Overview: Everyone’s favorite neighbor is back in this hilarious Family Guy spin-off! When Cleveland Brown moves back to his hometown to start a new life with his old high school sweetheart, their fledgling family faces everything from crazy redneck neighbors to an outrageously overcrowded honeymoon in this uproarious animated romp!

DVD Verdict: Sorry, but in my humble opinion Seth MacFarlane has spread himself too thin. Although, it has to be said that his shows do govern the airwaves on Fox Sunday nights! I argue that American Dad is the best, Family Guy is past its prime and the Cleveland show has yet to find its voice. I believe that the Cleveland Show has potential, but it has to first distance itself from the overplayed legacy of Family Guy.

The first few episodes of the Cleveland Show are terrible attempts to simply cultivate laughs from nothing funny for the most part, and which are rare when they do come. I think one of the most positive steps the show has taken in its first season is getting rid of the Family Guy style cutaways prevalent in the pilot.

Cleveland is an interesting character, as is Cleveland Jr and Roberta. The character of Rallo is played for laughs and comes off as a painful riff on a stereotype getting away with it as essentially, Black Gangsta Stewie. The character of the Bear is odd and hard to identify with, mostly because it does not play a central role and seems out of place.

To be honest, again, the small guy is a one joke character who should have been eliminated shortly after his introduction (I never bothered remembering his name). Lester is a hick who I give credit for being developed throughout the season but also comes off one-dimensional.

The Cleveland Show is attractively animated and the performance of Mike Henry creates a likable character trying to get by. I give that the show has potential to develop, but the theme has yet to be found and I can't appreciate it yet. [GZ] This is a Full Screen Presentation (1.33:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs and comes with the Special Features of:

Uncensored Audio Commentaries on select episodes featuring Seth MacFarlane, Rich Appel, Mike Henry, Kevin Michael Richardson and others!
Deleted scenes
Christmas Music Video: “Get Your Hump On” by Earth, Wind and Fire
Special Featurettes
Meet Cleveland
Making of “Get Your Hump On” with Earth, Wind and Fire
Table Read with Kanye West
Digital Extras: Clips To Go