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74-512: 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–present), its spin-off series The Cleveland Show (2009–2013), and the film Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005), based on his 1995–1997 thesis films The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve . Set in

148-564: A Family Guy feature film adaptation. As of April 2024, Seth MacFarlane shared his plans to do a movie at PaleyFest but hasn't gotten the time to do it. The Family Guy Video Game! is a 2006 action game released by 2K Games and developed by High Voltage Software . The game received mixed reviews, averaging 50% favorable reviews for the PlayStation 2 version, 51% for the PlayStation Portable version, and 53% for

222-464: A 44% approval rating for the first season, with an average rating of 5.10/10 and based on 18 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, " The Cleveland Show is simply not interesting enough to capture the same comedic lightning of Seth MacFarlane's Family Guy ." Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , gave the season a score of 57 out of 100 based on 18 critic reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews." Ahsan Haque of IGN gave

296-495: A 5-minute preview was shown. The one-hour episode, titled " The Simpsons Guy " and consisting of the first and second episode of the thirteenth season of Family Guy , was aired September 28, 2014. In the episode, the Griffins are forced out of Quahog due to Peter offending women with a newspaper comic strip he created. On the road, their car gets stolen, leaving them stranded in the town of Springfield where they meet and befriend

370-404: A Village Idiot, and I Married One was written by executive story editor Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and actress Alex Borstein . The book was first published on May 8, 2007. The book is a biographical monologue by Lois Griffin discussing her memories of growing up and to her attempted run for mayor in the town of Quahog. Though the book primarily consists of a loose narrative monologue by Lois, it

444-560: A bully and a self-centered character, even towards her own family members. She is also revealed to be a genius in The Cleveland Show Season 3 episode "B.M.O.C.", when she went on a college tour to Cleveland's alma mater , State. Neither Roberta nor her brother Rallo are initially pleased with the arrival of Cleveland and Cleveland Brown Jr., though both appear to accept their mother marrying Cleveland without much issue. In fact, Roberta and Cleveland seem to fall into

518-600: A complete redesign for the show, becoming sensitive and soft-spoken. In July 2010, the Turner Broadcasting System picked up syndication rights, for their networks TBS and later, Adult Swim . The series first aired on Adult Swim in the United States on September 29, 2012. On July 14, 2018, Viacom 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 Comedy Central in

592-438: A deal for a Family Guy film had been made, and that it would be written by himself and series co-producer Ricky Blitt. On November 30, 2012, MacFarlane confirmed plans to produce a Family Guy film. The project was put on hold while MacFarlane worked on Ted 2 . On August 10, 2018, Fox announced that a live-action/animated film based on the series is in development. In July 2019, MacFarlane confirmed that there will be

666-432: A few days before the second season concluded. Seth MacFarlane , Mike Henry and Richard Appel served as executive producers on the series for its entire run. Mike Henry voices two of the show's main characters: Cleveland Brown and Rallo Tubbs . The voice of Cleveland was developed originally for Family Guy by Henry after being influenced by one of his best friends who had a very distinct regional accent. For

740-440: A few rednecks in [his] time", and decided to simply perform a stereotypical redneck impression for the voice of Lester. Jason Sudeikis 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

814-536: A fifteen-year-old over the phone "all the time." Before Gomez was cast as Roberta, Nia Long (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. Kevin Michael Richardson ,

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888-514: A greater focus on wacky family focused stories, we might get to see much personality burst out of the normally sedate Cleveland." Jonathan Storm of The Philadelphia Inquirer found The Cleveland Show to be "a little warmer and sillier" than Family Guy . Rob Owen of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette stated that although The Cleveland Show is "just as rude-crude" as Family Guy , it also had "more warmth" due to Cleveland being

962-478: A more likable character than Peter Griffin . Owen also praised the character of Tim the Bear, stating that "Tim is by far the most amusing creation." Tom Shales of The Washington Post 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 USA Today wrote

1036-452: A normal love/hate relationship with Roberta, who at times seems to neglect him, yet at other times speaks to him as an intellectual equal. In The Cleveland Show Season 3 episode "American Prankster", Cleveland asks Donna why his name is Rallo. Donna replies to that question by stating it was from "that guy from Sanford and Son . " (referring to Rollo Lawson ). One of the main characters of The Cleveland Show , as of " He's Bla-ack! ", he

