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FX has not yet renewed Ryan Murphy's 'The Shards' for a second season, despite the show ending on a major cliffhanger. The delay tests Murphy's relationship with Disney, as the series did not achieve breakout ratings. Murphy's overall deal with 20th Television and history with FX suggest a renewal may depend on creative alignment rather than metrics.
American Horror Story Season 13 premiered on September 24, 2026, as a 13-episode crossover event on FX and Hulu. The season reunites returning stars including Jessica Lange, Evan Peters, and Sarah Paulson in a storyline centered on a New York apartment building called the Apollyon. While the premise involves resurrected characters and a potential portal to hell, critical reception is mixed, with some praising the ensemble cast and others criticizing the plot's lack of clarity.
Creator Ryan Murphy declared 'Roanoke' his favorite 'American Horror Story' season at the Season 13 premiere, a choice that drew sharp criticism from cast member Sarah Paulson.
American Horror Story Season 13, titled '13,' premiered on September 24, 2026, with a three-episode block. The season merges characters from previous installments, including Constance Langdon, Cordelia Goode, and Twisty the Clown, into a new narrative centered on the number 13. New character Ben, a triskaidekaphobe, survives a plane crash that kills his girlfriend and 12 friends. He becomes the caregiver for 87-year-old Mr. Nas, who vomits black bile during mass deaths. The season features a 'Rauhnacht' holiday gathering at the Apollyon building in New York City, which serves as a portal to Hell. Ryan Murphy clarified that this is not a sequel but a new story uniting former villains as heroes against a larger threat.
The three-part premiere of American Horror Story: 13 launched on Sept. 24, merging characters from all prior seasons into a multiverse narrative. The episodes introduce a sinister figure named Mr. Nas, whose presence is linked to deaths and supernatural events. Key characters like Constance Langdon and Cordelia Goode return, while new storylines involving witches and a hospice worker named Ben are established. The season features a massive ensemble cast, including multiple roles for Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters, and culminates in a revelation that the setting is a portal to hell.
The 13th season of American Horror Story premiered in New York City on September 23, 2026, featuring a reunion of core cast members including Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, and Angela Bassett. The season, which debuted on FX and Hulu on September 24, is described by creators as a tribute to the franchise’s history while introducing new storylines.
FX’s Far Cry adds Brendan Gleeson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hamish Linklater, Sam Spruell and Jamie Demetriou to its cast, joining Lizzy Caplan and Steve Buscemi; the Ubisoft video game adaptation is an anthology series with each season set in a new setting and cast, and no roles have been disclosed yet.
FX’s Far Cry adaptation adds five actors—Brendan Gleeson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hamish Linklater, Sam Spruell and Jamie Demetriou—to the season-one cast, joining earlier leads Rob Mac, Lizzy Caplan and Steve Buscemi; the series will use an anthology format with a new cast and setting each season and will stream on FX, Hulu and Disney+ internationally.
Eric Schrier, a 26-year Disney/FX veteran and former president of Direct-to-Consumer International Originals, Strategic Programming and Emerging Media, is stepping down from his executive post to launch a producing partnership with Disney Entertainment Television. He will work across divisions—FX, Hulu/Disney+, and 20th Television—under a developing producing arrangement, following Disney’s leadership reshuffle that elevated Adam Smith and Joe Earley and signals a return to his creative roots.
FX’s hangout comedy Adults bucked the sophomore slump as season 2 rolled out, driving a 40% rise in streaming viewing on Hulu and Disney+ in the first 12 days and doubling overseas viewership, aided by a prequel episode that attracted new viewers.
FX’s comedy Adults Season 2 draws roughly 40% more viewers than Season 1 across Hulu and Disney+ globally after 12 days, with international audience up 100%. Season 1 also sees renewed attention (+50% since the standalone prequel Marathon Day), and the season is garnering critical praise, highlighted by a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score for Season 2.
Charlie Hunnam reveals that FX's Legends is a limited, meta-thriller not a new season of Sons of Anarchy. The same core cast — with Hunnam playing a version of himself alongside Ron Perlman, Katey Sagal, Maggie Siff and others — reunites after a decade for a story inspired by their real-life friendship, centered on a fan-convention reunion that blurs life and art and introduces a real-world threat. The project, developed by Hunnam, is described as a love letter to the series with a fresh meta twist.
Charlie Hunnam says the upcoming Sons of Anarchy spinoff is a meta-thriller in which the original cast play themselves, reuniting at a fan convention to face a real-world threat; it’s not Season 8, Kurt Sutter isn’t involved but Katey Sagal is on board, and FX/20th Television are producing for FX and Hulu.
Charlie Hunnam reveals how the Sons of Anarchy spinoff Legends came together—saying he turned a written spec into the project and fought to reunite the original cast—with FX recently giving it the green light, while he also highlights his work in Netflix’s Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story.
Vulture’s recap of The Shards’ Season 1 finale, Stairway to Heaven, starts with a glimmer of momentum but collapses into incoherence and an anticlimactic ending: Debbie blackmails Terry, Spirit the horse is gruesomely killed, and at a Halloween party the big revelations never land, as Bret and Robert’s confrontation heats up only to leave the mystery unsolved and the show teeing up a second season.