History Series / AmericanCrimeStory

Its third season, ''Series/{{Impeachment}}'' details President UsefulNotes/BillClinton's impeachment, specifically the scandal involving his affair with Monica Lewinsky. This was initially a concept for the fourth season. However, in August 2019, it was revealed that this season [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/monica-lewinsky-produced-impeachment-set-as-next-american-crime-story-at-fx-1229819 would go ahead as the third season]], with Lewinsky serving as a producer for the season. It starred Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp, Creator/BeanieFeldstein as Monica Lewinsky, Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones, Creator/CliveOwen as UsefulNotes/BillClinton, Creator/BillyEichner as Matt Drudge, Anthony Green as UsefulNotes/AlGore, Creator/EdieFalco as UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, and Creator/CobieSmulders as Ann Coulter.

A third season, slated to follow ''The Assassination of Gianni Versace'', was originally announced as being centered around Hurracane Katrina, named ''Katrina'', but the third season was later [[https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a18194657/american-crime-story-katrina-season-3/ confirmed]] to no longer be centered around Hurricane Katrina. To quote the article, "FX CEO John Landgraf revealed that there are four ideas for the series in the works, but the order in which they will be made is unclear." Its cast originally included Creator/AnnetteBening as Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco, Creator/SarahPaulson as Dr. Anna Pou, Creator/MatthewBroderick as Matthew D. Brown, and Creator/DennisQuaid as President UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, but it's since been stated that only Paulson is likely to remain in her role, with the others possibly being assigned new ones. Its scope was also narrowed to Memorial Medical Center, where the staff were stranded for five days after the hurricane and left to care for hundreds of patients without electricity, ultimately deciding to euthanize many of the worst cases. Whether it will ever actually come to fruition is currently unknown.

An additional fourth season has already been greenlit as well. It was originally slated to detail with President UsefulNotes/BillClinton's impeachment, specifically the scandal involving his affair with Monica Lewinsky, but this was initially scrapped with it being unclear what season would air after ''Versace''. However, in August 2019, it was revealed that this season [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/monica-lewinsky-produced-impeachment-set-as-next-american-crime-story-at-fx-1229819 would go ahead as the third season]] (with ''Katrina'' effectively being scrapped instead), with Lewinsky serving as a producer for the season. It will star Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp, Creator/BeanieFeldstein as Monica Lewinsky, Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones, Creator/CliveOwen as UsefulNotes/BillClinton, Creator/BillyEichner as Matt Drudge, Anthony Green as UsefulNotes/AlGore, Creator/EdieFalco as UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, and Creator/CobieSmulders as Ann Coulter.

Its first season, ''Series/ThePeopleVOJSimpson'', covers the infamous Creator/OJSimpson murder trial that spanned eleven months between 1994 and 1995. Creator/CubaGoodingJr stars as Simpson himself, while the cast is rounded out by Creator/SarahPaulson as Marcia Clark, Creator/CourtneyBVance as Johnnie Cochran, Creator/SterlingKBrown as Christopher Darden, Creator/JohnTravolta as Robert Shapiro, Creator/DavidSchwimmer as Robert Kardashian, Creator/SelmaBlair as Kris Jenner (formerly Kardashian), Creator/NathanLane as F. Lee Bailey, and Billy Magnussen as Kato Kaelin.

A third season, slated to follow ''The Assassination of Gianni Versace'', was originally announced as being centered around Hurracane Katrina, named ''Katrina'', but the third season was later [[https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a18194657/american-crime-story-katrina-season-3/ confirmed]] to no longer be centered around Hurricane Katrina. To quote the article, "FX CEO John Landgraf revealed that there are four ideas for the series in the works, but the order in which they will be made is unclear." Its cast originally included Creator/AnnetteBening as Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco, Sarah Paulson as Dr. Anna Pou, Creator/MatthewBroderick as Matthew D. Brown, and Creator/DennisQuaid as President UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, but it's since been stated that only Paulson is likely to remain in her role, with the others possibly being assigned new ones. Its scope was also narrowed to Memorial Medical Center, where the staff were stranded for five days after the hurricane and left to care for hundreds of patients without electricity, ultimately deciding to euthanize many of the worst cases. Whether it will ever actually come to fruition is currently unknown.

