Seth MacFarlane and Mike Henry have been talking to Fanbolt.com about new series The Cleveland Show and the choice of Cleveland for their own spin-off.
In the interview Seth talks about his level of involvement in The Cleveland Show commenting that “producing one animated show on a weekly basis is next to impossible. Producing any more than that, two or three, you just can’t do it.” He goes on to say, “My method has been to co-create with other writers and then they go off and run the shows themselves. That’s what Mike and Rich do. Mike and Rich run The Cleveland Show on a daily basis. I think it also helps to make the shows all feel a little bit different. I don’t think it would be a good thing if everything felt like Family Guy.”
Also in the interview the guys discuss the increased popularity of animated sitcoms compared with live-action shows.