Too Soon? Next Week’s ‘American Horror Story’ Opens With Mass Shooting, FX Silent on Plans

Network and creator Ryan Murphy are mum on how they’ll handle episode in wake of Las Vegas massacre

American Horror Story Cult
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Next week’s episode of “American Horror Story: Cult” features a harrowing mass shooting in which at least five people are gunned down in a public space.

It’s unclear if the network, run by CEO John Landgraf, will delay airing or edit the potentially-triggering scenes in light of this week’s Las Vegas massacre. FX and the show’s production studio, 20th Century Fox Television, declined to comment on the matter.

Power producer Ryan Murphy, who fathered the series with Brad Falchuk and continues to executive produce alongisde other projects, had no comment. Reps for Falchuk did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.

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