The success of ''American Crime Story'' has led to other anthology series (also airing on FX and produced by Murphy) based around real-life events. ''Series/{{Feud}}: Bette and Joan'' was intended to be the first in a series of dramatizations about infamous rivalries in history, but plans for a second season (focusing on [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor Prince Charles and Princess Diana]]) stalled and may never come to fruition. Shortly before the premiere of ''Impeachment'', FX announced two further spinoffs: ''American Sports Story'' (with season one following the tragic life of [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL]] player Aaron Hernandez), and ''American Love Story'' (with season one following the doomed romance between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette).

Not to be confused with Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''Series/{{American Crime}}'', a similar anthology series with its own repertory cast of actors.

** Downplayed, when in comparison to its sister series ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory''. It's not as gritty or bloody as ''AHS'', but everything is still played with utter seriousness.

A third season, slated to follow ''The Assassination of Gianni Versace'', was originally announced as being centered around Hurracane Katrina, named ''Katrina'', but the third season was later [[https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a18194657/american-crime-story-katrina-season-3/ confirmed]] to no longer be centered around Hurricane Katrina. To quote the article, "FX CEO John Landgraf revealed that there are four ideas for the series in the works, but the order in which they will be made is unclear." Its cast originally included Creator/AnnetteBening as Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco, Sarah Paulson as Dr. Anna Pou, Creator/MatthewBroderick as Matthew D. Brown, and Creator/DennisQuaid as President UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, but it's since been stated that only Paulson is likely to remain in her role, with the others possibly being assigned new ones. Its scope was also narrowed to Memorial Medical Center, where the staff were stranded for five days after the hurricane and left to care for hundreds of patients without electricity, ultimately deciding to euthanize many of the worst cases.

* ''Series/TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace'' (2018)[[/index]]
* ''Impeachment'' (2021)

Its first season, ''Series/ThePeopleVOJSimpson'', covers the infamous O.J. Simpson murder trial that spanned eleven months between 1994 and 1995. Creator/CubaGoodingJr stars as Simpson himself, while the cast is rounded out by Creator/SarahPaulson as Marcia Clark, Creator/CourtneyBVance as Johnnie Cochran, Creator/SterlingKBrown as Christopher Darden, Creator/JohnTravolta as Robert Shapiro, Creator/DavidSchwimmer as Robert Kardashian, Creator/SelmaBlair as Kris Jenner (formerly Kardashian), Creator/NathanLane as F. Lee Bailey, and Billy Magnussen as Kato Kaelin.

Its first season, ''[[Series/ThePeopleVOJSimpson The People v. O.J. Simpson]]'', covers the infamous O.J. Simpson murder trial that spanned eleven months between 1994 and 1995. Creator/CubaGoodingJr stars as Simpson himself, while the cast is rounded out by Creator/SarahPaulson as Marcia Clark, Creator/CourtneyBVance as Johnnie Cochran, Creator/SterlingKBrown as Christopher Darden, Creator/JohnTravolta as Robert Shapiro, Creator/DavidSchwimmer as Robert Kardashian, Creator/SelmaBlair as Kris Jenner (formerly Kardashian), Creator/NathanLane as F. Lee Bailey, and Billy Magnussen as Kato Kaelin.

A third season, ''Katrina'', was slated to follow ''The People v. O.J. Simpson'', but has been [[https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a18194657/american-crime-story-katrina-season-3/ confirmed]] to no longer be centered around Hurricane Katrina. To quote the article, "FX CEO John Landgraf revealed that there are four ideas for the series in the works, but the order in which they will be made is unclear." Its cast originally included Creator/AnnetteBening as Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco, Sarah Paulson as Dr. Anna Pou, Creator/MatthewBroderick as Matthew D. Brown, and Creator/DennisQuaid as President UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, but it's since been stated that only Paulson is likely to remain in her role, with the others possibly being assigned new ones. Its scope was also narrowed to Memorial Medical Center, where the staff were stranded for five days after the hurricane and left to care for hundreds of patients without electricity, ultimately deciding to euthanize many of the worst cases.

