American Horror Story: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

American Horror Story is an horror television anthology series. Each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries, following a disparate set of characters and settings, and a storyline with its own beginning, middle, and end. While some actors appear for more than one year, they play completely different roles in each season.

Series details

• Title: American Horror Story
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2011-10-05
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: FX
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 58 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.4/10
• TVMaze ID: 30

Cast and credited roles

• Emma Roberts — Madison Montgomery
• Sarah Paulson — Cordelia Foxx
• Gabourey Sidibe — Queenie
• Taissa Farmiga — Zoe Benson
• Jessica Lange — Constance Langdon
• Evan Peters — Tate Langdon
• Frances Conroy — Myrtle Snow
• Sarah Paulson — Lana Winters
• Connie Britton — Vivien Harmon
• Dylan McDermott — Ben Harmon
• Evan Peters — Kit Walker
• Evan Peters — Jimmy Darling

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-10-05; final listed air date 2011-12-21; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2012-10-17; final listed air date 2013-01-23; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 2013-10-09; final listed air date 2014-01-29; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 2014-10-08; final listed air date 2015-01-21; episode order: 13.
• Season 5: premiered 2015-10-07; final listed air date 2016-01-13; episode order: 12.
• Season 6: premiered 2016-09-14; final listed air date 2016-11-16; episode order: 10.
• Season 7: premiered 2017-09-05; final listed air date 2017-11-14; episode order: 11.
• Season 8: premiered 2018-09-12; final listed air date 2018-11-14; episode order: 10.
• Season 9: premiered 2019-09-18; final listed air date 2019-11-13; episode order: 9.
• Season 10: premiered 2021-08-25; final listed air date 2021-10-20; episode order: 10.
• Season 11: premiered 2022-10-19; final listed air date 2022-11-16; episode order: 10.
• Season 12: premiered 2023-09-20; final listed air date 2024-04-24; episode order: 9.
• Season 13: premiered 2026-09-24; final listed air date 2026-10-29; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from American Horror Story on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.