Hop Properties aired from October until December 2005 on ABC.
A kind of cross between Designing Women and Sex and the City, this sexy sitcom featured four women who worked together at Hot Properties, an upscale Manhattan real estate agency, while chasing love in all the wrong places.Blond, sensible, fourty-something Ava ( Gail O'Grady), who ran the firm, was married to 25-year-old Scott( who was seldom seen) and desperately-perhaps too desperately-wanted to have children with him. He didn't know her age , and she worried constantly that he'd find out and leave her for someone closer to his own. The other three plied the dating scene: neurotic Chloe ( Nicole Sullivan), who was so forgettable that dates didn't even remember her; Latin sexpot Lola ( Sofia Vergara), who kept attracting gay guys ( she had been married to one, unknowingly for ten years) and young rich barbie-doll Emerson ( Christina Moore). Sharing office space were tall self-absorbed plastic surgeon Charlie ( Stephen Dunham) and wisecracking psychiatrist Sellers ( Evan Handler). Mary ( Amy Hill) was the older, forever-married receptionist , who had lots of advice for them all.
A Review from Variety
Hot Properties
(Series -- ABC, Fri. Oct. 7, 9:30 p.m.)
By BRIAN LOWRY
Taped in L.A. by SamJen Prods. in association with Warner Bros. Television. Executive producers, Suzanne Martin, Andy Ackerman; co-executive producer, Jay Daniel; director, Ackerman; writer, Martin.
Ava Summerlin - Gail O'Grady
Chloe Reid - Nicole Sullivan
Lola Hernandez - Sofia Vergara
Emerson Ives - Christina Moore
Dr. Charlie Thorpe - Stephen Dunham
Dr. Sellers Boyd - Evan Handler
Mary - Amy Hill
Nothing could be less original than a sitcom about a quartet of women working together, but sprightly execution and an appealing cast put a little polish on that musty premise. While "Hot Properties" doesn't generate big guffaws, there's a breezy quality to it that makes for good company at what's mercifully a lower decibel level than its lead-in or the WB's competing "Living With Fran." ABC struck out in this timeslot last season, but this new occupant belongs in the "Hope & Faith"-adjacent neighborhood a helluva lot more than "Complete Savages" ever did.
Series features nifty chemistry between Gail O'Grady -- exhibiting solid comedy chops post-"American Dreams" -- as the proprietor of a real-estate business and her colleagues: "Mad TV's" Nicole Sullivan as a smartass, lovelorn associate and Latin star Sofia Vergara ("Chasing Papi") as Lola, the face and figure capable of launching several thousand posters.
Lola, alas, spent 10 years married to a gay man and is woefully "gaydar" challenged, so much so that she keeps meeting guys who notice her shoes before her, er, more prominent assets. Marveling at Lola's curvaceous physique, Chloe (Sullivan) can only marvel that rather than envy her, "You just have to tip your hat to God and say, 'Nice job.' "
Premiere features a young woman (Christina Moore) seeking a new home, only to discover through the gals' firsthand experience that her betrothed isn't the waiting-for-marriage virgin she believes them both to be. The second half-hour previewed deals with Lola's peculiar pet, a night of drunken female bonding and a visit by Chloe's starched, disapproving mother, well played by "Desperate Housewives'" since-departed Christine Estabrook.
Series creator Suzanne Martin doesn't stop with the women, adding a smarmy plastic surgeon (Stephen Dunham) and bemused shrink (Evan Handler) who share their office space and provide an extra comedic element. The former, for example, intuits that Lola is upset because he noticed "tears on her breasts." Well, the eye does tend to kind of naturally go there.
Sullivan generally gets the best lines, which include drawing a distinction between "slutty" and "easy." O'Grady, meanwhile, provides a solid center to it all, playing a 40-ish stunner married to a much-younger man -- albeit one who's thus far the Maris to her Niles, inasmuch as he's conveniently absent through the first two installments.
Breakout status seems unlikely, but if simply remaining "Faith"-ful is the primary yardstick, then "Properties" could be destined for a long-term lease. Friday night is a bit of a fixer-upper for all the nets, but with "Hot Properties," ABC has an undemanding new tenant that looks ready to move right in.
A Review from USA TODAY
Sitcom strikes while sexy genre is 'Hot'
By Robert Bianco, USA TODAY
Well, they're getting warmer.
Ever since Sex and the City proved you could update Designing Women for a shallower audience by amping up the sex and removing the social content, TV writers have been trying without success to replicate the trick. Though Hot Properties feels too forced and a bit old-hat, it comes closer than most, thanks to a strong cast and a few genuinely funny lines.
Created by Frasier writer Suzanne Martin, Hot turns Women's four Southern designers into four New York real estate agents. Ava (Gail O'Grady), who owns the office, is a fortyish woman who is married to a 25-year-old man. She employs Chloe (Nicole Sullivan), who is desperate to be a housewife, and Lola (Sofia Vergara), who was a housewife until she found out that her husband of 10 years was gay. They get a fourth agent in Emerson (Christina Moore), a "trust-fund Barbie" who enters as a client and leaves as an employee.
