Citing sensitivity over the real-life disaster unfolding on the U.S. Gulf Coast, broadcaster ABC has pulled its promotions for Invasion, its upcoming SF series about a family coping with the aftermath of a fictional hurricane, the Reuters news service reported.

ABC executives decided that hurricane references in promotions for Invasion, which is set to premiere on Sept. 21, might be upsetting or offensive to viewers because of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, a network spokesman told Reuters on Sept. 1.

ABC added that delaying the launch of the show was still possible, but for now ABC plans to debut it as scheduled this month.

The series opens with a powerful hurricane that hits the town of Homestead, Fla., ushering in a series of unexplained phenomena that suggest the storm may have been a smokescreen for some type of alien invasion, the news service reported.

Homestead was the real-life community leveled in August 1992 by Hurricane Andrew, which before Katrina ranked as the most costly disaster in U.S. history.

Source: SciFi Wire