Season 3 (Scream Queens)

The third season of the black comedy slasher television series Scream Queens. It aired on Fox, while streaming on Hulu a day after premiering. Fox renewed the series for a third season on May 13, 2022. It premiered on September 19, 2023 and concluded on November 21, 2023. The season consists of 10 episodes.

Reprising their roles from the previous seasons, Skyler Samuels and Niecy Nash headline the cast with new members being Addison Riecke, Kyla-Drew, Lola Tung, Sadie Sink, Daniel DiMaggio, Grant Palmer and Isaak Presley. Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, Glen Powell, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer, Billie Lourd and Jamie Lee Curtis appearing in special guest starring roles. Unlike the second season, which took place in a hosptial, the second season takes place in a catholic school.

Filming
The series began principal photography on March 12, 2022, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Exterior campus scenes were shot at the Academy of Sacred Heart. The show completed filming of the pilot episode in April 2022, with filming for the remaining first season installments commencing in early June 2022. Murphy, Brennan, and Falchuk were said to be the first season's sole directors; however, this was later proven not to be the case.

Main title sequence
The title sequence for the series features Samuels, Nash, Riecke, Kyla-Drew, Tung, Sink, DiMaggio, Palmer and Presley in an homage to 80's horror flicks. The original song, "You Belong to Me" is performed by singer Heather Heywood, which was used in the season 1 episode "Pumpkin Patch." For the final two episodes, "He's Here" and "Childhood's End," the title sequence uses a version with Roberts, Michele, Powell, Breslin, Palmer, Lourd and Curtis, though it was trimmed down to a minute and a half due to time constraints.

Premise
''When Grace escapes the Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital, she goes back to Kappa House, which is now a catholic school, and goes on a rampage of murder while trying to find the Chanels. Meanwhile, flashbacks to 1997 show the school's dark past, as a new serial killer surfaces: Frank Peters.''

Main Cast

 * Skyler Samuels as Grace Gardner
 * Niecy Nash as Denise Hemphill
 * Addison Riecke as Clara Harrington, a 16-year-old transfer student who has childhood trauma.
 * Kyla-Drew as Jane Wright, a 17-year-old, who is the IT-girl of Ridgeview Sacred Heart Academy.
 * Lola Tung as Jenny Carmichael, the 17-year-old rebellious daughter of the socialite who funds the school.
 * Sadie Sink is Karen Hayworth, the 16-year-old step-sister of Jenny and an outcast who tries to solve the mystery of Sacred Heart. (Formerly Karen Ives)
 * Daniel DiMaggio as Jimmy Carter, an 18-year-old who is Karen’s love interest, while being shady but sweet at the same time. He was also held back.
 * Grant Palmer as Cooper Jones, a 16-year-old, who is another outcast as Sacred Heart, who has many secrets of his own.
 * Isaak Presley as Tyler McDonald, the 17-year-old troubled student who has many scars and secrets.

Recurring Cast

 * Cullen Moss as Father James Marshall, the head of Sacred Heart who’s harboring a dark secret.
 * Eric Johnson as Deputy Luke Hayworth, Karen and Jamie’s father and Jenny’s stepfather
 * Marlon Wayans as Marcus Hemphill, Denise’s ex-husband who came to Sacred Heart to avoid her.
 * Bryce Gheisar as Steve Carmelo, a 16-year-old kid who is mysterious.
 * Jennifer Morrison as Katherine Carmichael-Hayworth, Jenny’s mother, Luke’s wife, James and Karen’s step-mother, who is the local piggy bank due to her fortune
 * Tomaso Sanelli as Diego Martinez, the new kid at Sacred Heart who eyes Jane.
 * Dacre Montgomery as Jacob, the local drug dealer.
 * Matthew Daddario as Michael Peters, the math teacher at Sacred Heart with a mysterious past.
 * Will Poulter as James Hayworth, Karen’s older brother and Jenny’s step-brother who dislikes their father. (Formerly James Ives)
 * TBA as Frank Peters
 * Riley Schmidt as Frank Peters Copycat

Guest Cast

 * TBA

Special Guest Cast

 * Emma Roberts as Chanel Oberlin
 * Lea Michele as Hester Ulrich/Chanel #6
 * Glen Powell as Chad Radwell
 * Abigail Breslin as Libby Putney/Chanel #5
 * Keke Palmer as Zayday Williams
 * Billie Lourd as Sadie Swenson/Chanel #3
 * Jamie Lee Curtis as Dean/Dr. Cathy Munsch

Lineup Changes

 * Daniel DiMaggio is billed as starring from "Psycho" through "Massacre That Sh*t."
 * Grant Palmer is billed starring from "Psycho" through "Blood, Sweat and Fears."
 * Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, Glen Powell, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer, Billie Lourd and Jamie Lee Curtis are billed special guest stars in "Blood Sweat and Fears," all of their subsequent appearances are billed as starring.

=Episodes=

Season 1: 2023

 * TBA were present for all episodes.