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[Family Guy]: Details on Cleveland's return
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Ubiquitous
2013-10-25 16:46:29 UTC
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When The Cleveland Show wasn’t renewed in the spring, Family Guy fans
wondered when and how Cleveland might make his return to his original
home.

At Comic-Con in July, it was revealed that after spending the last four
seasons in Stoolbend headlining his own animated comedy, the genial,
mustachioed character would journey back to Quahog in an episode this
season titled “He’s Bla-ack.” Now, more details about his homecoming have
emerged. Family Guy executive producer Steve Callaghan says that the plan
is to fully reintegrate Cleveland into Family Guy by moving him into his
old house on Spooner Street with his blended family from The Cleveland
Show (including Donna, Roberta, Cleveland Jr., and Rallo). While
Cleveland will buddy up again with Peter, Quagmire, and Joe, he’ll have
some some obstacles to overcome in his welcome-back episode: When a
conflict arises between Lois and Cleveland’s wife, Donna, the two women
inform their husbands that they can’t be friends anymore either. “It’s up
to Cleveland and Peter to reconcile the women and see a way to allow
these two guys to be friends again,” Callaghan tells EW.

The episode, which is tentatively slated to air in the spring, will also
poke fun at Cleveland’s attempt to seek greener pastures by moving back
to his hometown of Stoolbend — and, yes, to anchor a spin-off series that
ultimately was canceled. “Because this is Family Guy, we have the
latitude to do some fourth-wall jokes here and there,” says Callaghan.
“There’s a scene where the guys pretty mercilessly take shots at
Cleveland for striking out on his own and for failing miserably, with not
very veiled fourth-wall references to Cleveland’s show.”

Multiple episodes featuring Cleveland are already in the works, including
one for next season in which he struggles to find an occupation and
identity for himself as he readjusts to life in Quahog. “It is suggested
to him by Peter that he become a therapist because he’s a good listener
and good at mediating conflict,” Callaghan says. “The consequence is that
he ends up wreaking havoc on Peter’s personal life by doing so.” While
the scenarios may be new, look for Cleveland to resume his former place
in the foursome. “I think the role will basically be what it was before
he left,” says Callaghan, “where he was one of Peter’s gang of buddies
who goes on various misadventures with him or gives him terrible advice.”
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Ken Layton
2013-10-27 03:14:38 UTC
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Cleveland will drag down Family Guy. If Cleveland returns to the show, I will stop watching it.
Wiseguy
2013-10-27 13:21:51 UTC
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Post by Ken Layton
Cleveland will drag down Family Guy. If Cleveland returns to the show,
I will stop watching it.
He was there at the beginning. Why did you watch it then?

He's a supporting character. He can't drag it down.
Don't like it? Don't watch it. Nobody cares.
Ken Layton
2013-10-28 16:26:12 UTC
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Post by Ken Layton
Cleveland will drag down Family Guy. If Cleveland returns to the show,
I will stop watching it.
He was there at the beginning. Why did you watch it then?
He's a supporting character. He can't drag it down.
Don't like it? Don't watch it. Nobody cares.
In the old days, Cleveland had his wife Loretta and kid. He was an ok supporting character then. He should have never been given his own show.

What I have a problem with is that "new" family he was given when he got his own shown. They are simply 'black' versions of the Family Guy characters and they are very annoying. No make that irritating. That's why I did not watch the Cleveland Show and that's why I won't watch Family Guy if Cleveland's new family is in it.

Now if the show just has Cleveland and doesn't show his family then I will watch. Granted Family Guy itself does seem to be declining over the years. It's not laugh out loud funny like it used to be in it's first couple of seasons.

