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SABRINA, THE TEENAGE WITCH ABC, 8-8:30 p.m.
In the second season premiere, Sabrina (Melissa Joan Hart) turns 17 -- guess they'll have to change the title soon -- and finds out she needs a license to be a witch (bureaucracy apparently extends even into the magical realm). Alimi Ballard (late of Arsenio) appears as the Quizmaster, who tests Sabrina's witchcraft skills. Is Sabrina scared about competition from former TGIF comrade Family Matters? Nope. Declares coexec producer Holly Hester, ''We're going to kick Urkel's butt!'' (Sept. 26)
FAMILY MATTERS CBS, 8-8:30 p.m.
Say it ain't so! For his Eye network debut, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel (Jaleel White) is getting...a makeover. ''We're talking to top-name designers right now -- [Tommy] Hilfiger types,'' confirms White. Adds exec producer Michael Warren: ''We're probably going to lose the high-water pants. We may lose the suspenders.'' Is nothing sacred? ''The glasses are going to stay,'' says Warren. Phew. (Sept. 19)
MILLENNIUM Fox, 9-10 p.m.
''We're going to be more like The X-Files,'' says new executive producer (and X vet) James Wong. Adds partner Glen Morgan, ''We thought the show was desperately in need of some humor.'' No kidding. Along those lines, Morgan has enlisted his brother Darin to revive Jose Chung (Charles Nelson Reilly), the Truman Capote-esque writer he created in a 1996 X-Files episode. Chung gets death threats after penning a Satanic Verses-like book, so ex-FBI agent Frank Black (Lance Henriksen) comes to his assistance. Such religious themes will permeate the show's second season, as we learn that the Millennium Group has been around since the death of Christ, and Black moves from tracking serial killers to dealing with devils and angels. Still, assures Wong, ''This isn't going to be Touched by an Angel by any stretch.'' Okay, how about Touched by a Devil? (Sept. 19)
NASH BRIDGES CBS, 10-11 p.m.
''Nash was never meant to be a cop show,'' says star/exec producer Don Johnson. ''That's just a cover.'' Gosh, coulda fooled us. The show's third season will emphasize the comedy, as partner Joe (Cheech Marin) learns the joys and terrors of new fatherhood. ''We're [featuring] a lot of Don-Cheech baby humor,'' says executive producer Carlton Cuse. ''It's cheap, but it's funny.'' Lighthearted guest stars include Penny Marshall as a New York cop and Willie Nelson as an ex-con. Producers promise a Willie-Don duet. May we request ''To All the Girls We've Loved Before''? (Sept. 19)
HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET NBC, 10-11 p.m.
With Melissa Leo and Max Perlich having left the show, the Baltimore cops will play musical partners. Sardonic Munch (Richard Belzer) will team up with hotheaded Kellerman (Reed Diamond) because ''that Jewish-Aryan match seemed to make some bizarre sense,'' says executive producer Tom Fontana. Kellerman's booze-soaked affair with coroner Cox (Michelle Forbes) will remain on the rocks -- ''the rocks being ice cubes,'' says Fontana -- and Pembleton (Andre Braugher) will struggle to keep his promise to his estranged, pregnant wife (Ami Brabson, Braugher's real-life spouse) that he'll work less. Braugher has said this will be his last season on the show. ''Oh, he says that every year,'' laughs Fontana. ''As long as we keep challenging him, he'll stick around.'' And if he doesn't? Proclaims Fontana, ''As my hero, [Law & Order executive producer] Dick Wolf, once said, 'There are no actors who can't be replaced.''' (Oct. 17)
