Hot in Cleveland
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| Genre | Sitcom | |
| Created by | Suzanne Martin | |
| Directed by | Andy Cadiff David Trainer |
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| Starring | Jane Leeves Wendie Malick Valerie Bertinelli Betty White |
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| Country of origin | United States | |
| Language(s) | English | |
| No. of seasons | 1 | |
| No. of episodes | 1 (List of episodes) | |
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| Executive producer(s) | Sean Hayes Todd Milliner Suzanne Martin |
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| Producer(s) | Bob Heath Liz Feldman |
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| Editor(s) | Ron Volk | |
| Running time | 30 minutes (with commercials) |
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| Production company(s) | Hazy Mills Productions | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Original channel | TV Land | |
| Original run | June 16, 2010 (2010-06-16) – present | |
| Status | Airing | |
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| Official website | ||
Hot in Cleveland is an American sitcom on TV Land starring Valerie Bertinelli, Wendie Malick and Jane Leeves as three past-their-prime entertainment industry veterans from Los Angeles whose lives are changed when their Paris-bound plane lands in Cleveland, Ohio, where they find a welcoming community that is less shallow, youth-obsessed and weight-conscious than LA, and where one of them leases a home with a sassy caretaker played by Betty White. The series, which is TV Land’s first original scripted series, premiered on June 16, 2010, and was TV Land’s highest ratings telecast.
The show is written by Suzanne Martin (Frasier, Ellen) and is produced by Sean Hayes, and Todd Milliner of Hazy Mills Productions. The series is taped in front of a live studio audience at CBS’ Studio City in Los Angeles using a multi-camera format.
Cast and characters
- Jane Leeves as Joy Scroggs, an unmarried beautician, known as the “Eyebrow Queen of Hollywood” who counts among her clients stars such as Oprah Winfrey and Ryan Seacrest.[1][2]
- Wendie Malick as Victoria Chase, an oft-divorced soap opera star whose TV show was just canceled, and who laments that her current opportunities include auditioning to play Megan Fox’s grandmother.[1][2]
- Valerie Bertinelli as Melanie Moretti, a writer and mother of college-age kids who, depressed by her divorce, is on a plane to Paris in the pilot to find love.[1][2]
- Betty White as Elka Ostrovsky, an elderly caretaker whose judgmental retorts to the other women in the pilot reveal an astringent demeanor, and allude to a storied life, including escape from the Nazis, an active sex life and use of marijuana.[1][2] White was only expected to have a guest role in the pilot episode, but her performance was so good that the producers decided she had to be a regular.[3]
- John Schneider as Hank, a plumber who falls for Melanie in the pilot, only to reveal that he is married.[1]
The first season will feature appearances by Wayne Knight, Shirley Knight, Huey Lewis, Hal Linden, Susan Lucci, Juliet Mills, Carl Reiner and Amy Yasbeck.[4]
Production
Hot in Cleveland is TV Land’s first venture into scripted comedy and is produced by Sean Hayes’s Hazy Mills Productions and written by Suzanne Martin, who also serves as the showrunner.[5][6] It is shot with a multicamera setup in front of a live studio audience at the CBS Studio City soundstage.[7][8]
On June 22, 2010, it was announced that Endemol will distribute Hot in Cleveland internationally.[9].
Episodes
The series premiered June 16, 2010 and has been picked up for ten episodes.[5]
Nielsen ratings
The series premiere of Hot in Cleveland was a ratings success for TV Land. It earned 1.9 rating and averaged 2 million viewers among the network’s target adults 25-54 audience and also averaged 1.3 million among women 25-54. It drew a total of 4.75 million viewers making it the most watched show in TV Land history.[8]
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