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Posted August 2 2013 — 6:10 PM EDT

Kathy Bates is not too happy about how NBC treated her legal drama Harry’s Law .

The actress, who will be starring on the next installment of FX’s American Horror Story this fall, went off on the network today during a panel at the Television Critics Association press tour, taking place this week in Los Angeles.

“I think [NBC] treated us like s–t,” said Bates, when responding to a question about whether or not she had reservations about returning to television. “They kicked us to the curb. I think they disrespected us, I think they disrespected our seven to 11 million viewers every week and I think they’re getting what they deserve.”

Later, Bates clarified that the cancellation of Harry’s Law in May 2012  left her stunned and hurt. “You know, it was just a real difficult emotional thing,” she said. “Going to work every day…you create a family. For me…it was just delightful for me to go to work every day and to lose that on the whim was hard. I loved the part, I loved the people I worked with and it was astounding to feel that as an older person, you weren’t wanted, your audience wasn’t wanted on television.”

During its final season, Harry’s Law averaged a relatively healthy 8.8 million viewers, but the drama only had a 1.4 rating among adults 18-49.

“I think they had a really wonderful show but to me, I’m very excited to be moving on to [American Horror Story ] because it’s a magnificent character and very different from Harry and I’m very thankful to be getting to play it,” Bates added. “Easy come, easy go, I guess.”