History WesternAnimation / TheClevelandShow

The series was launched in September 2009 and was renewed for a second season before the first episode had even aired, supposedly due to positive reaction to a deliberately leaked pilot. However, it was cancelled after the fourth season finished airing in 2013, making it the first Creator/SethMacFarlane-penned show that went down with no hope for a revival. The Brown-Tubbs family subsequently moved back to Quahog, Rhode Island and once again became characters on ''Family Guy''

The series was launched in September 2009 and was renewed for a second season before the first episode had even aired, supposedly due to positive reaction to a deliberately leaked pilot. However, it was cancelled after the fourth season finished airing in 2013, making it the first Creator/SethMacFarlane-penned show that went down with no hope for a revival. The Brown-Tubbs family subsequently moved back to Quahog, Rhode Island and once again became characters on '"Family Guy''.

The series was launched in September 2009 and was renewed for a second season before the first episode had even aired, supposedly due to positive reaction to a deliberately leaked pilot. However, it was cancelled after the fourth season finished airing in 2013, making it the first Creator/SethMacFarlane-penned show that went down with no hope for a revival.

''The Cleveland Show'' is a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' SpinOff starring bit character Cleveland Brown. The show follows Cleveland's new life in his hometown in Virginia as he remarries his old flame Donna and settles down to raise his own child, Cleveland Jr., now a morbidly obese, shy boy, and his two stepchildren, teenager Roberta and five-year-old Rallo.

* CatchPhrase:

* CelebrityCasualty: Creator/JuliaRoberts briefly shows up at the end of "Cleveland Live" just to be crushed under a falling stage light.

* {{Gasshole}}: Auntie Momma, who [[CatchPhrase is outrageous]]. Cleveland also temporarily becomes this after Donna puts him on a high-fiber diet.

* PromIsForStraightKids: the lesbian girl Junior was accidentally dating.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: The Man Running the booth in "Ain't Nothin' but Mutton Bustin'" Has lawyer friendly duplicates of characters for doll prizes. [[Franchise/SpiderMan "SPIDER BUDDY!"]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "BRAT SIMPSON!"]] and [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy "Family Dude's "STEVIE!"]] Not to mention Gengar (Franchise/{{Pokemon}}) Dolls in the other booth.[[http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8109/clevelandshow.png Click to see a picture]].

* TheBeard: Lydia Waterman. Lampshaded in the first Christmas episode.
-->'''Mr. Waterman''': Where's my beard?
-->'''Mrs. Waterman''': Right here, dear. [[DoubleEntendre (lifts the beard for his Santa suit into view)]]

* IncrediblyLamePun: Cleveland suggests that he and Donna work through an argument through ''roll''-playing. With dinner rolls.
-->'''Cleveland''': I'm Cleveland Roll!... I'm Donna Roll!... and I'm [[Series/GoodTimes Esther Roll! Oh [=JJ=], you'd better not join a gaaang!]]

* StupidStatementDanceMix: InUniverse, Rallo and Jr. make a youtube video of Cleveland having his frappaccino thrown in his face. "Frappe Attack" ended up getting over 500,000 hits in 20 minutes.

* GagBoobs: Big Boob June, naturally. Her nickname is not casual and continuously bouncing.

* SelfProclaimedLoveInterest: Roberta for [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edwin and Caleb]]. [[spoiler: Who turn out to be gay.]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: In "Nightmare on Grace Street", an unnamed female character jumps off a cliff because she thinks real life works like a Literature/{{Twilight}} movie, and a hunky vampire or werewolf will save her. She crashes onto a rock and presumably dies.

* BareYourMidriff: Roberta's LimitedWardrobe consists of a green tube top.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Usually played straight, while not as frequent as with male characters, the female cast are often slapstick prone. Inverted and PlayedForDrama in "Gone With The Wind" when Loretta falls victim to the same falling bathtub RunningGag from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' as Cleveland [[spoiler: and dies instantly]].
* SoulBrotha: Rallo's purpose in life.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: In "To Live & Die in VA", Cleveland imagines what the world would be like without him, which leads to a parody of the show's opening theme with Quagmire in his place. Instead of the Stoolbend, Virginia sign, we see a sign that reads "Welcome to Intercourse, Pennsylvania." [[http://lancasterpa.com/intercourse/ Intercourse, PA is very much a real place]].