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The Cleveland Show gets a full second season

source: TV Squad

Is The Cleveland Show going to end up being more popular than its progenitor Family Guy? Do these ratings simply represent a high initial interest in the new show that will wane over time? I have used the analogy of The Jeffersons spinning off from All In The Family, but did The Jeffersons ev...

Published Thu, Oct 15

The Cleveland Show: Pilot (series premiere)

source: TV Squad

Based on the pilot episode, the analogy that can be made is this: Family Guy is to All In The Family what The Cleveland Show is to The Jeffersons (with a little What's Happening!! and Good Times thrown in). Even the theme music is reminiscent of a 70's black sitcom, plus a few visual cues from So...

Published Sun, Sep 27

The Cleveland Show: 2009 Fall TV Preview

source: Cinema Blend

As Seth MacFarlane slowly but surely takes over Sunday nights on Fox, the network is adding a third series by the guy who brought you The Family Guy. Spinning off from TFG, The Cleveland Show is an animated comedy series that follows Cleveland Brown as he heads back to his hometown and finds h...

Published Thu, Sep 24

The Cleveland Show -- An early look

source: TV Squad

The first episode (airing Sunday at 8:30 ET on FOX) begins in Quahog with the cast of Family Guy. The entire circumstance behind Cleveland's departure from that show is explained before the opening theme song. And what a theme song! It's better than Family Guy's. Very catchy. It's the sort tha...

Published Thu, Sep 24

Press Kits Unwrapped: The Cleveland Show

source: TV Squad

You've heard it before. The character of Cleveland Brown is the last person in the cast you'd expect to get a spin-off from Family Guy (well, except maybe Herbert, the pedophile down the street). Well, he did in the form of The Cleveland Show. Fox is trying to promote the hell out of this program...

Published Thu, Sep 24

Family Guy Earns Groundbreaking Emmy Nod

source: About.com Animated TV

Whoa. Not only was Family Guy resurrected from cancellation, Seth MacFarlane's edgy cartoon has shattered another barrier by being nominated for an Oustanding Comedy Series, not the usual Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour). Not even mainstay The Simpso...

Published Sun, Jul 19

Fox Sets Date for The Cleveland Show Premiere

source: About.com Animated TV

Hey, y'all. On September 27, 2009 The Cleveland Show will premiere on Fox at 8:30 p.m. ET, replacing King of the Hill in the Animation Domination line-up. The Simpsons, Family Guy and American Dad will also premiere that night, beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET. Seems like The Cleveland Show is already ge...

Published Mon, Jun 22

Fox shares plans for six new shows

source: Sentinel

 IN “The Cleveland Show,” an animated spin-off featuring a “Family Guy” neighbor, will debut in the fall. The long-running “King of the Hill” cartoon will end with a one-hour episode in the fall. Fox is also canceling two long-running game shows, ...

Published Wed, May 27