Salem
2014–2017WGN AmericaHorror
The witch trials with actual witches, and the series that turned a superstation into a scripted network.
Salem opens with a main title sequence of 46 seconds.
It arrived on WGN America in 2014, when Manhattan was also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
46sPosted by the series' own channel.
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