The Cleveland Show (TV Series)
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| The Cleveland Show | ||
| Genre | Animated sitcom | |
| Created by | Seth MacFarlane Richard Appel Mike Henry | |
| Voices of | Mike Henry Sanaa Lathan Kevin Michael Richardson Reagan Gomez-Preston Jason Sudeikis Seth MacFarlane | |
| Theme music composer | Walter Murphy | |
| Composer(s) | Walter Murphy | |
| Country of origin | United States | |
| Language(s) | English | |
| No. of Seasons | 4 | |
| No. of episodes | 88 (list of episodes) | |
| Production | ||
| Executive producer(s) | Seth MacFarlane Richard Appel Mike Henry | |
| Producer(s) | Kara Vallow Courtney Lilly | |
| Editor(s) | Kirk Benson | |
| Camera setup | Animated rendition of single camera | |
| Running time | 21–22 minutes | |
| Production company(s) | Person Unknown Productions Happy Jack Productions Fuzzy Door Productions Fox Television Animation 20th Century Fox Television | |
| Distributor | 20th Television | |
| Release | ||
| Original network | Fox | |
| Picture format | 720p (16:9 HDTV) | |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 | |
| Original run | September 27, 2009 - May 19, 2013 | |
| Chronology | ||
| Related shows | Family Guy | |
The Cleveland Show (sometimes abbreviated to Cleveland Show) is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, and Mike Henry for the Fox as a spin-off of Family Guy. The series centers on the Browns and Tubbs, two dysfunctional families consisting of parents Cleveland Brown and Donna Tubbs and their children Cleveland Brown, Jr., Roberta Tubbs, and Rallo Tubbs. Similar to Family Guy, it exhibits much of its humor in the form of cutaway gags that often lampoon American culture.
The series was conceived by MacFarlane in 2007 after developing the two animated series Family Guy and American Dad! for the Fox Network. MacFarlane centered the show on Family Guy character Cleveland Brown, his new wife Donna Tubbs, his step-children Rallo and Roberta Tubbs, and his son Cleveland, Jr., who, in the show, is depicted 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 originally aired from September 27, 2009, to May 19, 2013, for a total of four seasons and 88 episodes. The Cleveland Show was nominated for one Annie Award, one Primetime Emmy Award, and two Teen Choice Awards, but received mixed reviews from media critics. The Cleveland Show holds a TV-14 rating. The series was canceled after its fourth season. Cleveland has since returned to Family Guy, accompanied by the rest of the Brown-Tubbs family, as of the twelfth season episode "He's Bla-ack!".
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[edit] Production
[edit] Development
[edit] Executive producers
Seth MacFarlane, Mike Henry and Richard Appel served as executive producers on the series since the first season.
[edit] Voice cast
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 the voice of Rallo, Henry has stated that he had originally created the voice over twenty years ago, when he had made a series of prank calls.
Sanaa Lathan voices Donna Tubbs, the wife of Cleveland. 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 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, 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 a fifteen-year-old over the phone "all the time." Before Gomez was cast as Roberta, Nia Long had provided the character's voice during the first production season. 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, 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 (Television Network)[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 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 a 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 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 Tim from season 3 episode 11 onwards.
Other voices include that of Arianna Huffington as Tim's wife Arianna 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.
[edit] Characters
- Main article: List of The Cleveland Show characters
Cleveland's newly introduced family includes his new wife in her early forties, Donna Tubbs Brown (voiced by Sanaa Lathan); Donna's teenage daughter Roberta (originally voiced by Nia Long, but later voiced by Reagan Gomez-Preston); and Donna's five-year-old son Rallo (also voiced by Mike Henry). Cleveland, Jr. underwent a complete redesign for the show, becoming sensitive and soft-spoken.
[edit] Episodes
- Main article: List of The Cleveland Show episodes
List of The Cleveland Show episodes
[edit] Crossovers with other animated sitcoms
[edit] Broadcast
[edit] Syndication
[edit] Cancellation
[edit] International broadcast
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