Impeachment: American Crime Story
third season of American Crime Story
Impeachment: American Crime Story is the third season of the FX true crime anthology television series American Crime Story. It consists of 10 episodes and premiered on September 7, 2021. The season portrays the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal, subsequent impeachment of Clinton and is based on the book A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President by Jeffrey Toobin.
The cast includes Sarah Paulson, Annaleigh Ashford, and Judith Light (all returning from previous seasons), along with Beanie Feldstein, Clive Owen, Margo Martindale, Billy Eichner, Cobie Smulders, Edie Falco, Taran Killam, Colin Hanks, and Elizabeth Reaser. The season received generally favorable reviews from critics.
Cast
Main
Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp
Beanie Feldstein as Monica Lewinsky
Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones
Margo Martindale as Lucianne Goldberg
Edie Falco as Hillary Clinton
Clive Owen as President Bill Clinton
Recurring
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Development
In January 2017, it was announced that a fourth season of American Crime Story was in development, set to air after Katrina, which was eventually dropped. It was to cover the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal and the ensuing events during Clinton's presidency, based on Jeffrey Toobin's book A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President. However, in April 2018, creator Ryan Murphy revealed that the season was scrapped and no longer in development.
On August 6, 2019, it was announced that the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal season was back in development as the third season of the series, which would be written by Sarah Burgess and titled Impeachment. The season began production in October 2020.
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