From the start I decided to watch The Cleveland Show with an open mind, with no thoughts of Family Guy. It turns out this series is pretty funny and charming to boot. It has the charm that Family Guy lacks, although it isn't as funny as Family Guy. But it is a hell of a lot funnier than American Dad.The Ghost ride the Whip part was hilarious! Keep it up Seth.... keep it up

Well I decided to give the show a chance and I have to say I'm disappointed. I'm not surprised either. Giving Cleveland his own show was a horrible idea for two reasons.
1. He was the least interesting character from Family Guy.
2. Family Guy no longer has a token black guy as part of it's cast. (I'm sure that's against the law or something as every show with a predominantly white cast has a token black guy.)
At any rate, this show seems to be another attempt at creating a show that's vaguely similar to Family Guy yet different enough to be distinguishable. Seth McFarlane got lucky with American Dad. But even so, the series wasn't very good until the second season. I don't want to wait around that long to find out if the Cleveland show will do the same. The lesson to take away from all this is that spin off shows aren't always very good or successful. e.g. Joey, That Caveman Show or the reality show they gave that guy from the "My New Hair Cut" YouTube video. Of course there are exceptions. Such as Fraiser (successful), and Futurama (good). But these shows were given time and thought. They weren't just some idea a guy created with his buddies after blazin' a fatty.

If you thought this was funny TV then try again when your straight and sober.
Ugh!!!

I would have to say this show could be better but overall not bad! This is only my second episode so its going to take sometime. Only time will tell if this animated spin-off lasts because the setting reminds me of the Family Guy but the production isn't as solidified! I would love to see this go a few seasons just to be sure tho Oh yeah and what is up with the BEAR neighbors?!?!

this sucks its really very bad

It really is unfortunate but this show really is not funny. Ill watch the rest on hulu just to see but im not optimistic, really quite a bit less than hilarious.