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FX Announces Renewal of AMERICAN HORROR STORY

By: Oct. 31, 2011
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Deadline reports that FX Network President John Landgraf has announced the renewal of its series AMERICAN HORROR STORY for a second season with an order for 13 additional new episodes from Twentieth Century Fox Television. 

The drama was created by producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.  It marks the eighth series which has been renewed for a second season by FX network.  The first season of the show is currently being aired with nine all-new episodes remaining.  The show airs on Wednesdays at 10:00 PM E/P, with the final two episodes airing December 21st.

Announcing the show's renewal, Landgraf said, "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.  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."

AMERICAN HORROR STORY has proven to be a ratings winner for the network, particularly in the Adults 18-49 demographic, the show's target audience. On a Live+7 basis, through two weeks, first-run episodes of AMERICAN HORROR STORY are averaging 4.2 million Total Viewers, 2.9 million Adults 18-49, and 1.7 million Adults 18-34.

It is now on track to be the highest-rated first season of any of FX's series. 

On a Live+3 basis, last week's fourth episode was the highest-rated episode of the season in delivery of Adults 18-49 (3.1 million) and Adults 18-34 (1.85 million).

AMERICAN HORROR STORY's premiere episode ranked as the #1 for the network among its target demos of Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34. It delivered 3.14 million Adults 18-49 and 1.77 million Adults 18-34, which marked enormous gains of +54% and +49% in those demos when compared to the Live+Same Day premiere data. The debut episode of AHS also ranks #1 all-time among FX series premieres in delivery of Women 18-49 and Women 18-34.

 

 



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