Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:18PM16 comments ›
Fri Oct 31, 2008 — by Robert Greenberger
AOL Picks TV's Best Witches
Young, Old, Old and New
Being Halloween, lots of places are running themed lists including beleaguered AOL which attempts to list the Top 20 witches on television. While we don’t find any glaring omissions, we wonder about many of the placements.
20. Alex Russo, The Wizards of Waverly Place
19. Miss Cackle, The Worst Witch
18. Marge Simpson, Treehouse of Horror VIII
17. Amanda Tucker, Tucker's Witch
16. Ella, Hex
15. Witch Hazel, Looney Tunes
14. Endora, Passions
13. Paige Matthews (Rose McGowan), Charmed
12. Tabitha Stephens (Lisa Hartman), Tabitha
11. Mildred Hubble (Fairuza Balk), The Worst Witch
10. Prue Halliwell (Shannen Doherty), Charmed
9. Endora (Agnes Moorehead), Bewitched
8. Wilhelmina W. Witchiepoo (Billie Hayes), H.R. Pufnstuf
7. Phoebe Halliwell (Alyssa Milano), Charmed
6. Tabitha (Juliet Mills), Passions
5. Sabrina Spellman (Melissa Joan Hart), Sabrina the Teenage Witch
4. Grandmama Addams (Blossom Rock), The Addams Family
3. Piper Halliwell (Holly Marie Combs), Charmed
2. Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan), Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1. Samantha Stephens (Elizabeth Montrgomery), Bewitched
We applaud Piper over her sisters given how grounded she was as a character. On the other hand, Willow saved the world more than once and while she didn’t headline her own TV series, certainly has been displayed as the most powerful witch in this line-up. We adore Samantha and grew up watching her show, but maybe it’s a cultural thing and see Willow having more resonance in today’s television than Samantha ever had.
Sound off below with your own thoughts.
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Comments (16)
ed zarger (11:46 PM on Fri Oct 31, 2008)
I'd suggest that Willow was on TV some years ago -- not long enough to be in anyone's mind as a Golden Age yet, and some of those years on a network that never even reached this portion of the backwoods until the series was half over. (Same fate as some Star Trek series, though occasionally those reached here in odd times through syndication.) But both Buffy and Star Trek failed in the universality of their appeal due to that.
Just saying.
Anonymous (6:16 PM on Fri Nov 14, 2008)
Where is Angelique from 'Dark Shadows'??
She was/is a witch with a capital W. A sorceress supreme
Rachel (2:20 AM on Wed Dec 17, 2008)
I was just going to say that - how could they not include Angelique????
Anonymous (3:36 PM on Fri Nov 14, 2008)
Hello Peeps! I think Alyssa Milano rocks... just saying
Anonymous (7:05 PM on Mon Nov 10, 2008)
In my book, Piper is number 1.
Anonymous (8:04 PM on Sat Nov 8, 2008)
Oh, I think Prue was about on par with Phoebe... Piper was definitely the best in the long run, but for a while there, Prue held everything together :)
Anonymous (7:18 AM on Fri Nov 7, 2008)
I think the Charmed Ones are the most powerful. Don't you think?
Chris (2:29 AM on Fri Nov 7, 2008)
Piper Halliwell was a greater witch than Willow Rosenberg.
Alex (11:27 PM on Sat Jan 3, 2009)
uh, how in the world did paige get on that list, and grams [penny] didnt???
grams was THE witch.
and i dont think samantha stephens should have gotten number one, just because we grew up with her?
so she was the first on tv witch.. so what?
piper was awesome, she DEFINITELY should have been number one.
Mark Goldberg (4:08 PM on Sun Feb 15, 2009)
Amanda Tucker (Catherine Hicks) was terrific! Too bad this only last 13 or so episodes.
Anonymous (7:52 PM on Sat Mar 28, 2009)
Charmed witches rock!!! in my opinion they all are number one but paige has the most powers so i think she deserves the title
Anonymous (7:08 AM on Sat Apr 25, 2009)
I think Piper should be second and Willow should be third
Anonymous (11:14 AM on Wed Jun 10, 2009)
Piper rocks absolutely! (:
Kaurin (11:42 PM on Thu Jun 18, 2009)
Samantha is cool as ppl said shes a classic Willow not so much but PIPER was/is the best witch on the list shes amazing and did anyone else notice tha pipers was 3rd i dont lknow i think its kinda funny but anyways i guess its true the 3rd one is charmed!!
Anonymous (10:16 PM on Thu Aug 13, 2009)
Was Ella Dee from Hex even a witch? She seemed to religious to be a witch i just thought she was like a guardian from God or something to stop Azazeal. Cassie is the main definition of a witch in that programme.
And Piper well should have been second over Willow!
Anonymous (1:32 PM on Fri Oct 9, 2009)
Willow was definitely the strongest witch of all time! Think about it, The charmed ones were useless unless they were with each other, whereas willow had the power that was stronger than theirs combined! Sending a meteor into the air, making herself super strength, throwing around jet flashes of powerful spells while the charmed ones had to rush to the book and read before they would actually fight a demon.