American Horror Story
On January 12, 2017, the series was renewed for a ninth season, with a two-season renewal alongside "Apocalypse", and is set to air in 2019. Subsequently, on August 3, 2018, the series was renewed for a tenth season, set to air in 2020.
American Horror Story
The first season, "", received generally positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 73% of 38 critics gave the first season a positive review. The site's consensus stated: "Convoluted yet effective, "American Horror Story" is strange, gory, and twisted enough to keep viewers hooked." The first season scored 62 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 30 reviews. Ken Tucker from "Entertainment Weekly" awarded the pilot episode a B+, stating: ""AHS" is pretty much all scare, all the time: a whole lotta screams, sex, jolts, mashed faces, psychotic behavior, and dead babies." Hank Stuever from "The Washington Post" said in his review that: "Overdoing things is one of Murphy's trademark flaws, but this show has a captivating style and giddy gross-outs." Not all reviews were favorable: Alan Sepinwall of HitFix gave the series a D−, saying: "It is so far over the top that the top is a microscopic speck in its rearview mirror, and so full of strange sounds, sights and characters that you likely won't forget it – even though many of you will wish you could." Sepinwall would later go on to call it one of the worst TV shows of 2011. The "Los Angeles Times" Mary McNamara gave it a mixed review, stating that it "collapses into camp... upon more than one occasion" but also noting that it is "hard to look away."