Will American Horror Story Be a Hit for FX? A Look at the Recent History of Horror on TV (omg!)

(Yahoo Entertainment) - 7 months, 3 weeks ago

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Historically, horror hasn't scared up a great track record on TV. Supernatural? Yes. Terrifying? No. The good news for FX, which on Wednesday launches American Horror Story, is that audiences seem to be growing braver. Huge numbers of people have dared to peek out from behind their fingers, making hits out of The Walking Dead and True Blood. Even when Nip/Tuck dared to dip its scalpels into overt horror -- terrorizing us with sadistic serial killer The Carver -- it drew record numbers ...

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