1110-409: A rather stereotypical stepfather/stepdaughter relationship, with Roberta being embarrassed by her stepfather's behavior when he attends social functions at her school. Eventually she accepts Cleveland as her father. While one of the main characters of The Cleveland Show , as of " He's Bla-ack! ", she is now occasionally referred to and less frequently seen on Family Guy . She's also the only member of

1184-486: 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 NBC 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

1258-415: 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 Alien vs. Predator , Blade , Love & Basketball and The Family That Preys . Reagan Gomez-Preston plays Roberta Tubbs , the stepdaughter of Cleveland. Gomez has stated that she uses her own voice to portray Roberta and that she herself gets mistaken for

1332-404: A similarly negative review, suggesting that the easiest fix for its problem was "cancellation". John McWhorter of The New Republic 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

1406-411: A surprise playable character. Two other Family Guy mobile games ( Air Griffin and Uncensored ) were released on 2007 and 2009, respectively. MacFarlane recorded exclusive material of Peter's voice and other Family Guy characters for a 2007 pinball machine of the show by Stern Pinball . On November 2, 2009, IGN journalist Ryan Langley reported the production of a Family Guy -based party game for

1480-460: A theatrically released Family Guy feature film sometime "within the next year." He came up with an idea for the story, "something that you could not do on the show, which [to him] is the only reason to do a movie." He later went to say he imagines the film to be "an old-style musical with dialogue" similar to The Sound of Music , saying that he would "really be trying to capture, musically, that feel." On October 13, 2011, MacFarlane confirmed that

1554-529: A unique laugh. He was one of Peter Griffin 's best friends in Family Guy and also owned and ran a deli. In the " Pilot " of The Cleveland Show , he moves to the town of Stoolbend, Virginia to show his son where he grew up, unintentionally meeting up with his old friend Donna, whom he was in love with despite her being unaware. Eventually re-sparking his relationship with her, they get married and he and his son move in with her and her two children. Cleveland

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1628-430: A wide variety. Various flashbacks give conflicting histories of his speech patterns. He is shown as a more sexual, obnoxious, unintelligent, selfish, and violent character in his new form than he was originally. After the show wasn't renewed for a fifth season, Cleveland would move back to Quahog (and Family Guy ) in the twelfth season , now working as a mailman. Loretta Marie Callender Brown (voiced by Alex Borstein )

1702-401: Is Cleveland's late ex-wife and the mother of Cleveland Brown Jr. in Family Guy . In early episodes, Loretta had a minimal quantity of lines, the bulk of which were "Mm-hmm!". She treated Cleveland harshly, and eventually cheated on him with Glenn Quagmire, leading them to divorce. She had a liking for cricket and the television program Friends . In The Cleveland Show episode "Gone With

1776-596: Is also interspersed with sections from other characters such as Peter Griffin. The book covers events featured in the Family Guy episode " It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One ", with which it shares a title. It was published in the United Kingdom in 2007 by Orion Books . A comic book based on the Family Guy universe was produced. Published by Titan Comics , edited by Steve White and illustrated by Anthony Williams and S. L. Gallant. The writing and

1850-514: Is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for Fox. The series centers on the Griffins , a family consisting of parents Peter and Lois ; their children, Meg , Chris , and Stewie ; and their anthropomorphic pet dog, Brian . The show is set in the fictional city of Quahog that is located in Rhode Island (a place that actually exists), and exhibits much of its humor in

1924-650: Is centered around the episode " Road to the Multiverse ", was released on November 20, 2012. Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff launched on iOS and Android on April 10, 2014. Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards was launched on 2016 for iOS, Android and Steam on September 27, 2016. It is a crossover card fighting/strategy game featuring Family Guy , American Dad! , King of the Hill , Futurama and Bob's Burgers . Family Guy: Another Freakin Mobile Game

1998-609: Is now an infrequently-appearing cast member of Family Guy . In The Cleveland Show , a number of characters live on the same street as the Brown family. All were seen attending the wedding of Cleveland and Donna Brown. The following characters have worked with Peter and Cleveland at different jobs: The following characters make up the school body of Adam West High School (previously named James Woods Regional High School): Seven actors who voiced semi-regular Family Guy characters have died: Family Guy (franchise) Family Guy

