FX’s day at the Television Critics Association winter press tour was loaded with news of premiere dates and renewals; although not every anticipated show is coming as soon as its fans would like (or as FX had promised). FX Networks and FX Productions chairman shared the following details on hits likeand— as well as new shows likeDevs— with entertainment journalists on Thursday morning. AtlantaAmerican Horror Story
Plus, news of a hot new adaptation for another prestige network in today’s edition of TV Talk.
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AHSGETS A FITTING RENEWAL …
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and‘s hit anthology seriesAmerican Horror Storyhas been renewed through season 13, FX announced. The announcement?keeps the Emmy-winning campy fright fest on the network for (at least) three more seasons following the previously-ordered season 10 set to air later this year.Ryan MurphyBrad Falchuk
“Somehow it just feels really poetic to me that?will have 13 seasons,” Landgraf chuckled.American Horror Story
Still,?he said that Murphy hasn’t revealed any details on what the themes for these new seasons will be.
“It’s like an annual ritual for him,” Landgraf said of Murphy, adding that “he loves the act of imagination and creating something new, starting from the ground up with a concept, production design, casting, makeup hair costume. Every year, he probably has a bucket of possibilities. But every year, he kind of figures out what he’s obsessed with this year, what he thinks is relevant. Sometimes it’s classic. Sometimes it’s more responding to the moment. And then, he surprises me by telling me what it’s going to be.”
IMPEACHMENTDELAY
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Despite the good news aboutAHS, Landgraf said that there will be some lag time with another project from Murphy (pictured) and his producing partners.American Crime Story:?Impeachment, the latest chapter in the Emmy-winning anthology series based on true events, was supposed to premiere on September 27.
Landgraf said that this is now infeasible for the drama, which tells the story of the Bill Clinton impeachment trial withas Monica Lewinsky andas the embattled president — not because of the backlash the network faced over its intention to premiere right before the 2020 election, but because Murphy is currently filming a movie, and production won’t start onImpeachmentuntil March.Beanie FeldsteinClive Owen
“The factor determining that [hold up] is Ryan’s availability,” Landgraf said. “The fact that we won’t be done by September is determined by his availability.”
Premiere Dates Bonanza
If it sweetens the blow, FX did announce premiere dates for many of its new and returning shows.
Perhaps filling theACSvoid is, a new limited series?starting April 15 in which a star-studded cast depicts the women’s rights movement of the last century. Cate Blanchett stars as Phyllis Schlafly, Rose Byrne is Gloria Steinem, and Uzo Aduba appears as Shirley Chisholm.Mrs. America
New comediesBreedersandDavepremiere March 2 and March 4, respectively, while tech thrillerDevsstarts March 5 (more on that below). All four episodes of new docu-seriesThe Most Dangerous Animal of All?premiere?March 6.
The fourth and final season of Pamela Adlon’s lauded dramedyBetter Thingsstarts March 5, as does the second season of weekly comedy showcaseCake. The second season of vampire mockumentary seriesWhat We Do in the Shadowsstarts April 15. The fourth installment of anthology seriesFargostarts April 19, and season 11 ofArcherstarts May 6.
ATLANTA?SEASONS 3 AND 4 EXPECTED IN 2021
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The new season of FX dramedyAtlantais long delayed because creator Donald Glover has been busy with other projects. Landgraf said that, instead of one long season, the next 16 episodes ofAtlantawill be broken up into two seasons. One is intended to premiere in early 2021 while the other will hit later that year.
“They’re going to shoot them all in sequence,” Landgraf said, while teasing that “a good chunk of it shoots outside the United States.”
PARASITE?SERIES HEADS TO HBO
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In other TV news,Parasitewriter-director Bong Joon Ho has partnered with Adam McKay on a television adaptation of his Korean-language awards hit for HBO, according to?.The Hollywood Reporter
“It is unclear if the limited series will be some sort of follow-up to the movie or an English-language remake,”THRreported.
NO MOREDEVSIN DEVELOPMENT
Creator Alex Garland’s eagerly anticipated technology-centered thriller stars Sonoya Mizuno as a computer programmer investigating her boyfriend’s mysterious disappearance. To complicate matters, they both work for a computing company run by Nick Offerman’s well-whiskered and powerful Forest. But don’t get too obsessed with the series. Landgraf said that, while he’d be “dancing an Irish jig” for more ofDevs, right now the plan is for it to be an actual limited series of eight episodes.
AYBY ANY OTHER NAME?
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FX’s adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s comic-book seriesY: The Last Manhas gone through plenty of behind-the-scenes drama. Eliza Clark took over as showrunner from Michael Green and A?da Mashaka Croal last year and Landgraf says he’s seen five to six episodes.
Even though the title?Y?doesn’t make for good online searching, FX plans to keep it.
“It’s informally calledY, but we haven’t gone through the process of figuring out?… marketing it,” Landgraf said.
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