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Jessica Lange airs her 'bone of contention' with FX after AHS return

The 77-year-old actress criticized FX's budget and creative control limits during a PaleyFest appearance Thursday alongside Sarah Paulson; apparently the network that profits from horror wouldn't spring for it.

On air: Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman on BBN Newsroom
Published 10:34 AM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

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First reported by New York Post: “Jessica Lange airs her ‘bone of contention’ with ‘f–king cheap’ FX after ‘American Horror Story’ return”.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 10:34 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman.
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New York PostJessica Lange airs her ‘bone of contention’ with ‘f–king cheap’ FX after ‘American Horror Story’ return

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorJessica Lange has a complaint about her old network.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe seventy-seven-year-old actress took it to the stage at PaleyFest on Thursday, next to her American Horror Story co-star Sarah Paulson.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe says FX was cheap, using a stronger word, which the New York Post printed with a few letters missing.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHer bone of contention is pay and creative control.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorShe came back to the show anyway, and she still got to say what she thinks on a very public stage. That's honestly healthy.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorCheap. From the network that made a show about a murder house.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe house had a budget?
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFake blood by the teaspoon, Hank. Ghosts working for exposure. I'd have gone back for the catering alone.

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