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Fowler, Tara (September 4, 2012). “Sister Jude (Jessica Lange)”. Fowler, Tara (September 4, 2012). “Monsignor Timothy Howard (Joseph Fiennes)”. Fowler, Tara (September 4, 2012). “Kit (Evan Peters)”. Fowler, Tara (September 4, 2012). “Dr. Arden (James Cromwell)”. Fowler, Tara (September 4, 2012). “Dr. Thredson (Zachary Quinto)”. Fowler, Tara (September 4, 2012). “Sister Eunice (Lily Rabe)”. Fowler, Tara (September 4, 2012). “Lana (Sarah Paulson)”. Moraes, Lisa (November 15, 2012). “FX picks up third season of ‘American Horror Story'”. Harnick, Chris (November 15, 2012). “‘American Horror Story’ Renewed: FX Orders Season three With Jessica Lange”. Harnick, Chris (September 5, 2012). “American Horror Story: Asylum Photos”. Stack, Tim (June 11, 2012). “‘American Horror Story’ scoop: Joseph Fiennes in talks for season 2 – Exclusive”. On May 11, 2020, Murphy revealed that a spin-off series named American Horror Stories was being developed; it will function self-contained anthological episodes, instead of a season-long story arc as featured in American Horror Story. Ausiello, Michael (April 11, 2012). “Exclusive: American Horror Story Casts French Actress in Major (and Mysterious) Season 2 Role”. Stack, Tim (May 7, 2012). “‘American Horror Story’ scoop: James Cromwell in talks for season 2”. Entertainment Weekly.
Stack, Tim (August 27, 2015). “There could possibly be TWO seasons of American Horror Story in 2016”. Entertainment Weekly. Pedersen, Erik (June 27, 2016). “‘American Horror Story’: Cheyenne Jackson Confirms Season 6 Return”. Dixon, Marcus James (June 29, 2016). “‘American Horror Story’ Season 6: Evan Peters to return, however what about Finn Wittrock, Denis O’Hare?”. Pehanick, Maggie (April 24, 2016). “The True Stories Behind 18 American Horror Story Characters”. Petski, Denise (March 24, 2015). “Chloë Sevigny Joins ‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ As Regular”. Petski, Denise (August 15, 2023). “‘American Horror Story’ Gets Season 12 Premiere Date On FX”. On August 4, 2020, it was announced that Sarah Paulson was set to be a director on the sequence. American Horror Story” to Series”. Other American Horror Story alums that seem in the sequence embrace Naomi Grossman, John Carroll Lynch, Nico Greetham, Charles Melton, Billie Lourd, Chad James Buchanan, Cody Fern, Dylan McDermott, Jamie Brewer, Denis O’Hare, Matt Lasky, Gabourey Sidibe, Max Greenfield, Austin Woods, Seth Gabel, Rebecca Dayan, Cameron Cowperthwaite, Spencer Neville, Teddy Sears and Jeff Hiller along with many newcomers.
The primary season featured actors who’ve appeared in American Horror Story. Matt Bomer, Gavin Creel, Sierra McCormick, Paris Jackson, Belissa Escobedo, Merrin Dungey, Selena Sloan, Ashley Martin Carter, Valerie Loo, Kaia Gerber, Aaron Tveit and Celia Finkelstein star in the first two-episode story. Mitovich, Matt Webb (July 27, 2013). “Horror Story Vet Denis O’Hare Joins Coven”. Masters, Megan (February 27, 2013). “American Horror Story Scoop: Ryan Murphy Teases Kathy Bates’ Turn as a ‘Bad, Bad Woman!'”. Masters, Megan (May 22, 2013). “American Horror Story Exclusive: Emma Roberts Joins the FX Spookfest’s Coven”. On June 22, 2020, it was introduced that American Horror Stories would stream on FX on Hulu as a substitute. Mullins, Jenna (December 22, 2011). “American Horror Story Season Two Scoop: New House and (Mostly) New Faces”. Juergens, Brian (October 3, 2011). “Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk Talk “American Horror Story”: Blood, Infidelity, and Zachary Quinto”. Fienberg, Daniel (February 17, 2011). “FX orders ‘American Horror Story’ from ‘Glee’ pair”.