The Cleveland Show (or simply Cleveland) is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, and Mike Henry for the Fox Broadcasting Company as a spin-off of Family Guy. The series centers on the Browns and Tubbs, two dysfunctional families consisting of parents Cleveland Brown and Donna Tubbs and their children Cleveland Brown, Jr., Roberta Tubbs, and Rallo Tubbs. Similar to Family Guy, it exhibits much of its humor in the form of cutaway gags that often lampoon American culture.
The series was conceived by MacFarlane in 2007 after developing the two animated series Family Guy and American Dad! for the Fox network. MacFarlane centered the show on Family Guy character Cleveland Brown, his new wife Donna Tubbs, his step-children Rallo and Roberta Tubbs, and his son Cleveland, Jr., who, in the show, is depicted as an obese, soft-spoken teen, as opposed to his depiction as a younger, hyperactive child with average body weight on Family Guy.
Cast[]
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Cleveland Brown
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Mike Henry | |
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Rallo Tubbs
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Cleveland Brown Jr.
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Kevin Michael Richardson | |
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Lester Krinklesac
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Donna Tubbs
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Sanaa Lathan | |
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Roberta Tubbs
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Nia Long (episodes 1-13) Reagan Gomez (rest) | |
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Tim the Bear
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Seth MacFarlane | |
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Holt Richter
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Jason Sudeikis | |
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Terry Kimple
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Arianna the Bear
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Arianna Huffington | |
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Kendra Krinklesac
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Aseem Batra | |
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Ernie Krinklesac
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Glenn Howerton | |
Broadcast and streaming[]
In July 2010, the Turner Broadcasting System picked up syndication rights, for their networks TBS and later, Adult Swim. The series first aired on Adult Swim in the United States on September 29, 2012. On July 14, 2018, Viacom later picked up the rights to the series and the series left Adult Swim and TBS on September 9, 2018. The series began airing on Comedy Central in the United States on October 8, 2018 with ViacomCBS sister networks BET and VH1 airing the series starting on August 31, 2020 and September 14, 2020, respectively. The series is available for streaming on Hulu.
The series began airing on FXX on September 20, 2021.
Internationally, The Cleveland Show is available to stream on Disney+ as part of the Star lineup.
International versions[]
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Czech | Cleveland Show | Prima COOL |
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French | The Cleveland Show | Toonami (formerly) Disney+ |
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German | Die Cleveland Show The Cleveland Show (Disney+ title) |
Comedy Central ProSieben Fun (formerly) Disney+ |
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Hungarian | A Cleveland-show | Comedy Central TV2 Comedy Disney+ |
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Italian | The Cleveland Show | Fox (formerly) Italia 2 (seasons 1-2) Italia 1 (seasons 3-4) Fox Animation (formerly) Disney+ |
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Mandarin | 克利夫兰秀 | Fox |
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Portuguese (Brazil) | The Cleveland Show | Rede Globo (formerly) FX (formerly) Disney+ Star+ |
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Spanish (Latin America) | Cleveland The Cleveland Show (Star+ title) |
FX (formerly) Canal 5 (formerly) FXX (via SAP) Disney+ Star+ |
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Spanish (Spain) | El show de Cleveland | Fox (formerly) Neox (formerly) Disney+ |
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Ukrainian (2+2) |
Шоу Клівленда | 2+2 (formerly) |
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Bulgarian | Шоуто на Кливланд | Kino Nova (formerly) |
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Latvian | Klīvlenda šovs | LNT (formerly) TV6 (formerly) |
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Lithuanian | Klyvlendo šou | TV6 (formerly) |
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Polish | The Cleveland Show | Fox Fox Comedy (formerly) Disney+ |
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Russian | Шоу Кливленда | 2x2 |
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Ukrainian (QTV) |
Шоу Клівленда | QTV (formerly) |
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Arabic | ذا كليفلاند شو | Disney+ |
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Danish | The Cleveland Show | Paramount Network (formerly) Disney+ |
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Dutch | The Cleveland Show | Disney+ |
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Finnish | The Cleveland Show | Disney+ |
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Greek | The Cleveland Show | Disney+ |
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Hebrew | המופע של קליבלנד | yes Comedy (formerly) Disney+ |
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Korean | 더클리브랜드쇼 | Disney+ |
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Norwegian | The Cleveland Show | Disney+ |
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Portuguese (Portugal) | The Cleveland Show | Fox (formerly) FX/Fox Comedy (formerly) Disney+ |
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Romanian | The Cleveland Show | Disney+ |
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Swedish | The Cleveland Show | Disney+ |
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Turkish | The Cleveland Show | Disney+ |
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Chinese (Simplified) | 克里夫兰秀 | Disney+ |
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Chinese (Traditional) | 克利夫蘭秀 | Disney+ |