FX has announced that they’re renewed American Horror Story for a sixth season. The as-yet-untitled season will air next year.
The current season, American Horror Story: Hotel, is currently airing and is averaging a 1.98 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 3.80 million viewers. That’s on par with the fourth season and is currently the cable channel’s highest-rated scripted series.
“AMERICAN HORROR STORY” RETURNING FOR SIXTH INSTALLMENT ON FX
Emmy(R) and Golden Globe(R) Winning Franchise Co-Created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk Reigns as the Most-Watched Series in FX Networks History
Dazzling Fifth Installment AHS: Hotel Currently Airing on FX
LOS ANGELES, November 10, 2015 – FX has ordered the sixth installment of the groundbreaking and award-winning anthology limited series American Horror Story, it was announced today by John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions. The as-of-yet untitled sixth installment will air on FX in 2016 with the next chapter of the Emmy(R) and Golden Globe(R) winning franchise co-created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.
“With the sixth installment coming next year, American Horror Story has unquestionably joined the ranks of television’s landmark series,” Landgraf said. “From Murder House to Hotel, AHS has pioneered a new television form as well becoming FX’s highest rated show — while also pushing every conceivable boundary of creative excellence and audacity. This is even more remarkable because Ryan and co-creator Brad Falchuk tear up the playbook every year, challenging the entire creative team to come up with something even more spectacular, frightful and entertaining. You could not ask more of an artist, their team or a series and with every new installment they deliver.”
Ryan Murphy serves as Co-Creator, Showrunner, Executive Producer, Writer and Director of American Horror Story: Hotel and Brad Falchuk is Co-Creator, Executive Producer and Writer. Tim Minear, Brad Buecker, Jennifer Salt, James Wong and Alexis Martin Woodall also serve as Executive Producers. The American Horror Story franchise is produced by Twentieth Century Fox Television.
The first four installments of the American Horror Story limited series franchise have received 71 Emmy Award nominations and 13 Emmy Award wins, including five Emmy awards for its fourth installment, American Horror Story: Freak Show.
The fifth installment, American Horror Story: Hotel, is pacing ahead of the average ratings of all prior installments on a Live+3 basis. Through its first four episodes, AHS: Hotel is +7% ahead of Freak Show among Adults 18-49 and +1% among Total Viewers. In addition, the premiere was the second most-watched telecast in FX Networks history, behind only the premiere episode of AHS: Freak Show.
American Horror Story: Hotel will return with a new episode tomorrow at 10 PM E/P (Wed., Nov. 11) entitled “Room 33.” Ramona (Angela Bassett) and Donovan (Matt Bomer) enact their plan for revenge. Liz Taylor (Denis O’Hare) finds true love. The resident of Room 33 is revealed. (Written by John J. Gray; directed by Loni Peristere)
American Horror Story: Hotel features an all-star cast of Lady Gaga, Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Wes Bentley, Matt Bomer, Chloe Sevigny, Denis O’Hare, Cheyenne Jackson, Evan Peters and Finn Wittrock.
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What do you think? Are you enjoying the current fifth season? Do you think Lady Gaga should return for the sixth season?
I have watched every season but I just can’t get into this one.I started watching and kept it up out of sheer loyalty!Of course it could just be because I really miss Jessica Lange.
Dear, Kathy Bates you are a legend. Get off the show quick, run as fast as you can. You are better then this show…….. RUN !!!!!
You can only see so much blood. Unreal and gross.
Mark Consuelo, really. If that’s how you pronounce his name, Kelly Ripa’s husband. You had a great show, like I said you lost it. Smh.
I don’t like the show. Lady Gaga is horrible. Jessica Lange made the show. And if I wanted to watch gross sex. I can watch an x-rated channel. This is just horrible. You had a good show and you lost it. Smh
Hotel might be on par with Freakshow but the way it keeps dropping every week it will be below Freakshow’s household and demo ratings. Even the mainstream media is barely talking about it. I’m glad it got renewed but it needs to go back to basics of being smart and scary, not desperate and gory. The best seasons were Asylum and Murder House.
I liked Asylum and Freak Show the best of all. They had some good episodes with those series es. The current season Hotel is OK, but some of the episodes are hard to follow the plot it there actually is one. I have watched about 4 of the 5 seasons. I wasn’t too aware about season 1. No matter what, I will watch and try to enjoy them even if I can’t make any sense out of them. The acting is always class A.