Hot in Cleveland is HOT

[Stuck In The '70's]

http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/06/hot-in-cleveland-ratings-.html

June 17, 2010
'Hot in Cleveland' is TV Land's most-watched ever

Betty White's string of buzz-making TV appearances continues. TV Land's first original sitcom "Hot in Cleveland" got off to a great start Wednesday night, drawing 4.8 million viewers with its debut telecast. That makes the comedy, co-starring White, the most-watched telecast in the network's history. The debut also beat the premiere for TBS' new summer sitcom "Are We There Yet." "Hot" is about three friends from LA who relocate to Cleveland, renting a house from a feisty caretaker (White). Show drew mixed reviews from critics.

[robyrob]

i liked the show and Betty was great :)

[Family Ties Forever!]

:thumbsup:

[AB]

Great show!! I'd love to see them develope some more sitcoms like this one on TV Land.

[Stuck In The '70's]

Great show!! I'd love to see them develope some more sitcoms like this one on TV Land.
It sure beats all that reality crap they keep trying. lol

I liked it. TV needs more sitcoms like this.

[Brian Damage]

It sure beats all that reality crap they keep trying. lol

I liked it. TV needs more sitcoms like this.

I agree!

Although the real test will be to see if HIC can maintain most of its audience in the coming weeks.

[comedyfreak]

I believe it will, Betty is really popular right now. The encore show did well too.



The debut of "Cleveland" also boasts a 1.9 rating and 2 million viewers among TV Land's adult 24-54 demo, and even stronger rating among women 25-54 with a 2.4.

[UPDATE:] Viewers couldn't get enough of Betty White apparently because the encore presentation following immediately after the premiere still drew 2.4 million total viewers, and among adults 25-54, 1.2 million viewers and a 1.1 rating. Among women 25-54, "Cleveland" attracted a 1.4 rating and 727,000 viewers.

[80sTrivia]

Watched the show, and thought it was hilarious! Betty was amazing, as always! :clap :clap :clap

[SueAnn_Rose]

This show is fantastic, I don't know how many times i've said this but it really is a great and hilarious show.

[Cactus Jack]

Wow more people watched this than all the classic TV repeats? wow

[Family Ties Forever!]

link (http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/06/17/hot-in-cleveland-attracts-record-ratings-for-tv-land/)

'Hot in Cleveland' attracts record ratings for TV Land
by Lynette Rice
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The debut of Hot In Clevland posted record gains for TV Land on Wednesday, attracting 4.75 million viewers and posting triple-digit gains on the night across all key demographics. It was the most-watched telecast ever in the network’s history. The comedy starring Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White earned a 1.9 rating and averaged 2.0 million viewers among the network’s target adults 25-54 audience and also averaged 1.3 million among Women 25-54.
Hot in Cleveland is filmed in front of a live studio audience and revolves around three best friends who arrive in Cleveland on a fluke and end up making it their home.

[Jaqui-Michel]

I wasn't going to watch because the show was being compared to Sex and The City (I loathe that show:)). I watched and thought is was good enough to add to the DVR. It's really a decent show and I didn't feel like I wanted my 30 minutes back.

[MrCleveland]

If I had cable...I'd be watching this show! (Okay, I'd watch it because it has the word 'Cleveland' on it)!

[Rezny@gmail.com]

There's going to be MORE of the show (all-new episodes)in July,according to www.sitcomsonline.com/blog.Read the blog for this good news.A question:Since the show is a big hit,and according to the article at www.sitcomsonline.com/blog,it's going global,will it be offered to OTHER outlets(WGN,WPIX,The Hallmark Channel,etc)?

[Stuck In The '70's]

Here's week 2's ratings. It dropped alot but it's still doing good.

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/24/wednesday-cable-ratings-hot-in-cleveland-way-down-still-good-top-chef-dog-the-bounty-hunter-more/55279

TV Land’s Hot in Cleveland dropped to 3.37 million viewers from its premiere’s 4.8 million viewers and a 0.9 adults 18-49 rating from the premiere’s 1.2 rating, though TV Land made it pretty clear in its press release that it’s targeting the 25-54 demographic. That 3.37 million viewers is still nearly 3x the viewership of anything TV Land had on its schedule the week before HiC premiered.

[Family Ties Forever!]

Thanks Sonny. I was wondering about the ratings.

