Congratulations to American Horror Story for scoring big in its international premiere last week. And well done, Europe and Latin America, for having such excellent taste in viewing. While American Horror Story is on FX in the U.S., it is distributed internationally by Fox International Channels, who also distribute The Walking Dead. Nice! Here’s the press release:

Los Angeles, CA / London – November 15, 2011 – Last week’s premiere of FX‘s American Horror Story across international sister company’s Fox International Channels (FIC), had over 3.2 million viewers in 59 countries gripping their seats in suspense.

International Ratings Highlights for premiere of American Horror Story:

-Delivered at total 3.2 million viewers in 59 countries

-Delivered an estimated average of 5.9 rating across all metered markets in Europe and Latin America

The weeklong premiere’s sweep started November 7th across Europe and Latin America, and quickly became one of FIC’s most impressive series’ launches of the year. The American Horror Story premiere over-performed by more than 100% against channel average and outperformed the competition in key markets on the night. It ranked #1 or #2 among all Pay-TV in most metered markets across Latin America and Europe for its time slot.

“Numbers so strong, it’s scary,” said Hernan Lopez, President and CEO of Fox International Channels. “American Horror Story has brought droves of new viewers to a killer global lineup including The Walking Dead. With both shows renewed for another season, and our local lineups also fired up, we are looking forward to a great 2012.”

Now,  back to our regularly scheduled videos. American Horror Story is one of those shows wherein death scenes for actors rarely mean they’re off the show. Last week we saw another series regular get killed – in a flashback – while a guest star wasn’t as lucky. Here are a couple of featurettes about them:

[Video links live through 11/10/11 per FX]

Tate vs. SWAT:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx_iRfCw5uE[/youtube]

The Making Of: Piggy, Piggy

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy6GAIB7GWM[/youtube]

Will we see more deaths this week? We know, but we’re not telling. Check out this TV spot for tonight’s new episode, “Open House”:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeDmrrxULqQ[/youtube]

Don’t miss it! But keep the lights on!

American Horror Story airs Wednesdays at 10/9c on FX.