Norton appears in a variety of history programs and documentaries about colonial times, including "Salem Witch Trials" in the Discovery Channel's "Unsolved History" series in 2003 and in "Witch Hunt" on the History Channel in 2004. She was interviewed in 2008 for the PBS Series "History Detectives", on Season 6, Episode 7, "Front Street Blockhouse.". She appeared in "Salem Witch Hunt: Examine the Evidence" in 2011 for the Essex National Heritage Commission and the National Park Service She made an appearance in the very first episode of the American version of Who Do You Think You Are?, helping Sarah Jessica Parker trace her Massachusetts ancestry, which involved the Salem witch trials. She also appeared, with historian Margo Burns, in Season 8 (2016) of the TLC genealogy show, speaking with actor Scott Foley about his ancestor, Samuel Wardwell, who was executed for witchcraft during the trials in 1692.