Okay, so the first episode of The Cleveland Show has been leaked. You can watch it here. Here’s my notes on the episode:

- Cleveland cries to guys about losing house

- Kathleen Turner cutaway

- Bathroom scene with Cleveland Jr. on the toilet talking to Cleveland in the tub

- Peter launches rocket into house, Cleveland falls out in his tub

- Cleveland calls meeting of neighbors, says his family is moving

- inside joke at three different Family Guy episodes

- Lois and Bonnie kiss for Cleveland’s last request, and they kind of really get into it - husbands watching on the couch

- Stewie says “Goodbye chocolate people”, so does Joe

- At first, the Brown family is moving to California so Cleveland can be a minor league baseball coach

- They drive to Stoolbend, Virginia first, so Cleveland Jr. can see dad’s home town

- Visit to Stoolbend High School, and Cleveland runs into Donna, his high school sweetheart

- Flashback to their semi-date, where Cleveland almost says “I love you”

- Donna offers her spare room for the Brown family

- First look at white trash neighbors, they’re protective of Donna and the “two black guys” that are in her driveway

- First look at Rollo, who has been kicked out of school for pulling down the teacher’s pants

- Sister makes up big story as to why she ditched babysitting

- Cleveland threatens sister’s boyfriend Federline Jones to treat her right

- We meet the bear, he has a Swedish accent and smokes

- Cleveland and Donna sing “Hey Mickey” substituting their names for Mickey

- Rollo goes back to school and gets Cleveland’s help on becoming a dirty old man

- Donna asks ex-husband Robert to come back, Cleveland is shocked

- Cleveland pours out his sorrows to the neighbors he just met at the local bar

- The neighbors feel sorry for Cleveland and hatch an elaborate plan to trap Robert cheating, it does not work

- The Browns leave to go to California

- Cleveland realizes he loves Donna and turns around to tell her

- He tells off Robert, and tells Donna that he loves her

- Flashback at their lives together, and then they get married.

- Andddd…FIRST OBAMA JOKE.

So, it had a few funny moments, but nothing really THAT funny. It felt more like a typical sitcom than a Seth MacFarlane vehicle. I think that this show has about six episodes to really crank it up before it gets cancelled.

This Sunday, July 5, we’ll be getting “Peter’s Progress”, one of the better episodes from Family Guy Season 7. Here’s the synopsis:

Peter has his palm read by a psychic who reveals that he had a fascinating past life as Griffin Peterson, a dignified gentleman who vied for the love of Lady Redbush in 17th century England and in the newly founded American colony of Quahog. It was a time of great love and adventure where King Stewart reigned supreme, the smartest dog in the room was the court jester, army lieutenants were merely boys and even old England loved “How I Met Your Mother” (Jason Segel, Neil Patrick Harris and Josh Radnor guest-voice) in the “Peter’s Progress” episode of FAMILY GUY airing Sunday, July 5 (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (FG-620) (TV-14 D, L, S, V)

Promo #1:

Promo #2:

Family Guy Season 1, Episode 6 is titled “The Son Also Draws”, and is absolutely one of my favorite Family Guy episodes of all time. In this episode, we watch Peter take the family to New York to get Chris into the Youth Scouts after he is kicked out. Peter makes a pit stop at an Indian casino, Lois develops a gambling habit that costs her the family car, and Peter must go on a vision quest to prove his Native American blood and get it back.

Peter Communicates with Nature

Chris Wants Out

Prune Smoothie

Awkard Moment

Watching “Happy Days”

Brian’s Show is Interrupted

Peter’s an Indian Too

Those are Cheerios

Freaked Out

Stewie the Comedian

In Family Guy Season 1, Episode 5, “A Hero Sits Next Door”, we watch Peter get initially annoyed when Joe Swanson moves to Quahog, Rhode Island from Providence, Rhode Island and is forced to recruit him for his company’s softball team after Mr. Weed’s star pitcher is injured. This is Peter’s big chance to do what he does best - be incredibly inappropriate - and boy, does he ever, stating “Holy crip, he’s a crapple!” Peter decides he wants to be a hero like Joe and tries to stop a bank robbery, this of course does not work out for him and he and Brian get taken hostage - and Joe has to save them. Here are a few clips from the episode:

