hurricane american dad hurricane second episode eighth season animated comedy series american dad episode produced season aired fox united_states october episode plot mainly revolves smith family prepare evacuation response oncoming hurricane reluctant leave home stan encourages family ride storm house hurricane sends flood city puts entire family danger hurricane final night hurricane block cleveland president entertainment division introduced idea crossover creator shows episode announced san diego comic con international episode plot loosely modeled disaster film adventure originally scheduled air season finale seventh season hurricane postponed tornado outbreak occurred april factors included march japanese episode received television critics praised humor cultural references viewed million viewers initial airing receiving rating demographic according nielsen ratings hurricane written directed featured guest voices plot hurricane arrives prepare evacuate home neighbor amphibious stan recommends family stay home storm believing best way safe jeff wish stay help animals left zoo stan notion steve roger supporting points stan history making terrible decisions crisis situations debate resolved breaks ocean floods street removing path trapping home neighborhood flooded house drifting current attempt save family floating potential dangerous areas stan anchors home system acts house upside partially underwater family increasingly frightened especially latest advice leads attacked shark shark loose house family fights survival stan loses hope admits suggestions better gives encouragement speech prove reliable crisis stan bear zoo battle shark situation animals work kill family refusing accept pleas help stan instead throws hits wife shoulder instead bear enters house gun predators shooting stan later tells right despite ordeal stan longer convinced stay future crisis storm stan looks scope damage storm find stand houses ended sides house hurricane hit respective towns earlier comes door stan accidentally shoots peter claims classic american dad production episode announced july series creator san_diego california entertainment president originally pitched idea crossover inspired theme nights comedy shows 1980s described crossover event enormous challenge substantial undertaking chose central story line writing staff write stories unfamiliar characters willing crossover event received successful ratings episode plot hurricane modeled action adventure disaster film adventure interview plot final crossover episode producer american dad stated end flooding house turning upside continued ultimately house ends neighborhood homes actual crossing event occurs end episode stan gets involved stand peter griffin family guy april executives officially announced hurricane air night hurricane crossover cleveland episode hurricane family guy episode party april announced crossover event removed schedule response series tornadoes killed nearly people crossover subsequently replaced repeats american dad bestseller family guy ain cleveland later agreed decisions consulted executives fox company later announced episode air succeeding season hurricane directed directing credit season episode marked time parsons directed american dad episode seventh season episode written served writing credit season production credit sixth season episode debt life addition regular cast voice actor actress voice actress guest starred episode roger night stand respectively recurring voice actors reprised roles respectively addition american dad roles stan roger reprised family guy role henry guest starred role episode marked time henry guest appearance american dad season episode stan night reprised roles having season seven episode best little horror house reception ratings hurricane aired united_states october animation television night fox preceded episodes simpsons sister shows cleveland viewed million viewers initial airing despite simultaneously airing abc amazing race cbs match baltimore nbc total viewership episode highest animation television block fox having moderately higher ratings cleveland lower ratings simpsons family guy hurricane garnered rating demographic according nielsen ratings total viewership ratings slightly previous episode hot water watched million viewers garnered rating demographic television reviews critics generally praised episode deeming hurricane best crossover praised episode giving rating points acclaim went humor episode moore opined packed lot funny lines lot ridiculous stan antics pretty funny arc involving roger girlfriend episode stated episode bad kaiser stated didn work kaiser went episode grade scoring higher family guy episode party lower simpsons episode stops smell writer felt interactions stan inferior previous episodes series wrote breaks away stan fun relationship conventional cartoon relationship husband wife check
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