11 Witchy TV Shows That'll Give You Your Fix of Toil and Trouble

Not every season of American Horror Story features witches, but we'd be remiss not to mention the iconic third installation. As the title suggests, we meet a coven of very stylish witches who are all vying to become the next Supreme as their leader, played by the truly wonderful Jessica Lange, slowly dies. As its universe is loosely connected, AHS also features witches in other seasons, such as Roanoke and Apocalypse.

Watch American Horror Story on Netflix.

The fantasy drama Cursed is a re-imagination of the medieval tales of King Arthur that's primarily focussed on Nimue, or the Wolf-Blood Witch. As Nimue (Katherine Langford) tries to track down the magician Merlin, she's also coming to terms with her powers as well as her responsibility to protect her widely persecuted Fey people.

Watch Cursed on Netflix.

We can't talk about witches on television without mentioning about one of the most badass of them all: Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan). As much as this show focuses on Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) pulverizing vampires to dust, it's also about Willow's struggle and mastery with witchcraft to help out her best friend — her dark magic especially becomes a crucial plot point in season six.

Watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Hulu.

Three witches enlist in the US Army, training in combat magic and spell casting. Motherland: Fort Salem takes place in a women-dominated world three hundred years after the United States ended the persecution of witches in the fictional Salem Accord.

Watch Motherland: Fort Salem on Hulu.

Truly, Bewitched is one of the blueprints for witchy shows. The iconic fantasy sitcom features Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha, a powerful witch who marries an ordinary mortal man. While she promises not to use her powers, things don't always go as planned. (Keep an eye out for the planned Bewitched reboot as well!)

Watch Bewitched on Amazon Prime (through the free IMDb TV channel).

Hailing from a family of powerful witches, Sabrina Spellman (Melissa Joan Hart) lives with her two quirky aunts Zelda (Beth Broderick) and Hilda (Caroline Rhea) and their snarky cat Salem (Nick Bakay) in Sabrina the Teenage Witch. As she's learning how to use her powers, she's also dealing with typical high school drama, like her crush on Harvey Kinkle (Nate Richert).

Watch Sabrina the Teenage Witch on Hulu.

Portrayed by Mad Men's Kiernan Shipka, Sabrina gets a darker twist on Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, which is based on the comic series of the same name. Here, the titular protagonist is a half-witch who fights evil while juggling her mortal and witch identities.

Watch Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix.

A Hallmark production, Good Witch will give you just that fix of wholesome and soapy witchy goodness. Catherine Bell stars as Cassie Nightingale, the titular sorceress who raises her teenage daughter in the small town of Middleton.

Watch Good Witch on Netflix.

We can't make a list about witches without including the one and only Charmed. When Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) moves in with her sisters, she discovers from an ancient text that everyone in her family has extraordinary witch powers. While navigating their ordinary lives, they must also go up against evil forces to protect the world.

Watch Charmed on Netflix.

Colin Morgan stars as the the titular character in Merlin, who's forced to keep his magical powers a secret because magic is banned in Camelot. Along with Merlin, we also meet other practitioners of sorcery such as Morgana and Nimueh, both borrowed from the tales of King Arthur.

Watch Merlin on Netflix.