Out the Window

Sweat Glands

Here’s the latest information about the first Family Guy episode, titled “Something, Something, Something, Dark Side” of Family Guy Season 8:

• Air Date: Sunday September 27, 2009
• Production Code: 6ACX21/6ACX22
• Episode Summary: Peter makes good on another power outage at home–by entertaining his family with a retelling of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Newcomers to the story include Mort as Lando Calrissian, Chris’ boss Carl as Yoda, and the Giant Chicken as the nefarious Boba Fett.
• Director: Dominic Polcino
• Title: The title is a joke from Season Five’s Family Guy episode, ‘Barely Legal’, in which “the emperor figured out the formula for perfect Star Wars dialogue”, which was “Something, something, something Dark Side. Something, something, something, complete.”

Comic-Con is happening in July, and Family Guy cast and writers will be there in force. Here’s what you can expect if you go to Comic-Con:

Saturday, July 25:

11:15 A.M.-12 P.M Join Seth MacFarlane, Mila Kunis, Seth Green and the brilliant creative minds behind Family Guy for a raucous discussion of what goes on behind the scenes of tv’s most subversive animated hit. They’ll also be offering a not-to-be-missed sneak peek at “Something, Something Dark Side,” the Empire Strikes Back parody follow-up to Star Wars: Blue Harvest. Giggity! Ballroom 20.

12-12:45 P.M. Con fans will get the FIRST LOOK at The Cleveland Show, the wickedly funny new spin-off of Family Guy starring America’s favorite beleaguered animated African American, Cleveland Brown. Co-creators Seth MacFarlane, Mike Henry and Rich Appel and voice cast Sana’a Lathan and Kevin Michael Richardson will all be on hand to discuss this new series premiering on Fox in the fall. Ballroom 20.

1-1:45 P.M. Futurama: Life or Death?! BE A PART OF SCI-FI HISTORY! Join Executive Producers Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, and stars Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio and Maurice LaMarche for high-stakes thrills as a top-ranking Fox executive decides live, on stage, whether Futurama will make yet another triumphant return, or whether it is gone forever! The very fate of Futurama hangs in the balance! Paramedics will be standing by in case the intense excitement causes any panelists to collapse. Raucous celebration or abject despair to follow the news. Ballroom 20.

1:45-2:30 P.M. Now entering its record-breaking 21st season on the air, The Simpsons is the longest-running series in the history of American television, and a household name around the world. Get a behind-the-scenes look at what’s coming up in the Simpsonverse, including never-before-seen highlights from the upcoming “Treehouse of Horror XX”, with a panel including Simpsons Creator Matt Groening, Showrunner Al Jean, Executive Producer Matt Selman and Supervising Director Mike Anderson. Ballroom 20.

Sunday, July 26:

11:15 A.M.-12:15 P.M. American Dad showrunners Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman and stars Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schall and Dee Bradley Baker are back to regale the fans with an insider’s look at how an episode of the hilarious Fox animated comedy is made, from table read to animatic to color. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind Comic-con event. Ballroom 20.

Here’s two promo spots for upcoming Family Guy reruns; sponsored by”Tasty Juice” for Family Gay on June 28. First, Stewie gets orally violated by a horse:

And Peter names his horse after a cancelled Fox show:

According to the NY Times, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has landed a dramatic role in a new ABC series titled “Flash Forward”, a series in which everyone in the world gets a two-minute glimpse of their futures. Seth is “FBI Agent #3″; this will be a recurring role. You can see him at about the 2:48 mark in the video below, he does have a speaking part.

Happy Father’s Day from Family Guy:

And the Simpsons:

And the rest of the Fox Animated dads!

The official Family Guy iPhone application has been released and is now available for purchase through iTunes. Here’s more information about the app:

• It’s a measly $1.99
• You can watch clips from a selection of the best Family Guy episodes
• Build your own mix of Family Guy clips, title them, and share them with friends
• Toss Peter Griffin around on a variety of backgrounds

Looks like fun, eh? You can watch a video of the Family Guy iPhone app here. Below are some screenshots of what the app looks like on the iPhone:

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