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A sixth installment will bow in 2016.
FX is adding to its Horror Story.
The network has ordered a sixth installment of the Ryan Murphy-Brad Falchuk anthology series, which will premiere in 2016. The renewal news comes as little surprise considering American Horror Story is the highest rated series in FX's history.
“With the sixth installment coming next year, American Horror Story has unquestionably joined the ranks of television’s landmark series,” said FX Networks CEO John Landgraf in announcing the news Tuesday. “From Murder House to Hotel, AHS has pioneered a new television form as well becoming FX’s highest rated show -- while also pushing every conceivable boundary of creative excellence and audacity."
He added, "This is even more remarkable because Ryan and co-creator Brad Falchuk tear up the playbook every year, challenging the entire creative team to come up with something even more spectacular, frightful and entertaining. You could not ask more of an artist, their team or a series and with every new installment they deliver.”
To date, Murphy has kept largely quiet about a theme for the forthcoming season just as he has the cast, save for revealing he has approached Lady Gaga about returning to the series. In a cover story with The Hollywood Reporter last month, Murphy said he'd pitched his vision to the singer-turned-actress and they were hoping to make it work with her touring schedule.
The first four installments of the FX series have earned 71 Emmy Award nominations and 13 wins, including five for fourth installment, Freak Show. The fifth entry, Hotel, is pacing ahead of all prior installments. In fact, through its first four episodes, Hotel is up 7 percent ahead of Freak Show among adults 18-49 and 1 percent among total viewers. The Hotel premiere marked the second most-watched telecast in FX Networks history, behind only the premiere episode of AHS: Freak Show.
To be sure, AHS is only one of multiple productions under Murphy's banner. There is freshman horror dramedy Scream Queens on Fox and FX's upcoming American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson as well as projects in development including One Hit Wonders with Gwyneth Paltrow.
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