American Horror Story
American Horror Story (AHS) is an American horror anthology television series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk for the cable network FX. The first installment in the American Story media franchise, seasons of AHS are mostly conceived as self-contained miniseries, following a different set of characters in a new setting within the same fictional universe (which the show occasionally uses for crossovers between seasons, and shares with episodic spin-off American Horror Stories), and a storyline with its own beginning, middle, and end. Some plot elements of each season are loosely inspired by true events.
Many actors appear in more than one season, usually playing a new character though sometimes as a returning character. Evan Peters and Sarah Paulson appear in ten seasons; Lily Rabe and Frances Conroy have starred in nine seasons; Denis O'Hare appears in eight; Emma Roberts, Billie Lourd and Leslie Grossman appear in seven; Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett and Jamie Brewer appear in six; and Adina Porter, Finn Wittrock, Gabourey Sidibe and John Carroll Lynch appear in five seasons.
Although reception to individual seasons has varied, American Horror Story has largely been well received by television critics, with the majority of the praise going towards the cast, particularly Jessica Lange, who won two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performances. James Cromwell and Kathy Bates each won an Emmy Award for their performances, while Lady Gaga won a Golden Globe Award. The series draws consistently high ratings for the FX network, with its first season being the most-viewed new cable series of 2011.
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