2072-613: Is the 15-year-old biological daughter of Donna and her ex-husband, Robert, Rallo's sister, Cleveland's stepdaughter and Cleveland Jr.'s stepsister. She looks up to Tyra Banks , hoping to one day become her co-hostess. A relatively popular girl in school, Roberta is often seen socializing with her friends, both in person, and using phones/social networking websites. She has been dating a less-than-respectable boy named Gabriel "Federline Jones" Friedman. Donna doesn’t approve of Federline, though Cleveland has since managed to bully him into submission. As with many popular students, Roberta often acts as

2146-503: Is the Griffins' 1-year-old child, but often behaves in adult ways such as speaking in an exaggerated upper-class English accent. Brian Griffin (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is the family's 10-year-old (70 in dog years) anthropomorphic talking white Labrador Retriever and the best friend of both Stewie and his father, Peter. The characters listed below are the extended family of the Griffin family that come from either Peter's side of

2220-423: Is the matriarch of the Griffin household, Peter's wife, and the mother of Meg, Chris, and Stewie. She is 45-years-old, and is of German and Jewish descent. Megan " Meg " Griffin (voiced by Lacey Chabert in seasons 1 & 2, Mila Kunis from season 2 onwards) is the Griffins' 18-year-old daughter. She is a self-conscious, insecure, and sensitive teenager who is more often than not ridiculed and ignored by

2294-575: Is the obese 14-year-old biological son of Cleveland Brown and his late ex-wife Loretta. He debuted in the second-season episode " Love Thy Trophy " on the animated TV show Family Guy . During his time in Family Guy before The Cleveland Show he was shown to be skinny, hyperactive, and athletic. He was presumably taken into Loretta's custody after she and Cleveland divorced in " The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire " and has since become severely obese. He suffers from mild seizure-like episodes which he refers to as "brainstorms" and takes medication to control them. It

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2368-438: Is the second and current wife of Cleveland Brown. She is 42 years old and works as the principal's secretary at Stoolbend High School. She has two biological children from her previous marriage with Robert Unknown (His last name is literally "Unknown", which is a joke later in the series), Roberta and Rallo, and she has kept her maiden name (seen in "Pilot", Cleveland says, "Back in high school, I would have given anything to spend

2442-478: Is usually depicted as exceedingly gentle and patient, and it is only on rare occasions that he has been known to lose his temper and resort to violence. However, Cleveland gets visibly annoyed with racist behavior. He often acts as the voice of caution when other characters hatch harebrained schemes. Cleveland's speech is slow and almost elongated in Family Guy , but in The Cleveland Show his voice has

2516-594: The Family Guy: Live in Vegas comedy album. The stage shows were an extension of a performance by the cast during the 2004 Montreal Comedy Festival . The Family Guy Live! performances, which took place in Los Angeles and New York, sold out and were attended by around 1,200 people each. In 2007, at the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards , MacFarlane performed (as the digitally inserted Stewie and Brian)

2590-732: The New York Daily News , Fox 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 . The series is available for streaming on Hulu . Internationally, The Cleveland Show is available to stream on Star on Disney+ . The Cleveland Show initially received mixed reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported

2664-446: The Family Guy universe, all published by HarperCollins since 2005. The first, Family Guy: Stewie's Guide to World Domination ( ISBN   978-0-06-077321-2 ) by Steve Callahan, was released on April 26, 2005. Written in the style of a graphic novel , the plot follows Stewie's plans to rule the world. Other books include Family Guy: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One ( ISBN   978-0-7528-7593-4 ), which covers

2738-432: The Fox Broadcasting Company . A spin-off of Family Guy , and the second television series in the franchise , the series centers on Cleveland Brown , his new wife Donna Tubbs-Brown , and their children Cleveland Brown Jr. , Roberta Tubbs , and Rallo Tubbs . The animation was produced by Fox Television Animation . The series was conceived by MacFarlane in 2007 after developing Family Guy and American Dad! for

2812-533: The Simpson family , only for their friendship to turn sour when Pawtucket Patriot Ale is revealed to be a rip-off of Duff. Dan Castellaneta , Julie Kavner , Nancy Cartwright , Yeardley Smith , and Hank Azaria guest star as their The Simpsons characters. The episode also includes cameo appearances by Bob Belcher from Bob's Burgers , Fred Flintstone from The Flintstones , and Roger from American Dad! . As of 2009, six books have been released about

