There’s been a lot of hype about the casting of Lady Gaga in American Horror Story: Hotel (the show’s fifth season). Co-creator Ryan Murphy is so confident in her performance that he’s offered her a role in season six. But, will the ratings live up to expectations? Could this season crash and burn so badly that the series is cancelled by FX? Seems unlikely but stay tuned.
American Horror Story: Hotel revolves around the mysterious Hotel Cortez in Los Angeles. It catches the eye of an intrepid homicide detective (Wes Bentley) and is host to the strange and bizarre. including its a bloodsucking fashionista owner (Gaga). The rest of the cast includes Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, Denis O’Hare, Lily Rabe, Kathy Bates, Emma Roberts, Angela Bassett, Chloë Sevigny, Finn Wittrock, Mare Winningham, Matt Bomer, Cheyenne Jackson, Naomi Campbell, and Max Greenfield.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s chances of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.
11/10 update: FX has renewed American Horror Story for a sixth season. Details here.
Final season averages: 1.49 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 2.89 million total viewers.
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For comparisons: The fourth season of American Horror Story (Freak Show) averaged a 1.91 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 3.85 million viewers.
Cable ratings are typically released within a day or so of the show’s airing, except for in the case of weekends and holidays.
What do you think? Do you like the American Horror Story TV series? Do you think that it should be renewed for a sixth season?
I have loyally watched every season of AHS. I have just quit after watching episode 6 of Hotel. The past seasons have been fantastic and have excellent stories. Hotel is pathetic and seems to only revolve around sex, which is not much of a story here. It all seems to be looking for shock value instead of storyline. I think the writers are in thei room saying that they don’t know where to go with the storyline- so let’s have orgy’s and some gay sex! That should distract everyone! I am done.
Its that **** lady caca she ****** up the story… Kill her off already… Plz dont bring. Her back
It’s already half way through the season and Hotel’s average viewers and 18-49 demos are already below Freakshow’s!
If they would just focus on telling a cohesive story, and less on over the top debauchery, and sex perhaps I’d care more about what was going on.. You can only coast on sex, and gore for so long before it gets tired, and old… Murphy completely missed what made seasons 1 and 2 so special …
Have watched every season of AHS. While I’m sticking with this season but I t is on a short leash. Seems a bit aimless at times and I’d never thought I’d say this after Coven but get beyond the gore already. Put some plot in the story! Meh on lady gaga. More Angela and Kathy. Liz Taylor is friggin hysterical. Need to take Wes Bentley’s character somewhere fast. Find Chloe Sevigny’s character to be a total lame dish rag. Come on fellas you can do better!!
I just couldn’t get into this season. I wanted to love it, I really did…but for me, it’s time to pull the plug. I’m an avid consumer of the horror genre, and this just totally missed the mark. It’s not scary at all, it’s gross and gratuitous. And I’m all for that, provided that the grossness is backed by a good story…but unfortunately, it isn’t. I would hate to see this show cancelled, and I hope that they get it right next season. In the meantime, I’ll be watching the walking dead for my horror fix!
I agree with you. I wanted to love it too. It’s a real shame at how this show has jumped shark!
Wow they dropped 3 million viewers by the 5th episode. I don’t want the series canceled and I think it’s early for that but this needs to be a wake up call for Ryan Murphy.
The show is junk..have you been watching?
I did the first episode but had to stop watching and haven’t watched since.
Its all becouse of lady caca! Write her off plz!;;i love AHS but it seems their more focused on lady caca, who is not even a good actress. Focus on cathy , angela, evan Peters, totally ****** up by getting lady caca
Lady gaga sucks . She cannot replace Jessica Lange. I’m disappointed in this season. It’s not scary , it’s gross. All the other seasons were amazing (except murder house) .
