Finally! It’s time for the Academy Awards’ more fun, much drunker cousin to grace our television screens. If you’re a television and film fan, you’ll scoff at the winners list and revel in the hosting of BFFs Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Fire up your Twitter feed and get your wine glasses ready for a longgggg night.

The fourth season of FX’s acclaimed miniseries American Horror Story (appropriately subtitled Freakshow) is set at a freak show in 1950s Florida. As per usual with the AHS franchise, we will see some very familiar faces from past seasons. Snakkle looks back at the American Horror Story casts before they were stars altogether.

Each season, there is a slew of new TV dramas and comedies vying for our attention. And there are always a few breakout stars, the faces and personalities you just can’t get enough of, whether or not their show is picked up (and whether or not you’ve ever heard of them). Here is Snakkle’s list of the biggest stars of the 2011-2012 TV season; who’s your favorite?

American Horror Story’s finale airs tomorrow, and we’re just dying to know how it all wraps up. We also thought we’d ask Alexandra Breckenridge to help us figure out our seven most over-the-top moments thus far. And for those who need the warning: SPOILERS AHEAD.

With the premiere of FX’s The Strain AND the return of Netflix’s Hemlock Grove,Snakkle takes a look back at the seminal television shows that paved the way, or defined the genre on the small screen. From Dark Shadows to The Walking Dead, these scripted dramas made such lasting impressions on us all that we still get chills from them to this day.