[1] Production of the 22 episode season began in May 2008 and was expected to begin broadcast in January 2009 but was later pushed back to September 2009.

Cleveland Jr.'s compulsion to clean and organize kicks in when he sees the mess around him and he straightens things out in short order.

Jr. quickly kills Cleveland and the gangs buzz when he reveals that Gus never kept the books on their tab but now he is.

On the series premiere IGN wrote "While it seems to be missing some of the over-the-top offensive bite we're used to on Family Guy, and Cleveland's new drinking buddies aren't quite as amusing as the Quagmire, Joe and Peter combination - there's a lot to like here.

"[25] On Rotten Tomatoes, the series received a 44%, the consensus reading, The Cleveland Show is simply not interesting enough to capture the same comedic lightning of Seth MacFarlane's Family Guy.