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Ryan Murphy's 'American Story' series continues with Studio 54, Aaron Hernandez and JFK Jr.

Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY
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There are plenty of American stories left for Ryan Murphy left to tell.

The prolific producer behind FX's "American Horror Story" and "American Crime Story" expands his franchise of domestic dramas with two new spinoffs, "American Sports Story" and "American Love Story," the network announced Friday.

The two new series already have topics for their first seasons. "Sports" will base its first installment on "Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc," the podcast from the Boston Globe and Wondery. The project charts the rise, fall anf death of the NFL star, a convicted murderer, exploring "the connections of the disparate strands of his identity, his family, his career, his suicide, and their legacy in sports and American culture," FX says in a statement. "Love" will first explore "the whirlwind courtship and marriage" of John F. Kennedy Jr., who died in a 1999 plane crash, and Carolyn Bessette.

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The new spinoff anthology series will also be produced by Brad Falchuk, Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson.

Producer Ryan Murphy during the 2017 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at 20th Century Fox Studios, Aug. 9, 2017, in Los Angeles.
Producer Ryan Murphy during the 2017 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at 20th Century Fox Studios, Aug. 9, 2017, in Los Angeles.

Murphy's latest FX "American" series include "American Horror Story: Double Feature," (Aug. 25, 10 EDT/PDT) and "Impeachment: American Crime Story," due Sept. 7 (10 EDT/PDT), which focuses on Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky in the 1990s, starring Clive Owen and Beanie Feldstein. The first trailer for the season was also released Friday.

FX also confirmed it is developing a potential next installment of "Crime Story," tentatively titled "Studio 54: American Crime Story," telling "the saga of Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, who in 1977 turned their midtown Manhattan disco into an international mecca of nightlife for the rich and famous and commoners alike – renowned for its lavish parties, music, sex and drugs," FX says. "With Rubell and Schrager’s meteoric rise came their epic fall less than three years later when the impresarios were convicted of tax fraud."

Beanie Feldstein as Monica Lewinsky in FX's "Impeachment: American Crime Story."
Beanie Feldstein as Monica Lewinsky in FX's "Impeachment: American Crime Story."

Murphy's episodic anthology series "American Horror Stories" debuted on Hulu this summer with episodes starring Paris Jackson, Matt Bomer and Kaia Gerber. The show, which the network described as its most successful FX on Hulu launch, will return for a second season, FX confirmed.

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More: 'American Horror Stories': Paris Jackson says her vindictive character 'makes my blood boil'

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Ryan Murphy 'American Story' gets Aaron Hernandez, JFK Jr. spinoffs

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