Ryan Murphy on His Three-Season ‘Shards’ Plan, What Past Seasons Will Pop Up in ‘AHS13’ and His Powerful Connection to Norman Lear

Ryan Murphy knows one thing for certain: 1981 was the year that made him. He was 16, growing up in a Catholic family but getting his first taste of freedom. That included television. It was only a few years earlier that his mother had even let him watch it for the first time, an experience…

After it imploded at the WB streamer, author Bret Easton Ellis swore off television. But the provocative, camp-loving uber-producer had other ideas for the book at FX.