Family Guy Spins Off Cleveland

[Paul]

Los Angeles (E! Online) - Fox is getting ready to put Cleveland on the map.

The network, along with 20th Century Fox, is currently developing a spinoff of its enduringly popular Family Guy to revolve around Peter Griffin's bathtub-loving, accident-prone neighbor, Cleveland Brown.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the new animated series, tentatively titled Cleveland, will be coming from the same comic minds that brought Stewie & Co. into the mainstream, with Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, former Simpsons writer and American Dad exec producer Rich Appel and Family Guy writer-producer, not to mention the voice of Cleveland himself, Mike Henry, on board to write the new show.

Not much is known about Cleveland other than the fact it will revolve around the Brown clan. It's unclear whether the series will remain set in the town of Quahog or whether Cleveland, along with his wife and son, will continue to appear on Family Guy, though as both series are animated, the double-billing won't so much be a logistical problem as a creative decision.

As it is, Cleveland is by far the most level-headed—and slow-talking—of Peter's animated friends and is regularly played off African-American stereotypes. The henpecked hubby was previously married to Loretta Brown, whom he divorced in season four after discovering she was having an affair with one of his friend, and has a hyperactive and ADD-afflicted son, Cleveland Jr.

Since triumphantly returning to the Fox airwaves in 2005, after execs hastily canceled it and fans quickly proved what a boneheaded move that was by buying the DVDs at a record pace, Family Guy has become a $1 billion franchise. Cleveland will mark the first spinoff from the series.

Back in 2005, MacFarlane flirted with expanding the franchise, releasing Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, direct to DVD.

There's no word on when Cleveland is expected to hit the airwaves.

[jk90us]

They are spinning off the least interesting character on the show? WTF? :?

jk90

[Paul]

yeah i know thats what i was thinking

[RedSoxMLB1414]

I think I speak for just about everyone that if they were to do a spinoff the character to use is clearly Quagmire!

[jasonteague17]

Giggity-Giggity hell yes!

Cleveland could have potention though

[Frankenstein]

Cleveland Nahhhhh. Quagmire could possibly make but then how many stories of him chasing after women could they make that would be interesting

[jaml]

Whoa, yeah. This doesn't make much sense to me...Cleveland's never struck me as a particuarly interesting character...

[omgnamesarealltaken]

cleveland is defo an odd choice :?

[jangler3]

To be honest. I loved the show before. Now it is kind of lame. So I don't see this going anywhere.