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.

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. On June 10, 2010, three weeks after the first season ended it was renewed for another season (season 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
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"."Baby Not On Board". Mark Hentemann (writer) & Julius Wu (director). Family Guy. Fox. September 1, 2008. No. 4, season 7.

Originally, the theme song had a line with Cleveland Brown, he said "happy black-guy face", this was changed to "happy mustached face".

Characters
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
Main cast members 140x140px 140x140px 140x140px|upright 140x140px 140x140px 140x140px|upright 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

Ratings
 Season Season premiere Season finale TV season Ranking Viewers(in millions) 1st September 27, 2009 May 23, 2010 2009–2010 #72 6.38 2nd September 26, 2010 May 15, 2011 2010–2011 #90 6.12 3rd September 25, 2011 May 20, 2012 2011–2012 TBA TBA 4th October 7, 2012 May 19, 2013 2012–2013 TBA TBA

International broadcast
The show was originally aired on Fox, and has been released in many other countries.
 Country Network First Aired  FoxSeptember 27, 2009  Global  Network TenElevenFOX8 December 2, 2009–January 12, 2011January 12, 2011–presentMarch 13, 2011–present  E4FX February 1, 2010 – presentJanuary 6, 2011 – present  FX Latin AmericaApril 25, 2010  FX Latin America  Ireland 3e February 21, 2010  FOX Portugal June 5, 2010  TV 2 Zulu June 23, 2010  Israel Yes Comedy July 2, 2010  FX GR March 2010 Comedy Central July 7, 2010 2x2 September 2, 2010  FOXItalia 2 September 7, 2010  FOXNeox July 19, 2010  TV2 August 13, 2010  Comedy Central September 12, 2010  C4FourComedy Central 2010February 10, 2011 - present2011 - present  Jack TV October 2010  Vuzu November 29, 2010  Monte Carlo TV December 18, 2010  Kanal 5 (Sweden) January 3, 2011  Prima Cool February 5, 2011FOX PolandFebruary 16, 2011  France Ô April 8, 2011  TV6 (Estonia) June 1, 2011  TV6 Latvia December 1, 2010 Palestinian territories FX July, 2011  FX  January 29, 2012

DVD releases
All seasons are available on DVD and Blu-ray.

References

Other websites

Official website 


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