Genre: Supernatural drama
Story: Salem is a fictional story of the infamous Salem witch trials, which were not the last, in the 17th century in colonial Massachusetts, when the government was dominated by Puritan leaders. It questions whether the Puritans were right in their actions, whether the people punished were innocent, and centers on the "real witches" who were a part of day-to-day life, but were not who or what they seemed to be. John (Shane West) and Mary (Janet Montgomery) find themselves in the middle of an epic romance, even as Puritan witch hunts engulf the town in hysteria, horror, and despair.
Episodes: Season 1, 13 episodes
Premiere: 20.04.2014.
Main cast:
Janet Montgomery - Mary Sibley, wife of George Sibley and a witch, whose double life of love threatens her position of power in Salem. She once carried John Alden's baby and still has strong feelings for him.
Shane West - Captain John Alden, a war veteran and Mary's lover, who returned home as the voice of reason and defender of innocent victims in the middle of Salem's witch panic.
Seth Gabel - Cotton Mather, a well-educated town's reverend and John Alden's friend. Changed by the local sex-worker Gloriana whom he was in love with, Cotton stopped Salem's witch-hunts.
Tamzin Merchant - Anne Hale, a rebel witch and a talented young artist. Like Cotton Mather, she too is determined to prevent unnecessary deaths.
Ashley Madekwe - Tituba, the witch who controls Mary. She convinced Mary to give her and John's baby to the devil.
Elise Eberle - Mercy Lewis, a girl once tormented by Mary Sibley's witchcraft. Mary later turned her into a witch.
Iddo Goldberg - Isaac Walton, the wisest person in Salem. As a punishment for his fornications from his past, he was once charged with cleaning the town's waste and removing dead bodies.
Xander Berkeley - Magistrate Hale, a witch and a chief politician in Salem. He was killed by his daughter Anne, who wants to help save the people of Salem from unnecessary deaths.