Fox Announces Two New Spin-Offs
The Fox Network and 20th Century Fox TV announced today that they will be developing a spin-off of the animated hit show Family Guy. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the series will be based on Peter Griffin’s bathtub-accident-prone neighbor Cleveland Brown.
The project is tentatively being titled Cleveland and is being written by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. Mike Henry, who produces and writes for Family Guy, also voices Cleveland, the character who plays off black stereotypes and is the most levelheaded among Peter Griffin’s trio of friends.
In addition to Cleveland, The Fox Network and 20th Century TV are also developing a spin-off of the drama series Prison Break, which will be set at a female prison.
Hmm… I don’t know about this. I do like Family Guy, but American Dad isn’t very funny. Cleveland is a good character to base a spin-off on though. I think it’s funny that Fox has gained infamy for cancelling Family Guy and now they are so confident in its selling power, that they are willing to produce a spin-off… Très bizarre.
As for the Prison Break spin-off… I really like the original, but I just don’t think there is room for a spin-off. I doubt that this will be very good at all, unfortunately.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:08 am
But we are talking about a company that has a record of producing “interesting” shows … like Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles … Also, funny irony … the ad directly below the post questioning Fox’s decision making happens to be Fox Business …
March 5th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Mmm… a show about a female prison. Maybe they are banking on the Baywatch effect — constant hints that next episode just MIGHT be the one where they have a shower scene with a lesbian love tryst gone bad.