Impeachment: American Crime Story is the third season of the anthology series American Crime Story, and here’s everything you need to know about it, including how to watch it. Anthology TV series have gained force in recent years, and they have covered different genres so viewers will surely find something that fits their interests. Among those is American Crime Story, an anthology true-crime TV series developed by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski and executive produced by Brad Falchuk, Nina Jacobson, Ryan Murphy, and Brad Simpson, and which follows the American Horror Story model of each season being a self-contained miniseries, separate from the rest.
American Crime Story debuted on FX in 2016 with The People v. O.J. Simpson, which chronicled the murder trial of O.J. Simpson (played by Cuba Gooding Jr.) and was based on Jeffrey Toobin’s The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson. Season 2 arrived in 2018 and was titled The Assassination of Gianni Versace, based on the book Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U.S. History by Maureen Orth. This season told the story of the famous fashion designer (played by Édgar Ramírez) who was killed in Miami, Florida, in 1997, changing the world of fashion forever. Both seasons received critical acclaim, making way for a third season that will cover a completely different subject than the previous ones.
American Crime Story season 3’s subtitle is Impeachment, and after a couple of obstacles during its development and filming, it’s now ready to see the light. Here’s everything you need to know about Impeachment: American Crime Story.
American Crime Story: Impeachment Release Date
Impeachment: American Crime Story is set to debut on September 7. Season 3 was originally planned to be released on September 27, 2020, but the coronavirus pandemic forced production to stop for a couple of months, as it began filming in March 2020. As happened with many other TV series, Impeachment had to be rescheduled and its new and final release date is September 7, 2021.
American Crime Story: Impeachment Cast
Just like American Horror Story, American Crime Story will bring back cast members from its previous seasons, as are Sarah Paulson (who plays Linda Tripp), Annaleigh Ashford (Paula Jones), and Judith Light. However, the leads of Impeachment are Beanie Feldstein (who plays Monica Lewinsky), Clive Owen (Bill Clinton), and Edie Falco (Hillary Clinton). Rounding up the cast are Margo Martindale (as Lucianne Goldberg), Billy Eichner (Matt Drudge), Anthony Green (Al Gore), Cobie Smulders (Ann Coulter), and Elizabeth Reaser.
American Crime Story: Impeachment Story Details
Like the previous seasons of American Crime Story, Impeachment is based on a book, this time A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President, by Jeffrey Toobin and published in 1999. As revealed by the cast, Impeachment will tell the events around the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal that took place in 1998, the consequence of the relationship between then US President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The scandal was originally announced in 2017 to be the theme of the fourth season of American Crime Story, but it was scrapped in 2018 only to be picked up again the following year and chosen to be the topic for season 3.
How To Watch American Crime Story: Impeachment
Unlike other TV series that have been sent to different streaming platforms, Impeachment: American Crime Story will follow the steps of American Horror Story and be released on FX, so for those interested in watching this dramatization of the Clinton-Lewinski scandal, you will have to tune in to FX starting on September 7. The show is also available to buy the day after it airs through Amazon at a cost of $1.99 every Wednesday morning.