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''The Cleveland Show'' is an American
animated sitcom An animated sitcom is a subgenre of the sitcom that is animation, animated instead of live action and is generally made or created for adult animation, adult audiences in most cases. ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', ''The Simpsons'', ''South Park'', and ...
created by
Seth MacFarlane Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (; born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, comedian, and singer. He is the creator and star of the television series ''Family Guy'' (since 1999) and ''The Orville'' (since 2017), and co-creator ...
,
Richard Appel Richard James Appel (born May 21, 1963) is an American writer, producer and former Attorney at law, attorney. Since 2012, he has served as an executive producer and co-showrunner of ''Family Guy'' on Fox. He attended Harvard University and Harvar ...
, and Mike Henry for the
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. A spin-off of ''
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'', the series centers on Cleveland Brown, his new wife
Donna Tubbs ''Family Guy (franchise), Family Guy'' is an American animated comedy multimedia franchise originally conceived and created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company, primarily based on the animated series ''Family Guy'' (1999–presen ...
, and their children Cleveland Brown Jr.,
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, and
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. Similar to ''Family Guy'', it exhibited much of its humor in the form of cutaway gags that often lampoon
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, though it uses significantly fewer than ''Family Guy''. Fox cancelled the series after 4 seasons. The animation was produced by
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. The series was conceived by MacFarlane in 2007 after developing ''Family Guy'' and ''
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'' for the Fox network. MacFarlane centered the show on ''Family Guy'' character Cleveland Brown and created new characters for Cleveland's family members. One preexisting character, Cleveland's son Cleveland Jr. (Junior), was redesigned as an obese, soft-spoken teen, as opposed to his depiction as a younger, hyperactive child with average body weight on ''Family Guy''. The series premiered on September 27, 2009, and ended on May 19, 2013, with a total of 88 episodes over the course of 4 seasons. ''The Cleveland Show'' was nominated for one
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, one
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, and two
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, but received mixed reviews from media critics. Nearly a year after the series' cancelation, Cleveland returned to ''Family Guy'', accompanied by the rest of the Brown-Tubbs family, in the season 12 episode "
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" during which his show was mercilessly mocked by his friends.


Production


Development

Seth MacFarlane Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (; born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, comedian, and singer. He is the creator and star of the television series ''Family Guy'' (since 1999) and ''The Orville'' (since 2017), and co-creator ...
initially conceived ''The Cleveland Show'' in 2007 while working on his other two animated series, ''
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'' and ''
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''. ''The Cleveland Show'' first appeared on the development slate at
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in early 2008, under no official name for the pilot, after a report that Fox had purchased the series from creators. The pilot was named ''The Cleveland Show'' in May 2008, when it appeared on the primetime slate for the 2008–09 television season, although it wasn't officially on the network schedule. Shortly after a report that ''
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'' just ended, leaving air time for ''The Cleveland Show'', the show was picked up for a full season after an additional nine episodes of the show were ordered. In May 2009, ''The Cleveland Show'' appeared on the primetime slate for the 2009–10 television season, for airing on Sunday nights at 8:30 pm On June 15, 2009, it was announced that ''The Cleveland Show'' would premiere on September 27, 2009. MacFarlane and Henry pitched a 22-minute to Fox which aired on September 27, 2009 but had been leaked on the internet in June 2009. Even before the pilot episode premiered, the show had already been renewed for a 22-episode second season. After the first season of the show aired, it was given the green light to start production. On June 10, 2010, less than three weeks into the first season's summer hiatus, it was announced that Fox was ordering a third season. A fourth season was announced on May 9, 2011, just a few days before the second season concluded.


Executive producers

Seth MacFarlane Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (; born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, comedian, and singer. He is the creator and star of the television series ''Family Guy'' (since 1999) and ''The Orville'' (since 2017), and co-creator ...
, Mike Henry and
Richard Appel Richard James Appel (born May 21, 1963) is an American writer, producer and former Attorney at law, attorney. Since 2012, he has served as an executive producer and co-showrunner of ''Family Guy'' on Fox. He attended Harvard University and Harvar ...
have served as executive producers on the series since the first season.


Voice cast

Mike Henry voices two of the show's main characters: Cleveland Brown and
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. The voice of Cleveland was developed originally for ''
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'' by Henry after being influenced by one of his best friends who had a very distinct regional accent. For the voice of Rallo, Henry stated that he created the voice over twenty years before; he had used it while making prank phone calls.
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voices
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, the wife of Cleveland, stepmother of Cleveland Brown Jr., and mother of Roberta and Rallo Tubbs. In developing the character, Lathan said that the producers "wanted her to be educated, but to have some edge." Prior to voicing Donna, Lathan had only one other voice credit in a relatively low-budget film entitled '' The Golden Blaze''. In addition to the show, she also primarily worked as an actress in such films as ''
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'', ''
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''. Reagan Gomez-Preston plays
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, the stepdaughter of Cleveland. Gomez has stated that she uses her own voice to portray Roberta and that she herself gets mistaken for a fifteen-year-old over the phone "all the time." Before Gomez was cast as Roberta,
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(who co-starred with Lathan in '' The Best Man'' franchise) provided the character's voice during the first thirteen episodes. According to Long, she was replaced because producers decided they wanted an actress with a younger-sounding voice, given that the character is a teenager.
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, a recurring guest voice on ''Family Guy'' and ''American Dad!'', portrays Cleveland, Jr., as well as Cleveland's next-door neighbor Lester Krinklesac. In portraying Cleveland, Jr., Richardson drew inspiration from a character named Patrick that he had played on the
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drama series '' ER'' who was mentally impaired and wore a football helmet. For Lester, Richardson stated in an interview that, being African American, he had "run into a few rednecks in istime", and decided to simply perform a stereotypical redneck impression for the voice of Lester.
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plays Holt Richter, one of Cleveland's drinking buddies with short stature, and Terry Kimple, one of Cleveland's longtime friends who now works with him at Waterman Cable. Sudeikis originally began as a recurring cast member, but starting with the episode " Harder, Better, Faster, Browner", he was promoted to a series regular.
Seth MacFarlane Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (; born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, comedian, and singer. He is the creator and star of the television series ''Family Guy'' (since 1999) and ''The Orville'' (since 2017), and co-creator ...
played
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up until season 3 episode 10, which MacFarlane admits is a "
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impression ..a Wild and Crazy Guy impression".
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voices the character for the rest of the series from the next episode onward, as MacFarlane grew tired of voicing the character. Other voices include that of
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as Tim's wife Arianna the Bear,
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as Tim and Arianna's son Raymond the Bear,
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as Roberta's boyfriend Gabriel Friedman, a.k.a. " Federline Jones",
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as Principal Wally,
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as Evelyn "Cookie" Brown, Craig Robinson as LeVar "Freight Train" Brown and
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as Gus the bartender.


