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?
Totally masturbatory season debut that alienated me…I only returned to AHS-Hotel to watch on demand, once every other show I watch had ended their seasons. Very disappointed this season. Too many loose ends. As someone else said, Yes, return for a 6th season; but PLEASE do better this time. 🙁
I watched the Hotel finale only because family wanted to and it was sooooo bad! They focused so much on the freak character Liz Taylor that Dennis plays and it was horrible. Then they did this super cheesy “we are all ghosts and are a family” and hugging crap. I couldn’t wait til it was over with. AHS and Ryan Murphy definitely jumped the shark with this season. They really need to get it back together next season. Even my family, who for some reason really liked Hotel, thought the finale was a let down.
yeah i agree w comment below….they should do another ….just better
I have loved all of the American Horror Story Series UNTIL this season. The entire season since the first episode has been throat cutting and sex. Very little of anything else. Story line has been slow and boring and I keep hoping it will get better. The detective being the serial killer twist could have been so good, but again, the writers made his whole character turn into watching him have sex. They lost creativity with the series this season and seemed to fill the story with Lady Gaga naked. She actually does a nice job acting……let her act!!! I… Read more »
I totally agree, this season is the worst. AHS finally jumped the shark. I even checked in (pun intended) on the last one and it was just sex and constantly shooting. And if they are ghosts what does it matter if they keep shooting each other???? The show is no longer clever.
It got renewed another season but Ryan Murphy really needs next season to get it back together.
Ryan Murphy ruined this season by trying to push what he loves on to the rest of us. Gay porn, talentless hack Lady Gaga and his misguided pro-vax agenda. The OP of Season 1 was brilliant. Asylum was one of the most frightening shows ever to grace the idiot box. This season he’s become lazy and self indulgent.
Yeah not all of the viewers want to see the gay porn, there were already a lot of complaints about it in the Freakshow season.
I agree that Asylum was one of the scariest shows on TV, it’s my favorite AHS then the first season.
Lady Gaga is anything but talentless. Your critique is already invalid.
Gay porn? How much straight sex was there in the 5 years this show has been there? Homophobic much?
Whats it matter to you to each their own Im not gay but Im not home phobic either but I thought it was gay sex overkill too
I never even made it halfway through the first episode…it was terrible. All glam and gay porn and no substance…..lame
I liked the glam. But any sex, of any kind, has to have meaning. I kept waiting for a “payoff” as to the reason for the “creature rape” scene in the first episode. I was so horrified by it, I at least hoped the writers really had a purpose for it. But there was no payoff. And I felt thoroughly tainted, un-edified, and not at all enlightened on the issue of “addiction”; it did leave me enlightened as to be wary of this show from now on as the writing was so disappointing this season.
Wow, there was a time when i was obsessed with this show.. Although ,this season is total trash. I’m not going to put it all on Lady Gaga, it’s not entirely her fault.. The writing/dialogue is laughably bad, the story itself is inconsistent, and incoherent.. I mean most times it seems like the writers are making it up as they go along, and hoping it meshes well… Sure there’s plenty of pretty faces, sex, and gore, but absolutely NO substance to it…I had to stop after Episode 5, i’m actually surprised i made it that far ..
I think the ratings have been going downhill for one very good reason: lousy writing. Compare the characters this year to last year’s Freak Show. Freak Show was great because you could relate to the characters. How the heck are you supposed to relate to a hotel full of dead weirdos who will screw and/or kill anybody anytime and for any reason? Where is the hero in this? The cop? Oh please. They’ve sacrificed sound storytelling for shock value, and then they think they can somehow just sweep all this nonsense under the rug after the fact. It’s impossible to… Read more »
Wow Hotel only has a month left and they have lost 4 million viewers since the premiere, and the demos are down 1.8.
Compared to Freakshow their averages are way down, and they STILL have a few episodes left. Ryan Murphy would be smart to not have Lady gaga next season to avoid it getting canceled.
And let’s be honest the show and Gaga only got nominated because of friends in high places.
“Hotel ’s premiere episode, “Checking In”, was initially watched by 5.81 million viewers. After factoring in delayed viewing, the episode rose to 9.1 million, with 6.13 million in the 18-49 demographic, while combined linear, nonlinear and encore viewing, it drew 12.17 million viewers through October 11. Variety stated that “Checking In” could become FX’s most-watched telecast, with the 60 full data tabulated.[98] Through its first four episodes, Hotel averaged at 3.7 rating in 18-49 adult zone and 6.9 million viewers total, which is up by 7% and 1% from previous installment, Freak Show, respectively, pacing ahead of the average ratings of… Read more »
You are obviously bias being a Gaga fan since you username is Venus from her last album. “Checking IN” was not the most watched telecast on FX, Freakshow won that when they confirmed it after 10 days for full ratings.
Hotel has lost 4 million viewers so far since the premiere and it still has three episodes left. The average viewers and demos are way lower than Freakshow’s were.
The ratings shown here are only same day ratings and FX has stated more than once that it looks at + 3 day ratings. That means that they take same day ratings from the day the episode aired plus viewing of the episode 3 days after on multiple platforms (FX Now app, DVR). So since FX, the channel that AHS is on looks at +3 day ratings it’s safe to say from other websites that give the +3 day ratings that AHS Hotel did better than freakshow in the same format of +3 day ratings. I’m not saying this season… Read more »
Instead of having a storyline with some meaning, they have turned it into total garbage this season. Is there different people writing AHS this season? They have taken a great show that so many people have been loving for years, and in one season trashed it all with some VERY, VERY BAD ACTING ( Lady GaGa) She single handily has doomed this show!
Remain pressed because Gaga has been nominated for a Golden Globe, Satellite Award and People’s Choice 🙂
Her winning it was a complete joke. She is a terrible actress.
I agree with Sandra. There is really no story line what so ever and it ruins everything. I love the AHS seasons but this one ducks so far. I do have to disagree with you saying lady Gaga is a bad actress. I can say that she is doing a lot better than I thought .however I really think they put all the money and effort in to her to and for that everything else sucks… I hope it gets better…
Bad acting and no plot. This season is horrendous.
This show gets progressively less entertaining each week. Gaga can’t act her way out of a paper bag. I’m done with AHS. Worst season yet
I stopped watching at episode 2 will not watch AHS anymore, especially if gaga is in season 6 . it was a nice ride though 🙂
Boycott lady caca she ***** up my favorite show
It isn’t all her fault. The writers are more to blame than the actors.
Each season this show seems to get more gross than the last. The almost soft porn and the killings are on the edge. Someone stop me from watching. ;>) LG is surprisingly a good actress.
Totally agree!
Until this week’s 7th chapter i did not understand the whole intention of gaga’s character. Its vringing the old Hollywood classic extravaganza and a few acting trick from that time too