One thing is certain, looking at the ratings, Lady Gaga is certainly not the blame for this ratings failure. This show advertised Lady Gaga as the main star and character and if you look at episode one, she did bring in viewers and good ratings. If people were not impressed with Lady Gaga, they would have never viewed the first episode. This show failed for lazy and weak story. Violent sex and blood does NOT SELL. There is no horror in blood or sex. Just disgust.
Well I think people, like me, who liked previous seasons of AHS wanted to give a shot to lady gaga, or were just curious about her being in the TV. You need to look at the drop between episode 1 and 2 to have a better idea. But again that doesn’t mean it’s her fault. I think she looks a bit awkward on screen, but I stopped watching after episode 3 just because I thought the storyline was plain boring and gross just for the sake of it. I still think Season 2 was the best because the storyline was… Read more »
I think you are erroneously crediting Gaga for the first episode ratings. The ratings basically picked up where the last season left off. She didn’t add anything to it and her dismal acting sure as heck, played into that loss of over half of the audience by episode 3. I stopped watching after the second episode myself, and its as in large part, due to her and way, way too much sex, which is also her schtick.
I agree/disagree. Lady gaga brought them in because they wanted to see what they’d do with her. Then, when everyone saw her acting skills, ratings dropped. That and the plot is just dumb. Couldn’t make it pass the first episode. Vampires, ghosts and zombies in one season? With no real plot? With gross sex scenes? **** that
I totally agree with you saying weak story line! Very weak, I have ask before if they have new writers for the show. This just don’t stand up. I disagree with Lady Gaga, that thing could not act her way out of a paper bag!
She plays well, you’re just biased.
I think the sex and bloody gore is taking this show down. Anyone can throw in sex and violence but a true writer uses intelligence. There is no intelligence. Just throw it in and hope it sticks. Also, I think replacing Lange with Gaga was a failure. This show does not need Jessica Lange. What it needed was an experienced, respected actress. Sissy Spacek would have been a perfect replacement. No doubt. Lange would not be missed. There are other actresses. But, regardless of who the actress is, AHS Hotel was doomed for failure because of the shocking sex scenes… Read more »
YES!!! Replace the classic, older actress with another. Imagine Joanna Lumley, Joan Collins, or even Barbara Eden as the surprise. I love older actresses. They’re professional and they’re so seasoned lol.
Give us another ACTRESS, not pop star. (And that’s coming from a huge GAGA fan)
This was NOT a replacement, do your homework! Lange didn’t want to be part of season 5 and Gaga was added to the cast, those two facts are totally independent from each other!
Lame… I stopped watching… lady gaga ruined it. Shes just herself trying to hard to be scary… I want horror.. now all I see is just try hard for ratings.. I miss jessica 🙁 she could give good creepy vibes glamorous vibes and everything you need! Get rid of lady gaga.
I think ahs is amazing nothing was rushed great story line love the craziness haters can hate but ahs must live on love it
American Horror Story… says it in the title, HORROR. So all of you that seem to think this show is too much, please do stop watching it. This season has blown my mind… in a great way. Lady Gaga’s permormance is exhilarating, the mix of orginial and new cast is refreshing, a bit of the old with a bit of the new… yes, it’s rather bloody but this is entertainment meant for people who enjoy horror shows. If you’re going to critize it, then go back to watching Glee or whatever it is you drones do. I’m an avid fan… Read more »
Ive watched all the seasons. Sadly as much as i love horror this was too much for me. The director has clearly lost his mind and there is no reason this should be on television. Time to move it elsewhere. I wont be watching another episode. There are a lot of other good shows out right now.
I agree 100%!
I loved the first show and can’t wait for the show to kick into high gear! Let the blood flow.
Idk about the rest of you but I wasn’t too thrilled with the first episode! It was all over the place. Almost like the writers were in a hurry to introduce the characters and not the story line. It was mimicking The Shining.
These new seasons with new storylines is s great concept but I don’t think one needs to bring sodomy to it for the viewers to understand it!
Ryan Murphyand Brad have more to offer than that!
I agree 100%!