American Horror Story Renewed For Season 7
By
Haider Ali in
Entertainment
On 5th October 2016
To the shock of pretty much nobody, FX has announced that American Horror Story will return for a seventh season.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network picked up Ryan Murphy's anthology series three episodes into Season 6 after the season premiere became the third-most-watched episode in franchise history.
FX Networks and Productions CEO John Landgraf released the following statement: "Ryan, Brad [Falchuk] and their team of remarkable writers have done an amazing job of keeping American Horror Story endlessly inventive, shocking and entertaining, and we are honored to move ahead with them on the seventh installment."
#1 Landgraf also said the show has ascended to become a pop culture phenomenon.
"The sustained success through six installments only proves how intensely the series resonates with fans," he said. "AHS confronts our deepest fears with unmatched suspense and style. Each new installment is a cultural event, hotly anticipated for its theme, imagery, cast, and twists. We thank the creators and their team, the cast, and everyone who has continued to make AHS such an extraordinary series."
Meanwhile, Murphy recently revealed that he's been working with a writer on a previously unannounced "secret" season of AHS. No word about the setting for that one, but Murphy said he already knows the plot for Season 7.
#2 Various episodes of “AHS” installments account for 12 of FX’s top 15 highest-rated telecast of all time.
"Ryan, Brad and their team of remarkable writers have done an amazing job of keeping ‘American Horror Story' endlessly inventive, shocking and entertaining and we are honored to move ahead with them on the seventh installment," said FX Networks and FX Productions CEO John Landgraf. "The sustained success through six installments only proves how intensely the series resonates with fans. ‘AHS‘ confronts our deepest fears with unmatched suspense and style. Each new installment is a cultural event, hotly anticipated for its theme, imagery, cast and twists."
#3 The mysterious seventh season, Murphy merely said it's "an experiment" and that there's only one person writing all the episodes.
The current installment, American Horror Story: Roanoke, already debuted an entirely new format for the anthology series. Each episode is being told as though it's part of the documentary series My Roanoke Nightmare, with characters giving straight-to-camera confessionals about their "real-life" experiences while other actors do dramatic reenactments of them.
#4 Season 6, “Roanoke,” premiered last month and became FX’s third most-watched telecast in the network’s history.
The sixth season of the Emmy Award-winning series stars Sarah Paulson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett and Even Peters among others, with Lady Gaga as a special guest.
#5 The franchise has won 15 Emmy Awards to date and has been praised by critics and viewers.
Among Murphy's other current projects are Fox's "Scream Queens," "American Crime Story" and the upcoming series "Feud."
