American Horror Story Season 2

American Horror Story: Asylum, the second season of the American [[FX]] [[horror]] television series [[American Horror Story]], originally aired from October 17, 2012 to January 23, 2013. Announced on October 31, 2011, the premise of the second season marks a departure from that of the series' [[first season]], featuring all new characters and a new location. Thus, American Horror Story has been deemed an [[anthology series]]. American Horror Story: Asylum begins in 1964 at the fictional mental institution, Briarcliff Manor, following the stories of the staff and inmates who occupy it, and intercuts with events in the past and present.Returning cast members from the previous season of the series include: [[Sarah Paulson]], [[Frances Conroy]], [[Jessica Lange]], [[Dylan McDermott]], [[Evan Peters]], [[Zachary Quinto]] and [[Lily Rabe]].The season garnered seventeen [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nominations, more than any other show. The performances of Jessica Lange, [[James Cromwell]], Zachary Quinto, Sarah Paulson, and Lily Rabe were particularly praised. Cromwell won the Emmy for [[Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie]], as well as Quinto and Paulson winning their respective supporting categories at the [[3rd Critics' Choice Television Awards]].