There's going to be MORE of the show (all-new episodes)in July,according to www.sitcomsonline.com/blog.Read the blog for this good news.A question:Since the show is a big hit,and according to the article at www.sitcomsonline.com/blog,it's going global,will it be offered to OTHER outlets(WGN,WPIX,The Hallmark Channel,etc)?

The link isn't working for me. Here's what it said when I clicked on it:

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[tanquant]

I like HIC. It's so refreshing to see a sitcom with a laugh track on these days. It brings back the 80's. TV Land needs to bring back more sitcoms and lose the reality crap.

[markway895]

I like HIC. It's so refreshing to see a sitcom with a laugh track on these days. It brings back the 80's. TV Land needs to bring back more sitcoms and lose the reality crap.
Yes, I need to "second that" about the reality shows! How many more shows about models can they have? There are so many of them, I don't even know one from the other, and what do these shows have to do with the TVLand genre?
Hot in Cleveland, a sitcom with Betty White and 3 other known names from former sit-coms, what a great concept. And it sounds like they plan for more shows like this.

[nikole957]

I wasn't going to watch because the show was being compared to Sex and The City (I loathe that show). I watched and thought is was good enough to add to the DVR. It's really a decent show and I didn't feel like I wanted my 30 minutes back.

[catlover79]

I'm watching the S2 set now!!! It's a very funny show with a great cast and terrific guest stars to begin with - but to be set in my hometown of Cleveland with all the local references and such?? PERFECT!!!! :cool: :D

[OH Nuts!]

I'm watching the S2 set now!!! It's a very funny show with a great cast and terrific guest stars to begin with - but to be set in my hometown of Cleveland with all the local references and such?? PERFECT!!!! :cool: :D

I know what you mean. I just finished S#2. Not a big fan of most of the current crap on TV so I don't bother with cable. But when I heard Valerie and Betty were going to be in the show I knew it'd be something special. So I bought the first two seasons on DVD (and I was right!).

P.S. I'll have to work in some references to Cleveland in my next set of Title Rejects.

[Schmoopie]

I'm watching the S2 set now!!! It's a very funny show with a great cast and terrific guest stars to begin with - but to be set in my hometown of Cleveland with all the local references and such?? PERFECT!!!! :cool: :D

Just curious, Monika... You and I are kind of in teh same "situation" if you will... Myself with Frasier and all of the Seattle references and you with HIC and hte Cleveland stuff. Are the Cleveland ones accurate? B/C the Seattle ones in Frasire are pretty accurate, but it's even funnier when they're not. There's an episode of Frasier where Martin tries to get either Daphne or Frasier to drive him to "Rattlesnake Ridge" and Niles says something about it being five hours away. Trust me, it's MUCH closer than that. My husband and I went there several years ago and he went hiking with some friends of his. It's only about 2 (and that's in really bad traffic). it's on the east side of Seattle.

But it does impress me about how many things the writers of Frasier got "right". So since some of them are also doing HIC, I wondered if they got the Cleveland stuff right too?

[catlover79]

I would say it is, though "Stormi's" doesn't really sound like a name a Clevelander would choose for a sports bar. :lol: I just wish they'd do more references, like The Drew Carey Show did. A lot of the street names are accurate, and the Cleveland sports memorabilia you see Elka wear is current. Case in point: the Grady's Ladies hoodie Elka wears is for sale on Cafe Press:

[catlover79]

Just curious, Monika... You and I are kind of in teh same "situation" if you will... Myself with Frasier and all of the Seattle references and you with HIC and hte Cleveland stuff. Are the Cleveland ones accurate? B/C the Seattle ones in Frasire are pretty accurate, but it's even funnier when they're not. There's an episode of Frasier where Martin tries to get either Daphne or Frasier to drive him to "Rattlesnake Ridge" and Niles says something about it being five hours away. Trust me, it's MUCH closer than that. My husband and I went there several years ago and he went hiking with some friends of his. It's only about 2 (and that's in really bad traffic). it's on the east side of Seattle.

But it does impress me about how many things the writers of Frasier got "right". So since some of them are also doing HIC, I wondered if they got the Cleveland stuff right too?
Oh, I forgot to add that there is really no Channel 7 here in Cleveland. We have Channel 3 (NBC), Channel 5 (ABC), Channel 8 (FOX), and Channel 19 (CBS). So the station Victoria works at is completely ficticious. :lol: