Night of the Hurricane

Night of the Hurricane is a oneoff programming block that introduced the first crossover event on the Animation Domination lineup on Fox. The block involved the three animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane Family Guy, American Dad, and The Cleveland Show. The event depicts a hurricane which hits the towns of Stoolbend The Cleveland Show setting, Quahog Family Guy setting and Langley Falls American Dad setting. The actual threeway crossover of the block occurs at the end on American Dad with the three fathers of each family in the same scene.

The event begins on the The Cleveland Show episode The Hurricane, when the storm hits Stoolbend, forcing the BrownsTubbs to cancel their vacation plans. In the meantime, Cleveland, Jr. shocks everyone by announcing that he does not believe in God. The event continues on the Family Guy episode Seahorse Seashell Party, when the storm moves from Stoolbend to Quahog and the Griffins try to find ways to pass the time. Brian devours hallucinogenic mushrooms, which cause him to see bizarre things and Meg finally lashes out at the family for all the times they picked on her. The event ends on the American Dad episode Hurricane, when the storm moves from Quahog to Langley Falls, leading the Smiths to fight like mad to survive after the sea wall breaks and causes a terrible flood. After the storm passes, the houses of the three families end up in the same neighborhood, and Stan, Cleveland and Peter face each other in a standoff, during which Francine comes out the front door, leading to Stan accidentally shooting her, which Peter claims to be classic American Dad.The crossover event is the first of its kind in the history of the animated television lineup on Fox. Kevin Reilly, the entertainment president of the Fox Broadcasting Company, originally pitched the idea for the crossover, which was inspired by theme nights of comedy shows from the 1980s. Creator Seth MacFarlane said that Reilly brought the idea to the writers, since a crossover of its kind had not been done in a while and Reilly thought it might be kind of cool. Instead of having the American Dad characters visit Family Guy and The Cleveland Show, MacFarlane chose to do one central storyline so that each writing staff would not have to write stories for unfamiliar characters. The threeepisodeblock was an enormous challenge and a substantial undertaking, but MacFarlane said he would be willing to do it again if the ratings proved the event to be a success. The event was first announced in July 201

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