Salem as You Have Never Seen It

The cable station WGN America will broadcast its first series Salem this Sunday (April 20).  Witches appear to be popular even if the desire for vampires has waned, and what better place to tell the story than Salem, Massachusetts (or Louisiana, in this case, for purposes of filming).  

This 13 episode series will take advantage of the period and people to tell its story, but it is not a retelling of history by any means.  

If you have not heard of WGN America, you are not alone since the cable network has focused on sports in the past.  But stay tuned for more dramas from this cable company.  USAToday noted: 

Aside from Salem, the network already has two other hot projects in the cauldron: Manhattan, a period drama chronicling the Manhattan Project scientists as they build the first atomic bomb, slated for a summer premiere; and The Ten Commandments, a 10-part miniseries now in pre-production in which filmmakers such as Lee Daniels and Gus Van Sant put a modern spin on each of the biblical commandments.