Ryan Murphy's FX Series AMERICAN HORROR STORY Season 8 Sets Premiere Date

The official Facebook page for AMERICAN HORROR STORY has shared the premiere date for the highly anticipated eighth season of the Ryan Murphy/FX hit franchise. The post reads "Not Long Now" followed by the release date, September 12, 2018.

The eighth season of AMERICAN HORROR STORY has been confirmed to be the Murder House (Season 1) and Coven (Season 3) cross-over that many fans have been anxiously waiting for. Murphy has confirmed that Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, and Kathy Bates are returning for season 8. Paulson played medium Billie Dean Howard in the Murder House season, a part which she reprised in AHS fifth season Hotel. In Coven, Paulson played Miss Robichaux's Academy headmistress Cordelia Foxx.

American Horror Story is an American anthology horror television series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. Each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries, following a different set of characters and settings, and a storyline with its own "beginning, middle, and end." Some plot elements of each season are loosely inspired by true events.The only actors to appear in all iterations of the show are Evan Peters and Sarah Paulson.

Although reception to individual seasons has varied, AMERICAN HORROR STORY has, overall, 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. Additionally, Kathy Bates and James Cromwell 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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