
Betty White is going global! Endemol has acquired international distribution rights to TV Land’s first original scripted series, comedy Hot in Cleveland, which stars red-hot sitcom veteran White, along with Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick. Cleveland‘s debut last week made history for TV Land, drawing the network’s largest audience ever, 5 million viewers. Endemol will take Cleveland to MIPCOM in the fall.
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I just don’t get how a show located in the 1000′s of my cable dial which got mediocre reviews at best is syndication bate after airing one one episode.
The show actually gets better. I have seen parts of the next few eps and they are hysterical. The pilot was decent but i am telling you it gets better. There is something special about this show and i am not just saying that
It’s spelled “bait,” not bate.
What? The show got 5 million viewers? How is that even possible, I couldn’t find TV Land on my tv if I wanted to. Good for Betty White though.
Um, maybe because there are millions of viewers out there who are tired of watching moronic twenty-somethings spitting out lame double entendres and happily glommed onto a show that appeals to grown-ups?
It’s spelled “bait,” not bate, and I thought the show was pretty funny, for a sitcom. (I generally detest the genre and find laugh tracks very annoying)
located at 304
where is fx located?
you are in the old world, old man
tivo makes location irrelevant
people go where the show is, not where the network is.
surpassed network summer debuts with 5m viewers in debut.
um its because betty white is on it..duh… and they did a good ad campaign… i have friends that are recording the show that have never watched anything on tv land….
Hot In Cleveland is great. The show did NOT get “mediocre” reviews. It got very positive reviews and will even get better with time. I get the show around the 60-70′s in my cable skein.
Go Hot In Cleveland!!!
Yeah? really! My wife made me watch this show. It wasn’t all that great. This show isn’t even on a HD channel, which doesn’t exactly win points for my viewing pleasure either.
It’s a funny show, true it’s a more traditional sitcom format so it has a certain feel but with more current humor. I’m getting annoyed by the laugh track comments, it’s a live audience, I’ve been to tapings. And while I thoroughly enjoyed the pilot later episodes are funnier. Glad it’s doing so well!
I hate reality television. But Hot In Cleavland is lame. I watched two episodes and could barely get through all the horrible dialogue. I didn’t laugh at the stupid jokes. The writers of the show really aren’t that talented. It just proves to me that most of the population really are idiots who will watch anything. It makes Betty White seem trashy. She used to be a classy, talented actress. But I have lost a little respect for her now. I think it was a bad career choice for her.
Dear Tvland.
I love the show Hot in Cleveland.
But can we have a cat fight with Susan lucci.
But can we see Fraiser as a guest star.
And can we have as gueststar David spade.
And my favorite star in Hot in Cleveland is Betty white.
And Jane levee is very sexy.
and When is the next season starting?