur, uncle of Samantha and Endora's brother (1965-1971)
 * Mabel Albertson as Phyllis Stephens, mother of Darrin (1964-1971)
 * Robert f. Simon as Frank Stephens, father of Darrin (1964-1967 and 1971)
 * Roy Roberts as Frank Stephens (1967-1970)
 * Dell Comics began In 1965 with the publication of a comic book series about Bewitched. This series ran only 14 parts.
 * Hanna-Barbera Productions In 1972 made the animated series Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family, which turned to a teen version of Tabitha.
 * In 1977 the series Tabitha, which turned to the adult Tabitha.
 * In 2005 appeared the movie Bewitched, starring Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell.