By Elizabeth Ackerley –
With school back in session students everywhere are busy with classes and work, but this fall don’t forget to schedule some downtime with these returning spooky television series.
The Walking Dead:
This highly acclaimed series, which is the most watched drama in basic cable history, is based on Robert Kirkman’s comic books of the same name. The show has been delighting audiences since Halloween 2010 and returns this fall for its fourth season.
Viewers have become immersed in the world of Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), a sheriff who wakes up from a coma and discovers that a zombie virus has greatly changed the world since he had last been awake.
At first, Rick only realizes he is in danger from the biting “walkers” he discovers outside the hospital he had been pent up in. He says to the group of survivors he has come to live with, “We don’t kill the living,” but that is short lived when he comprehends throughout the show’s seasons that humans are just as much of a threat as the zombies.
In its new episodes, the TV series is sure to be action-packed, blood-filled, and drama-ridden once again. Season three left America wondering what happened to the Governor (David Morrissey), Rick’s biggest enemy. What fury of will Rick and other fan favorites such as Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Hershel (Scott Wilson) face next?
Find out by tuning into this 16-episode season on AMC on October 13th at 9 p.m. Can’t wait until then? Check out the season four trailer at amctv.com.
American Horror Story: Coven:
This wildly popular series, created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, managed to receive 17 Emmy nominations in 2012 for its second season. Coven is the third season of the American Horror Story anthology series (where each season tells a different story).
While season one (Murder House), which aired in October 2011 focused on a house that guaranteed its tenants were murdered, and season two (Asylum) on the inner workings of a mental asylum, season three will follow witches who moved from Salem, Massachusetts to New Orleans, during the Salem Witch Trials. The plot will go back and forth from the past and modern day. Though this season may have a different story, some faces remain the same, such as those of returning cast members who have been in both previous seasons – Jessica Lange, Lily Rabe, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, and Frances Conroy.
Be sure to discover the all-new plot in this 13-episode season on FX on October 9th, at 10 PM. To see the teaser trailers, visit fxnetworks.com.