The first season of The Cleveland Show aired from September 27, 2009, to May 23, 2010. 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.

Cast

• Mike Henry as Cleveland Brown, Rallo Tubbs, and Oliver Wilkerson • Sanaa Lathan as Donna Tubbs-Brown • Kevin Michael Richardson as Cleveland Brown Jr. and Lester Krinklesac • Nia Long (episodes 1–13) and Reagan Gomez Preston (episodes 14–21) as Roberta Tubbs • Seth MacFarlane as Tim the Bear, Peter Griffin, and Glenn Quagmire • Alex Borstein as Haddasah Löwenstein • Corey Holcomb as Robert Tubbs • Arianna Huffington as Arianna the Bear • Jamie Kennedy as Federline Jones • Jason Sudeikis as Holt Ritcher and Terry Kimple • John Viener as himself, Kyle, and Gordy • Aseem Batra as Kendra Krinklesac • Alec Sulkin as himself and Angus • Glenn Howerton as Ernie Krinklesac • Bruce McGill as Lloyd Waterman • Will Forte as Principal Wally Farquhare • Frances Callier as Cookie Brown • Craig Robinson as LeVarr Freight Train Brown • Kym Whitley as Auntie Momma • Nat Faxon as Raymond the Bear • Al Thompson as Walt • Stockard Channing as Lydia Waterman • David Lynch as Gus • Kanye West as Kenny West

Episodes

Reception

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." For the following episodes reviews were generally positive as well. Episode 2 received a 7/10, 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." 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.

Home media

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.