2886-568: The Xbox 360 , PlayStation 3 , and Wii . He cited the LinkedIn profiles of former HB Studios developer Chris Kolmatycki and Invisible Entertainment co-owner Ron Doucet, which stated that the individuals had worked on the game. A game called Family Guy Online was launched into public beta in April 2012, but permanently shut down on January 18, 2013. Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse , which

2960-616: The Bear , Nat Faxon as Tim and Arianna's son Raymond the Bear , Jamie Kennedy as Roberta's boyfriend Gabriel Friedman, a.k.a. "Federline Jones" , Will Forte as Principal Wally , Frances Callier as Evelyn "Cookie" Brown , Craig Robinson as LeVar "Freight Train" Brown and David Lynch as Gus the bartender. Cleveland's newly introduced family includes his new wife, Donna Tubbs-Brown (voiced by Sanaa Lathan ); Donna's daughter Roberta (originally voiced by Nia Long , but later voiced by Reagan Gomez-Preston ); and Donna's son Rallo (voiced by Mike Henry ). Cleveland, Jr. underwent

3034-551: 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, after four seasons consisting of 88 episodes . The Cleveland Show

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3108-548: The Griffin family. A more live-action/animated episode of Bones , "The Critic in the Cabernet," crosses over with fellow Family Guy character Stewie Griffin (reprised by MacFarlane himself) as the episode's main antagonist. In 2018, Alex Borstein reprised her role as Lois Griffin in an episode of Animals . In July 2013, it was announced that a special episode of Family Guy featuring an official crossover with The Simpsons would premiere in 2014. At San Diego Comic Con

3182-547: The Lost Art of Being a Man . Family Guy has been commercially successful in the home market. The show was the first to be resurrected because of high DVD sales. The first volume, covering the show's first two seasons, sold 1.67 million units, topping TV DVD sales in 2003, while the second volume sold another million units. Volumes six and seven debuted at fifth place in United States DVD sales; volume seven

3256-628: The Tubbs family that has yet to speak in Family Guy (the video game Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff is not considered a speaking role). Montclair " Rallo " Tubbs (voiced by Mike Henry ) is the 5-year-old biological son of Donna and her ex-husband, Robert, Roberta's brother, Cleveland's stepson and Cleveland Jr.'s stepbrother. Despite his age, and the fact his father has been mostly absent most of his life, Rallo acts much like Robert, behaving at times very articulate, yet hormonally charged. He seems to get along fairly well with his mother, Donna and has

3330-456: The United States on October 8, 2018, until April 29, 2022 and then again since November 6, 2023 airing sporadically on the network, previously along with BET and VH1 . The series aired on FXX from September 20, 2021 to September 20, 2024. 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

3404-676: The Wind", she dies in a freak accident back in Quahog when in her 40s because Peter accidentally swings a Brontosaurus skeleton found by Brian from a mobile crane into her house, destroying it and causing her to fall from the second floor in her bathtub (in a similar manner to Cleveland in a running gag on Family Guy ), only for her neck to snap. She was buried in Stoolbend, and left her fortune to Cleveland Jr. in her will. Donna Lou Retten Tubbs-Brown (née Tubbs) (voiced by Sanaa Lathan ),

3478-553: The Xbox version, according to review aggregator Metacritic . The game received praise for its humor, but was criticized for its short playtime and "uninteresting gameplay". To promote both Family Guy and American Dad! ' s home media releases, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment officially released an animated crossover fighting game, American Dad! vs. Family Guy 2: Hyper Turbo Combo , on its official website in 2006. It also features Street Fighter ' s own Ryu as

3552-539: The ceremony's opening number. He performed a song insulting modern (at the time) television to the tune of the song "The Fellas At The Freakin' F.C.C." performed in the episode " PTV ". The song insulted TV shows such as Two and a Half Men , Desperate Housewives , and Scrubs , as well as the final scene of The Sopranos . In 2009, a special televised performance show aired entitled Family Guy Presents Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show , in which voice actors Alex Borstein and MacFarlane performed songs from

3626-489: The development slate at Fox 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 King of the Hill just ended, leaving air time for The Cleveland Show ,

