Scripted series · WGN America
Salem
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Janet Montgomery
Mary Sibley
36 eps
Shane West
John Alden
36 eps
Seth Gabel
Cotton Mather
36 eps
Tamzin Merchant
Anne Hale
36 eps
Ashley Madekwe
Tituba
36 eps
Elise Eberle
Mercy Lewis
36 eps
Xander Berkeley
Magistrat Hale
13 eps
Iddo Goldberg
Isaac Walton
36 eps
Oliver Bell
Little John
23 eps
Lucy Lawless
Condessa Marburg
13 eps
Joe Doyle
Baron Sebastian Marburg
10 eps
Lucy Faust
Elizabeth
1 eps
Stephen Lang
Increase Mather
2 eps
Antonia Prebble
Bridget Bishop
1 eps
Hank Harris
Corwin
2 eps
Clint James
Isaac's Man
1 eps
Braden Fitzgerald
Stephen
1 eps
Ashton Smiley
Acolyte
2 eps
Samuel Roukin
The Sentinel
8 eps
Nadine Lewington
Rebecca Nurse
1 eps
Lara Grice
Mrs. Hale
1 eps
Caroline Hebert
Teenage Girl
1 eps
David Shiflett
Naked Dead Body
7 eps
Ava Ticotin
Past Countess
1 eps
Emily Skeggs
Billy
4 eps
Kevin Tighe
Giles Corey
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Salem actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Salem reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Set in the volatile world of 17th century Massachusetts, 'Salem' explores what really fueled the town's infamous witch trials and dares to uncover the dark, supernatural truth hiding behind the veil of this infamous period in American history. In Salem, witches are real, but they are not who or what they seem.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 36 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20141 episode
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1: Witch Among Us
201413 episodes
6.4IMDbBest episode · S01E13 All Fall Down
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2: Witch War
201513 episodes
7.4IMDbIn Season 2, the stakes have never been higher or more terrifying. Although she still holds a powerful reign, Mary Sibley’s position is threatened by countless other witches. Some are new, some shockingly familiar.
Best episode · S02E02 Blood Kiss
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201610 episodes
6.2IMDbBest episode · S03E01 After the Fall
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E02
Blood Kiss
Mary initiates the second act of the Grand Rite. Alden returns to Salem.
S02E12
Midnight Never Come
Mary makes a last ditch effort to stop Countess Marburg's attempts while alliances shift as surprising truths are revealed.
S02E13
The Witching Hour
Mary refuses to believe that her son is still alive while the Countess does everything she can to impress the boy. Ann tries to convince Cotton that she uses her powers for good and Alden balances between life and death.
S02E01
Cry Havoc
Salem's leading witch, Mary Sibley, faces both foreign and domestic challenges to her authority.
S02E03
From Within
Mary receives help from a former foe to keep Salem in the grasp of the witches.
S02E04
Book of Shadows
Anne explores her supernatural side. Mary receives a chilling warning.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
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S03E06
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S03E05
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Brannon BragaWriter
- Adam SimonWriter
Direction
- Nick CopusDirector
- Tricia BrockDirector
Cinematography
- Mark VargoDirector of Photography
Where to watch
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