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Since its debut in 2009, ''The Cleveland Show'' has been received mixed reviews from both critics and the public alike. Review aggregator Metacritic.com gave the show a score of 57 out of 100, suggesting "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Cleveland Show reviews at Metacritic.com|url=http://www.metacritic.com/tv/shows/clevelandshow|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=2010-01-13}}</ref> [[Tom Shales]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' spoke very negatively about both the show and MacFarlane himself, describing him as "no better than the dirty old man hanging around playgrounds with naughty pictures or risque jokes as lures".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Shales|first=Tom|title=Fox's 'Cleveland Show' Is a Cartoon Blight|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|pages=1|language=English|publisher=[[Katharine Weymouth]]|date=29 September 2009|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/28/AR2009092804049.html|accessdate = 13 January 2010}}</ref> Roberto Bianco of ''[[USA Today]]'' wrote a similarly negative review, suggesting that the easiest fix for the problem was its "cancellation".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bianco|first=Roberto|title=Embrace Fox's 'Brothers' but stay out of 'Cleveland'|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|pages=1|language=English|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|date=25 September 2009|url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2009-09-24-brothers-cleveland-show_N.htm|accessdate = 13 January 2010}}</ref> |
Since its debut in 2009, ''The Cleveland Show'' has been received mixed reviews from both critics and the public alike. Review aggregator Metacritic.com gave the show a score of 57 out of 100, suggesting "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Cleveland Show reviews at Metacritic.com|url=http://www.metacritic.com/tv/shows/clevelandshow|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=2010-01-13}}</ref> [[Tom Shales]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' spoke very negatively about both the show and MacFarlane himself, describing him as "no better than the dirty old man hanging around playgrounds with naughty pictures or risque jokes as lures".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Shales|first=Tom|title=Fox's 'Cleveland Show' Is a Cartoon Blight|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|pages=1|language=English|publisher=[[Katharine Weymouth]]|date=29 September 2009|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/28/AR2009092804049.html|accessdate = 13 January 2010}}</ref> Roberto Bianco of ''[[USA Today]]'' wrote a similarly negative review, suggesting that the easiest fix for the problem was its "cancellation".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bianco|first=Roberto|title=Embrace Fox's 'Brothers' but stay out of 'Cleveland'|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|pages=1|language=English|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|date=25 September 2009|url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2009-09-24-brothers-cleveland-show_N.htm|accessdate = 13 January 2010}}</ref> |
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Critical reception
Since its debut in 2009, The Cleveland Show has been received mixed reviews from both critics and the public alike. Review aggregator Metacritic.com gave the show a score of 57 out of 100, suggesting "mixed or average reviews".[1] Tom Shales of The Washington Post spoke very negatively about both the show and MacFarlane himself, describing him as "no better than the dirty old man hanging around playgrounds with naughty pictures or risque jokes as lures".[2] Roberto Bianco of USA Today wrote a similarly negative review, suggesting that the easiest fix for the problem was its "cancellation".[3]
- ^ "The Cleveland Show reviews at Metacritic.com". Metacritic. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
- ^ Shales, Tom (29 September 2009). "Fox's 'Cleveland Show' Is a Cartoon Blight". The Washington Post. Katharine Weymouth. p. 1. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ^ Bianco, Roberto (25 September 2009). "Embrace Fox's 'Brothers' but stay out of 'Cleveland'". USA Today. Gannett Company. p. 1. Retrieved 13 January 2010.