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's return with season 22, ET has the exclusive first look at the all-new episodes following the hilarious antics of Peter Griffin and his wife, Lois, their three kids, Meg, Chris and Stewie, and their loyal dog, Brian. The reel comes as Fox screened «Fertilized Megg,» the upcoming premiere of creator Seth MacFarlane's long running animated series during the 2023 San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday. In the first episode for the new season, which debuts on Fox in October, «Meg agrees to be Bruce and Jeffery’s surrogate causing a pregnant Meg to annoy her family.

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Mike Henry, a USC and NFL linebacker and later an actor in Tarzan movies of the 1960s and the “Smokey and the Bandit” series, has died.

Mike Henry was an NFL linebacker who became an actor, known for his roles in Tarzan movies of the 1960s and the “Smokey and the Bandit” series.Henry played football for USC and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1958. After several seasons with the team, he wanted to pursue acting, so he requested a transfer to the Los Angeles Rams.

Haley Bosselman editorMike Henry, a former NFL linebacker and actor known for playing Tarzan in the 1960s, has died. He was 84.Henry died Jan.

replace Mike Henry as the voice of Cleveland Brown on the long-running animated series, in its 18th season on Fox (Sundays at 9:30 p.m.) He makes his debut as Cleveland next season.“This is my first big role,” Zahir says. “It’ overwhelming and I’m really excited.”Henry, who is white, has voiced Cleveland, an African-American, since Seth MacFarlane’s series premiered in 1999.

Family Guy have announced that YouTuber Arif Zahir will voice the role of Cleveland Brown on the show going forward.Original voice actor Mike Henry stepped-down from the role back in June, saying that while it had been an “honor” to play the character since the show’s inception, “persons of color should play characters of color”.Zahir, who has done a number of impressions of Cleveland on his YouTube channel, will take on the role from season 19 of the Fox series.

Family Guy has found its new voice for beloved character Cleveland Brown.

Family Guy has found its new Cleveland Brown. Voice actor Arif Zahir, also known as Azerrz, who does impressions of Cleveland on YouTube, has been tapped to replace Mike Henry, Cleveland's original portrayer.

“Family Guy” has found the new voice of Cleveland Brown.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVFox’s Family Guy has recast the role of Cleveland Brown with YouTube star Arif Zahir.Mike Henry, who had voiced Brown since the show’s inception in 1999, announced in June that he was stepping down from the role.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeArif Zahir has gone from impersonating “Family Guy’s” Cleveland Brown on YouTube… to being cast as the new voice of the character on the actual show.Zahir will take over as Cleveland in Season 19, as the show has just been picked up for two more seasons (its 19th and 20th) and episodes are now going into production.

“Family Guy” needs a new actor to voice Cleveland, and Wendell Pierce wants to be that guy.

The Wire star Wendell Pierce has opened-up about his recent campaign to voice the role of Cleveland Brown in Family Guy.The actor recently tweeted interest in taking over the role after Mike Henry, a white actor, stepped-down and said that “persons of colour should play characters of colour”.Speaking to NME about the campaign in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, Pierce revealed that he has not been in contact with the show as of yet.“I was amazed at this one tweet I put out one Sunday

Wendell Pierce is putting his name in the hat to take over the role of Cleveland Brown.

The Wire star Wendell Pierce wants to voice Cleveland in Family Guy after white actor Mike Henry stepped down from playing the African-American character.Henry has voiced Cleveland since Family Guy debuted in 1999, and also starred in spin-off series The Cleveland Show from 2009 and 2013, but announced he would step down last week (June 28, 20), in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests.On Sunday, Pierce put himself forward as a replacement, tweeting,Now that Mike Henry has consciously

Now that Mike Henry has stepped down from the role, Wendell Pierce said he would like to take over performing the voice of Cleveland Brown on Family Guy. Henry, who voiced the character for 20 years both on Fox'sFamily Guy and and four seasons on The Cleveland Show, announced last week he would no longer play the African American cartoon character amid a new push for characters of color to no longer be portrayed by white actors.

