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The Shards (2026)

17-year-old Bret Easton Ellis is in his final year at the elite Buckley prep school. Upending his world is the arrival of a mysterious new student, Robert Mallory, whose unsettling presence coincides with the activities of a serial killer known as The Trawler.

Created byRyan Murphy, Bret Easton Ellis

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  1. 01

    American Horror Story

    Same creator

    2011 · Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • similar audience response
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  3. 03

    Scream Queens

    Same creator

    2015 · 42 min · Comedy · Mystery

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    The super-charged comedy-horror series is a modern take on the classic whodunit with a killer cast. 

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • similar audience response
    • shared network: Ryan Murphy Television
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  4. 04

    Grotesquerie

    Same creator

    2024 · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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    A series of heinous crimes have unsettled a small community, and Detective Lois Tryon feels they are eerily personal, as if someone—or something—is taunting her.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  5. 05

    The Watcher

    Same creator

    2022 · Drama · Mystery

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    Ominous letters. Strange neighbors. Sinister threats. A family moves into their suburban dream home, only to discover they've inherited a nightmare.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  6. 06

    Tell Me Lies

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    2022 · Drama · Mystery

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    When Lucy Albright and Stephen DeMarco meet at college, they are at that formative age when seemingly mundane choices lead the way to irrevocable consequences. They quickly fall into an addictive entanglement that will permanently alter not only their lives, but the lives of everyone around them.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
    • shared network: 20th Television
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  8. 08

    Hollywood

    Same creator

    2020 · Drama

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    In post-World War II Hollywood, an ambitious group of aspiring actors and filmmakers will do almost anything to make their showbiz dreams come true.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared network: Ryan Murphy Television
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  9. 09

    POSE

    Same creator

    2018 · Drama

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    A dance musical that explores the juxtaposition of several segments of 1980s life and society in New York: the ball culture world, the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe and the downtown social and literary scene.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • substantial genre overlap
    • similar audience response
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  10. 10

    9-1-1

    Same creator

    2018 · Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama

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    Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • similar audience response
    • shared network: Ryan Murphy Television, 20th Television
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