3700-474: The events of the episode " It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One "; and Family Guy and Philosophy: A Cure for the Petarded ( ISBN   978-1-4051-6316-3 ), a collection of 17 essays exploring the connections between the series and historical philosophers. A book written from Brian's point of view (written by Andrew Goldberg ) was published in 2006, called Brian Griffin's Guide to Booze, Broads and

3774-427: The family, Lois' side of the family, and the occasional members of Brian's family: Throughout the series, mainly during the first seasons, Peter often mentions various ancestors of the Griffin family, which are shown in cutaway gags . Cleveland Orenthal Brown Sr. (voiced by Mike Henry from 1999-2021, Arif Zahir from 2021–present) is a portly 42-year-old African-American man who is very polite to everyone and has

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3848-432: The fictional towns of Quahog , Rhode Island , and Stoolbend , Virginia , the show exhibits much of its humor in the form of metafictional cutaway gags often lampooning American culture . The following is an abridged list of characters consisting of the starring families ( Griffin ; Brown/Tubbs ) and supporting characters from all three. Characters are only listed once, normally under the first applicable subsection in

3922-445: The form of metafictional cutaway gags that often lampoon American culture . The family was conceived by MacFarlane after developing two animated films, The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve . MacFarlane redesigned the films' protagonist, Larry, and his dog, Steve, and renamed them Peter and Brian, respectively. MacFarlane pitched a seven-minute pilot to Fox in 1998, and the show was greenlit and began production. Shortly after

3996-604: The hometowns of MacFarlane's animated sitcoms Family Guy , American Dad! and The Cleveland Show , culminating in a stand-off among the three fathers of each family. The Griffin family also cameo appeared in not just both The Cleveland Show and American Dad! , but also in The Simpsons , Futurama , South Park , Robot Chicken , Drawn Together , Animals , Bordertown , Bones , MadTV , and Mad . A two-parter South Park episode, "Cartoon Wars Parts I and II " which mocked Family Guy also features

4070-500: The illustrations will be supervised by the show's producers. The first comic book was released on July 27, 2011. Inside Family Guy: An Illustrated History was released in May 2019, as part of the series' 20th anniversary. As promotion for the show, and, as Newman described, "[to] expand interest in the show beyond its diehard fans", Fox organized four Family Guy Live! performances, which featured cast members reading old episodes aloud. The cast also performed musical numbers from

4144-463: 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

4218-492: The list; very minor characters are listed with a more regular character with whom they are associated. Peter Löwenbräu Griffin (voiced by Seth MacFarlane ) is the patriarch of the Griffin household, a 46-year-old Irish-American blue-collar worker and the "family guy" of the show's title. For most of the series, Peter is shown as an obese, unintelligent, lazy, outspoken, childish, and eccentric alcoholic . Lois Patrice Griffin (née Pewterschmidt ) (voiced by Alex Borstein )

4292-568: The night at Donna Tubbs' house."). While one of the main characters of The Cleveland Show , as of " He's Bla-ack! ", she has now taken on the former role of the late Loretta as a recurring character of Family Guy . Cleveland Orenthal Brown Jr. , (also referred to as Cleveland Raj Rerun Dwayne Brown ) better known simply as Junior , (voiced by Mike Henry in early appearances in Family Guy , and Kevin Michael Richardson in The Cleveland Show and later appearances in Family Guy ),

4366-419: The people around her. Christopher Cross " Chris " Griffin (voiced by Seth Green ) is the Griffins' 15-year-old son. He is a friendly, laid-back, and slow-witted adult who is a younger version of Peter physically, but intellectually, he often shows more potential, as demonstrated from moments of coherence and articulation within his speech. Stewart Gilligan " Stewie " Griffin (voiced by Seth MacFarlane)

4440-481: The pilot episode a grade of 8.3 out of 10, praised the opening theme and the humor of the show, and said, "While it seems to be missing some of the over-the-top offensive bite 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

4514-421: The project in 2007. Appel and Henry served as the show's executive producers and showrunners, handling the day-to-day operations, with limited involvement from MacFarlane. Henry and Appel conceived the show as "more of a family show, a sweeter show" than Family Guy . The first season consisted of 22 episodes, and the show was picked up by Fox for a second season, which consisted of 13 episodes. The announcement

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4588-457: 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

