Overview

• The series entered production in New York City this week with camera-test photos unveiled on Ryan Murphy Productions’ Instagram.
• Sarah Pidgeon and Paul Kelly are cast as Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr., joined by Naomi Watts as Jacqueline Kennedy.
• FX’s “American Love Story” is scheduled to premiere during Valentine’s Week 2026 as the first installment of Murphy’s true-romance anthology.
• Over a thousand actors auditioned for the lead roles, according to Murphy’s casting announcement on Instagram.
• Jack Schlossberg, JFK Jr.’s nephew, publicly urged Murphy to donate profits to the Kennedy Library, prompting Murphy to pledge to do so.