The Cleveland Show
The Cleveland Show is an animated sitcom that first aired on September 27, 2009 on the "Animation Domination" block on Fox in the United States. The show was created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Henry, and Richard Appel as a spin-off show from Family Guy.
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| Genre | Animation Black comedy Cutaway gag humor |
| Created by | Seth MacFarlane Mike Henry Richard Appel |
| Voices of | Mike Henry Sanaa Lathan Kevin Michael Richardson Reagan Gomez-Preston Jason Sudeikis Seth MacFarlane |
| Theme music composer | Walter Murphy |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 88 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Seth MacFarlane Mike Henry Richard Appel Co-Executive Producers: Kirker Butler John Viener (Season 3-present) Dave Jeser & Matt Silverstein (Season 3-present) Jonathan Green (Season 2-present) Gabe Miller (Season 2-present) |
| Producers | Kara Vallow Jonathan Green (Season 1) Gabe Miller (Season 1) Courtney Lilly (Season 2-present) Co-Producers: Aseem Batra (Season 1) Clarence Livingston (Season 1) Aaron Lee (Season 2-present) Matt Murray (Season 2-present) Supervising Producers: Aseem Batra (Season 2-present) Clarence Livingston (Season 2-present) |
| Editor | Kirk Benson |
| Camera setup | Animated rendition of single camera |
| Running time | 22–23 minutes |
| Production companies | Persons Unknown Productions Happy Jack Productions Fuzzy Door Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox |
| Release | September 27, 2009[1] – May 19, 2013 |
| Related | |
| Family Guy American Dad! | |
The family was conceived by MacFarlane, he took the Family Guy character, Cleveland Brown, and his son, Cleveland Brown Jr., and redesign Cleveland Brown Jr. to make him look older, and softly-spoken. Before the first episode aired it was already renewed for season 2, which had 22 episodes.[2] On June 10, 2010, three weeks after the first season ended it was renewed for another season (season 3).[3] It was also renewed for season 4. The show was canceled in May 2013, airing its final episode on May 19. There is four seasons of The Cleveland Show and 88 episodes.
The series shows the life of Cleveland Brown, his son, Cleveland Brown Jr., his wife, Donna, and her kids, Roberta and Rallo.
The show uses a lot of profanity and sex scenes, which is why the show is rated TV-14, and rarely TV-PG.
According to critics, the show is an okay show, however some say it is a horrible show. The Parents Television Council said that the first season episodes was the worst show of the week. About 6 million people watched the show for season one. It was nominated for an award on the 36th People's Choice Awards, and on the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards.
Production
changeAt the start of the show, Cleveland Brown and his son, Cleveland Brown Jr., move from the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island to Stoolbend, Virginia.
Cleveland said to Glenn Quagmire that he is getting a spin-off on Family Guy episode, "Baby Not on Board".[4]
Originally, the theme song had a line with Cleveland Brown, he said "happy black-guy face", this was changed to "happy mustached face".
Characters
change- Cleveland Brown, an African-American male who is very polite to everyone and has a unique laugh, he used to be Peter Griffin's friend until moving.
- Donna Tubbs, second wife and current wife of Cleveland Brown.
- Cleveland Brown Jr., the son of Cleveland Brown
- Roberta Tubbs, fifteen-year-old daughter of Donna Tubbs
- Rallo Tubbs, five-year-old son of Donna Tubbs
Voice cast
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| Mike Henry | Sanaa Lathan | Reagan Gomez-Preston | Kevin Michael Richardson | Jason Sudeikis | Seth MacFarlane |
| Cleveland Brown and Rallo Tubbs | Donna Tubbs-Brown | Roberta Tubbs | Cleveland Brown, Jr. and Lester Krinklesac | Holt Richter and Terry Kimple | Tim the Bear |
Episodes
change| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD release dates | ||||
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| Season premiere | Season finale | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||
| 1 | 21 | September 27, 2009 | May 23, 2010 | September 28, 2010 | September 27, 2010 | June 29, 2011 | |
| 2 | 22 | September 26, 2010 | May 15, 2011 | September 27, 2011 | January 30, 2012[5] | November 9, 2011 | |
| 3 | 22 | September 25, 2011 | May 20, 2012 | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 4 | 23 | October 7, 2012 | May 19, 2013 | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
Ratings
change| Season | Season premiere | Season finale | TV season | Ranking | Viewers (in millions) |
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| 1st | September 27, 2009 | May 23, 2010 | 2009–2010 | #72[6] | 6.38[6] |
| 2nd | September 26, 2010 | May 15, 2011 | 2010–2011 | #90[6] | 6.12[6] |
| 3rd | September 25, 2011 | May 20, 2012 | 2011–2012 | TBA | TBA |
| 4th | October 7, 2012 | May 19, 2013 | 2012–2013 | TBA | TBA |
International broadcast
changeThe show was originally aired on Fox, and has been released in many other countries.
| Country | Network | First Aired |
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 United States
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Fox | September 27, 2009 |
 Canada
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Global | |
 Australia
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Network Ten Eleven FOX8 |
December 2, 2009–January 12, 2011 January 12, 2011–present March 13, 2011–present |
 United Kingdom |
E4 FX |
February 1, 2010 – present January 6, 2011 – present |
 Mexico
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FX Latin America | April 25, 2010 |
 Brazil
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FX Latin America | |
 Ireland
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3e | February 21, 2010 |
 Portugal |
FOX Portugal | June 5, 2010 |
 Denmark
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TV 2 Zulu | June 23, 2010 |
 Israel
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Yes Comedy | July 2, 2010 |
 Greece
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FX GR | March 2010 |
 Hungary
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Comedy Central | July 7, 2010 |
 Russia
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2x2 | September 2, 2010 |
 Italy
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FOX Italia 2 |
September 7, 2010 |
 Spain
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FOX Neox |
July 19, 2010 |
 Norway
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TV2 | August 13, 2010 |
 Netherlands
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Comedy Central | September 12, 2010 |
 New Zealand
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C4 Four Comedy Central |
2010 February 10, 2011 - present 2011 - present |
 Philippines
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Jack TV | October 2010 |
 South Africa
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Vuzu | November 29, 2010 |
 Uruguay
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Monte Carlo TV | December 18, 2010 |
 Sweden
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Kanal 5 (Sweden) | January 3, 2011 |
 Czech Republic
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Prima Cool | February 5, 2011 |
 Poland
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FOX Poland | February 16, 2011 |
 France
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France Ô | April 8, 2011 |
 Estonia
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TV6 (Estonia) | June 1, 2011 |
 Latvia
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TV6 Latvia | December 1, 2010 |
| Palestinian territories | FX | July, 2011 |
 Argentina
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FX | January 29, 2012 |
DVD releases
changeReferences
change- ↑ "FOX Announces Fall Premiere Dates for the 2009-2010 Season". TheFutonCritic.com.
- ↑ "Yahoo!". www.aoltv.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-15. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
- ↑ "Breaking News - FOX Picks Up Third Season of "The Cleveland Show" - TheFutonCritic.com". www.thefutoncritic.com.
- ↑ "Baby Not On Board". Mark Hentemann (writer) & Julius Wu (director). Family Guy. Fox. September 1, 2008. No. 4, season 7.
- ↑ "The Cleveland Show - Season 2 (DVD)". Amazon UK. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Series". Tvbythenumbers. Nielsen Business Media. May 26, 2006. Archived from the original on June 24, 2010. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
Other websites
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- Official website Archived 2009-05-12 at the Wayback Machine