AHS: Roanoke is setup like a true crime/paranormal retelling documentary or reality show. It also has similar tones and style to horror movies like The Amityville Horror, The Conjuring and The Blair Witch Project. Sarah Paulson and Cuba Gooding Jr. play the reenactment actors for Shelby and Matt; the couple who experienced this trauma. Shelby (played by Lily Rabe) and Matt (played by Andre Holland) are an interracial couple who moved back from L.A. after Matt was attacked in a gang initiation game called Knockout. Shelby was pregnant at the time and unfortunately due to stress or being shoved by the thugs who attacked Matt, lost her child. In an effort to rebuild their life and start fresh they moved to North Carolina and bought an old farm house.

After purchasing the house things really start to go awry for the couple. During a hailstorm Shelby sees human teeth falling from the sky onto the home. She later encounters to twin female ghosts. In need of relaxing Shelby heads to her hot tub and is held underwater by 3 mysterious figures with torches. She calls the police but nothing is found. The next night Matt encounters a slaughtered pig on the front porch. Not wanting to frighten Shelby he buries the pig in the backyard and installs security monitors, thinking it is the Red Necks who wanted the house trying to scare them out.

Matt is a traveling salesman and must leave Shelby behind to head to Raleigh. He asks his sister Lee (played by Adina Porter, reenactment played by Angela Bassett) to come stay with Shelby until he returns. Lee is a former police officer who was removed from the force because of a prescription pill addiction and subsequently lost her husband and daughter because of it as well. The two women hear someone in the house and retreat to the basement where they believe the noise to be coming from. Unfortunately for them they are locked down there and watch a video of Piggy Man (remember him from season 1? He terrified Eric Stonestreet in Murder House).

Back at his hotel Matt is watching American Crime Story (you see the O.J. Simpson car chase in the background on the TV, a little nod to Cuba as he played O.J. in the show) and gets an alert on his phone from the security cameras. He sees what he deems as a lynch mob with torches approaching his home. He frantically tries to contact Shelby and Lee but to no avail. He immediately rushes home. Eventually Lee and Shelby are able to exit the basement and encounter creepy stick figure humans hanging from the ceiling. There were hundreds of them!

Matt makes it home in record time and just as quickly as he returns Shelby takes off in the car. When she answers Matt’s call, while driving, she hits a person (Kathy Bates). Bates’s character gets up with a meat cleaver in hand, and heads into the woods. Shelby chases after her. Mistake number 1. The lady has a MEAT CLEAVER! What are you thinking?!

Shelby then gets lost in the woods and the world around her goes berserk! The trees and the ground start moving and she once again encounters the human stick dolls. Moments later she is surrounded by the ghost of colonists and one of them has been scalped. She screams in terror.

Connections to other seasons:

Show creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk have said all the seasons are connected. It was made more apparent by this anthology promo released in wake of the season 6 premiere:

Back in the very first season of American Horror Story Billie Dean (played by Sarah Paulson) told the story of 117 settlers who disappeared in 1590. In season 3, Coven, Violet (played by Taissa Farminga) tries to use the word “croatoan” to banish Chad (played by Zachary Quinto) to which he replies “I mean, really? The Roanoke spell?” It looks like season 6 will be connecting the mythology of the show and showing us a more unified AHS universe. What other links to Freak Show, Asylum and Hotel are there? Stay tuned to find out!

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Raking in the top nominations this year were pop culture obsessions, The People v. O.J. Simpson (FX), who scooped up 22 nominations and Game of Thrones (HBO) with 23. The official ceremony will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and will air live September 18th on ABC.

Here is the complete list of Emmy nominations:

BEST DRAMA SERIES:

The Americans (FX)

Game of Thrones (HBO)

House of Cards (NETFLIX)

Downtown Abbey (PBS)

Better Call Saul (AMC)

Mr. Robot (USA)

Homeland (SHOWTIME)

BEST COMEDY SERIES:

Veep (HBO)

Transparent (AMAZON)

Silicon Valley (HBO)

Modern Family (ABC)

Master of None (NETFLIX)

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (NETFLIX)

Black-ish (ABC)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:

Kyle Chandler (Bloodline)

Rami Malek (Mr. Robot)

Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)

Matthew Rhys (The Americans)

Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)

Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:

Viola Davis (How to Get Away With Murder)

Claire Danes (Homeland)

Taraji P. Henson (Empire)

Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black)

Keri Russell (The Americans)

Robin Wright (House of Cards)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:

Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)

Aziz Ansari (Master of None)

Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth)

William H. Macy (Shameless)

Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley)

Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:

Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)

Laurie Metcalf (Getting On)

Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)

Amy Schumer (Inside Amy Schumer)

Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:

Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)

Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)

Kit Harington (Game of Thrones)

Michael Kelly (House of Cards)

Ben Mendelsohn (Bloodline)

Jon Voight (Ray Donovan)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:

Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones)

Lena Headey (Game of Thrones)

Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)

Maura Tierney (The Affair)

Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones)

Constance Zimmer (UnREAL)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:

Louie Anderson (Baskets)

Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

Ty Burrell (Modern Family)

Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)

Tony Hale (Veep)

Keegan-Michael Key (Key and Peele)

Matt Walsh (Veep)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:

Anna Chlumsky (Veep)

Gaby Hoffmann (Transparent)

