If you haven’t heard, Family Guy is spinning off with a new show this mid-season entitled “The Cleveland Show” which will follow the life of Cleveland Brown as he leaves Quahog. Here’s a trailor:

Spinning off Family Guy: Wonderfully great proposition.
Using Cleveland As The Spinoff: A Worse Decision than the guy that decided Jewel’s Snaggletooth wouldn’t distract her listeners.

I just have never found Cleveland to be a particularly deep or likeable character. I equate this to The Simpsons creating a spinoff around Mrs. Hoover (Lisa’s Second Grade Teacher) or The Office creating a Spinoff based on Oscar.

Although, I will say that no matter how bad the Cleveland show is bound to be (did I mention talking bears live next door?) it will certainly be better than American Dad. I think that the Facts of Life SpinOff of Blair’s cousin Gerry was better than American Dad.
So it was a noble idea, but not one that I have high hopes for.