Maybe it's time to cancel Family Guy?
Wiseguy
2013-10-29 01:14:18 UTC
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Cleveland will drag down Family Guy. If Cleveland returns to the show,
I will stop watching it.
He was there at the beginning. Why did you watch it then?
He's a supporting character. He can't drag it down.
Don't like it? Don't watch it. Nobody cares.
In the old days, Cleveland had his wife Loretta and kid. He was an ok
supporting character then. He should have never been given his own
show.
What I have a problem with is that "new" family he was given when he
got his own shown. They are simply 'black' versions of the Family Guy
characters and they are very annoying. No make that irritating. That's
why I did not watch the Cleveland Show and that's why I won't watch
Family Guy if Cleveland's new family is in it.
Now if the show just has Cleveland and doesn't show his family then I
will watch. Granted Family Guy itself does seem to be declining over
the years. It's not laugh out loud funny like it used to be in it's
first couple of seasons.
Maybe it's time to cancel Family Guy?
Maybe if Family Guy is cancelled Seth McFarlane can finally do The
Flintstones as announced a few years ago. The two basic problems were
he was too busy to do another show and Fred and Wilma were too much like
Peter and Lois.
FG Fan
2013-10-27 04:27:29 UTC
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Post by Ubiquitous
Family Guy executive producer Steve Callaghan says that the plan
is to fully reintegrate Cleveland into Family Guy by moving him into his
old house on Spooner Street with his blended family from The Cleveland
Show (including Donna, Roberta, Cleveland Jr., and Rallo).
Oh, for fuck's sake! End this show, please! How can taking a failed
show and integrating it into a show that's in its decline result in
anything good?
Wiseguy
2013-10-27 13:22:38 UTC
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Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
Family Guy executive producer Steve Callaghan says that the plan
is to fully reintegrate Cleveland into Family Guy by moving him into his
old house on Spooner Street with his blended family from The Cleveland
Show (including Donna, Roberta, Cleveland Jr., and Rallo).
Oh, for fuck's sake! End this show, please! How can taking a failed
show and integrating it into a show that's in its decline result in
anything good?
A character who there at the beginning is coming back.
What about this can't you understand?

Don't like it? Don't watch it.
FG Fan
2013-10-27 13:46:49 UTC
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Post by Wiseguy
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
Family Guy executive producer Steve Callaghan says that the plan
is to fully reintegrate Cleveland into Family Guy by moving him into
his
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
old house on Spooner Street with his blended family from The Cleveland
Show (including Donna, Roberta, Cleveland Jr., and Rallo).
Oh, for fuck's sake! End this show, please! How can taking a failed
show and integrating it into a show that's in its decline result in
anything good?
A character who there at the beginning is coming back.
What about this can't you understand?
Don't like it? Don't watch it.
Says the one note douchebag. If it has to be explained to you, you'll
never understand.
Wiseguy
2013-10-27 19:23:50 UTC
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Post by FG Fan
Post by Wiseguy
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
Family Guy executive producer Steve Callaghan says that the plan
is to fully reintegrate Cleveland into Family Guy by moving him into
his
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
old house on Spooner Street with his blended family from The
Cleveland
Post by FG Fan
Post by Wiseguy
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
Show (including Donna, Roberta, Cleveland Jr., and Rallo).
Oh, for fuck's sake! End this show, please! How can taking a failed
show and integrating it into a show that's in its decline result in
anything good?
A character who there at the beginning is coming back.
What about this can't you understand?
Don't like it? Don't watch it.
Says the one note douchebag. If it has to be explained to you, you'll
never understand.
I understand it already. You're the one who doesn't understand that if
for whatever reason Family Guy isn't as good as it was, it has nothing
to do with the coming and going of a supporting character.

