American Horror Story
On October 7, 2014, it was announced that FX had ordered a 10-episode spin-off titled "American Crime Story", developed by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. While each season of "American Horror Story" focuses on a new horror theme, each season of "American Crime Story" focuses on a new true crime story. The series features "American Horror Story" cast members Sarah Paulson, Connie Britton, Cuba Gooding Jr., Darren Criss, Finn Wittrock, Max Greenfield and Cody Fern. The first season premiered in February 2016, with the second season premiering in January 2018. A third season is in development.
List of American Horror Story cast members
Although each season is set in a different time period, there have been characters who have appeared in multiple seasons. Pepper (Naomi Grossman), Sister Mary Eunice McKee (Lily Rabe), Hans Gruper (John Cromwell), Marcy (Christine Estabrook), Dr. Charles Montgomery (Matt Ross), Queenie (Gabourey Sidibe), Billie Dean Howard (Sarah Paulson), Lana Winters (Paulson), Twisty the Clown (John Carroll Lynch), Michael Langdon (Asher Gian Starita, Cody Fern), Cordelia Goode (Paulson), Madison Montgomery (Emma Roberts), Myrtle Snow (Frances Conroy), James Patrick March (Evan Peters), Zoe Benson (Taissa Farmiga), Misty Day (Rabe), Mr. Kingery (Wayne Pére), Stevie Nicks (herself), Tate Langdon (Peters), Dr. Ben Harmon (Dylan McDermott), Vivien Harmon (Connie Britton), Moira O'Hara (Conroy), Constance Langdon (Jessica Lange), Violet Harmon (Farmiga), Elizabeth Short (Mena Suvari), Beauregard Langdon (Sam Kinsey), Gladys (Celia Finkelstein), Papa Legba (Lance Reddick), Nan (Jamie Brewer), Delphine LaLaurie (Kathy Bates) and Marie Laveau (Angela Bassett) are the 32 characters who have appeared in more than one season of the series: Pepper, Sister Mary Eunice, and Hans, appear and reappear in "Asylum" and "Freak Show"; Marcy and Charles, make appearances in "Murder House" and "Hotel"; Queenie appears in "Coven", "Hotel" and "Apocalypse"; Billie appears in "Murder House", "Hotel", and "Apocalypse"; Lana appears in "Asylum" and "Roanoke" (and is mentioned in "Cult"); Twisty appears in "Freak Show" and "Cult". Michael, Tate, Ben, Vivien, Moira, Constance, Violet, Elizabeth, Beau, and Gladys appear in both "Murder House" and "Apocalypse". Cordelia, Madison, Myrtle, Zoe, Misty, Kingery, Stevie, Papa, Nan, Delphine and Marie appear in "Coven" and "Apocalypse". March appears in "Hotel" and "Apocalypse". Murphy has stated that as the series progresses, more and more characters will be making a return to the show.