<P> The second season's premiere gained a 2.2 18--49 ratings share and gathered 3.85 million viewers, marking the highest numbers for the series . By the season's sixth episode, the numbers dropped to a series - low 0.9 18--49 ratings share and 1.89 million viewers; however, they rebounded to above two million viewers for the subsequent episodes, and reached 2.29 million viewers for the season's finale . The premiere of the fifth season of the series became the second most - watched telecast in the network's history, only behind the premiere episode of the previous season, which was watched by 6.13 million viewers . The show was subsequently renewed for another season; John Landgraf, the CEO of the network, commented on the show's success by saying that American Horror Story, the network's highest rated series, "has unquestionably joined the ranks of television's landmark series ." In 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that "unlike a lot of shows about the supernatural", American Horror Story was "more popular in cities, but also throughout parts of the Southwest". </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Season </Th> <Th> Timeslot (ET) </Th> <Th> Episodes </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> First aired </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Last aired </Th> <Th> TV season </Th> <Th> Avg . viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Viewers (millions) </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wednesday 10: 00 p.m. </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> October 5, 2011 </Td> <Td> 3.18 </Td> <Td> December 21, 2011 </Td> <Td> 3.22 </Td> <Td> 2011--12 </Td> <Td> 2.82 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> October 17, 2012 </Td> <Td> 3.85 </Td> <Td> January 23, 2013 </Td> <Td> 2.29 </Td> <Td> 2012--13 </Td> <Td> 2.53 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> October 9, 2013 </Td> <Td> 5.54 </Td> <Td> January 29, 2014 </Td> <Td> 4.24 </Td> <Td> 2013--14 </Td> <Td> 4.00 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> October 8, 2014 </Td> <Td> 6.13 </Td> <Td> January 21, 2015 </Td> <Td> 3.27 </Td> <Td> 2014--15 </Td> <Td> 3.85 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> October 7, 2015 </Td> <Td> 5.81 </Td> <Td> January 13, 2016 </Td> <Td> 2.24 </Td> <Td> 2015--16 </Td> <Td> 2.89 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> September 14, 2016 </Td> <Td> 5.14 </Td> <Td> November 16, 2016 </Td> <Td> 2.45 </Td> <Td> 2016--17 </Td> <Td> 2.93 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Tuesday 10: 00 p.m. </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> September 5, 2017 </Td> <Td> 3.93 </Td> <Td> TBA </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> <Td> 2017--18 </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Season </Th> <Th> Timeslot (ET) </Th> <Th> Episodes </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> First aired </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Last aired </Th> <Th> TV season </Th> <Th> Avg . viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Viewers (millions) </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr>

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