One
of the tentpoles in current TV is the series American Horror Story, which is
currently in the middle of its third season, just got renewed for a fourth
season. It isn’t a shock that the show got picked up for a new season, since
its ratings have been up in comparison to the previous season.
Here
are the details:
FX
ORDERS FOURTH INSTALLMENT OF EMMY® AND GOLDEN GLOBE® AWARD WINNING AMERICAN
HORROR STORY FRANCHISE
FX
Orders 13 Hours of the Untitled AHS Miniseries Which Will Debut in 2014
Nine
Episodes Remain in Current Installment of American Horror Story: Coven Airing
Wednesdays at 10:00 PM ET/PT
AHS:
Coven Finale Scheduled for January 29
LOS
ANGELES, NOVEMBER 6, 2013 – FX has ordered a fourth installment of American
Horror Story, the Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning miniseries franchise from
Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, it was announced today by John Landgraf, CEO, FX
Networks and FX Productions. The network has ordered 13 episodes from Twentieth
Century Fox Television.
“Put
simply, Ryan Murphy is a master television producer,” said Landgraf. “Time and
time again he reinvents the form. What he, co-creator Brad Falchuk and their
producers Dante Di Loreto, Tim Minear, Jennifer Salt, James Wong, Brad Buecker,
Jessica Sharzer, Douglas Petrie, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Alexis Martin Woodall and
the entire production team and cast responsible for the American Horror Story
franchise have done is nothing short of extraordinary. Every year, they create
a riveting and brilliant new miniseries.
AHS: Coven is the best yet, and I have no doubt that the next
installment will be even better.”
Of
the first three installments of American Horror Story, Coven has far surpassed
the ratings of its predecessors, Murder House (2011) and Asylum (2012).
Season-to date, AHS: Coven is averaging 7.74 million Total Viewers, 5.46
million Adults 18-49 and 3.14 million Adults 18-34, which are increases of +77%
in Total Viewers, +67% in Adults 18-49 and +60% in Adults 18-34 over AHS:
Murder House. Coven is outpacing AHS: Asylum by +83% in Total Viewers, +71% in
Adults 18-49, and +68% in Adults 18-34.
American Horror Story: Coven is easily on pace to record the highest
average delivery of Adults 18-34 of any program in FX history. Coven’s first two episodes were the
highest-rated single telecasts in delivery of Adults 18-34 in FX’s
history. Coven also ranks as the
highest-rated miniseries of 2013 in delivery of Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.
Nine
all-new episodes remain in American Horror Story: Coven airing Wednesdays at
10:00 PM ET/PT with the finale scheduled to air on January 29. In the fifth episode, “Burn, Witch. Burn!” –
(Airs TONIGHT, 10:00 PM ET/PT) – Besieged by Marie Laveau’s (Angela Bassett)
army, Zoe (Taissa Farmiga) unleashes a new power. Fiona (Jessica Lange) and
Myrtle (Frances Conroy) clash over control of the Coven. Madame LaLaurie (Kathy
Bates) is confronted by old ghosts. (Written by Jessica Sharzer; Directed by
Jeremy Podeswa)
Since
its inception, the American Horror Story miniseries franchise has combined for
a total of 34 Emmy Award nominations. AHS: Murder House tied for the most
nominations of any program in 2011 with 17, and AHS: Asylum received the most
nominations of any program in 2012, also with 17.
American
Horror Story: Coven tells the secret history of witches and witchcraft in
America. Over 300 years have passed since the turbulent days of the Salem witch
trials and those who managed to escape are now facing extinction. Mysterious
attacks have been escalating against their kind and young girls are being sent
away to a special school in New Orleans to learn how to protect themselves.
Wrapped up in the turmoil is new arrival, Zoe (Taissa Farmiga), who is
harboring a terrifying secret of her own. Alarmed by the recent aggression,
Fiona (Jessica Lange), the long-absent Supreme, sweeps back into town,
determined to protect the Coven and hell-bent on decimating anyone who gets in
her way.
American
Horror Story: Coven features an extraordinary cast including Jessica Lange,
Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Taissa Farmiga, Emma
Roberts, Gabourey Sidibe, Frances Conroy, Lily Rabe, Denis O’Hare, Jamie
Brewer, Alexander Dreymon, Josh Hamilton, Patti LuPone, and Danny Huston. Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Dante Di Loreto,
Tim Minear, James Wong, Jennifer Salt, and Brad Buecker are Executive Producers
of American Horror Story: Coven. It is
produced by Twentieth Century Fox Television.
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