--- title: Kathy Bates Is Returning for 'American Horror Story: Hotel' description: She's the latest star to check in. canonical: https://time.com/3814741/kathy-bates-american-horror-story-hotel/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-09T00:53:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:15:16.297Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Kathy Bates Is Returning for 'American Horror Story: Hotel' og:description: She's the latest star to check in og:url: https://time.com/3814741/kathy-bates-american-horror-story-hotel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kathy Bates Is Returning for 'American Horror Story: Hotel' twitter:description: She's the latest star to check in twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kathy Bates Is Returning for _American Horror Story: Hotel_ by [Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Entertainment Weekly Apr 9, 2015 12:53 AM CUT by [Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Entertainment Weekly Apr 9, 2015 12:53 AM CUT The staff of _American Horror Story: Hotel_ is coming together. Co-creator Ryan Murphy announced via his Twitter this afternoon that Emmy-winner Kathy Bates, who appeared on both _Coven_ and _Freak Show_, will return for season 5’s _Hotel,_ and she’ll be in charge of the titular location. > [](https://twitter.com/MrRPMurphy/status/585884023307669504) Bates joins a cast that includes Lady Gaga, Matt Bomer, Wes Bentley, Chloe Sevigny and Cheyenne Jackson. _AHS: Hotel_ will premiere this fall on FX. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/08/kathy-bates-returning-american-horror-story-hotel "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3814741/kathy-bates-american-horror-story-hotel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3814741/kathy-bates-american-horror-story-hotel/"},"headline":"Kathy Bates Is Returning for American Horror Story: Hotel","datePublished":"2015-04-09T00:53:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:15:16.297Z","description":"She's the latest star to check in","url":"https://time.com/3814741/kathy-bates-american-horror-story-hotel/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Entertainment Weekly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3814741/kathy-bates-american-horror-story-hotel/","name":"Kathy Bates Is Returning for American Horror Story: Hotel"}}]}] ```