UPDATE (9/28): American Horror Story: Freak Show will be released on Netflix on October 6, 2015!

With a ton of news being released about the fifth season of American Horror Story (American Horror Story: Hotel) almost daily, Netflix Life gets questions regularly about the Netflix release date of American Horror Story Season 4 (American Horror Story: Freak Show).

“When Will American Horror Story Season 4 Be On Netflix?”

As of now, Netflix has not released the date or even given any indication for when we can expect Freak Show. All we can use to determine the release date of the season is what Netflix has done in the past. And, that, I’m afraid, is where the bad news begins.

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Through the first three seasons of AHS, no season was released on Netflix prior to the upcoming season’s TV premiere. What I mean is, Season 1 of AHS was not released on Netflix before Season 2 premiered on TV. The same is true for Season 2 and Season 3 and Season 3 and Season 4. That doesn’t follow the typical model for a show coming to Netflix, but it’s not that uncommon, either.

Here are the exact TV and Netflix release dates of the first four seasons of AHS:

Season 1 (AHS: Murder House): October 5, 2011

Season 1 Netflix Release: November 26, 2012

Season 2 (AHS: Asylum): October 17, 2012

Season 2 Netflix Release: December 7, 2013

Season 3 (AHS: Coven): October 9, 2013

Season 3 Netflix Release: December 6, 2014

Season 4 (AHS: Freak Show): October 8, 2014

Season 4 Netflix Release: ????????????

Season 5 (AHS: Hotel): October 2015

I hate breaking bad news to people, but there’s really no way to spin this to make AHS fans feel better. You’re probably going to wait until at least November before American Horror Story: Freak Show is released on Netflix. Based on the Netflix release dates of Season 2 and Season 3, it could even be December before Freak Show is on Netflix.

If I had to, I’d guess AHS: Freak Show will be released on Friday, December 4, 2015. That seems to be the trend Netflix and AHS have been following.

I know that is not the news that you want, but it’s the best we have to offer right now. Please remember that’s not an official date. It’s simply a guess based on the history of Netflix and AHS.

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