this is sooooo all in the family/the jeffersons


Sanaa Lathan & Nia Long: All In The 'Family'
Posted Jul 17th 2008 2:02PM by Karu F. Daniels
Filed under: Entertainment Newswire

By Karu F. Daniels, BlackVoices.com



Two of the most beautiful actresses in black Hollywood are getting a bit animated with their next gigs.

Sanaa Lathan and Nia Long are on board for 'The Cleveland Show,' a spin-off of the popular very adult-friendly animated series 'The Family Guy.'

Earlier this week, casting was announced for the show, which will center around the character Cleveland Brown – which is voiced by white actor Mike Henry.Lathan, who starred in films such as 'Brown Sugar' and 'Love & Basketball' will play Cleveland's wife, Donna, while Long, who starred in last season's ABC drama series 'Big Shots,' will voice the character of rebellious stepdaughter Roberta.

Set to debut next year, 'Cleveland' follows the Browns as they move to Cleveland's Virginia hometown and encounter neighbors including a "redneck" named Lester, a family of bears and a British family enamored with the Victorian era.

In a colorblind casting move, black actor Kevin Michael Richardson will play the part of Lester.

"Clearly, the idea was just to make an ethnically diverse show in front of and behind the camera, which we are," and to create a largely African-American cast for the Brown family, Fox network programming chief Kevin Reilly told reporters during a Television Critics Association meeting this week.

I thought he was divorced?...He has a new wife and kids now?

Apparently I haven't seen Family Guy in awhile lol...

Honestly, do we need another spin off of this show? American Dad is hardly funny either.

superspaceboy said:

American dad is funny, u can't be serious, that alien and fish really makes the show and it is not a spin off from family Guy!!!!

superspaceboy said:

co-

i dunno. family guy is genius but imo that vein of humor is tapped out

superspaceboy said:

Love the Family Guy, but American Dad just seems dumb. Like Futurama was to the Simpsons.

Family Guy is not funny, so can't see how this show could possibly be any better.

cheeseburger said:

Replace Alien and Fish with Brian and Stewie and you basically have Family Guy. This spin off looks about the same. I find both shows completely formulatic and I am tired of the Big, Fat, Dumb guy having a wife who in all logic would be married to someone else (mostly refering to Family Guy here)

XxAxX said:

That's what I am sayin. I get a chuckle here and there, but the format is very worn out.

NDRU said:

I'm sure with Seth Macfarlane writing ripping it off, the show wont be at all derivative, racist, homophobic, or generally unfunny.

Sorry, I meant it will be all of those things and a giant pile of shit.

XxAxX said:

you're older than I thought.

BlackAdder7 said:

i see

Sometimes American Dad can bust my gut.

Patrick Stewart as the FBI boss coming downstairs after sex with Stan's daughter, says to Stan, "Do you have any Gatorade? I left all my electrolytes in your daughter last night!"

Eww.