Understand now?
FG Fan
2013-10-31 04:10:09 UTC
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Post by Ubiquitous
Post by FG Fan
Post by Wiseguy
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
Family Guy executive producer Steve Callaghan says that the plan
is to fully reintegrate Cleveland into Family Guy by moving him into
his
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
old house on Spooner Street with his blended family from The
Cleveland
Post by FG Fan
Post by Wiseguy
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
Show (including Donna, Roberta, Cleveland Jr., and Rallo).
Oh, for fuck's sake! End this show, please! How can taking a
failed
Post by FG Fan
Post by Wiseguy
Post by FG Fan
show and integrating it into a show that's in its decline result in
anything good?
A character who there at the beginning is coming back.
What about this can't you understand?
Don't like it? Don't watch it.
Says the one note douchebag. If it has to be explained to you, you'll
never understand.
I understand it already. You're the one who doesn't understand that if
for whatever reason Family Guy isn't as good as it was, it has nothing
to do with the coming and going of a supporting character.
Understand now?
You can be such a dick sometimes. They aren't just bringing back a
character. They are essentially integrating a failed show (with his
entire family that only existed in the new, failed show) with one in
its decline. There is no good that can come of this.
Wiseguy
2013-10-31 11:39:44 UTC
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Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
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Post by Wiseguy
On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:46:29 -0400, Ubiquitous
Post by Ubiquitous
Family Guy executive producer Steve Callaghan says that the plan
is to fully reintegrate Cleveland into Family Guy by moving him into
his
Post by Ubiquitous
old house on Spooner Street with his blended family from The
Cleveland
Post by FG Fan
Post by Wiseguy
Post by Ubiquitous
Show (including Donna, Roberta, Cleveland Jr., and Rallo).
Oh, for fuck's sake! End this show, please! How can taking a
failed
Post by FG Fan
Post by Wiseguy
show and integrating it into a show that's in its decline result in
anything good?
A character who there at the beginning is coming back.
What about this can't you understand?
Don't like it? Don't watch it.
Says the one note douchebag. If it has to be explained to you, you'll
never understand.
I understand it already. You're the one who doesn't understand that if
for whatever reason Family Guy isn't as good as it was, it has nothing
to do with the coming and going of a supporting character.
Understand now?
You can be such a dick sometimes. They aren't just bringing back a
character. They are essentially integrating a failed show (with his
entire family that only existed in the new, failed show) with one in
its decline. There is no good that can come of this.
So don't watch it. Nobody cares what you think.
FG Fan
2013-11-01 03:37:14 UTC
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Post by Wiseguy
On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:46:29 -0400, Ubiquitous
Post by Ubiquitous
Family Guy executive producer Steve Callaghan says that the plan
is to fully reintegrate Cleveland into Family Guy by moving him
into
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
Post by FG Fan
Post by Wiseguy
his
Post by Ubiquitous
old house on Spooner Street with his blended family from The
Cleveland
Post by FG Fan
Post by Wiseguy
Post by Ubiquitous
Show (including Donna, Roberta, Cleveland Jr., and Rallo).
Oh, for fuck's sake! End this show, please! How can taking a
failed
Post by FG Fan
Post by Wiseguy
show and integrating it into a show that's in its decline result
in
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
Post by FG Fan
Post by Wiseguy
anything good?
A character who there at the beginning is coming back.
What about this can't you understand?
Don't like it? Don't watch it.
Says the one note douchebag. If it has to be explained to you,
you'll
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
Post by FG Fan
never understand.
I understand it already. You're the one who doesn't understand that if
for whatever reason Family Guy isn't as good as it was, it has nothing
to do with the coming and going of a supporting character.
Understand now?
You can be such a dick sometimes. They aren't just bringing back a
character. They are essentially integrating a failed show (with his
entire family that only existed in the new, failed show) with one in
its decline. There is no good that can come of this.
So don't watch it. Nobody cares what you think.
Says the one note douchebag.
Michael Black
2013-10-31 13:06:43 UTC
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Post by FG Fan
You can be such a dick sometimes. They aren't just bringing back a
character. They are essentially integrating a failed show (with his
entire family that only existed in the new, failed show) with one in
its decline. There is no good that can come of this.
There should be prenuptials for this sort of thing.

If there's a spinoff, get it in writing ahead of time that the character
will be welcome back to the main series if the spinoff fails. Get it in
writing as to how much of the new show gets to be integrated into the
original show.

One can put other limits in. If the spinoff lasts longer than a certain
amount of episodes (I have no idea how many), the character doesn't get to
return.

Just map out what can happen in the event of a failure of the spinoff.

