The Cleveland Show
Timeslot (Premiere date in parenthesis)
Sundays @ 7:30 pm on Global Regina (Sun, Sep 26th @ 7:30pm)Sundays @ 7:30 pm on Global Saskatoon (Sun, Sep 26th @ 7:30pm)
Sundays @ 7:30 pm on Global Winnipeg (Sun, Sep 26th @ 7:30pm)
Sundays @ 8:30 pm on FOX (Sun, Sep 26th @ 8:30pm)
Sundays @ 8:30 pm on Global BC (Sun, Sep 26th @ 8:30pm)
Sundays @ 8:30 pm on Global Montreal (Sun, Sep 26th @ 8:30pm)
Sundays @ 8:30 pm on Global Okanagan (Sun, Sep 26th @ 8:30pm)
Sundays @ 8:30 pm on Global Toronto (Sun, Sep 26th @ 8:30pm)
Sundays @ 9:30 pm on Global Calgary (Sun, Sep 26th @ 9:30pm)
Sundays @ 9:30 pm on Global Edmonton (Sun, Sep 26th @ 9:30pm)
Sundays @ 9:30 pm on Global Lethbridge (Sun, Sep 26th @ 9:30pm)
Sundays @ 9:30 pm on Global Maritimes (Sun, Sep 26th @ 9:30pm)
SYNOPSIS
Many years ago, CLEVELAND BROWN (voiced by Mike Henry) was a high school student madly in love with a beautiful girl named DONNA. Much to his dismay, his love went unrequited, and Donna wound up marrying another man. Cleveland once told Donna he would always love her, and if this man ever done her wrong, he'd be there when she called.Well, this man done her wrong.
Donna's husband skipped town with another woman, leaving Donna with a daughter and a baby. Now she's come to Cleveland and offered him another chance at love. Unattached after the Loretta-Quagmire debacle and true to his word, Cleveland joyously accepts and he and CLEVELAND JR. move to Stoolbend, VA, to join their new family.
Once in Stoolbend, Cleveland has a few surprises in store for him, including a flirtatious new stepdaughter, a 5-year-old stepson who loves the ladies, as well as a collection of neighbors that includes a loudmouth redneck couple, a British family seemingly stuck in the Victorian era and a family of bears living at the end of the block.
FAMILY GUY was only the beginning. Get ready for THE CLEVELAND SHOW (working title)! The series is written and executive-produced by Seth MacFarlane (FAMILY GUY, AMERICAN DAD), Rich Appel (THE SIMPSONS, KING OF THE HILL) and Mike Henry (FAMILY GUY). This show was originally scheduled to air in the spring of 2009.
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REVIEWS
Please note that these reviews may contain spoilers.| Gordon McDougall's Take |
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| This one will be brief. If you love Family Guy, you might feel an allegiance to this show and give it a better chance than it deserves. So far, it doesn't measure up. Whoever decided it was a good idea to take the weakest link in Peter Griffin's circle of friends and give him his own show really underestimates the intelligence of the TV viewer. No, thanks.
TV Gord's Verdict: Creator Seth MacFarlane should have tried for at least ONE YouTube moment in the pilot. This a vanity project, based solely on the fact that MacFarlane was able to squeeze another half hour out of Fox. While I absolutely LOVE Family Guy, I can't stand American Dad and this one looks like another MacFarlane MacFail. (For this, we lost King Of The Hill?) One more note: Because of the time needed to produce these animated shows, Fox has already ordered a second season, so perhaps they have confidence in the episodes that have been produced so far. So, I guess we've got two years of The Cleveland Show, whether we like it or not. |
| About Gordon McDougall TVGord is a radio host at 580 CFRA in Ottawa. He does a weekly segment about TV every friday which you can hear in MP3 in the '580 CFRA Interviews' section of their website, www.cfra.com |
