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Season 1 – The Cleveland Show

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From the feverish and fertile imagination of "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane comes this offbeat animated sitcom about Cleveland Brown, a nice guy who leaves Quahog, R.I., for Stoolbend, Va., to rekindle his previously unrequited love for high-school crush Donna. Cleveland's new life includes a disconcertingly flirtatious stepdaughter, a 5-year-old stepson who loves the ladies, some loudmouthed redneck neighbors, a British family that seems stuck in the Victorian era, plus a clan of bears living down at the end of the block. In other words, just another Sunday in MacFarlaneLand.
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The Cleveland Show — Season 1

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The Cleveland Show is simply not interesting enough to capture the same comedic lightning of Seth MacFarlane's Family Guy.

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Jonathan Storm Philadelphia Inquirer 12/18/2019
[I]t's a little warmer and sillier than Family Guy. Go to Full Review Emily St. James AV Club 10/11/2018
C+
There are a lot of elements that make The Cleveland Show seem like it should work better than it does, but as a whole, it hasn't quite managed to stand up and differentiate itself enough from its parent show to be taken as its own thing. Go to Full Review John McWhorter The New Republic 06/26/2018
Has anybody noticed what a patronizing mess Seth MacFarlane's new The Cleveland Show is? Go to Full Review Ahsan Haque IGN Movies 10/11/2018
8.3/10
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 a greater focus on wacky family focused stories, we might get to see much personality burst out of of the normally sedate Cleveland. Go to Full Review Will Wade Common Sense Media 10/11/2018
2/5
The show has a soft and sweet center... But this positive message is almost completely buried in sophomoric humor, and it's hardly worth the effort to sift through the dreck to get there. Go to Full Review Dustin Rowles Pajiba 06/15/2018
"The Cleveland Show" makes a few meta jokes about how it knows it's racist, which completely absolves it of racism! She how that works! Seth MacFarlane: Genius. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Harry T @harryt9840 04/18/2024 Please bring back the cleveland show See more 01/12/2021 The Cleveland Show Season 1 was largely unfunny. The jokes fell flat. There was barely any character development. It felt boring most of the time. Cleveland himself was flanderized. Luckily, Season 2 was a massive improvement and did much better than the first. So did later seasons. See more 12/25/2019 I wish more people would appreciate this seris like I do then it would have still counted if less people quit wasting their time of complain about the show and say that it is a token version of family guy which it kind of is but at least it has a way to try to entertain it viewers and don't try so hard to pushed it humor on the audience like family guy if more people quit spending time complaining about the show they would enjoy like I do See more 04/16/2019 Very good, very good characters 9,99/10-Anton R. Skovborg See more 11/12/2018 I watched 2 and a half episodes and I was cracking up See more 01/30/2017 It was ok while it lasted See more Read all reviews
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Seth MacFarlane

Creator

Rich Appel

Creator

Mike Henry

Creator

Mike Henry

Cleveland Brown

Sanaa Lathan

Donna Tubbs

Kevin Michael Richardson

Cleveland Brown Jr.

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 27, 2009 Pilot Cleveland decides it is time for Cleveland Jr. and him to leave Quahog; Cleveland reunites with an old high-school crush, Donna Tubbs. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 4, 2009 Da Daggone Daddy-Daughter Dinner Dance Cleveland tries to win over his new stepdaughter, Roberta, by asking her to the school's father/daughter dance. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 11, 2009 The One About Friends Afraid that Cleveland Jr. has no friends, Cleveland invites his neighbor's son, Ernie, to the house; when Ernie gets too attached to the family, Cleveland has trouble getting him to go home. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 18, 2009 Birth of a Salesman Tim wishes that bad things would happen to Cleveland after he is named top salesman at Waterman Cable. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 8, 2009 Cleveland Jr. Cherry Bomb Cleveland Jr. takes a vow of chastity when Cleveland has "the talk" with Roberta; Rallo becomes a church greeter. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 15, 2009 Ladies' Night Cleveland discovers that Donna is still attending a support group for single mothers. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 22, 2009 A Brown Thanksgiving Cleveland celebrates his first Thanksgiving with his new family and discovers a shocking secret about Donna's Auntie Momma. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 29, 2009 From Bed to Worse Cleveland and Donna are excited to have the house to themselves when Cleveland Jr. and Roberta are away, but disgruntled Rallo does whatever it takes to keep them apart. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 13, 2009 A Cleveland Brown Christmas Cleveland lets a secret slip when he fills in as Santa Claus at the office holiday party; Roberta becomes an animal-rights activist and tries to save a reindeer. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 3, 2010 Field of Streams Cleveland visits his old high school and discovers there is no longer a baseball team; Cleveland tries to get Cleveland Jr. to play ball rather than joining the math club. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 10, 2010 Love Rollercoaster Ms. Eck encourages Roberta to change her appearance in an attempt to teach her an important lesson; Cleveland and the guys try to invent an infomercial product. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 31, 2010 Our Gang Cleveland takes a group of delinquent teens under his wing and forms a club called "The Crazy Eights." Details Episode 13 Aired Feb 14, 2010 Buried Pleasure When Holt confesses to Cleveland that he wishes he had a special someone in his life, Cleveland tries to set him up with cat-loving Jill; Cleveland Jr. and Rallo anticipate the birth of Rallo's pet fish. Details Episode 14 Aired Feb 21, 2010 The Curious Case of Jr. Working at the Stool Cleveland challenges Junior to get a job to teach him responsibility; Roberta competes with Lacey, the rich girl in school, and gets more than she expected. Details Episode 15 Aired Mar 21, 2010 Once Upon a Tyne in New York Cleveland allows his friends to tag along when he and Donna head to New York for a long overdue honeymoon. Details Episode 16 Aired Mar 28, 2010 Brown Knight Cleveland is wounded when he and Donna are mugged at an ATM; Roberta takes advantage of Rallo when he thinks she is dying of an illness. Details Episode 17 Aired Apr 11, 2010 Gone With the Wind Donna puts Cleveland on a new diet; Quagmire visits Stoolbend to deliver some upsetting news. Details Episode 18 Aired May 2, 2010 Brotherly Love Rallo gives Cleveland Jr. tips on how to woo the girl of his dreams; Cleveland Jr. challenges her boyfriend to a rap battle. Details Episode 19 Aired May 9, 2010 Brown History Month Cleveland and Cleveland Jr. tell Donna and the kids about Black History Month; Cleveland gets into a battle with his neighbor. Details Episode 20 Aired May 16, 2010 Cleveland's Angels When Cleveland gambles away Roberta's college fund, Kendra discovers that he was cheated out of the money. Details Episode 21 Aired May 23, 2010 You're the Best Man, Cleveland Brown Cleveland discovers that his parents plan to remarry and that his father wants Donna's ex-husband to be the best man. Details

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The Cleveland Show — Season 1

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Season Info

Director
Anthony Lioi, Justin Ridge, Oreste Canestrelli, Anthony Agrusa, Ian Graham, Albert Calleros
Creator
Seth MacFarlane, Rich Appel, Mike Henry
Executive Producer
Seth MacFarlane, Rich Appel, Mike Henry, Nia Long
Screenwriter
Kirker Butler, Julius Sharpe, Kevin Biggins, Aaron Lee, Travis Bowe, Justin Heimberg, Mehar Sethi
Network
Fox
Rating
TV-14 (S|L|D)
Genre
Comedy, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 27, 2009