<Tr> <Td> ← Previous "Meg Stinks!" </Td> <Td> Next → "Chap Stewie" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Family Guy (season 12) List of Family Guy episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> "He's Bla - ack!" is the twentieth episode of the twelfth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy and the 230th episode overall . It aired on Fox in the United States on May 11, 2014, and is written by Julius Sharpe and directed by Steve Robertson . The episode features the return of Cleveland Brown . In the episode, Cleveland and his family return to Quahog after The Cleveland Show had stopped production . However, his and Peter's friendship is on a knife edge when their wives argue about parenting . </P> <P> Joe is bragging to the gang about his sexual exploits with Bonnie when Cleveland returns to Quahog and shows up at the Drunken Clam . Cleveland takes some good - natured ribbing over The Cleveland Show and its many faults, including the show's logo looking like a penis, the show (which has an African - American main cast) being written by white writers, Tim the Bear not being funny and having his voice actor replaced after season 2, and the show losing to Bob's Burgers in the ratings . Peter then gives Cleveland some Family Guy DVDs to bring him up to speed on what happened during his absence, adding that unlike The Cleveland Show, the Family Guy DVDs contain jokes (Cleveland admits, however, that he doesn't own a DVD player). During the theme song, Cleveland appears and ends up taking Mort's place in the theme song while Mort heads home . </P>

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