4662-445: The show, as well as a parody of Lady Gaga 's song " Poker Face " in the voice of Marlee Matlin , who appeared on stage as a guest during the performance. Some new animated gags also appeared in the show. On July 22, 2007, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter , MacFarlane announced that he may start working on a feature film, although "nothing's official." In TV Week on July 18, 2008, MacFarlane confirmed plans to produce

4736-614: The sort." Matt Rouse of TV Guide wrote, "The lamest, most unnecessary spin-off since Private Practice , Cleveland rests on the shoulders of the hopelessly bland title character." episodes 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 — Family Guy and American Dad! . There are also many brief cameos of characters from three other Fox animated shows, The Simpsons , Futurama , and King of

4810-550: The third season of Family Guy had aired in 2002, Fox canceled the series with one episode left unaired. Adult Swim aired that episode in 2003, finishing the series' original run. However, favorable DVD sales and high ratings for syndicated reruns on Adult Swim convinced the network to renew the show in 2004 for a fourth season, which began airing on May 1, 2005. MacFarlane co-created—alongside Mike Henry and Richard Appel —the Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show , which premiered September 27, 2009. They began discussing

4884-462: The town of Quahog and moves with his son to start his own adventure. Fox canceled The Cleveland Show on May 13, 2013, roughly a week before the May 19 conclusion of its fourth season . On July 16, 2013, MacFarlane confirmed an upcoming twelfth season episode of Family Guy centering on Cleveland's return to Quahog. An event known as " Night of the Hurricane " depicts a hurricane hitting

4958-446: The voice of Rallo, Henry stated that he created the voice over twenty years before; he had used it while making prank phone calls. Sanaa Lathan voices Donna Tubbs , 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

5032-426: Was made on May 3, 2009, before the first season began. It was extended to a full second season. Appel signed a new three-year, seven-figure deal with Fox to continue serving as showrunner on The Cleveland Show in 2010. Fox chairman Gary Newman commented: "What is special about him is his incredible leadership ability." The show follows the Family Guy character Cleveland Brown , who is voiced by Henry, as he leaves

5106-560: Was nominated for one Annie Award , one Primetime Emmy Award , and two Teen Choice Awards , but received mixed reviews from media critics. Fox cancelled the series after 4 seasons. 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 " He's Bla-ack! ". Seth MacFarlane initially conceived The Cleveland Show in 2007 while working on his other two animated series, Family Guy and American Dad! . The Cleveland Show first appeared on

5180-482: Was promoted to a series regular. Seth MacFarlane played Tim the Bear up until season 3 episode 10, which MacFarlane admits is a " Steve Martin impression [...] a Wild and Crazy Guy impression". Jess Harnell voices the character for the rest of the series from the next episode onward, as MacFarlane had a busy schedule which kept him away from voicing the character, while he was working on Ted . Other voices include that of Arianna Huffington as Tim's wife Arianna

5254-421: Was released by Mezco Toyz ; each member of the Griffin family had their own toy, with the exception of Stewie, of whom two different figures were made. Over the course of two years, four more series of toy figures were released, with various forms of Peter. In 2008, the character Peter appeared in advertisements for Subway Restaurants , promoting the restaurant's massive feast sandwich. Family Guy: It Takes

5328-414: Was released on iOS on April 25, 2017. Warped Kart Racers was released on Apple Arcade in May 2022. It is a crossover racing game between Family Guy , American Dad! , King of the Hill and Solar Opposites . [REDACTED] Category The Cleveland Show The Cleveland Show is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane , Richard Appel , and Mike Henry for

5402-486: Was revealed in the episode " The Hurricane! " that he "doesn't believe in God", although he claims he is not an atheist either, which he calls "another religion". Junior is one of the main characters of The Cleveland Show and returns to the Family Guy cast as of " He's Bla-ack! " as a recurring minor character. Roberta Coretta Tubbs (sometimes Roberta Benigni Tubbs ) (voiced by Nia Long and later Reagan Gomez-Preston )

5476-517: Was the highest-selling television DVD, selling 171,000 units by June 21, 2009. Family Guy Presents Blue Harvest , the DVD featuring the Star Wars special " Blue Harvest ", was released on January 15, 2008, and premiered at the top of United States DVD sales. The DVD was the first Family Guy DVD to include a digital copy for download to the iPod. In 2004, the first series of Family Guy toy figurines

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