--- description: Producer Ryan Murphy revealed that the theme of the seventh season of the popular anthology series will be the 2016 presidential election. title: Next 'American Horror Story' Will Riff on 2016 U.S. Election image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _American Horror Story_'s Next Season Will Tackle the 2016 Presidential Election  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 16, 2017 4:41 PM CUT  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 16, 2017 4:41 PM CUT The critically acclaimed [_American Horror Story_](http://time.com/4494628/american-horror-story-season-six/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined")anthology series has [explored six different supernatural themes](http://time.com/4495264/american-horror-story-season-six-roanoke/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") in its run so far, from a freak show to a witches’ coven. But the seventh season will be the most real—and topical—yet. The theme for the upcoming season, creator and producer Ryan Murphy has revealed, will be the 2016 presidential election. “I don’t have a title, but the season that we begin shooting in June is going to be about the election that we just went through,” Murphy revealed on Bravo’s _Watch What Happens Live_. “I think that will be interesting for a lot of people.” The show’s host, Andy Cohen, was momentarily surprised, before asking if there would be, “like, a Trump in it?” “Uh, maybe,” was the only response Murphy would give. But with an all-star cast already signed on, including the [award-winning](http://time.com/2867626/american-horror-story-star-sarah-paulson-reveals-season-4-details/?iid=sr-link6 "undefined") Sarah Paulson, it looks like the politically divisive events of 2016 will soon get a worthy turn in the entertainment spotlight. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4673388/american-horror-story-2016-presidential-election/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4673388/american-horror-story-2016-presidential-election/"},"headline":"American Horror Story's Next Season Will Tackle the 2016 Presidential Election","datePublished":"2017-02-16T16:41:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:11.168Z","description":"Last year's election will get the television treatment","url":"https://time.com/4673388/american-horror-story-2016-presidential-election/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4673388/american-horror-story-2016-presidential-election/","name":"American Horror Story's Next Season Will Tackle the 2016 Presidential Election"}}]}] ```