The Cleveland Show is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, and Mike Henry for the Fox Broadcasting Company. A spin-off of Family Guy, and the second television series in the franchise, the series centers on Cleveland Brown, his new wife Donna Tubbs-Brown, and their children Cleveland Brown Jr., Roberta Tubbs, and Rallo Tubbs. Similar to Family Guy, it exhibited much of its humor in the form of cutaway gags that often lampoon American culture, though it used this form significantly less than Family Guy. The animation was produced by Fox Television Animation.
Mike Henry and his characters
Image: Mike Henry by Gage Skidmore 3
Image: Sanaa Lathan by Gage Skidmore 4
Image: Reagan Gomez by Gage Skidmore
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer. MacFarlane is well known as the creator and star of the television series Family Guy and The Orville (2017–2022), and co-creator of the television series American Dad! and The Cleveland Show (2009–2013). He also co-wrote, directed, and starred in the films Ted (2012) and its sequel Ted 2 (2015), and A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014).
MacFarlane in 2017
MacFarlane at a Rhode Island School of Design reception on June 1, 2007
MacFarlane being interviewed at the Fox Fall Eco-Casino Party in Hollywood on September 8, 2008
Frank Sinatra significantly influenced MacFarlane and his music.