American Horror Story (often abbreviated AHS) is an American anthology horror television series created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk which premiered on October 5, 2011. Described as an anthology series, each season is conceived as a mostly self-contained miniseries, following a disparate set of characters and settings, and a storyline with its own "beginning, middle, and end."
As of November 16, 2016[update], 73 episodes of American Horror Story have aired, concluding the sixth season. In October 2016, the series was renewed for a seventh season, to premiere in September 2017. In January 2017, the series was renewed for an eighth and ninth season.