“Family Guy” needs a new actor to voice Cleveland, and Wendell Pierce wants to be that guy.

The Wire star Wendell Pierce has announced that he is starting a public campaign to become the voice of Family Guy character Cleveland Brown.Mike Henry, a white actor who has voiced the role of the black character since the cartoon’s beginning, announced last week that he would be stepping back from the part, saying “persons of colour should play characters of colour”.Following on from the news, Pierce tweeted: “Now that Mike Henry has consciously given up the role of Cleveland, I am publicly

Family Guy actor Mike Henry is stepping down from voicing the African-American character of Cleveland Brown to make way for a person of colour.Henry, who is white, originated the role back when the hit cartoon debuted in 1999, and also brought Brown to life on the spin-off series, The Cleveland Show, which ended after a four-season run in 2013. However, Henry has since announced he will no longer voice the part of Brown in the long-running Seth MacFarlane sitcom.

Hot New Hip Hop reported today that Mike Henry, who voiced the role of Cleveland Brown on Family Guy, finally stepped down from the position following more than two decades. On the 26th of June, the Family Guy cast member shared that he was stepping down from the position because he wasn’t a person of color.

Also Read: 'The Simpsons' Will No Longer Have White Actors Voice Nonwhite CharactersBrie’s statement comes after several other white voice actors stepped away from their roles as people of color in animated series. “Family Guy” star Mike Henry said on Friday that he would step away from the Fox sitcom as the longtime voice of the Black character Cleveland Brown.

The Simpsons and Family Guy plan to recast white actors who previously voiced characters of color on the long-running Fox animated sitcoms.“Moving forward, The Simpsons will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters,” the network said in a statement to TVLine on Friday, June 26.Meanwhile, Mike Henry, a white voice actor, tweeted on Friday that he will stop playing Cleveland Brown on Family Guy.“It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years.

Family Guy for over two decades, has stepped down from the role.Henry has appeared as Brown since the show’s very first episode broadcast in 1999, and starred in spin-off series The Cleveland Show which ran for four seasons between 2009 and 2013.In a tweet, Henry said: “It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years. I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color.

The Simpsons will no longer feature white actors voicing non-white characters, network Fox has said.

Mike Henry, who has voiced the character of Cleveland Brown for two decades on "Family Guy," said on Friday that he is stepping down from the role on the FOX animated series. "It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years," Henry, 54, wrote on Twitter.

and  are the latest shows that are making big changes. Amid recent backlash over the use of blackface, as well as white actors voicing ethnic characters, a spokesperson for tells ET on Friday that «Moving forward, will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters.”Mike Henry, known as the voice of Cleveland Brown on, also said that he would no longer be voicing the Black character.

Cornerstone animated shows “Family Guy” and “The Simpsons” are doing away with white voice actors voicing characters of colour.

Major changes are on the way for both Family Guy and The Simpsons.

LOS ANGELES -- “Family Guy” voice actor Mike Henry said Friday he is stepping down from the role of Cleveland Brown on the Fox animated series. Henry wrote on Twitter that he will stop playing the show’s main African American character because “persons of color should play characters of color.” The 54-year-old voice actor, who is a white man, has voiced the character since the series’ debut in 1999.

Twitter. “It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years,” he wrote.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerVoice actor Mike Henry said Friday on Twitter that he no longer will voice the Cleveland Brown character on Fox’s animated Family Guy.Henry, who is white, has voiced the African-American Brown since the show’s inception in 1999. He also voiced the character and his son, Rallo Tubbs, on the spinoff, The Cleveland Show, which ran for four years on Fox.Henry was a voice on Family Guy since its 1999 debut.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“The Simpsons” won’t have any repeats of Hank Azaria voicing Apu.The producers behind the show issued a statement saying that from now on, characters of color will be voiced by actors of color only.“Moving forward, ‘The Simpsons’ will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters,” the statement read.News of the decision comes less than an hour after Mike Henry announced he will no longer voice the character of Cleveland Brown on fellow Fox comedy series “Family