Michael
anim8rFSK
2013-10-31 15:02:41 UTC
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Post by FG Fan
You can be such a dick sometimes. They aren't just bringing back a
character. They are essentially integrating a failed show (with his
entire family that only existed in the new, failed show) with one in
its decline. There is no good that can come of this.
There should be prenuptials for this sort of thing.
If there's a spinoff, get it in writing ahead of time that the character
will be welcome back to the main series if the spinoff fails. Get it in
writing as to how much of the new show gets to be integrated into the
original show.
One can put other limits in. If the spinoff lasts longer than a certain
amount of episodes (I have no idea how many), the character doesn't get to
return.
Just map out what can happen in the event of a failure of the spinoff.
Michael
Tell it to the Ropers.
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FG Fan
2013-11-01 03:40:06 UTC
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You can be such a dick sometimes. They aren't just bringing back a
character. They are essentially integrating a failed show (with his
entire family that only existed in the new, failed show) with one in
its decline. There is no good that can come of this.
There should be prenuptials for this sort of thing.
If there's a spinoff, get it in writing ahead of time that the character
will be welcome back to the main series if the spinoff fails. Get it in
writing as to how much of the new show gets to be integrated into the
original show.
One can put other limits in. If the spinoff lasts longer than a certain
amount of episodes (I have no idea how many), the character doesn't get to
return.
Just map out what can happen in the event of a failure of the spinoff.
Michael
Please don't try to inject reason and common sense into this
discussion. This is usenet, dammit!

Michael Black
2013-10-27 17:19:05 UTC
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Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
Family Guy executive producer Steve Callaghan says that the plan
is to fully reintegrate Cleveland into Family Guy by moving him into
his
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
old house on Spooner Street with his blended family from The Cleveland
Show (including Donna, Roberta, Cleveland Jr., and Rallo).
Oh, for fuck's sake! End this show, please! How can taking a failed
show and integrating it into a show that's in its decline result in
anything good?
A character who there at the beginning is coming back.
What about this can't you understand?
Don't like it? Don't watch it.
But is there a pattern there? When a show spins off a character, if the
new show fails, is it common for the character to return to the main show?

I honestly can't remember.

