<Tr> <Th> Related shows </Th> <Td> Family Guy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> www.fox.com/cleveland/ </Td> </Tr> <P> The Cleveland Show is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, and Mike Henry for the Fox Broadcasting Company as a spin - off of Family Guy . The series centers on the Browns and Tubbs, two dysfunctional families consisting of parents Cleveland Brown and Donna Tubbs and their children Cleveland Brown, Jr., Roberta Tubbs, and Rallo Tubbs . Similar to Family Guy, it exhibits much of its humor in the form of cutaway gags that often lampoon American culture . The series is rated TV - 14 . </P> <P> The series was conceived by MacFarlane in 2007 after developing the two animated series Family Guy and American Dad! for the Fox Network . MacFarlane centered the show on Family Guy character Cleveland Brown, his new wife Donna Tubbs, his step - children Rallo and Roberta Tubbs, and his son Cleveland, Jr., who, in the show, is depicted as an obese, soft - spoken teen, as opposed to his depiction as a younger, hyperactive child with average body weight on Family Guy . </P>

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