Sorry, Salem fans. According to The Hollywood Reporter, WGN America has cancelled the TV series after three seasons.
Set in the late 17th century, the supernatural drama centers on the people and events behind the infamous Salem witch trials. The cast includes Janet Montgomery, Shane West, Seth Gabel, Ashley Madekwe, Tamzin Merchant, Elise Eberle, Iddo Goldberg, and Joe Doyle.
Salem, which is WGN America’s debut scripted drama, never earned particularly strong ratings. However, the numbers have begun to drop in recent seasons. So far, season three has earned an average or only .09 in the 18-49 demo and 261,000 viewers. For comparison, season two averaged .13 rating in the 18-49 demo and 351,000 viewers.
The series finale of Salem is slated to air on January 18th.
From WGN America boss Matt Cherniss:
Salem is a fantastic show that greatly contributed to our successful launch into original programming. We thank Brannon, Adam our talented cast and our partners at Fox 21, for entrusting us with their unique and remarkable vision for the world of Salem. We also thank the fans for their loyal support of the show.”
What do you think? Are you a fan of Salem? Are you sad it’s been cancelled?
This sucks!!! My husband & I LOVE this show!! There are very very very few supernatural shows on that are worth watching!
Fox should buy Salem and give it Grimm”s time slot next year!!!
Please don’t take Salem off the air. It is an amazing show and shows how we struggle through all religions. I hope another network picks it up
Terrible news” I never missed a episode. This is disappointing and in my opinion a mistake.
Finally there is a creative, imaginative and deep television show that is different than anything I have ever seen, and it’s cancelled??!!! Maybe another network can take on this series!! Ending it would be tragic ! The producers , writers and staff need to go back to the drawing board and not give up this easily!!!
Good. The show went downhill after the first season very quickly. Halfway through season two they lost their touch. This is what happens when you get lazy with your writing, and throw the original material to the wind. Salem got desperate, and tried way too hard to be 3edgy5u after the first season. It’s such a shame.
I am completely bummed by this! This show is so unique and so many twists and keeps my attention the whole show! Bad decision on the networks part. Hopefully we get a good finale.
I love this show. They should not have changed the day it aired on. I hope we get a real series finale and are not left with a cliffhanger.
No No No No No. Ugh. Making people wait so long for season 3 was a bad choice. And there was close to no advertising leading up to season 3. I’m totally bummed over this decision!
I am so disappointed. I love love this show. UGHHHH
I am extremely sad that this show is going to end!!! My husband and I started watching this show on Netflix and have been following it on television ever since. I think this sucks!!!
I have recommended this show to anyone with an expressed interest in supernatural fiction, but they all say the same thing: “What is WGN America?”
They shouldn’t of waited so long to launch the 3rd season. People moved on to other shows.
You finally get a new wonderful original show and this is what you “smart” executives have decided. You run reruns of old shows because you can’t do any better and you’re cancelling Salem? Well never watching you again. Thought you had balls.
I love the show, i couldn’t wait for season 3…. So sad it’s being cancelled….