Michael
suzeeq
2013-10-27 17:43:38 UTC
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Post by Wiseguy
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
Family Guy executive producer Steve Callaghan says that the plan
is to fully reintegrate Cleveland into Family Guy by moving him into
his
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
old house on Spooner Street with his blended family from The Cleveland
Show (including Donna, Roberta, Cleveland Jr., and Rallo).
Oh, for fuck's sake! End this show, please! How can taking a failed
show and integrating it into a show that's in its decline result in
anything good?
A character who there at the beginning is coming back.
What about this can't you understand?
Don't like it? Don't watch it.
But is there a pattern there? When a show spins off a character, if the
new show fails, is it common for the character to return to the main show?
I honestly can't remember.
I'm not sure it's ever happened before.
Jim G.
2013-10-29 22:46:28 UTC
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Post by Michael Black
Post by Wiseguy
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
Family Guy executive producer Steve Callaghan says that the plan
is to fully reintegrate Cleveland into Family Guy by moving him into
his
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
old house on Spooner Street with his blended family from The Cleveland
Show (including Donna, Roberta, Cleveland Jr., and Rallo).
Oh, for fuck's sake! End this show, please! How can taking a failed
show and integrating it into a show that's in its decline result in
anything good?
A character who there at the beginning is coming back.
What about this can't you understand?
Don't like it? Don't watch it.
But is there a pattern there? When a show spins off a character, if the
new show fails, is it common for the character to return to the main show?
I honestly can't remember.
I'm not sure it's ever happened before.
The Lone Gunmen from THE X-FILES returned to the fold after their
spinoff sputtered and died.
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suzeeq
2013-10-30 00:37:41 UTC
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Post by Jim G.
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Post by Michael Black
Post by Wiseguy
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
Family Guy executive producer Steve Callaghan says that the plan
is to fully reintegrate Cleveland into Family Guy by moving him into
his
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
old house on Spooner Street with his blended family from The Cleveland
Show (including Donna, Roberta, Cleveland Jr., and Rallo).
Oh, for fuck's sake! End this show, please! How can taking a failed
show and integrating it into a show that's in its decline result in
anything good?
A character who there at the beginning is coming back.
What about this can't you understand?
Don't like it? Don't watch it.
But is there a pattern there? When a show spins off a character, if the
new show fails, is it common for the character to return to the main show?
I honestly can't remember.
I'm not sure it's ever happened before.
The Lone Gunmen from THE X-FILES returned to the fold after their
spinoff sputtered and died.
And there were a couple others mentioned too. That happened so long ago
it was in another lifetime or three....
anim8rFSK
2013-10-30 01:40:44 UTC
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Post by Jim G.
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Post by Michael Black
Post by Wiseguy
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
Family Guy executive producer Steve Callaghan says that the plan
is to fully reintegrate Cleveland into Family Guy by moving him into
his
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
old house on Spooner Street with his blended family from The Cleveland
Show (including Donna, Roberta, Cleveland Jr., and Rallo).
Oh, for fuck's sake! End this show, please! How can taking a failed
show and integrating it into a show that's in its decline result in
anything good?
A character who there at the beginning is coming back.
What about this can't you understand?
Don't like it? Don't watch it.
But is there a pattern there? When a show spins off a character, if the
new show fails, is it common for the character to return to the main show?
I honestly can't remember.
I'm not sure it's ever happened before.
The Lone Gunmen from THE X-FILES returned to the fold after their
spinoff sputtered and died.
For all the good it did them.
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Jim G.
2013-10-30 16:34:34 UTC
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Post by anim8rFSK
Post by Jim G.
Post by suzeeq
Post by Michael Black
Post by Wiseguy
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
Family Guy executive producer Steve Callaghan says that the plan
is to fully reintegrate Cleveland into Family Guy by moving him into
his
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
old house on Spooner Street with his blended family from The Cleveland
Show (including Donna, Roberta, Cleveland Jr., and Rallo).
Oh, for fuck's sake! End this show, please! How can taking a failed
show and integrating it into a show that's in its decline result in
anything good?
A character who there at the beginning is coming back.
What about this can't you understand?
Don't like it? Don't watch it.
But is there a pattern there? When a show spins off a character, if the
new show fails, is it common for the character to return to the main show?
I honestly can't remember.
I'm not sure it's ever happened before.
The Lone Gunmen from THE X-FILES returned to the fold after their
spinoff sputtered and died.
For all the good it did them.
Yeah, the show's mythology was pretty much a fustercluck at that point.
Actually, AFAIAC, it all started to go downhill when they moved
production to L.A. When I look at my favorite episodes, it's amazing how
few there are from the L.A. period and how many there are from Vancouver.
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Wiseguy
2013-10-27 19:21:06 UTC
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Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
Family Guy executive producer Steve Callaghan says that the plan
is to fully reintegrate Cleveland into Family Guy by moving him into
his
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
old house on Spooner Street with his blended family from The
Cleveland Show (including Donna, Roberta, Cleveland Jr., and
Rallo).
Oh, for fuck's sake! End this show, please! How can taking a
failed show and integrating it into a show that's in its decline
result in anything good?
A character who there at the beginning is coming back.
What about this can't you understand?
Don't like it? Don't watch it.
But is there a pattern there? When a show spins off a character, if
the new show fails, is it common for the character to return to the
main show?
I honestly can't remember.
Michael
It may not be "common," but it has happened:

