Fox has committed to its "Family Guy" spinoff, "The Cleveland Show," through at least mid-2011.
The network gave a back nine order to "Cleveland's" second season, which is currently in production (due to the long lead time necessary for animated series).
via Variety.
The show sucks!
@Sausageroll
Well its ratings dont.
I’ve given it a chance with the first three episodes and it is consistently really awful. Way more moans and groans than laughs. Good for Fox and the people who I guess must be enjoying it. I haven’t heard anyone say that they liked they show or thought it was funny, so the ratings that it has been able to hold is extremely impressive.
The only reason people watch that crap is because its sandwiched between two popular cartoons. You could out an animated turd in its timeslot and it would do well, oh wait…that’s what they did.
what about sit down and shut up tha had the same spot and it did terrible
The ratings definitely merit this decision, but I haven’t met a single person (even Family Guy fans!) who thinks the show is funny. Maybe people just keep watching in hopes that it will eventually pick up? They have faith in McFarlane for some reason?
I think it’s a very good show and I’m happy, but not surprised, to read this.
Isn’t American Dad done this year or next (once it hits syndication #’s)?
“You could out an animated turd in its timeslot and it would do well”
So. that’s why they kept King of the Hill and the other show, that bombed in the same timeslot? Stop making things up.
@ Brad
American Dad still does really well in the demos and is still an incredibly fresh and hilarious show, I have no idea why Seth would be done with it.
As for the “Sit Down, Shut Up” argument, that show was too different and so people didn’t get into it.
After three shows I give up, this show is just not funny.
This show is actually better than I thought, though it is no Futurama. The Bear is the funniest character by far.
I am baffled by the hatred. Last Sunday, The Cleveland Show was the funniest of all four animated shows.
I guess I’ve been around too long to find McFarland funny. Soon after Family Guy was revived I became quickly bored with everything he produced.
McFarland fatigue runs deep with me. I even cringed when I saw him on FlashForward the other night.
Er… McFarlane… why I do always goof that up.
Given how much money they’re paying MacFarlane its no real surprise that they’re picking this up so quickly. When you’re making someone the best paid producer on television you better be picking up big orders for their shows…
ew. this show is not funny. although subjective, i’m fairly sure it’s a popular opinion. Sit Down, Shut Up was a much better and funnier show. Too bad the ratings didn’t agree.
Sit Down Shut Up was fantastic. I don’t think the average viewer “got it” though plus it didn’t have the built-in brand recognition that Cleveland has and I didn’t feel like Fox promoted it at all. The only reason I knew it was on was through checking Mitch Hurwitz’s Wiki page to see if he was doing any new projects.
I think the show is funny. I don’t bow at the feet of Seth MacFarlane, either – this is the only show of his I’ve watched that’s stuck with me (gave up on FAMILY GUY years ago after I found Stewie the only consistently funny element of the show). As an African-American, I was curious to see if it’d be funny at all and not neutered by bland political correctness or stabbing itself with racial insensitivity. Gladly, it does neither and produces about half a dozen belly-laughs from me each show. Plus, it drew me to sample it as being the only network primetime animated show on right now with a black family as its focus; glad for us to be centerstage than in the wings.
I’m not one to get easily offended by entertainment or a silly cartoon, but there was something about the title of “Sit Down, Shut Up” that just irked me.
Was it a reason I never watched? No, I stopped watching the Fox animation lineup years ago.
I still cannot spell ‘MacFarlane’ either.