Fox Pushes The Cleveland Show Spin-off To Fall 2009

Fox has pushed back the premiere date of Family Guy spin-off The Cleveland Show to the fall of next year says Variety. The show based on the Cleveland Brown character from Family Guy had been announced at Fox’s upfront as late spring premiere for this season.

Internally at the network there was little doubt that the animated series would need more time for development and production and was unlikely to bow this season. In announcing the new premiere date, Fox said it has picked up another nine episodes of The Cleveland Show, giving the show a full 22 episode season order for the 2009-10 season. Fox also said that political pundit and Huffington Post editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington has been added to the show’s voice cast. The Cleveland Show is co-created and executive produced by Seth MacFarlane, Rich Appel and Mike Henry.