The third animated series sponsored by comedian/writer Seth MacFarlane is being axed.
The show featured the voices of Mike Henry, Sanaa Lathan, Kevin Michael Richardson, Jason Sudeikis and Seth MacFarlane.
The Cleveland Show is one of the many Fox animated sitcoms on Sunday. And it's one of the many that are getting the ax for the 2013. It's features Cleveland Brown (of Family Guy) moving from Quohog, Rhode Island to Stoolbend, Virginia with his obese son Cleveland, Jr. to start a new life. Cleveland ends up meeting a former girlfriend named Donna Tubbs and eventually marries her and moves in with her children Roberta and Rallo.
TVOvermind says the result isn't a surprise for the animated comedy, which would have needed a renewal around the first of the year for a fall premiere to be possible.
The writing has been on the wall for The Cleveland Show for some time, though, as FOX ordered a new animated show in Murder Police, burned through several Cleveland episodes during the month of March, and didn't categorically deny an insider blog post that mentioned the show's demise. Past FOX comedies have been put on hold for a production cycle or resurrected from the television grave due to popular demand, so if The Cleveland Show does well enough on Adult Swim (where it began airing in syndication this year), there's a very slim chance it might return one day. However, the more likely situation is that Cleveland and his family will be folded back into the Family Guy universe and brought out for subplots or cutaway jokes.
The Cleveland Show one-hour series finale airs Sunday, May 19th at 7:00 on FOX. The network is set to reveal its 2013-2014 schedule the afternoon of Monday, May 13th.
The show surpass syndication and has clocked at 85 episodes. So far it seems that even Seth MacFarlane didn't expect this coming (or did he)?
The show was the first in long time of animated sitcoms that features a Black family. The show competed with The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad and Bob's Burgers. But the whole Animation Domination Block competed with Football Night in America on NBC, Once Upon A Time, Survivor and The Good Wife.
Most Fox programs have taken a nosedive despite critical acclaim. The American Idol judges are getting the ax. Mariah Carey, Nick Minaj, Keith Urban and Randy Jackson are going to be sent their walking papers.
Many fans have long complained about the diva attitudes of Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey for some time now. The ratings took a big hit. And NBC's The Voice and ABC's Dancing With The Stars for the first time surpassed the ratings of American Idol.
The Cleveland Show is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Henry, and Richard Appel for the Fox Broadcasting Company as a spin-off of Family Guy.
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