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The Cleveland Show

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Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews

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Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Ratings

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The Cleveland Show

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The Cleveland Show

Series Details & Credits

FOX | Release Date: September 27, 2009

Summary: This FOX animated comedy is a spin-off of the much-loved series Family Guy. The series features the adventures of Peter Griffin's neighbor Cleveland Brown. Many years ago, Cleveland made a promise to his old high school sweetheart, Donna. Cleveland, along with Cleveland Junior, move to Stoolbend, VA to start a new life with Donna and herThis FOX animated comedy is a spin-off of the much-loved series Family Guy. The series features the adventures of Peter Griffin's neighbor Cleveland Brown. Many years ago, Cleveland made a promise to his old high school sweetheart, Donna. Cleveland, along with Cleveland Junior, move to Stoolbend, VA to start a new life with Donna and her two children.

The Cleveland Show is produced by 20th Century Fox Television in association with Fuzzy Door Productions.

Theme song: "My name is Cleveland Brown, and I'm proud to be, right back in my home town, with my new family".

"There's old friends and new friends and even a bear, through good times and bad times it's true love we share!

So I found a place where everyone will know, my happy mustache face, this is The Cleveland Show!… Expand

Creator: Seth MacFarlane and Rich Appel and Mike Henry

Genre(s): Comedy, Animation

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Recent Episodes

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S4:E24. Pins, Spins, & Fins!
Air Date: November 8, 2018
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S4:E23. Wheel! Of! Family!
Air Date: May 19, 2013
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S4:E22. Crazy Train
Air Date: May 19, 2013

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Metascore

55

Positive:

6

Mixed:

10

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2

Critic Reviews

83

Entertainment Weekly

Clark Collis

Season 1 Review: I never found the character that funny on Family Guy. But tonight's episode of the spin-off is quite a corker, as Cleveland runs over the family dog, with hilarious consequences. Read full review

70

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Rob Owen

Season 1 Review: Like "Family Guy," The Cleveland Show jumps from the main plot to tangential asides often built around pop culture. But the show's tone is different because Cleveland is such a well-meaning, likable character. Read full review

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Miami Herald

Glenn Garvin

Season 1 Review: Actually the dimly befuddled Cleveland works pretty well as a foil to the collection of redneck psycho neighbors, oversexed stepchildren and Russian bears (don't ask) who make up the cast. Read full review

50

New York Post

Michael Starr

Season 1 Review: I found myself smiling once or twice, but mostly thinking that all this is way-too-similar to "Family Guy" to carve out its own niche. Read full review

50

Newark Star-Ledger

Alan Sepinwall

Season 1 Review: Cleveland isn’t an inherently interesting, or, worse, funny, character. His presence allows the writers (many of them white like Henry and Appel) to tell meta jokes about white people in Hollywood producing entertainment for a black audience, and occasionally some of the racial humor lands. Read full review

50

San Francisco Chronicle

Tim Goodman

Season 1 Review: If you're a fan of "Family Guy," this is an easy sell....The guess here is that if you don't know anything about "Family Guy," you'll be watching another network anyway. Read full review

10

Washington Post

Tom Shales

Season 1 Review: One of the strangest things about these MacFarlane shows are the mean-spirited "cultural references," all of them shoehorned in as asides and rarely having anything to do with the plot or characters. Read full review

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User Reviews

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NAVISTHEGOAT

Jan 17, 2023

This was a great show full of some of the funniest comedies in an animated sitcom. I really do miss this show as it was ahead of its time, Cleveland was a great character and they made him even funnier. I loved Rallo as well. This theme song is so god damn good especially.

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TheSimpsons1989

Jan 18, 2023

Great show full of great characters and hilarious episodes. Wish it were still on the air compared to something lousy like Great North

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10

ClevelandShow

Jan 19, 2023

Funny ass show. I literally can't stop laughing whenever I watch the show. Still miss it and that theme song is so good.

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SamuelShawel200

Jan 17, 2023

I'm being honest, it's an overhated masterpiece of a show. I never got the hate as the jokes were hilarious, the characters were funny and likable and the episodes were interesting. The show's animation is fluid and great, there are loads of funny episodes such as "Die-Semi Hard". Seasons 2I'm being honest, it's an overhated masterpiece of a show. I never got the hate as the jokes were hilarious, the characters were funny and likable and the episodes were interesting. The show's animation is fluid and great, there are loads of funny episodes such as "Die-Semi Hard". Seasons 2 and 4 in particular were the best seasons for the show. The best thing of all is the fantastic theme song. It remains the best out of the three Seth MacFarlane animated shows. This show remains better than most animated shows that have aired on Fox following this shows such as Bob's Burgers, The Great North, and especially Bless The Harts. And one last thing, it's way more watchable compared to modern Family Guy.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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FGFan

Jan 19, 2023

Great Show way more funny than a lot it shows that air on Fox today Theme Song is still so good and the best

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The3AcademySins

Mar 9, 2020

Seth Macfarlane's flair is present in The Cleveland Show, but overall it feels like a maladapted misfire with no substance at all. It's incredibly forgettable, and the fact that it is designed as nothing more than "the black family guy" is a real disservice to the elements that do work. NotSeth Macfarlane's flair is present in The Cleveland Show, but overall it feels like a maladapted misfire with no substance at all. It's incredibly forgettable, and the fact that it is designed as nothing more than "the black family guy" is a real disservice to the elements that do work. Not an animated show to waste your time on.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: October 7, 2012
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  S4:E24. Pins, Spins, & Fins!
  Air Date: November 8, 2018
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  S4:E23. Wheel! Of! Family!
  Air Date: May 19, 2013
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  S4:E22. Crazy Train
  Air Date: May 19, 2013
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  S4:E21. Mr. & Mrs. Brown
  Air Date: May 12, 2013
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  S4:E20. Of Lice and Men
  Air Date: May 5, 2013
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  S4:E19. Grave Danger
  Air Date: April 28, 2013
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  S4:E18. Squirt's Honor
  Air Date: April 21, 2013
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  S4:E17. The Fist and the Furious
  Air Date: April 14, 2013
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  S4:E16. Who Done Did It?
  Air Date: April 7, 2013
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  S4:E15. California Dreamin' (All the Cleves are Brown)
  Air Date: March 17, 2013
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  S4:E14. The Hangover: Part Tubbs
  Air Date: March 17, 2013
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  S4:E13. A Rodent Like This
  Air Date: March 10, 2013
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  S4:E12. Pins, Spins, and Fins! (Shark Story Cut for Time)
  Air Date: March 3, 2013
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  S4:E11. Brownsized
  Air Date: March 3, 2013
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  S4:E10. When a Man (or a Freight Train) Loves His Cookie
  Air Date: February 17, 2013
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  S4:E9. Here Comes the Bribe
  Air Date: February 10, 2013
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  S4:E8. Wide World of Cleveland Show
  Air Date: January 27, 2013
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  S4:E7. Hustle 'N' Bros
  Air Date: January 13, 2013
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  S4:E6. 'Tis The Cleveland To Be Sorry
  Air Date: December 16, 2012
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  S4:E5. A Vas Deferens Between Men & Women
  Air Date: December 2, 2012
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  S4:E4. Turkey Pot Die
  Air Date: November 25, 2012
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  S4:E3. A General Thanksgiving Episode
  Air Date: November 18, 2012
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  S4:E2. Menace II Secret Society
  Air Date: November 4, 2012
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  S4:E1. Escape from Goochland
  Air Date: October 7, 2012
Season 3

tbd
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 25, 2011
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 26, 2010
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 27, 2009