American Horror Story: Delicate
twelfth season of the series
The twelfth season of the American horror anthology television series American Horror Story, subtitled Delicate, is based on Danielle Valentine's book Delicate Condition. It is the first season of the series to be based on a novel instead of having an original storyline, and the first season where series creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk did not serve as showrunners.
Halley Feiffer was the showrunner and wrote all nine episodes. The ensemble cast includes returnees Emma Roberts, Denis O'Hare, Dominic Burgess, Zachary Quinto, Billie Lourd, Grace Gummer, and Leslie Grossman, with newcomers Matt Czuchry, Kim Kardashian, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Cara Delevingne, Julie White, Juliana Canfield, and Maaz Ali.
While this season has no direct tie in to a previous interation, the season shares similar witchcraft storylines as present in Coven, Hotel and Apocalypse.
Created by Murphy and Falchuk for the cable network FX, the series is produced by 20th Television. Delicate aired from September 20, 2023, to April 24, 2024, and was split into two parts. The season garnered mixed reviews from critics and ranked among the top-streamed shows in the United States in late 2023. It was nominated for Best Horror Television Series at the 51st Saturn Awards and won Outstanding Contemporary Costumes at the 76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
Cast and characters
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Emma Roberts as Anna Victoria Alcott
Matt Czuchry as Dexter Harding Jr.
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