Allison Janney (Mom)

Judith Light (Transparent)

Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)

Niecy Nash (Getting On)

BEST LIMITED SERIES:

American Crime (ABC)

Fargo (FX)

The Night Manager (AMC)

The People v. O.J. Simpson (FX)

Roots (HISTORY)

BEST TELEVISION MOVIE:

A Very Murray Christmas (NETFLIX)

All the Way (HBO)

Confirmation (HBO)

Luther (BBC ONE)

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (PBS)

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE:

Bryan Cranston (All the Way)

Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock: The Abominable Bride)

Idris Elba (Luther)

Cuba Gooding Jr. (The People v. O.J. Simpson)

Tom Hiddleston (The Night Manager)

Courtney B. Vance (The People v. O.J. Simpson)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE:

Kirsten Dunst (Fargo)

Felicity Huffman (American Crime)

Audra McDonald (Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill)

Sarah Paulson (The People v. O.J. Simpson)

Lili Taylor (American Crime)

Kerry Washington (Confirmation)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE:

Sterling K. Brown (The People v. O.J. Simpson)

Hugh Laurie (The Night Manager)

Jesse Plemons (Fargo)

David Schwimmer (The People v. O.J. Simpson)

John Travolta (The People v. O.J. Simpson)

Bokeem Woodbine (Fargo)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE:

Kathy Bates (American Horror Story: Hotel)

Olivia Colman (The Night Manager)

Regina King (American Crime)

Melissa Leo (All the Way)

Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Hotel)

Jean Smart (Fargo)

BEST GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:

Mahershala Ali (House of Cards)

Hank Azaria (Ray Donovan)

Reg E. Cathey (House of Cards)

Michael J. Fox (The Good Wife)

Paul Sparks (House of Cards)

Max von Sydow (Game of Thrones)

BEST GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:

Ellen Burstyn (House of Cards)

Allison Janney (Masters of Sex)

Margo Martindale (The Americans)

Laurie Metcalf (Horace and Pete)

Molly Parker (House of Cards)

Carrie Preston (The Good Wife)

BEST GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:

Larry David (Saturday Night Live)

Peter MacNicol (Veep)

Tracy Morgan (Saturday Night Live)

Martin Mull (Veep)

Bob Newhart (The Big Bang Theory)

Bradley Whitford (Transparent)

BEST GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:

Christine Baranski (The Big Bang Theory)

Tina Fey & Amy Poehler (Saturday Night Live)

Melora Hardin (Transparent)

Melissa McCarthy (Saturday Night Live)

Laurie Metcalf (The Big Bang Theory)

Amy Schumer (Saturday Night Live)

BEST VARIETY TALK SERIES:

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Crackle)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)

The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS)

Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

BEST VARIETY SKETCH SERIES:

Documentary Now! (IFC)

Drunk History (Comedy Central)

Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)

Key & Peele (Comedy Central)

Portlandia (IFC)

Saturday Night Live (NBC)

BEST SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM:

73rd Golden Globe Awards (NBC)

Grease Live! (FOX)

The Oscars (ABC)

Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show (CBS)

69th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)

BEST VARIETY SPECIAL:

Adele Live in New York City (NBC)

Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo (HBO)

Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)

The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Prime Time Special (CBS)

Lemonade (HBO)

BEST REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM:

The Amazing Race (CBS)

American Ninja Warrior (NBC)

Dancing With the Stars (ABC)

Project Runway (Lifetime)

Top Chef (Bravo)

The Voice (NBC)

HOST FOR REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION:

Ryan Seacrest (American Idol)

Tom Bergeron (Dancing With the Stars)

Jane Lynch (Hollywood Game Night)

Steve Harvey (Little Big Shots)

Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn (Project Runway)

RuPaul Charles (RuPaul’s Drag Race)

BEST STRUCTURED REALITY SERIES:

Antiques Roadshow (PBS)

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network)

Lip Sync Battle (Spike)

MythBusters (Discovery Channel)

Shark Tank (ABC)

Undercover Boss (CBS)

BEST UNSTRUCTURED REALITY SERIES:

Born This Way (A&E)

Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel)

Gaycation with Ellen Page (Viceland)

Intervention (A&E)

Project Greenlight (HBO)

United Shades of America (CNN)

BEST DOCUMENTARY OR NON-FICTION SPECIAL:

Becoming Mike Nichols (HBO)

Everything is Copy – Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted (HBO)

Listen to Me Marlon (Showtime)

Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures (HBO)

What Happened, Miss Simone? (Netflix)

BEST DOCUMENTARY OR NON-FICTION SERIES:

American Masters (PBS)

Chef’s Table (Netflix)

Making a Murderer (Netflix)

The Seventies (CNN)

Woman with Gloria Steinem (Viceland)

BEST INFORMATIONAL SERIES OR SPECIAL:

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN)

Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo)

Star Talk With Neil deGrasse Tyson (National Geographic Channel)

The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (National Geographic Channel)

Vice (HBO)

BEST WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES:

The Americans

Downton Abbey

Game of Thrones

The Good Wife

Mr. Robot

UnREAL

BEST WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES:

Catastrophe

Master of None

Silicon Valley

Veep

Did your favorite show get snubed? What are your Emmy predictions? What’s your favorite category? Sound off in the comments!

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