"NYC" American Horror Story | |
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Season Premiere | October 19th, 2022 |
Season Finale | November 16th, 2022 |
Episode Count | 10 |
Cast | Russell Tovey; Joe Mantello; Billie Lourd; Denis O'Hare; Charlie Carver; Leslie Grossman; Sandra Bernhard; Isaac Powell; Zachary Quinto; Patti LuPone |
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Season Eleven of the seasonal anthology series American Horror Story aired on the FX Network and Hulu from October 19th, 2022 to November 16th, 2022, spanning a total of ten episodes. The season is billed under the subtitle "NYC", and differed from previous seasons by airing two episodes per evening. Four episodes aired in October, with the remaining six airing in November. This season stars Russell Tovey as Patrick Read along with Joe Mantello as Gino Barelli, Charlie Carver as Adam Carpenter, Billie Lourd as Doctor Hannah Wells, Denis O'Hare as Henry, Leslie Grossman as Barbara Read, Sandra Bernhard as Fran, Isaac Powell as Theo Graves, Zachary Quinto as Sam, and Patti LuPone as Kathy Pizazz.
The setting for season eleven is New York City in the year 1981. The series does a deep dive into the underground gay culture of the early 1980s and centers on a mystery involving a serial kidnapper & murderer who is stalking leather bars and targeting gay men. Something larger is at play however as a scientist named Doctor Hannah Wells discovers an infectious virus that is killing animals, and runs the risk of spreading to the human population. What links exist tying the secret of this mysterious virus to the acts of a serial killer and the murder of gay men? Only Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk know for sure!
Episodes[]
Episode | Title | Airdate |
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11x01 | "Something's Coming" | October 19th, 2022 |
11x02 | "Thank You for Your Service" | October 19th, 2022 |
11x03 | "Smoke Signals" | October 26th, 2022 |
11x04 | "Black Out" | October 26th, 2022 |
11x05 | "Bad Fortune" | November 2nd, 2022 |
11x06 | "The Body" | November 2nd, 2022 |
11x07 | "The Sentinel" | November 9th, 2022 |
11x08 | "Fire Island" | November 9th, 2022 |
11x09 | "Requiem 1981/1987 Part One" | November 16th, 2022 |
11x10 | "Requiem 1981/1987 Part Two" | November 16th, 2022 |
Cast[]
Principal cast[]
Guest stars[]
Actor | Role |
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Kal Penn | Mac Marzara |
Matthew William Bishop | Big Daddy |
Jeff Hiller | Mister Whitely |
Casey Thomas Brown | Hans Henkes |
Clara McGregor | KK |
Quei Tann | Lita |
Crew[]
Production[]
Directors[]
Writers[]
Notes[]

Promotional poster for American Horror Story: NYC.
- "American Horror Story: NYC" redirects to this page.
- This season is rated TV-MA. It contains strong language, sexual situations, and violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
- This season comprises episodes #114-123 of American Horror Story.
- Actors Russell Tovey, Joe Mantello, Denis O'Hare, Charlie Carver, Isaac Powell and Sandra Bernhard are all openly gay in real life.
- Co-executive producer and producer Kip Myers is credited as Kip Davis Myers in this season. This is his first work on American Horror Story.
- This is Our Lady J's first work on American Horror Story. She is an executive producer and a co-writer.
- This is director Paris Barclay's first work on American Horror Story.
- Actors Russell Tovey, Joe Mantello, and Charlie Carver are all new to the American Horror Story franchise.
- Actor Joe Mantello is also a stage director and directed the Broadway musical Wicked.
- Actors Zachary Quinto and Charlie Carver previously worked together in the 2020 film The Boys in the Band. Carver also appeared in the 2018 stage revival of the Broadway play.
- Actors Russell Tovey and Charlie Carver had both previously appeared on television shows playing werewolves. Russell Tovey was one of the main stars on the British version of Being Human and played George Sands. Charlie Carver played Ethan Steiner in multiple episodes of MTV's Teen Wolf. The first program was remade as an American series and the second program was a remake of an American feature film.
- Actor Zachary Quinto has played multiple roles on American Horror Story. In "Murder House" from season one he played Chad Warwick. In season two's "Asylum" he played Doctor Oliver Thredson.
- Billie Lourd has previously played Winter Anderson in season seven's "Cult", as well as Mallory in season eight's "Apocalypse", Montana Duke in season nine's "1984", and Lark Feldman from the "Red Tide" segment of season ten's "Double Feature".
- Actress Leslie Grossman previously played Meadow Wilton in "Cult", as well as Coco St. Pierre Vanderbilt in "Apocalypse", Margaret Booth in "1984", and Ursula Khan in "Double Feature".
- This is the first time that Sandra Bernhard has taken on a starring role in American Horror Story. However, she did make a brief appearance as a cult leader named Hannah in "Soujourn" in season eight's "Apocalypse".
- Actress Patti LuPone previously played Christian fundamentalist Joan Ramsey in the season three storyline "Coven".
- Charlie Carver also co-wrote four episodes of the series. He wrote "Thank You for Your Service", "Black Out", "Fire Island", and "Requiem 1981/1987 Part Two".
- Charlie Carver also appeared in season one of the Netflix series Ratched, which starred Sarah Paulson, who has been a mainstay starring actress on American Horror Story.
Body Count[]
Note: Honorable mention goes to Hannah's unborn child, who died with its mother.
- Ross
- John Sullivan
- Hans Henkes
- Barbara Read
- David
- Cameron
- Whitely
- Theo Graves
- Sam
- Patrick Read
- Hannah Wells
- Gino Barelli
Related Categories[]
- American Horror Story: NYC
- American Horror Story: NYC pages
- American Horror Story: NYC images
- American Horror Story: NYC episodes
- American Horror Story: NYC characters
See also[]
External Links[]
- American Horror Story: NYC at Trakt.TV
- American Horror Story: NYC at the TV IV
- American Horror Story: NYC at Wikipedia
- American Horror Story: NYC at the AHS Wiki
Keywords[]
1980s | 1981 | 1987 | Bondage | Burn victims | Cemetery | Funeral | Homosexuality | Hospital | Molotov cocktail | Morgue | New York | New York City | New York City Police Department | Psychopath | Reporter | Serial killer | Severed limbs | Torture | Virus