An additional fourth season has already been greenlit as well. It was originally slated to detail with President UsefulNotes/BillClinton's impeachment, specifically the scandal involving his affair with Monica Lewinsky, but this was initially scrapped with it being unclear what season would air after ''Versace''. However, in August 2019, it was revealed that this season [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/monica-lewinsky-produced-impeachment-set-as-next-american-crime-story-at-fx-1229819 would go ahead as the third season]], with Lewinsky serving as a producer for the season. It will star Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp, Creator/BeanieFeldstein as Monica Lewinsky, Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones, Creator/CliveOwen as UsefulNotes/BillClinton, Creator/BillyEichner as Matt Drudge, Anthony Green as UsefulNotes/AlGore, Creator/EdieFalco as UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, and Creator/CobieSmulders as Ann Coulter.

An additional fourth season [[AdoredByTheNetwork has already been greenlit as well]]. It was originally slated to detail with President UsefulNotes/BillClinton's impeachment, specifically the scandal involving his affair with Monica Lewinsky, but this was initially scrapped with it being unclear what season would air after ''Versace''. [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/monica-lewinsky-produced-impeachment-set-as-next-american-crime-story-at-fx-1229819?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral However, in August 2019, it was revealed that the series would go ahead as the third season, with Lewinsky serving as a producer for the season.]] It will star Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp, Creator/BeanieFeldstein as Monica Lewinsky, and Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones.

* LighterAndSofter: Downplayed. It's not as gritty or bloody as ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'', which it spun off from. Everything is still played with utter seriousness.

* ''Impeachment'' (2020)

Its second season, ''Series/TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace'', details the murder of the [[UsefulNotes/GianniVersace legendary fashion designer]] committed by Andrew Cunanan in 1997. Edgar Ramirez stars as Versace, while other main cast members include Creator/PenelopeCruz as Donatella Versace, Creator/DarrenCriss as Cunanan, Max Greenfield as Ronnie, Ricky Martin as Antonio D'Amico, and Finn Wittrock as Jeffrey Trail.

Its first season, ''[[Series/ThePeopleVOJSimpson The People v. O.J. Simpson]]'', covers the infamous O.J. Simpson murder trial that spanned eleven months between 1994 and 1995. Creator/CubaGoodingJr. stars as Simpson himself, while the cast is rounded out by Creator/SarahPaulson as Marcia Clark, Creator/CourtneyBVance as Johnnie Cochran, Creator/SterlingKBrown as Christopher Darden, Creator/JohnTravolta as Robert Shapiro, Creator/DavidSchwimmer as Robert Kardashian, Creator/SelmaBlair as Kris Jenner (formerly Kardashian), Creator/NathanLane as F. Lee Bailey, and Billy Magnussen as Kato Kaelin.

Its second season, ''Series/TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace'', details the murder of the legendary fashion designer committed by Andrew Cunanan in 1997. Edgar Ramirez stars as Versace, while other main cast members include Creator/PenelopeCruz as Donatella Versace, Creator/DarrenCriss as Cunanan, Max Greenfield as Ronnie, Ricky Martin as Antonio D'Amico, and Finn Wittrock as Jeffrey Trail.

An additional fourth season [[AdoredByTheNetwork has already been greenlit as well]]. It was originally slated to detail with President UsefulNotes/BillClinton's impeachment, specifically the scandal involving his affair with Monica Lewinsky, but this was initially scrapped with it being unclear what season would air after ''Versace''. [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/monica-lewinsky-produced-impeachment-set-as-next-american-crime-story-at-fx-1229819?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral However, in August 2019, it was revealed that the series would go ahead as the third season, with Lewinsky serving as a producer for the season.]] It will star Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp, Beanie Feldstein as Monica Lewinsky, and Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones.

''American Crime Story'' is an Creator/{{FX}} {{true crime}} {{docudrama}} {{anthology}} series, exec. produced by Creator/RyanMurphy and Brad Falchuk -- the masterminds behind anthology sister shows ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'' and ''Series/{{Scream Queens|2015}}''. Much like ''American Horror Story'', each season of ''American Crime Story'' [[{{Dramatization}} dramatizes]] a different [[BasedOnATrueStory real-life]] crime.

