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Fox Is Doing a Family Guy Spin-off

Source:  The Hollywood Reporter
The Fox Network and 20th Century Fox TV has just announced that they are developing a spin-off of the animated hit show Family Guy. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series will be based on Peter Griffin's bathtub-accident-prone neighbor Cleveland Brown.

The project is tentatively being titled Cleveland and is being written by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. Mike Henry, who produces and writes for Family Guy, also voices Cleveland, the character who plays off black stereotypes and is the most levelheaded among Griffin's trio of friends.

In addition to Cleveland, The Fox Network and 20th Century TV are also developing a spin-off of the drama series Prison Break, which will be set at a female prison.


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Aficionado
May 6th, 2008 1:13pm
Reidmaster, family guy is crap compared to south park. All family guy relies on is flashback sequences that interupt the show every five minutes. I love family guy, but it's crap up against sp
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Comrade
March 1st, 2008 9:46am
Okaaaay... are Cleveland's exploits really that different from Peter's?
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tremendoustroy67
March 1st, 2008 9:17am
come on people give it a chance before judging.who knows it might be a pretty good show you don't know
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Xurbia_Xendless
March 1st, 2008 5:19am
jesus christ, HORRIBLE IDEA. itll be worse than american dad, wich is actually an alright show.
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SaintCharles's Profile
SaintCharles
February 29th, 2008 9:56pm
sounds like a bad idea
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movie_nut's Profile
movie_nut
February 29th, 2008 9:40pm
noooooOOOOOOO!!!!! they have to stay with Family Guy! a show about Cleveland would just be stupid!!!!!
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radimus-83
February 29th, 2008 7:20pm
the guy below me clearly doesn't know what he's talking about!!!
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readmiester84
February 29th, 2008 5:04pm
this should be awesome, and south park sucks compared to family guy.
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Phil Mata's Profile
Phil Mata
February 29th, 2008 2:15pm
Oh crap come on Seth! Spin-off schmin-off, its a bad idea.
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marcusx's Profile
marcusx
February 29th, 2008 2:06pm
ha
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radimus-83's Profile
radimus-83
February 29th, 2008 1:47pm
fuck cleveland, give Quagmire his own show!!! lol rated R motherfucker!!!
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Aficionado's Profile
Aficionado
February 29th, 2008 1:46pm
South Park's still better
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marcusx
February 29th, 2008 1:30pm
tell me about it. this show has massive potential
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Aficionado's Profile
Aficionado
February 29th, 2008 10:19am
Murdock is pissin me off already.
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marcusx
February 29th, 2008 9:05am
yeah DD's pic looks like a damn petaphile and he is so wrong. racism and or the act of being racy is funny as crap! haha
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Space101
February 29th, 2008 8:14am
Yup they should of went with Quagmire. Though I have faith in Seth MacFarlane, I'm sure he can turn this into something good. He wouldn't of thought of this spin off if he thought it would sink to the bottom. I guess it's all gonna depended on the views. Cleveland has alwas been the quiete type, maybe it's time he lashes out a bit.
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Phatlightning's Profile
Phatlightning
February 29th, 2008 8:10am
my prior comment is towards Dare devil the scientist down there.. but thank you for agreeing
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err's Profile
err
February 29th, 2008 8:07am
i was just thinking that a show about quagmire would be funnier, but whatever, ill watch any cartoon seth macmoneybags releases.
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marcusx's Profile
marcusx
February 29th, 2008 8:01am
quahog? i think thats the correct spelling actually
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marcusx
February 29th, 2008 7:57am
im gonna remain positive and say this mite have a chance altho it wouldve been stronger if it was about Quagmire or even Joe before he moved to quoahog and became crippled. and we all kno racism is the funniest shit on tv so im with PL on his Prior Comment
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Kaya Savas
February 29th, 2008 7:21am
Yeah, Family Guy's comedy thrives off its secondary characters. To be honest, If I have a whole show of Cleveland then every time I watch Family Guy I probably won't find him funny anymore.

It's just like Herbert. The character was hilarious to start out with, but now they overplay him so much that he's become annoying.

I love Cleveland but this idea is what the Spaniards call "El Terrible".
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Pyroknight
February 29th, 2008 5:50am
i dont know if this will go very far. i mean if its just about cleveland. the whole thing with family guy is that it was everybody who made the series funny. but if it comes out i will either watch it or dvr it.
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Phatlightning's Profile
Phatlightning
February 29th, 2008 4:22am
i still hate you.
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MattMurdok
February 29th, 2008 1:49am
i don't want to come over all politically correct but this may well be the most racist idea for a tv show i have ever read about.
however, black guy + spin-off = genius. what you talkin' 'bout willis, stay thehell away from that bike store.
i am a scientist, i read about about this solely for research into black-guy-based spin-offs.
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