FINAL-1 Sat, Aug 26, 2017 6:53:40 PM Your Weekly Guide to TV Entertainment for the week of September 2 - 8, 2017 OLD FASHIONED SERVICE Fright night FREE REGISTRY SERVICE Sarah Paulson as seen in “American Horror Story: Coven” Set in modern-day Michigan and using the Massachusetts’ First Credit Union 2016 election as a jumping-off point, the new Located at 370 Highland Avenue, Salem John Doyle St. Jean's Credit Union INSURANCEDoyle Insurance AGENCY season of “American Horror Story” counts se- 3 x 3 1 x 3 ries mainstays Sarah Paulson (“12 Years a Voted #1 Serving over 15,000 Members • A Part of your Community since 1910 Insurance Slave,” 2013) and Evan Peters (“Kick-Ass,” Agency 2010) among its returning cast members. 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Past Murphy collaborators TV Media the premiere, but showrunners en away.” Oscar winner Kathy Bates (“Mis- Billie Lourd (“Scream Queens”) have been more forthcoming — if The show has been unlocking ery,” 1990), who joined the cast in and Leslie Grossman (“Popular”) Video releases t’s taken us inside a coven, a characteristically cryptic — this weekly hints via an interactive season 3’s “Coven,” and music su- join the show this season, and freak show, an insane asylum time around. website , AHSCult.com, which al- perstar Lady Gaga, who appeared “Girls” star Lena Dunham is set to Iand, of course, a good old-fash- We do know that it’s set in mod- lows viewers to sign up and “join” in the last two seasons, will offi- appear in at least one episode. ioned murder house and more. ern-day Michigan, has some con- the cult, complete with their own cially not be returning this year due It’s certainly more information “American Horror Story” has given nection to “Freak Show” and, most identification number. Promo vid- to scheduling conflicts. Several that fans are used to getting before viewers a major case of the willies importantly, uses the 2016 election eos are rife with some of the creep- other “AHS” stalwarts are uncon- a new season of “AHS” touches for six seasons, and a seventh is as a jumping-off point. This is iest clowns you’ll ever care to see firmed as of press time, including down. Executive producer Alexis just around the corner. As always, worth taking note of, since no pre- (painted in red and blue makeup, Denis O’Hare (“Dallas Buyers Martin Woodall even complied details of the upcoming install- vious installment has been particu- making use of subtle election im- Club,” 2013) and Angela Bassett when pushed for more details at a ment of the horror anthology have larly timely or topical — and the agery), and Murphy has hinted (“Malcolm X,” 1992), making it Television Critics Association panel, been kept to a minimum in the setting is surely very deliberate, that “Freak Show’s” Twisty (John unlikely that they’ll have major divulging: “bloody tension, a well- lead-up to the premiere, and fans with Michigan, historically a blue Carroll Lynch, “The Drew Carey parts this season, if they appear at cooked meal, an exciting trip to a of the series are eager to see what state, having been quite divided Show”), “AHS’s” OG creepy clown, all. grocery story. It is true to our brand, during the election. will be making an appearance this Fortunately, “Cult” welcomes a which is you are going to be in a “Cult,” as the new season is subti- Kate McKinnon and tled, has to offer. Don’t miss the Murphy clarified this in an inter- season. number of fresh faces to fill the whole new world all over again, and view with the Hollywood Reporter, A number of other familiar faces void left by the dearly departed. Al- fall in love with these really special Jillian Bell in a scene debut of “American Horror Story: from “Rough Night” Cult,” when it airs Tuesday, Sept. 5, confirming that this season will be appear in “Cult” as well. Adina ison Pill (“Scott Pilgrim vs. the characters and hate yourself for on FX. all about “highlighting people Porter (“True Blood”), Emma Rob- World,” 2010) joins the cast as Ivy watching it before you go to bed.” Rough Night As an anthology series, “Ameri- who don’t have a voice in our cul- erts (“Scream Queens”), Frances Mayfair-Richards, the wife of Paul- All will be made clear — to a A decade after they became can Horror Story” explores a differ- ture — people who are ignored by Conroy (“Six Feet Under”) and son’s character, and comedian Billy point — when “American Horror besties in college, four women ent theme every season. It wel- the current administration and Cheyenne Jackson (“30 Rock”) are Eichner (“Billy on the Street”) Story: Cult” premieres Tuesday, reunite for a weekend of fun comes back many of the same cast who are afraid and feel terrorized among the cast members con- plays a character named Harrison Sept. 5, on FX. before Jess’s (Johansson) wed- members from year to year, but, for ding. The four head to Miami the most part, they play different where, after a night of party- characters in a different time and ing, they hire a stripper to visit setting. There has been the odd them in the Miami house overlap, subtly connecting one they’ve rented for the week- season to another: Pepper (Naomi end. When Jess’s friend Alice Grossman, “Fear, Inc.” 2016) and (Bell) causes an accident that Sister Mary Eunice (Lily Rabe, “The kills the man, the friends panic Whispers”), for instance, appeared and set off a chain of events in both “Asylum” and “Freak Show,” while series mainstay Sar- that not only causes it to be ah Paulson (“12 Years a Slave,” the most insane night any of 2013) has reprised the characters them has ever had, but also of both Billie Dean Howard and might land them all in prison. Lana Winters in multiple seasons Director: Lucia Aniello. Stars: (“Murder House” and “Hotel,” Scarlett Johansson, Jillian Bell, and “Asylum” and “Roanoke,” re- Zoë Kravitz, Ilana Glazer, Kate spectively), along with the stand- McKinnon, Paul W. Downs, alone characters she’s portrayed. Ryan Cooper, Demi Moore. While “Cult” marks the first 2017. 101 min. Comedy. season in which series regular Rabe will not be appearing, Paul- Megan Leavey son once again has a leading role — as does Evan Peters (“Kick- In this film based on a heart- Ass,” 2010), who, like Paulson, has warming true story, U.S. Ma- been with the show from the start. rine Corp. Megan Leavey Fans were quick to voice their dis- (Mara) is a canine handler appointment last season about serving in Iraq who is paired how little they saw of Peters, an with a difficult-to-train bomb- enduring favorite with viewers (he sniffing dog named Rex. Al- played two different characters, though she’s always had trou- and between them, he still only ap- ble bonding with people, peared in four episodes). Peters Leavey forms a special bond fans can rest easy this season, with Rex, and together they though — creator and executive find a number of explosive de- producer Ryan Murphy tweeted vices and save many soldiers’ that in “Cult,” “More Evan you will lives during two tours of duty. get. This is his heaviest season After both are wounded in an yet.” explosion, Rex is forced to re- This alone is more information tire, leading Leavey through a than we can typically expect to get complicated and political pro- from Murphy, who is known for cess in an attempt to adopt keeping “American Horror Story” him. details close to the vest prior to air Evan Peters as seen in “American Horror Story: Hotel” time. 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