<P> Set in the year 2017, the fictitious town of Brookfield Heights, Michigan, is left divided upon the wake of Donald Trump's presidential election . Local restaurant owner Ally Mayfair - Richards (Sarah Paulson) is left utterly distraught, along with her wife Ivy (Alison Pill). Despite the help of her psychiatrist, Dr. Rudy Vincent Anderson (Cheyenne Jackson), Ally becomes increasingly unstable in the following weeks, her long repressed phobias begin to re-emerge, and they begin to affect her relationships with her wife as well as their son Oz (Cooper Dodson). Across town, misogynistic conservative Kai Anderson (Evan Peters) rejoices at the election results, enticing him to pursue political power by running for city council, led by Bebe Babbitt (Frances Conroy)--the former follower and lover of radical feminist Valerie Solanas (Lena Dunham)--with the help of his reluctant, liberal sister Winter (Billie Lourd), who was also hired by the Mayfair - Richards household as their nanny . As Ally attempts to adjust to regular life despite her growing anxiety and paranoia, she becomes terrorized by a group of masked assailants in clown attire who are only present when she is alone, leaving those around her to wonder if she was truly attacked, or if they were merely hallucinations . Kai's faithful followers include Ally's eccentric neighbors Harrison (Billy Eichner) and Meadow Wilton (Leslie Grossman), newscast reporter Beverly Hope (Adina Porter), rogue detective Jack Samuels (Colton Haynes), as well as local grocery cashier Gary K. Longstreet (Chaz Bono). With Kai's rise to power revealing sinister motives, amplifying her growing distrust of those around her, such as her neighbors, Ally starts to draw connections between her alleged clown attackers and the many strange incidents occurring in Brookfield Heights, and she begins to fear that everyone in town is out to get her . This season mostly deals with marginalization, with other themes including politics, government, conspiracies, the media, fear, power, disenfranchisement, revenge, sexism, and oppression . </P> <P> On January 12, 2017, the series was renewed for an eighth season set to air in 2018 . On October 1, 2017, it was announced that cast mainstay Sarah Paulson will return for the eighth season . On January 5, 2018, Ryan Murphy confirmed the eighth season will be set in the future . Writing began on February 20 . </P> <P> On January 12, 2017, the series was renewed for a ninth season set to air in 2019 . On January 5, 2018, Ryan Murphy confirmed that the ninth season will be a crossover between the first season, Murder House, and the third season, Coven . The idea of a crossover season was announced in October 30, 2016 . </P> <P> Creators Murphy and Falchuk began working on American Horror Story before their Fox series Glee began production . Murphy wanted to do the opposite of what he had done previously and thus began his work on the series . He stated: "I went from Nip / Tuck to Glee, so it made sense that I wanted to do something challenging and dark . And I always had loved, as Brad had, the horror genre . So it just was a natural for me ." Falchuk was intrigued by the idea of putting a different angle on the horror genre, stating that their main goal in creating the series was to scare viewers . "You want people to be a little bit off balance afterwards," he said . </P>

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