Marla Gibbs returned to "The Jeffersons" after "Checking In" failed.
Emma Samms returned to "Dynasty" after "The Colbys" was cancelled.
Lisa Bonet returned to "The Cosby Show" after she left "A Different
World."
Sonny Shroyer returned to "The Dukes of Hazzard" after "Enos."
Whitman Mayo returned to "Sanford and Son" after "Grady."
Scott Baio and Erin Moran returned to "Happy Days" after "Joanie Loves
Chachi."
Don Del Grande
2013-10-27 23:18:19 UTC
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Post by Ubiquitous
Family Guy executive producer Steve Callaghan says that the plan
is to fully reintegrate Cleveland into Family Guy by moving him
into old house on Spooner Street with his blended family from
The Cleveland Show (including Donna, Roberta, Cleveland Jr., and
Rallo).
Oh, for fuck's sake! End this show, please! How can taking a
failed show and integrating it into a show that's in its decline
result in anything good?
A character who there at the beginning is coming back.
What about this can't you understand?
Don't like it? Don't watch it.
But is there a pattern there? When a show spins off a character, if
the new show fails, is it common for the character to return to the
main show?
I honestly can't remember.
Marla Gibbs returned to "The Jeffersons" after "Checking In" failed.
Emma Samms returned to "Dynasty" after "The Colbys" was cancelled.
Lisa Bonet returned to "The Cosby Show" after she left "A Different
World."
Sonny Shroyer returned to "The Dukes of Hazzard" after "Enos."
Whitman Mayo returned to "Sanford and Son" after "Grady."
Scott Baio and Erin Moran returned to "Happy Days" after "Joanie Loves
Chachi."
I for one don't see any problem with Cleveland returning (in fact,
Cleveland makes a better "fourth" than anybody else they have had).
The only problem I do see is introducing Donna, Roberta, and Rollo.
There's a reason (a) none of the shows listed above had any of the
characters created for the spinoff go to the main show, and (b)
Loretta was killed off. If they keep Roberta and Cleveland Jr. to the
same level of appearances as say, Tim and Arianna's son, it shouldn't
be too bad, but somehow I can see somebody coming up with the idea of
making Chris and Cleveland Jr. a "regular pair" somehow.
anim8rFSK
2013-10-27 23:24:11 UTC
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Family Guy executive producer Steve Callaghan says that the plan
is to fully reintegrate Cleveland into Family Guy by moving him into
his
Post by FG Fan
Post by Ubiquitous
old house on Spooner Street with his blended family from The Cleveland
Show (including Donna, Roberta, Cleveland Jr., and Rallo).
Oh, for fuck's sake! End this show, please! How can taking a failed
show and integrating it into a show that's in its decline result in
anything good?
A character who there at the beginning is coming back.
What about this can't you understand?
Don't like it? Don't watch it.
But is there a pattern there? When a show spins off a character, if the
new show fails, is it common for the character to return to the main show?
I honestly can't remember.
Michael
I'd say it's uncommon, except for guest spots. The Ropers were supposed
to be able to return, but shenanigans kept them from doing so. I don't
think Fish returned to Barney Miller. Did Joanie and/or Chachi return
to Happy Days as regulars? It's hard to think of genuine spin-offs of
regular characters that folded before the parent show.
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Wiseguy
2013-10-28 10:26:36 UTC
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On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:46:29 -0400, Ubiquitous
Post by Ubiquitous
Family Guy executive producer Steve Callaghan says that the plan
is to fully reintegrate Cleveland into Family Guy by moving him into
his
Post by Ubiquitous
old house on Spooner Street with his blended family from The
Cleveland Show (including Donna, Roberta, Cleveland Jr., and
Rallo).
Oh, for fuck's sake! End this show, please! How can taking a
failed show and integrating it into a show that's in its decline
result in anything good?
A character who there at the beginning is coming back.
What about this can't you understand?
Don't like it? Don't watch it.
But is there a pattern there? When a show spins off a character, if
the new show fails, is it common for the character to return to the
main show?
I honestly can't remember.
Michael
I'd say it's uncommon, except for guest spots. The Ropers were
supposed to be able to return, but shenanigans kept them from doing
so. I don't think Fish returned to Barney Miller. Did Joanie and/or
Chachi return to Happy Days as regulars? It's hard to think of
genuine spin-offs of regular characters that folded before the parent
show.
The Ropers returned for one episode and Fish returned for two (one
immediately and one 3 years later.)

As I posted already, Joanie and Chachi did return to Happy Days as
regulars.
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