First Opinions on The Cleveland Show Pilot

First Opinions on The Cleveland Show Pilot

Have you seen the pilot episode of The Cleveland Show yet? Of course you haven’t, but Zap2It have, and now they’ve given their impressions on what they’ve seen.

What it is: Cleveland Brown (voiced by “Family Guy” regular Mike Henry) and son Cleveland Jr. (Kevin Michael Richardson) leave Quahog and return to his hometown of Stoolbend, Va., where he settles in with his high-school sweetheart, Donna (Sanaa Lathan), and her two kids, Roberta and Rallo (Reagan Gomez-Preston and Henry again).

Who’s making it: Henry and “Family Guy” impresario Seth MacFarlane co-created the show with “FG” and “Simpsons” veteran Rich Appel.

What to look for: “Family Guy” fans will recognize more than a few conceits in “Cleveland” — talking animals (in this case, a couple of bears who live next door), cutaways, frequent pop-culture references and some occasionally crude humor. But it’s also more of a love story, and Cleveland and Donna seem like a genuinely sweet couple.

What pops: Henry and Co. have made Cleveland a fully realized character. Rallo is the Stewie stand-in here and, like his counterpart, gets the most outrageous lines.

What doesn’t: As with “Family Guy,” you don’t have to wait more than a few seconds for a fresh joke, but there’s a definite hit-and-miss quality to some of them.

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5 Responses to “First Opinions on The Cleveland Show Pilot”

  1. I will def watch when it airs on E4. Any dates yet?

  2. Goody Goody says:

    Roll on next year SDG..Really looking forward to it as well,,fed up with repeats of family guy and American dad on FX and BBC3..Still watch them tho

  3. Sir Drunken Guy Sir Drunken Guy says:

    Do you? Wish TCS would be on BBC3 not E4 so there’d be no ads.

  4. George George says:

    I’ve seen the pilot of The Cleveland Show, it has been leaked.

    If you really want to see it (I don’t want to spoil your fun) it’s here:

    — SERIOUSLY, IF YOU WANT TO WAIT DON’T CLICK THE LINK.
    *link removed* please do not post direct links to illegal content

  5. Brian Brian says:

    I call a dud. edit: okay, i dont! thanks George!!

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