'Salem' EP Says WGN Drama is Grounded in Reality, Less 'Harry Potter'

"Our take on the Salem witch trials is that witches were real and they were running the trials, that's what our show is," showrunner Brannon Braga says of the network's first scripted drama. WGN America -- fresh off green lighting a Ten Commandments miniseries -- debuted Salem, its first scripted series Sunday at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour. The series stars Nikita's Shane West, Arrow's Seth Gabel and Janet Montgomery and explores the dark, supernatural truth hidi...