Network: WGN America
Episodes: 36 (hour)
Seasons: Three
TV show dates: April 20, 2014 — January 25, 2017
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Janet Montgomery, Shane West, Seth Gabel, Ashley Madekwe, Tamzin Merchant, Elise Eberle, Xander Berkeley, and Iddo Goldberg.
TV show description:
A supernatural and historical drama, this TV show is set in the 17th century in colonial Massachusetts. During a significant time in the history of American politics, religion and society, this series tells the story behind the infamous witch trials.
Salem Village and Salem Town feuded over property, grazing rights and church rights. The government was dominated by Puritan leaders. People were scrutinized closely and this resulted in discord. They were afraid of being persecuted for anything that may offend the Puritan mindset and the word “witch” was an easy and appropriate curse hurled at someone who behaved abnormally.
In Salem, the witches are a part of day-to-day life, but they are not who or what they seem to be. Mary Sibley (Janet Montgomery) is the most powerful witch of Salem and her secrets threaten her position of power. Mary is the wife of George Sibley (Michael Mulheren), the ailing, wealthy head of the Selectmen of Salem.
While leading a double life, Mary depends on her faithful servant and friend, mysterious Tituba (Ashley Madekwe), to carry out her agenda. Mary is ruthless, yet vulnerable; her world is torn into two when Salem’s native son, John Alden (Shane West) returns after many years at war. John and Mary were lovers before he left the Puritan town of Salem.
John takes on the role of being the voice of reason in this town that’s obsessed with witch hunts and unexplained phenomena. He realizes that suspicion and fear result in innocent people being victimized. Cotton Mather (Seth Gabel) is a well-educated local aristocrat who leads the witch hunt, preaches from the Bible, and visits a brothel in the evenings.
John and Mary find themselves in the middle of a romance while Cotton’s witch hunt engulfs the town in hysteria and horror, and the supernatural.
Episode #36 — Black Sunday
Mary Sibley’s journey comes to a conclusion, as Sebastian and Alden face off to the death, Mary misplaces her trust in Anne and the fates of Tituba, Hathorne, Alden, Mary, The Boy, Mercy, and more are all determined.
First aired: January 25, 2017.
What do you think? Do you like the Salem TV series? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a fourth season?
LOVE THE SHOW!!!!! CANT WAIT TILL ITS ON AGAIN .I HOPE ITS SOON.
love the show cant wait to see it again. hope its soon.
when does the next season begin
watched it from the beginning when it first aired one of the best series i have seen in a long time with a fantastic cast of characters i was engrossed in the program in fact i watched it again when they had an encore a fantastic account of what it must have been like living at that time hope it gets renewed for another season
Love it, bring it on!
Love this show! I was checking to see when the next season was starting? Please do not take it off the air. Such actors and acting. Don’t let it end.
Please do not end this, it’s great, only problem is that in ct we are unable to get channel win this season, trying to watch it on Netflix, but season two isn’t coming up yet, can you offer any help?
I think that should be another season of Salem I really like the show
Here’s another wonderful series that should be kept going! Does she live, who knows, and what’s to become of “the boy”. Sad to see Stuart Townsend killed off, and the way Lucy Lawless was kill was, well, perfect! Love it and please RENEW!
please keep this show on, its the best I have watched in a long time, great actors, keeps u in suspence, RENEW.
The show should stay on.
It’s a good series. I watched it on netflix and found I could not stop watching it. I really liked it. Please continue with the next season.
I hope the writers can keep this going show going. It was very good the 2nd season. The cast is great & the marriage of Anne & Cotton was a good move!!!!!!
WGN America has renewed “Salem” for a third season, the network announced during the show’s panel at Comic-Con on Saturday.
Salem is a show that comes around about every ten years or so. Salem would keep you on the edge of your seat till the next episode! The characters have been great in all their roles and seem to click from episode to episode. The show has everything you would want in a show. Action, history, imagination, bonds (good or bad) between characters. It’s not a thrown together show that has corny plots and characters. Very sad if this series is cancelled. I remember when my wife got hooked on the series (The Following). I had gotten to enjoy it… Read more »
Please, RENEW, Love everything about this show, the acting is great, the script, writing, producing, just everything. I think the ratings would better if it was not on Sunday. There is competition on the bigger channels, like HBO, etc. Salem is just as good if not better than Walking Dead, and similar shows on different networks. Please keep Salem alive. If not, then do not leave the fans hanging, maybe do a mini series to finish the show, if it must go off the air. With all of the junk on tv, keep this show alive.