American Horror Story Season 13 Sets New All-Time Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Record

American Horror Story season 13 drops to 40% on Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter, the lowest audience score in the show's history.

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American Horror Story Season 13 Sets New All-Time Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Record

American Horror Story season 13 drops to 40% on Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter, the lowest audience score in the show's history.

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American Horror Story season 13 drops to 40% on Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter, the lowest audience score in the show's history. American Horror Story season 13 has the lowest Rotten Tomatoes audience score in its history at 40%. Originally reported by ScreenRant.

American Horror Story Season 13

Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon in American Horror Story 13

American Horror Story season 13 has dropped two percentage points on Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter since the season began, from 42% to 40%.

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score

This marks the lowest audience score in American Horror Story history, with season 11 (NYC) at 42% as the second-lowest.

Fan Reaction

Sarah Paulson as Cordelia in episode 1 of American Horror Story 13

Viewers have called season 13 a disappointment, terrible, boring, incoherent, and disjointed with poor writing and terrible pacing.

Season 13 Cast

Season 13 Cast

The cast includes Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Billie Lourd, Emma Roberts, Gabourey Sidibe, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Leslie Grossman, Frances Conroy, Joey Pollari, John Waters, John Carroll Lynch, and Jamie Brewer.

Ryan Murphy's Approach

Evan Peters as Kai in American Horror Story 13

Ryan Murphy described season 13 as an Avengers-type crossover, bringing together characters from the show's 12 previous seasons for the first time.

Season 13's Unique Format

Season 13's Unique Format

Episodes now run about half an hour, and multiple episodes air every week, which is why eight episodes have already aired two weeks after the premiere.

Thirteenth Season Significance

Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon in American Horror Story season 13

Pollari plays a hospice caretaker named Ben DeSoto who has triskaidekaphobia, a fear of the number 13, which plays a major role in the storyline and subtitle.

Historical Audience Scores

Historical Audience Scores

Season 1 (Murder House) has the highest audience score at 85%, followed by season 2 (Asylum) at 90%.

Critic Scores

Zoe Nan and Madison in American Horror Story Coven

Critics have given season 13 a 75% on Rotten Tomatoes, in line with past seasons like Murder House (72%), Freak Show (77%), and Roanoke (74%).

Season 13's Release Schedule

American Horror Story season 13 airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. EDT on FX and the next day on Hulu.

Ryan Murphy's Career

Murphy has directed the season premiere and co-written the script with co-creator Brad Falchuk, and is also working on The Beauty, Love Story, The Shards, and Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story.

Season 13's Audience Score

Season 13's Audience Score

The audience score for season 13 is 40%, the lowest in American Horror Story history, with season 11 (NYC) at 42% as the second-lowest.

Season 13's Audience Reaction

Viewers have called season 13 a disappointment, terrible, boring, incoherent, and disjointed with poor writing and terrible pacing.

Season 13's Historical Context

Season 13 is the thirteenth season of American Horror Story, following the show's 12 previous seasons.

Season 13's Audience Score Comparison

Season 13's Audience Score Comparison

The audience score for season 13 is 40%, the lowest in American Horror Story history, with season 11 (NYC) at 42% as the second-lowest.

The essence

American Horror Story season 13 has the lowest Rotten Tomatoes audience score in its history at 40%.

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