The Cleveland Show S1-S4

Just seen the poor 5.9 Points for this funny show and the last six horrible reviews. What is wrong with you people? The show is very funny. It's not as good as Family Guy or The Simpsons but it's somewhere in between American Dad, Southpark and Bob's Burger. the first few episodes... okay, they were alright, but came time and different directors, i guess, it became funnier and i got to admit there were a few episodes which even stroke out the Simpsons or family guy episodes on these specific weekends... also a few weeks in a row. Of course it's not so easy to make another great hilarious show out of a spin off, but they do a good job already and i won't like to miss a single episode period. Do not cancel this comedy cartoon. the world is a bad place... cancel stupid dead man walking or other serious crap series. I want to have fun when i watch TV... have enough nothing to laugh in my life all the time. (not really, but most of the poor and hardworking people do live like that.. so i just took a vote for them.) And please give it a worth rating... about 7.5 i would suggest. thanks

I have never been a huge fan of either Family Guy or American Dad, but both are far superior over this, which I dislike with an intense passion. In fact, The Cleveland Show is one of my least favourite shows ever, animated or not. I have nothing against animation whatsoever, some of my favourite films and shows are animated, but this show is awful in my opinion and a disservice to this fine art. Family Guy and American Dad may not have impressed me that much, but they actually did have moments of solid animation, voice acting and writing, more when they started than now. The Cleveland Show has none of those things and never did. The show is for me not that good animation wise. The characters are poorly drawn, and the backgrounds and colours are so flat it's painful. The voice acting is annoying on the whole, Seth McFarlane is usually terrific but even he sounds bored here. The stories are also predictable and contrived, with constant moments of lethargic pacing and lazy direction. But what really hurts The Cleveland Show are the humour and characters. The writing is terrible, it is hugely unfunny and borders on offensive, while the jokes rely too much on pop culture which I think will date quite quickly. I also hate the characters, none of them are likable and they are little more than stereotypes(quite insensitive ones at that). Cleveland did have his likable and funny moments on Family Guy, but he isn't a strong enough character to warrant his own show, and that is a big part of the problem. In conclusion, I love animation but I really hate this show. 1/10 Bethany Cox

At first when I heard about this show I wasn't expecting much, but the more I saw of it in previews the more interesting it became. I was able to get past the quickly thrown together pilot explaining Cleveland's leaving. I was able to overlook the major, random change in Cleveland jr's appearance. But I began to give up hope when the humor resorted back to the same stupid overused cut away jokes that has become Family Guy's signature style. This has the opportunity to be pretty good I thought. I liked the new characters for the most part. I think this show can be a creative, intelligent, self-aware sort of spin-off if it stops using the same humor as family guy. Perhaps if it has the chance to develop it's own identity it can actually work but I have a feeling the show will fizzle out in an attempt to become a family guy clone instead of it's own show.

Well the only reason that people are hating on this show so much is the fact that they continue to compare it to the likes of Family guy and possibly American dad. This show isn't bad, it is entertaining and the humour is smart. As a fan of Seth Mcfarlane I knew I would enjoy the show anyway. Yes the family structure is the same as Family guy and American dad, and may lack some ambition, but needless to say, I don't laugh at much shows these days, buy this manages to squeeze quite a few giggles out of me. No, it's not better than family guy, but if people watched it with an open mind and stopped comparing it, I reckon it would be enjoyed a lot more than what it is.

Did not laugh at all. To think I would rather watch American Dad over this is saying something. That show is awful also. Family Guy was always my favorite but not it is just bad jokes, trying to be offensive cause they can't think of anything funny to say. I am disappointed in Seth McFarlane. I guess he is spreading himself too thin. If he is even doing any of writing anymore. I think I will just pop the old ones into the DVD player from now on. Watching America dad now and it is just oainful to watch. Why don't I turn it off? good question. I guess I keep hoping for something that will never happen?

If you thought Grey's Anatomy was painful to watch, wait until you see this. This is quite possibly the worst animated show ever made. It's just absolutely awful, and not even remotely funny. This show is an insult to the entire human race. They took Family Guy, coloured the characters brown, and removed all of the funny parts. It's like watching paint dry. Only that would be more interesting. I can't believe a TV station would actually subject humans to this garbage. Actually, I can, because it's FOX, who still employ Bill O'Reilly... ...The biggest disgrace to human kind currently alive.

The racial innuendos in this show are absolutely sickening, while at many times the stereotypes and racist humor is thrown right out there for you. You would expect to see a stir of controversy about this show in the media in the weeks to come, that is when they have free time between the more serious issues going on in the world, although you didn't see much brought up in the past about the rape jokes in Family Guy. The intro plot doesn't really make a lot of sense. Out of nowhere it seems, Cleveland is automatically dropped into his own family ripped from the Griffin family among others seen on television. This shouldn't be too much of an issue however for current fans of Family Guy as this show is also peppered with pointless (and hardly funny) cutaway segments which rarely tie in to the actual plot. It doesn't surprise me at all that a show like this made it to the air (it will generate popularity), but I certainly won't bother with another episode.

So this show was already picked up for a second season before it even aired? Those responsible for that should be strapped into a chair Clockwork Orange style and forced to watch this crap until they beg for the sweet release of death to end the agony. But seriously... this show is the worst thing I and apparently many others have seen on TV for a long time. The main problem is that it's just not funny. At all. And this is coming from a person who actually likes the lowbrow humor and randomness of Family Guy. A lot of people on here seem confused by the inexplicable transformation of Cleveland Jr. But that's just par for the course for McFarlane. Look at Family Guy - Stewie somehow morphs from a homicidal would-be tyrant into a gay baby, Brian went from the voice of reason into an ultra liberal, etc. Look, Family Guy is a good show, American Dad is not bad, but this show never should have aired. The Giant Chicken could carry a show better than Cleveland, who is as interesting as lawn furniture. So do yourself a favor and watch some paint dry, get your teeth cleaned, or just stare at a wall for a half hour. You'll enjoy it much more.

Watching the latest episode right now, and there are /so/ many clever jokes, far more clever than the jokes on "Modern Family", which I am also a fan of, so no, I'm not hating on that show. It's better than that new show with Christina Applegate (which I tried and hated), or "The Mindy Project", which I really wanted to like and couldn't. Honestly, from a writing perspective, "The Cleveland Show" is excellent, so much so that I almost feel like it really is racism that prevents this show from being more popular (either that or the time slot). I honestly DVR this show and watch it during "Bob's Burgers" so I don't have to watch that, and while I will admit I am in the minority on this, I like it more than "Family Guy" and "American Dad" too. Just never understood why this didn't catch on. Bugs me that it's now in danger of ending.

Shortly after the second episode, I sat down to write a scathingly bad review, but, there were so many others that I thought it a waste of time to share my views about a soon-to-be-canceled show. Also, like trying to fairly judge a new restaurant on opening night, I thought that my negative opinion may have been premature. I have since recorded and attempted to watch portions of several other episodes. Last evenings Christmas show absolutely crossed the line and established a new personal definition of "awful". I am a huge "Family Guy" fan and near-famous for my warped, sick and twisted sense of humor. I just find nothing funny in a constant and disgusting reference to genitalia and perverted sex. The attempted African American humor is lame, racist, and sexist to an almost criminal degree. I have noticed that there have been some recent rave reviews about this comedic abomination, and while respecting the right of everyone to express an opinion, these sick bastards will not be invited to sip eggnog this holiday season.