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Very appropriately for Halloween, FX’s breakout new horror drama American Horror Story today was renewed four episodes into its freshman run. The series, created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, has received a 13-episode second-season order. “It’s one thing to have the ambition and guts to reinvent a genre in a way that makes it captivatingly fresh for a broad audience — it’s something else entirely to have the craft to back that ambition up,” said FX president John Landgraf. “Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk have hit the trifecta with Nip/Tuck, Glee and now American Horror Story, which will be scaring FX’s viewers to death for many years to come.”
The series premiere of 20th TV-produced AHS delivered 3.14 million adults 18-49 and 1.77 million adults 18-34 in Live+7 to rank as FX’s highest-rated series debut in those demos. On a Live+7 basis through two weeks, first-run episodes of AHS are averaging 4.2 million total viewers, 2.9 million adults 18-49, and 1.7 million adults 18-34. On a Live+3 basis, last week’s fourth episode was the highest-rated episode to date in adults 18-49 (3.1 million) and adults 18-34 (1.85 million). AHS, whose first season ends on December 21, is currently tracking to become the highest-rated first season of any series ever on FX.
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Show should be jumping the shark any day now!
Is that even possible with a show this crazy (in a good way, IMO)?
i’m hearing that there will be a new family in the house in season two.
I sincerely hope not. I love that the Harmon’s have survived as long as they have in that house, they’re a tough family and a match for their evil house.
Their situation also mirrors that of many Americans who are stuck with nightmare mortagages and lousy living situations; we feel the Harmon’s pain. The family is wonderful to watch, I trust the producers to cook up new and interesting adventures for the Harmon’s.
I’ve heard they’re considering scrapping the family a year concept to keep current stars attached.
Though a new family would be fun and offer many options I am very much enjoying Dylan McDermott running around naked so maybe they could have him kill off his family and start again with a new one.
He’s 50. I don’t look like that at 50. Pissed but also turned on.
How exactly did they reinvent the genre?
I would be alot happier if Directv and News Corp’s deal wasn’t in limbo. Good news nevertheless. Hopefully I will be watching this week and not bars and tone.
I am enjoying this show, but reinvention it is not.
Curious to hear Falchuk’s own American Horror Story having to work under Murphy.
I LOVE THIS SHOW! LOVE LOVE LOVE
Laughably unpleasant garbage — but like GLEE some people love it. I see this doing a very fast fade by the time season 2 shows up.
Don’t compare the enjoyable AHS to the garbage Glee. It’s the same creator but totally different audiences.
Now cancel Glee.
Enjoying this show, but explain how it reinvents the horror genre? Please.
Reinvented the horror genre, no. Added extra kink, S+M, and homosexuality than normally seen in horror, yes.
Jessica Lange playing Blanche Dubois…again.
What happened to her? Why is every character a spin on Blanche with that Southern dialect. Seen it before.
Show is okay.
In the very first episode, Jessica Langes’ character is described by the script as being from Virginia. Hence the southern accent. She’s just a good actress doing her job.
I jus got caught up with this show on demand and now im obsessed!..great premise and story so far..glad to see it doing well for FX..
The original plan was to have a whole new cast each season if it got picked up, correct?
What’s strange about this show is that there is no let up. No quiet before the scares. Just non-stop bombardment. Maybe that’s how they’re “reinventing” the genre. By throwing out basic storytelling rules.
Where are the scares? This show isn’t actually scary – more a tame CHILLER series that plays more like a drama..
I meant to say “intended” scares.
ok,but this show needs better actors next season..
and yes Glee is going to be canceled,at last..
Why are people complaining so much? I guess because they can.
Horror is such a rare field on Television & (so far) AHS been done well. Murphy has a track record of dropping the ball in season 2 so maybe with a whole new bunch of characters he won’t. All i can tell is at the end of this season the house might end up being the winner.
They did reinvent it. Its relentless fast pacing style has never been done before with material like this, and nothing like this has even been done as a mainstream television serial before. It’s almost as if they’re deliberately trying to be the anti-Walking Dead, which is possibly the slowest paced show on television.
Yeah but it’s not good story telling. You need to take a breath SOME of the time. You can’t have scares without moments of normalcy and what this show lacks is any kind of normal moment.
This is the only Screen Actors’ Guild show on FX. Why is that? “The Shield” and “Nip Tuck” were both SAG. Does FX now force its shows to shoot digitally? Is Ryan Murphy the only producer on FX that has the clout to insist on film? I noticed “Glee” is shot on film too. Why are other FX shows like “Sons of Anarchy” forced to shoot on those cruddy digital cameras but not “American Horror Story”? You can really see the difference.
Brilliant. Completely brilliant. They smashed together shiny, pop-culture TV with dark, super creepy, modern, sex-charged-sicko-horror… with some seriously classy horror like… Kubrick. Yeah, I said it. Likewise the highbrow-lowbrow actor mix. Jessica Lange and Frances Conroy meet Dylan McDermott and Connie Britton. Totally works. That’s horror, always has been.
Thank you, Ryan. My adrenaline was so pumped by the end of Zack’s episode, I couldn’t sleep. Who are the TV snobs who don’t know horror, asking for the show to take room to breathe?? I want to take their FX away. Oh wait…
Not since the sopranos have i enjoyed a show sooo much!Bravo!
I hope LIKE HELL they keep the Harmons and the rest of the cast they already have. They are a strong cast, with great chemistry. I’m already connected and commited to this cast. I can’t see myself being connected and commited to a new cast and new characters every season…as a viewer and lover of this show, I hope that keep the same characters they have. Love them.