So apparently everybody’s favorite happy black guy face is getting his very own TV show. Cleveland, Peter Griffin’s neighbor and friend on Family Guy, is going to be staring in a spin off series of the popular cartoon on FOX. Acording to James Hibberd of the US Daily, this isn’t something we should be surprised by as Hollywood seams to be writing checks for popular TV spawn like mad these days.
[From NBC's "The Office" to Fox's "Family Guy," broadcasters increasingly are urging their best performers to produce offspring. The debut of "Grey's Anatomy"-inspired "Private Practice" last fall was only the start of the latest round. Next season there's the still-unnamed "The Office" spinoff and Fox's "Family Guy" extension, "The Cleveland Show," as well as Sci Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica" prequel, "Caprica," which is filming a two-hour backdoor pilot. Projects based on Fox's "House" and "Prison Break" also are in development.] • article •
So say we all. As the former star of a spin off series I can tell you, craft services people are like angles with sliced avocado sandwiches for wings. Bearing a plethora of warm and cold beverages in pure white Dixie cups for all to enjoy, surely the spin off series is the greatest work of originality and selflessness a TV writer could ever hope to explore. God bless you comedy writers for your brave sacrifice, and perhaps one day society will realize it’s grave errors in piracy and actually purchase your works with real money. So say we all.
NOTE: what the hell is a “backdoor pilot” anyway? I just picture Adama with that mustache, wearing a scarf and a Red Barron flight cap, looking at me in that way. You know that, give me funny feelings way.
