Jul 14, 2008 by Courtney O.

Kevin Richardson Gives Voice to Family Guy Spinoff

Fox's upcoming Family Guy spinoff, The Cleveland Show, has found a way to balance out the racial makeup of its leads, according to Variety.

Mike Henry, who has voiced the character of African-American character Cleveland since Family Guy's bow in 1999, is white.

Now, thesp Kevin Richardson (Cleaner) has been tapped to supply the voice of Lester, a white "redneck" who lives next door. Richardson is African-American.

Also joining the cast are Sanaa Lathan, who will play Donna, Cleveland's new love interest. Donna is a single mom with two kids, one of whom will be voiced by Nia Long (Soul Food). Long will play Roberta, a rebellious teen.

The Cleveland Show revolves around Peter Griffin's pal Cleveland Brown, who decides to take his son and move to Stoolbend, Va., where he moves in with his high school sweetheart and encounters a new cast of characters. Henry is also exec producer, along with Seth MacFarlane and Rich Appel.


Sources: Variety

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  1. Soylent Green:The Devil's Eyes

    Calm down Vamp im just sayin they should have a change of plot

    4 years agoby @jcisawesomeFlag

  2. CARNAGE

    I'd rather see a spin-off of Joe's Family or Quagmire but as long as they still make Family Guy episodes im good. I'll give this show a try. I mean, how bad could it be?

    4 years agoby @critic500Flag

  3. Vamp

    Then DON'T watch the show.....

    4 years agoby @vampire2000Flag

  4. Soylent Green:The Devil's Eyes

    Family Guy sucks badly. It's kinda funny but the show has been exactly the same for like 10 years. At least South Park has changed characters and stuff like that

    I'm not gonna watch this show

    4 years agoby @jcisawesomeFlag

  5. The Dark Knight

    what lol

    4 years agoby @thedarkknight23Flag

  6. slysnide

    This actually sounds like it COULD succeed.

    4 years agoby @slysnideFlag

  7. Err

    yeah south park, especially in the past couple seasons, has produced some brilliant satire, knocking down people who need it.

    ie the tom cruises, the bill donohues, etc.

    4 years agoby @err2005Flag

  8. Vamp

    I have to agree with JV, I've never really liked South Park, it annoys me. Oh well, alot of things annoy me. By the by Mr. Visionary, Genocidal Babies, are interesting, not german fish.....

    4 years agoby @vampire2000Flag

  9. T.Clark

    R u saying south park's not creative? Sorry jva, but maybe u should take a closer look. SP insults the people we hate while making us think. It actually teaches. It doesn't just target one group of people, it ridicules them all, and makes sense about it. Family guy is just one random joke after another that is interrupted by random flashbacks. I'm sorry, but u can suck my big hairy balls

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  10. Flrep07

    South Park is just a f*cked up show.. and family Guy too, buts not as messed up and sometimes makes creative jokes.

    4 years agoby @flrep07Flag

  11. T.Clark

    American dad is good too, vamp. Sorry to say, but the german fish is no weirder than a talking dog and a genocidal baby lol The show's from the creators of family guy, so it's not really a rip-off. The only similarities between AD and FG is the artwork, but again, same creators. I love the alien on the show

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  12. T.Clark

    Family guy's awesome(still not better than south park) but do we really need a spin-off?

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  13. ed_wood

    Family Guy isn't that great of a show.

    4 years agoby @ed-woodFlag

  14. Vamp

    MikeChaos American Dad is the lamest and most retarded show I've ever seen. It's just a great big ripoff of Family Guy, made just so the producers and everyone else could make a little more pocket cash. I'd rather see the Cleveland show than watch more American Dad. I mean come on a German fish that talks?

    4 years agoby @vampire2000Flag

  15. Err

    good christ ive seen like 50 spam messages today.
    its like an ambush.

    i actually read "shirleyli"'s whole message thinking 'what the f*ck is this bitch talking about" and then noticed the reference to the website shes whoring out.

    4 years agoby @err2005Flag

  16. MikeChaos

    sounds lame... how about MORE American Dad!!!

    4 years agoby @mikechaosFlag

  17. shirleyli

    He is a humor guy actually,sometimes romatic,however , a fragile heart can never avoid the "big" relationship with the beauties, especially to the tall charmies, even models...... It has been found that he has put many photos about his "sweet" exchanges with tall women to the hot dating site: Tallloving. C O M .Come on ,babies ,can it be true or not???

    4 years agoby @shirleyliFlag

  18. Err

    i like clevelend, and i definitely like the idea of the white neighbor having a black voice because i always thought it strange that cleveland was played by a white guy.

    4 years agoby @err2005Flag

  19. Tronticon

    Ohhh I just realized it... Sanaa Lathan is from Aliens Vs. Predator 1.. She's Hot!! and so is Nia Long!! Dayum!!

    4 years agoby @tronticonFlag

  20. Tronticon

    Ohhhh Good point -- >Space101

    Will Cleveland still be on Family Guy??

    Victory Is Mine!!!!

    4 years agoby @tronticonFlag

  21. Space101

    Oh I know there's gonna still be Family Guy, but will Cleveland still be in it? Does anybody know the start date for this show?

    4 years agoby @space101Flag

  22. Phatlightning

    yea, cleveland was a bad choice.

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  23. Vamp

    I have a feeling there WILL be a family guy Space101, but there'll be a spinoff as well. I don't know, I agree with KaoNoshi, they oughtta do a Stewie spin off!

    4 years agoby @vampire2000Flag

  24. KaoNoshi

    Why cleveland? Wouldn't it have been a better idea to do a stewie spin off?

    4 years agoby @kaonoshiFlag

  25. Space101

    Cleveland moves to Stoolbend? So I guess he wont be on Family Guy anymore or what? I'm still gonna give this a try

    4 years agoby @space101Flag

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