American Crime Story focusing on hurricane

As The People v. O.J. Simpson rides the high of its 22 Emmy nominations, the writing team behind season two of the FX anthology series American Crime Story is hard at work on scripts for the next installment, which focuses on Hurricane Katrina.

"We want the events that brought America together and also that shine a light on the parts of America that maybe we don't want to acknowledge," said executive producer Brad Simpson on Tuesday following a panel for TV critics about The People v. O.J. Simpson. "I think with Katrina there's a lot of stuff. This was a natural disaster waiting to happen, and it will happen again in America."

Simpson credits series creator and writer Ryan Murphy with the idea of tackling Katrina in season two. But Simpson says he and his producing partner Nina Jacobson had long been fascinated with the idea of a story about the topic.