The Cleveland Show

American animated sitcom, spin-off of Family Guy

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.

The Cleveland Show
GenreAnimation
Black comedy
Cutaway gag humor
Created bySeth MacFarlane
Mike Henry
Richard Appel
Voices ofMike Henry
Sanaa Lathan
Kevin Michael Richardson
Reagan Gomez-Preston
Jason Sudeikis
Seth MacFarlane
Theme music composerWalter Murphy
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes88 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersSeth 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)
ProducersKara 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)
EditorKirk Benson
Camera setupAnimated rendition of single camera
Running time22–23 minutes
Production companiesPersons Unknown Productions
Happy Jack Productions
Fuzzy Door Productions
20th Century Fox Television
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseSeptember 27, 2009 (2009-09-27)[1] –
May 19, 2013 (2013-05-19)
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

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At 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

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  • 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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Main cast members
           
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

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Season Episodes Originally aired DVD release dates
Season premiere Season finale Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
1 21 September 27, 2009 (2009-09-27) May 23, 2010 (2010-05-23) September 28, 2010 (2010-09-28) September 27, 2010 (2010-09-27) June 29, 2011 (2011-06-29)
2 22 September 26, 2010 (2010-09-26) May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15) September 27, 2011 (2011-09-27) January 30, 2012 (2012-01-30)[5] November 9, 2011 (2011-11-09)
3 22 September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25) May 20, 2012 (2012-05-20) TBA TBA TBA
4 23 October 7, 2012 (2012-10-07) May 19, 2013 (2013-05-19) TBA TBA TBA

Ratings

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Season Season premiere Season finale TV season Ranking Viewers
(in millions)
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

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The show was originally aired on Fox, and has been released in many other countries.

Country Network First Aired
  United States Fox September 27, 2009
  Canada Global
  Australia 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 FX Latin America April 25, 2010
  Brazil FX Latin America
  Ireland 3e February 21, 2010
  Portugal
FOX Portugal June 5, 2010
  Denmark TV 2 Zulu June 23, 2010
  Israel Yes Comedy July 2, 2010
  Greece FX GR March 2010
  Hungary Comedy Central July 7, 2010
  Russia 2x2 September 2, 2010
  Italy FOX
Italia 2
September 7, 2010
  Spain FOX
Neox
July 19, 2010
  Norway TV2 August 13, 2010
  Netherlands Comedy Central September 12, 2010
  New Zealand C4
Four
Comedy Central
2010
February 10, 2011 - present
2011 - present
  Philippines Jack TV October 2010
  South Africa Vuzu November 29, 2010
  Uruguay Monte Carlo TV December 18, 2010
  Sweden Kanal 5 (Sweden) January 3, 2011
  Czech Republic Prima Cool February 5, 2011
  Poland FOX Poland February 16, 2011
  France France Ô April 8, 2011
  Estonia TV6 (Estonia) June 1, 2011
  Latvia TV6 Latvia December 1, 2010
Palestinian territories FX July, 2011
  Argentina FX January 29, 2012

DVD releases

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All seasons are available on DVD and Blu-ray.

References

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  1. "FOX Announces Fall Premiere Dates for the 2009-2010 Season". TheFutonCritic.com.
  2. "Yahoo!". www.aoltv.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-15. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
  3. "Breaking News - FOX Picks Up Third Season of "The Cleveland Show" - TheFutonCritic.com". www.thefutoncritic.com.
  4. "Baby Not On Board". Mark Hentemann (writer) & Julius Wu (director). Family Guy. Fox. September 1, 2008. No. 4, season 7.
  5. "The Cleveland Show - Season 2 (DVD)". Amazon UK. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
  6. 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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