I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha "I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha" (also known simply as "I, Darrin") is the pilot episode of American television series "Bewitched". The episode was produced three weeks after starring actress Elizabeth Montgomery gave birth to her first child with her husband, series director William Asher. The episode was written by Sol Saks, the creator of the series, and initially aired on September 17, 1964. José Ferrer served as the episode's narrator, starting with the words, "Once upon a time...". Ferrer was not credited for this role. In the episode, Samantha Stephens promises her new
Bewitched series, written by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, had been on the radar of several major networks, including ABC, after Sony began shopping the project to interested parties. On August 23, 2018, ABC announced that it had bought a pilot for a single camera Bewitched remake from "Black-ish" creator Kenya Barris. This is Barris's last new project for the network before his exclusive contract with Netflix goes into effect. After completing its original run, ABC Daytime and ABC Saturday Morning continued to show the series until 1973. "Bewitched" has since been syndicated on many local US broadcast stations from 1973–82