| Season Number: | 1 |
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| Image Upright: | 0.9 |
| Network: | Fox |
| Num Episodes: | 21 |
| Episode List: | List of The Cleveland Show episodes |
The first season of The Cleveland Show aired from September 27, 2009, to May 23, 2010.[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.
The season started off with mediocre to above average reviews. 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. It might take a while for the show to grow out of its Family Guy shadow, but with a greater focus on wacky family focused stories, we might get to see much personality burst out of the normally sedate Cleveland."[2]
For the following episodes reviews were generally positive as well. Episode 2 received a 7/10,[3] although IGN mentioned "[the show] hasn't really shown any signs of innovation or desire to stray too far from the well-established Family Guy comedic formula", while the third episode, "The One About Friends", shared similar criticisms such as "This show still seems to be trying to find its way, and without a memorable supporting cast like we have on Family Guy, it will be hard to see how this show can make it with only Cleveland's sedated humor."[4]
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.
| Title | Air date | The A.V. Club (A-F) | ||
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| 1 | "Pilot" | September 27, 2009 | C- | |
| 2 | "Da Doggone Daddy-Daughter Dinner Dance" | October 4, 2009 | B | |
| 3 | "The One About Friends" | October 11, 2009 | B- | |
| 4 | "Birth of a Salesman" | October 18, 2009 | C | |
| 5 | "Cleveland Jr.'s Cherry Bomb" | November 8, 2009 | B | |
| 6 | "Ladies' Night" | November 15, 2009 | B | |
| 7 | "A Brown Thanksgiving" | November 22, 2009 | C+ | |
| 8 | "From Bed to Worse" | November 29, 2009 | B- | |
| 9 | "A Cleveland Brown Christmas" | December 13, 2009 | B | |
| 10 | "Field of Streams" | January 3, 2010 | C- | |
| 11 | "Love Rollercoaster" | January 10, 2010 | B | |
| 12 | "Our Gang" | January 31, 2010 | C | |
| 13 | "Buried Pleasure" | February 14, 2010 | C+ | |
| 14 | "The Curious Case of Jr. Working at The Stool" | February 21, 2010 | B | |
| 15 | "Once Upon a Tyne in New York" | March 21, 2010 | B+ | |
| 16 | "The Brown Knight" | March 28, 2010 | C+ | |
| 17 | "Gone With the Wind" | April 11, 2010 | B- | |
| 18 | "Brotherly Love" | May 2, 2010 | B- | |
| 19 | "Brown History Month" | May 9, 2010 | B+ | |
| 20 | "Cleveland's Angels" | May 16, 2010 | C+ | |
| 21 | "You're the Best Man, Cleveland Brown" | May 23, 2010 | C |
The DVD was released as a "Complete Season" featuring all of the aired episodes. It was released in Region 1 on September 28, 2010 and was released in Region 2 on October 11, 2010.
| The Complete Season One | ||||
| Set Details | Special Features | |||
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| Release Dates | ||||
| Region 1 | Region 2 | |||
| September 28, 2010[6] | October 11, 2010 | |||