American Horror Story Season 13 Gets Fall Premiere Date And New Title — Plus, Intel On Returning All-Star Cast

Brace yourselves, "American Horror Story" fans. New scares (and an all-star cast) are coming to FX this fall. The new AHS season — simply titled "American Horror Story: 13" — is officially set to premiere Thursday, September 24 at 9/8c, the cabler announced Thursday.

Back in October, Ryan Murphy announced that the star-studded cast of Season 13 would include the return of "AHS" icon Jessica Lange. Lange will be joined by a who's who of Murphy collaborators, including Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Ariana Grande, Emma Roberts, Billie Lourd, Gabourey Sidibe, and Leslie Grossman.

"Surprise, b*tch! I bet you thought you'd seen the last of me," Murphy added in his October Instagram reveal, all but confirming that Season 13 will witness the return of the witches from "Coven" and "Apocalypse."

Lange is easily the most exciting name on this list, having put "American Horror Story" on the map with her fan favorite roles as Constance Langdon in Season 1 (Murder House"), Sister Jude in Season 2 ("Asylum") and Fiona Goode in Season 3 ("Coven"). Her final turn as a series regular came when she played Elsa Mars in Season 4 ("Freak Show"). She delighted fans with a one-episode return as Constance in Season 8 ("Apocalypse"), which officially combined the worlds and characters of both "Murder House" and "Coven."

Lange is also one of the most surprising cast inclusions, considering she was fairly vocal about not returning to the franchise. When asked by a reporter in February 2025 if she was going to come back to Season 13, her exact response was "Christ, no." (Watch the video.)

Another surprising addition to the "American Horror Story" cast is Ariana Grande, who has not appeared in any of the previous seasons. That said, this isn't her first time at the Murphy rodeo, as  Grande famously portrayed the ill-fated Chanel No. 2 on Fox's "Scream Queens." Despite Chanel No. 2 meeting her untimely end (in hilarious fashion) at the hands of the show's Red Devil killer in the short-lived comedy's series premiere, she reappeared in ghostly form in two additional episodes. Sadly, her ghost was nowhere to be seen in the show's hospital-set second season.

But let's be real, what better time for Grande to (potentially) play a naughty witch on "AHS" than now, considering she has spent the last two years embodying Glinda in the "Wicked" movies? Keep working that magic, we say.

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