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'American Horror Story' Nothing's more frightening than change -- FX's newcomer horror series "American Horror Story" is going to be occur a brand new house having a (mostly) new cast for season two, based on network topper John Landgraf and series creator Ryan Murphy. Murphy stated on the business call today that "every season from the show is a different haunting," which each season would standalone since it's own story. "AHS," quite simply, is placed to become "periodic anthology series," within the network's words. Some stars, Murphy stated, he stated, might return -- but as new figures. Murphy added he wished the show's layout and production sked would attract film stars searching for a brief-term television commitment. Season two may have a brand new title sequence, a brand new setting outdoors La, and lots of new thesps. Its writing staff will stay, however. New cast and story will probably be introduced in Feb. It is a lesson horror fans should curently have known: do not get too attached. The series might have scared people, however it has not scared them -- the horror drama handled to sustain its viewership all season, scoring rankings levels because of its finale. The series presently has the very best-ever season one rankings ever to have an Forex show, boasting a 29% lead as a whole audiences over "Justified" (its nearest competition) along with a 50% advantage within the demo over Murphy's previous Forex series, "Puppy nip/Tuck." Wednesday night's episode from the skein drawn in only over 3.two million total audiences having a healthy 2.19 million within the demo, evaluating positively towards the just-under 3.two million pairs of eyeballs drenched because of its first seg, in October. The show has additionally added lots of all-important demo audiences its initial air only attracted 1.six million 18-49-year-olds. It is a series that draws in plenty recently audiences -- individuals amounts for that series premiere later expanded to 4.two million with 2.8 million demo viewers when 3-day Digital recording device viewership was incorporated later -- so expect a proper area of "Horror" fans to stay tuned Thursday, Friday as well as on Christmas Eve. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com