A new Family Guy spin-off is on its way featuring Cleveland (Mike Henry) and his new family; The Cleveland Show is scheduled to air on Fox some time in 2009. Cleveland’s character will no longer be part of the Family Guy cast and his new show will see him move to his home town Stoolbend, Virginia, where he moves in with his high school sweetheart. Seth MacFarlane has said that Cleveland may still return to Rhode Island for visits as, ‘crossovers are cool’.
Cleveland’s new family in Virginia includes his new love interest and former high school sweetheart Donna (Sanaa Lathan) and her two children, flirtatious 16-year-old daughter Roberta (Nia Long) and 5-year-old son Rilo (Mike Henry) who loves the ladies. Cleveland Jr. will also be joining his father, but has put on weight since his Family Guy days. Neighbors include talking anthropomorphic bears, a loud-mouth redneck couple, and a British Family seemingly stuck in the Victorian era. Additional voices include Seth MacFarlane and Kevin Richardson as a redneck.