An additional fourth season [[AdoredByTheNetwork has already been greenlit as well]]. It was originally slated to detail with President UsefulNotes/BillClinton's impeachment, specifically the scandal involving his affair with Monica Lewinsky, but this was initially scrapped with it being unclear what season would air after ''Versace''. [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/monica-lewinsky-produced-impeachment-set-as-next-american-crime-story-at-fx-1229819?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral However, in August 2019, it was revealed that the series would go ahead as the third season, with Lewinsky serving as a producer for the season.]]

An additional fourth season [[AdoredByTheNetwork has already been greenlit as well]]. It was originally slated to detail with President UsefulNotes/BillClinton's impeachment, specifically the scandal involving his affair with Monica Lewinsky, but this was initially with it being unclear what season would air after ''Versace''. [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/monica-lewinsky-produced-impeachment-set-as-next-american-crime-story-at-fx-1229819?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral However, in August 2019, it was revealed that the series would go ahead as the third season, with Lewinsky serving as a producer for the season.]]

* ''Season 3'' (TBD)

An additional fourth season [[AdoredByTheNetwork has already been greenlit as well]]. It was originally slated to detail with President UsefulNotes/BillClinton's impeachment, specifically the scandal involving his affair with Monica Lewinsky, but this scrapped and the new, actual subject has yet to be announced.

A third season, ''Katrina'', was slated to follow ''The People v. O.J. Simpson'', but has been [[https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a18194657/american-crime-story-katrina-season-3/ "confirmed"]] to no longer be centered around Hurricane Katrina. Its cast originally included Creator/AnnetteBening as Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco, Sarah Paulson as Dr. Anna Pou, Creator/MatthewBroderick as Matthew D. Brown, and Creator/DennisQuaid as President UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, but it's since been stated that only Paulson is likely to remain in her role, with the others possibly being assigned new ones. Its scope was also narrowed to Memorial Medical Center, where the staff were stranded for five days after the hurricane and left to care for hundreds of patients without electricity, ultimately deciding to euthanize many of the worst cases.

A third season, ''Katrina'', was slated to follow ''The People v. O.J. Simpson'', but got delayed due to production issues. Its cast originally included Creator/AnnetteBening as Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco, Sarah Paulson as Dr. Anna Pou, Creator/MatthewBroderick as Matthew D. Brown, and Creator/DennisQuaid as President UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, but it's since been stated that only Paulson is likely to remain in her role, with the others possibly being assigned new ones. Its scope was also narrowed to Memorial Medical Center, where the staff were stranded for five days after the hurricane and left to care for hundreds of patients without electricity, ultimately deciding to euthanize many of the worst cases.

* ''Katrina'' (TBD)

A third season, ''Katrina'', was slated to follow ''The People v. O.J. Simpson'', but delayed due to production issues. Its cast includes Creator/AnnetteBening as Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco, Sarah Paulson as Dr. Anna Pou, Creator/MatthewBroderick as Matthew D. Brown, and Creator/DennisQuaid as President UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush. Its scope was also narrowed to Memorial Medical Center, where the staff were stranded for five days after the hurricane and left to care for hundreds of patients without electricity, ultimately deciding to euthanize many of the worst cases.

* ''Series/TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace'' (2018)
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Its first season, ''[[Series/ThePeopleVOJSimpson The People v. O.J. Simpson]]'', covers the infamous O.J. Simpson murder trial that spanned eleven months between 1994 and 1995. Cuba Gooding Jr. stars as Simpson himself, while the cast is rounded out by Creator/SarahPaulson as Marcia Clark, Creator/CourtneyBVance as Johnnie Cochran, Sterling K. Brown as Christopher Darden, Creator/JohnTravolta as Robert Shapiro, Creator/DavidSchwimmer as Robert Kardashian, Creator/SelmaBlair as Kris Jenner (formerly Kardashian), Nathan Lane as F. Lee Bailey, and Billy Magnussen as Kato Kaelin.