Feb 28, 2008 by The MovieWeb Team

Fox Is Doing a Family Guy Spin-off

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.


Sources: The Hollywood Reporter

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Comments (24)

  1. T.Clark

    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

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  2. -comrade-

    Okaaaay... are Cleveland's exploits really that different from Peter's?

    4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag

  3. tremendoustroy67

    come on people give it a chance before judging.who knows it might be a pretty good show you don't know

    4 years agoby @tremendoustroy67Flag

  4. Xurbia_Xendless

    jesus christ, HORRIBLE IDEA. itll be worse than american dad, wich is actually an alright show.

    4 years agoby @xurbia-xendlessFlag

  5. SaintCharles

    sounds like a bad idea

    4 years agoby @saintcharlesFlag

  6. Major Tom

    noooooOOOOOOO!!!!! they have to stay with Family Guy! a show about Cleveland would just be stupid!!!!!

    4 years agoby @movie-nutFlag

  7. Radimus-83

    the guy below me clearly doesn't know what he's talking about!!!

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  8. readmiester84

    this should be awesome, and south park sucks compared to family guy.

    4 years agoby @readmiester84Flag

  9. Phil Mata

    Oh crap come on Seth! Spin-off schmin-off, its a bad idea.

    4 years agoby @phil-mataFlag

  10. Marcusx

    ha

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  11. Radimus-83

    f*ck cleveland, give Quagmire his own show!!! lol rated R motherf*cker!!!

    4 years agoby @radimus-83Flag

  12. T.Clark

    South Park's still better

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  13. Marcusx

    tell me about it. this show has massive potential

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  14. T.Clark

    Murdock is pissin me off already.

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  15. Marcusx

    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

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  16. Space101

    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.

    4 years agoby @space101Flag

  17. Phatlightning

    my prior comment is towards Dare devil the scientist down there.. but thank you for agreeing

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  18. Err

    i was just thinking that a show about quagmire would be funnier, but whatever, ill watch any cartoon seth macmoneybags releases.

    4 years agoby @err2005Flag

  19. Marcusx

    quahog? i think thats the correct spelling actually

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  20. Marcusx

    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 sh*t on tv so im with PL on his Prior Comment

    4 years agoby @marcusxFlag

  21. Kaya Savas

    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".

    4 years agoby @kayaFlag

  22. Pyroknight

    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.

    4 years agoby @pyroknightFlag

  23. Phatlightning

    i still hate you.

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  24. MattMurdok

    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.

    4 years agoby @mattmurdokFlag

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