<P> Seth MacFarlane, Mike Henry and Richard Appel served as executive producers on the series since the first season . </P> <P> Mike Henry voices two of the show's main characters: Cleveland Brown and Rallo Tubbs . The voice of Cleveland was developed originally for Family Guy by Henry after being influenced by one of his best friends who had a very distinct regional accent . For the voice of Rallo, Henry has stated that he had originally created the voice over twenty years ago, when he had made a series of prank calls . </P> <P> Sanaa Lathan voices Donna Tubbs, the wife of Cleveland, and Cleveland Brown Jr . Stepmom and Ex-wife of Roberta and Rallo's Dad, Robert Tubbs . In developing the character, Lathan said that the producers "wanted her to be educated, but to have some edge ." Prior to voicing Donna, Lathan had only one other voice credit in a relatively low - budget film entitled The Golden Blaze . In addition to the show, she also primarily worked as an actress in such films as Alien vs. Predator, Love & Basketball and The Family That Preys . </P> <P> Reagan Gomez - Preston plays Roberta Tubbs, the stepdaughter of Cleveland . Gomez has stated that she uses her own voice to portray Roberta, and that she herself gets mistaken for a fifteen - year - old over the phone "all the time ." Before Gomez was cast as Roberta, Nia Long (who co-starred with Lathan in The Best Man franchise) provided the character's voice during the first thirteen episodes . According to Long, she was replaced because producers decided they wanted an actress with a younger - sounding voice, given that the character is a teenager . </P>

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