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: Asylum
In a round-up of outstanding entertainers and programs of 2012, Jess Cagle of "Entertainment Weekly" praised "its ballsy, go-for-broke, don't-tax-the-attention-span-of-any-gnats-who-might-be-watching approach", writing, "You know a show has a lot going on when the occasional appearance of extraterrestrials is no more surprising than spotting a Prius on "Modern Family". FX's grand experiment "American Horror Story" came howling back for its second terrifying season with less of a story...than a macabre, unforgettable, discordant symphony of images and characters... "American Horror Story: Asylum", set mostly in the 1960s, took the current zeitgeist – with all its free-floating fear, nefarious undercurrents, and outrageous anxiety – skinned it alive, and turned it into a lamp to illuminate our collectively twisted psyche and voracious appetite for distraction."