In one of my favorite episodes, Sabrina wanted to know if Harvey liked her as more than a friend so she put ‘truth sprinkles’ on his bundt cake in home ec class. And the stories weren’t cookie-cutter, either. When asked to explain the show’s continued appeal to smart, weird, girls and boys, Scovell says: “It was unusual to have a girl as the star, so that was empowering. The show lives on through syndication, exposing a new generation of teens to its unique, undeniable charm. “Sabrina was my attempt to create a show that I would’ve loved as that weird young girl who grew up to write for Letterman and Spy and The Simpsons.” Today, Scovell views her career trajectory as utterly unsurprising. The show premiered to almost 18m viewers and became a venerable staple in ABC’s 90s-era Friday night TGIF lineup.
This led to writing gigs at Late Night With David Letterman (her Vanity Fair piece about what a hostile environment it was for a woman is a must-read) and the Simpsons before creating Sabrina. The first staff writer at Spy magazine, she got into television via a script she sent on spec to It’s Garry Shandling’s Show. And it was but one job in a broad (to put it mildly) career. Scovell co-wrote Sheryl Sandberg’s 2013 bestselling ode to the power of female negotiation. Her use of the phrase “lean in” makes sense today. ‘The stories were never cookie-cutter’ … Sabrina with her aunt.
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