The Future Of Ryan Murphy Shows: Part 5

Today's the day that American Horror Story: 13 finally premieres on FX/Hulu/Disney+ and last night's premiere in New York with the cast and crew revealed so much stuff from the world of Ryan Murphy. Let's break stuff down.

After two and half years off the air, American Horror Story: 13 will tell one of the biggest crossover events in the show's history. There's so many returning actors/characters, iconic fan favourites to look forward to within a new story focusing on the number 13. The season is being anchored by Joey Pollari and Paul Anthony Kelly's respective characters, Ben DeSoto and Mr. Nas. By now, there are almost too many spoilers out there, so I'll say only one other thing because how can I not?

Remember when Ariana Grande was supposed to be part of the new season but dropped out? Apparently, she was going to reprise her role of Chanel #2 from Scream Queens. Even in 2026, that short lived show continues to have a lasting legacy. Circling back to American Horror Story, it seems that an international version of the show could be in the works.

Back to network television, the upcoming seasons of both 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Nashville will premiere next month. October 15th on ABC to be specific. The former show will be tackling a volcanic disaster while the latter will tackle killer bees and will see the debut of Ryan Philippe's detective Rogue. There's also some plot involving a serial killer too. I'll be honest, I'll be dropping both shows after their upcoming seasons.

Speaking of Ryan Murphy shows that I've struggled with, the second season of FX/Hulu's All's Fair will drop it's first three episodes from November 5th and will air into December. I recently finished The Shards and personally, I wouldn't recommend it as a show. The Beauty has effectively been cancelled but it seems like Netflix's The Watcher may be returning for a second season. Ryan Murphy also revealed last month that he has a vampire drama in the works that will start filming in Europe from December. Expect the cast to be announced soon.

It's been a week since Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story was released on Netflix. I watched in a day and my review's up. Like with previous seasons, this Ella Beatty led one certainly divided audience and critics alike. It also debuted with 12.1 million views during its first weekend, so expect a fifth season renewal fairly soon. Ian Brennan has also expressed having ideas for ten seasons of the popular anthology series.

Last but not least - could we actually be getting a revival of popular FOX show, Glee? Personally, we shouldn't but Ryan Murphy has written a script and contacted ten cast members from the original show. I think it's gonna at least film a pilot within the next year or two. Whether or not it'll get picked up to series, I'm not so sure. I do think some things should be left in the past. 

That's a round up of all of Ryan Murphy's shows for the time being. Some interesting stuff, huh?

The Future Of Ryan Murphy Shows - Part 4

A surprise update here. I was going to hold this off until later in the year but a few tantalising bits have materialised the last few weeks.

Filming for 9-1-1: Nashville has begun and the cast has further expanded. Last time I mentioned Chris O'Donnell as Captain Don Sharpe and Jessica Capshaw as Blythe Warde along with LeAnn Rimes and Kimberly Williams-Paisley in undisclosed roles. Added to the cast include Michael Provost as Ryan, a cowboy firefighter as well as Don and Blythe's son. Then there's Hunter McVey as haunted bad boy firefighter Blue, Juanita Felix as former trauma surgeon Roxie and Hailey Kilgore as singer Taylor. Both Roxie and Taylor are also firefighters. The show will premiere in the Fall on ABC with the ninth season of parent show, 9-1-1.

Speaking of filming, FX's next anthology series, American Love Story has given us some goodies here. First of all, this rather nice photoshoot with leads Paul Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon as JFK Jr and Carolyn Bessette in character mode. On top of that they will be joined by Grace Gummer, Sydney Lemmon and Alessandro Nicola as well as the previously announced Naomi Watts. It was also confirmed the show will premiere on FX from February 2026.

After months of radio silence, we finally got the tiniest of crumbs for American Horror Story. Now, it's nothing to get too excited about but someone did ask Ryan Murphy if we were going to get Season 13 in 2025 and while Murphy didn't exactly confirm that we would, he did give something. He confirmed that both him and Sarah Paulson were working on something cool in regards to the long running FX stalwart. It's not really anything to go on but here's hoping that more concrete information will surface soon enough. I'd be surprised if Season 13 does air this year but stranger things have happened.

Announced after my last blog on Ryan Murphy shows, it does look like he's collaborating with Kaia Gerber once again. This time, it's adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's The Shards for FX. The book released in 2023 focused on a coming of age story set in 1981 where a group of privileged prep school students navigate their senior year as well as the presence of a serial killer. Gerber's character will be the lead and so far, she's the only cast member announced with Max Winkler set to direct the pilot episode. Filming has yet to start, so this one might be a while yet. I hope this fares better for Murphy than Scream Queens did a decade ago for him.

Last but not least, there's Doctor Odyssey. It's been a month since the first season wrapped up on an unsatisfying note on ABC. The lack of an update on the nautical series is definitely frustrating as both ABC and Ryan Murphy seem to yet to decide on its fate. If it is returning, it's definitely moving to another night on ABC and will likely be a mid season return. If it's cancelled, then why not just the few people curious about the show out of their misery and tell them? I expect this with streaming and cable shows but not a network TV show. Make a decision already.

That's my update for now. Unless major news is revealed about multiple Ryan Murphy soon, it'll be a while before I do another of these blogs.