Characters

Cleveland's newly introduced family includes his new wife, Donna Tubbs Brown (voiced by
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); Donna's daughter
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(originally voiced by
Nia Long Nia Talita Long (born October 30, 1970) is an American actress. Best known for her work in Black cinema, Long rose to prominence after starring in the film ''Boyz n the Hood'' (1991), and for her portrayal of Beullah "Lisa" Wilkes on the NBC sit ...
, but later voiced by Reagan Gomez-Preston); and Donna's son Rallo (also voiced by Mike Henry). Cleveland, Jr. underwent a complete redesign for the show, becoming sensitive and soft-spoken.


Episodes


Crossovers with other animated sitcoms

''The Cleveland Show'' characters have appeared on other animated sitcoms and vice versa. ''The Cleveland Show'' crossovers have all involved two other animated programs. Both the other two animated programs were also created by
Seth MacFarlane Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (; born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, comedian, and singer. He is the creator and star of the television series ''Family Guy'' (since 1999) and ''The Orville'' (since 2017), and co-creator ...
—''
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'' and ''
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''. There are also many brief cameos of characters from three other Fox animated shows, ''
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'', and ''
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''.


Syndication and streaming

In July 2010, the
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picked up syndication rights, for their networks TBS and later,
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The series first aired on
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in the United States on September 29, 2012. On July 14, 2018,
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later picked up the rights to the series and the series left Adult Swim and TBS on September 9, 2018. The series began airing on
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in the United States on October 8, 2018 until April 29, 2022 with
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sister networks
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and VH1 airing the series starting on August 31, 2020 and September 14, 2020, respectively. The series is available for streaming on
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. The series began airing on
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on September 20, 2021. Internationally, ''The Cleveland Show'' is available to stream on
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.


Cancellation

On April 17, 2013, Fox dismissed increasing rumors that ''The Cleveland Show'' had been canceled, reporting rather that renewal of the series was undetermined as of that time. However, on May 13, 2013, in the ''
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'',
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Chairman of Entertainment Kevin Reilly confirmed the show's cancellation. Following the series cancellation, it was confirmed that Cleveland would be moving back to Quahog with the rest of the Brown-Tubbs family to rejoin the ''Family Guy'' cast.


Reception


Critical reception

''The Cleveland Show'' initially received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregator
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gave the show a score of 57 out of 100.
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'' spoke very negatively about both the show and MacFarlane himself, describing him as "no better than the dirty old man hanging around playgrounds with naughty pictures or risque jokes as lures". Roberto Bianco of ''
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'' wrote a similarly negative review, suggesting that the easiest fix for its problem was "cancellation".
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'' called it "a patronizing mess" and "basically ''Family Guy'' in blackface". He added: "What isn't black in it is so shamelessly ripped off from ''Family Guy'' that it's hard to believe it's the product of creators who are usually so studiously 'post-' obvious stunts of the sort." Matt Rouse of ''
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'' wrote, "The lamest, most unnecessary spin-off since ''
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'', ''Cleveland'' rests on the shoulders of the hopelessly bland title character". However, Rob Owen of the ''
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'' was more positive about the program, writing that although ''The Cleveland Show'' was "just as rude-crude" as ''Family Guy'', it also had "more warmth" due to Cleveland being a more likable character than
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. Owen also praised the character of Tim the Bear, stating that "Tim is by far the most amusing creation." Jonathan Storm of the ''
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'', also spoke positively, stating that "There are a few other standout items here. Cleveland's over-the-top high-pitched laugh is even more hysterical in this episode. He sounds funnier, and he shows way more personality than we've seen in his many years on Family Guy. ..While it seems to be missing some of the over-the-top offensive bites we're used to on Family Guy, and Cleveland's new drinking buddies aren't quite as amusing as the Quagmire, Joe, and Peter combination - there's a lot to like here. It might take a while for the show to grow out of its Family Guy shadow, but with a greater focus on wacky family-focused stories, we might get to see much personality burst out of the normally sedate Cleveland."
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gave the series an 8.6/10.


Awards and nominations


Home media

Internationally ''The Cleveland Show'' is available to stream on Star on Disney + with all four seasons.


References


External links

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