In one variation on the pattern, Hot also makes room for two male stars: Evan Handler and Stephen Dunham as doctors who have an office down the hall. They don't have much to do in the two episodes available for preview, but it's always possible that will change.
Vergara and Emerson play their roles well (though Vergara could bring the Latin bombshell routine down a notch), and O'Grady makes a fine transition to the world of sitcoms after NYPD Blue and American Dreams. As for Sullivan, she's given the funniest lines and comes through with the funniest performance. She can be a tad broad, but she also can be touching, as in a future episode with a visit from her mother, played by Desperate Housewives' Christine Estabrook.
The problem is that Housewives has taken Sex's four-friend formula to a new level, which makes Hot feel a little warmed over. Still, in the world of Friday night sitcoms, warm is about as good as it gets.
A Review from The Washington Post
Sex and the Sitcom: Tepid 'Hot Properties'
By Chip Crews
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 7, 2005; Page C07
Is there anything funnier than sex?
Wait, wait -- the creators of the new ABC sitcom "Hot Properties" have thoughtfully answered that question for us. And their answer is, of course: bad sex, sex therapy, sexual frustration and sexual equipment, to name just four. And they're only getting started!
The 30-minute series, premiering tonight on Channel 7 at the racy hour of 9:30, tells the story of three real estate agents on the prowl in loose, libidinous Manhattan. File the title of the show under Fair Warning -- it's only the first in a long series of double-entendres.
The fortysomething central character, Ava (Gail O'Grady), has a long, proud history as a party girl. But she has now taken herself off the prowl by marrying a 25-year-old hunk named Scott, who doesn't know her real age. (Scott is nowhere to be seen in the first two episodes; maybe he can at least call Ava on the phone sometime the way Charlie used to ring up the Angels.)
Then there are the other two -- Chloe (Nicole Sullivan), a man-hungry second banana who repels the guys as readily as Ava attracts them, and Lola (Sofia Vergara), a gorgeous Latina who's leery after spending 10 years with a husband she didn't realize was gay. They think of little else besides sex. Well, that and teasing each other about sex.
Ava: "Those [age] jokes are getting old."
Lola: "Unlike your husband."
Ava: "Scott and I made love three times last night. Not laughing about how young he is now, are you?"
Actually, not laughing about anything at the moment.
Tonight's episode brings the trio a comely blond client named Emerson (Christina Moore), who's looking for a townhouse to share with her handsome fiance. But of course everything on this show is really about sex; in Emerson's case it's the lack of it. She and her intended are both virgins, she says, and they plan to remain so until marriage. The truth comes out after Emerson leaves.
Chloe: "So we both slept with our client's fiance."
Ava: "What're the odds?"
Lola: "Pretty good." (Pause) "Well, let's face it -- you guys are kind of slutty."
Chloe: "Excuse me. I am not slutty. I am easy. It's subtle, but there's a difference."
And that's the setup for the premiere. What will they do? Tell Emerson her husband-to-be is a cad? Pretend they don't remember him? Something else even loonier?
Well, they could take the advice of Dr. Charles Thorpe (Stephen Dunham), the randy plastic surgeon down the hall who frequently pops in with a lewd remark: Keep quiet, he tells them, and show the couple the house. It's a win-win, he says -- "like sucking fat outta somebody's [bottom] and injecting it into their lips. I do it 10 times a day."
"Hot Properties" is reminiscent of several past series, most obviously the female quartets of "Sex and the City" and "Designing Women." It isn't fair to compare long-running shows with a new one, but those two offered considerably more character delineation than this one seems to aspire to. (The second episode hangs on Lola's grief over the death of her pet chicken, which more or less changes the subject from sex, at least briefly.)
Another show it brings to mind, oddly enough, is "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." That too featured a sane central character surrounded by a cast of eccentrics. But Mary Richards was a lovable creation and a very interesting one. A big problem with "Hot Properties" is its hollow core -- Ava exists as the beautiful, has-it-all ideal, the counterpoint to the imperfect others, and that isn't exactly arresting.
Sullivan and Vergara are playing stock characters, but even that gives them more to do than poor O'Grady. Together they're another version of the Empowered Woman we've been seeing so much of on television. For the show's sake, they might consider trading a little empowerment for a dose of originality.
Hot Properties (30 minutes) airs tonight at 9:30 on Channel 7.
A Review from Entertinyourbrain.com
Hot Properties" Review
By Shawn McKenzie 10/22/2005
ABC has been doing gangbusters with their dramas, but they are still having problems in the comedy department. The latest problem of that is the Friday night laugh-track-filled “Hot Properties.”
Fortysomething realtor Ava Summerlin (Gail O’Grady) runs the Summerlin & Associates real estate firm in Manhattan. She used to be a wild party girl, but she is now totally in love with her new husband Scott of two months, a handsome 25-year-old who doesn’t know her real age. Ava and Scott want to start a family as soon as possible, and are currently going through fertility treatments. Chloe Reid (Nicole Sullivan) is her friend and co-worker who has problems finding a guy, and she goes through hoops to meet men. Lola Hernandez (Sofía Vergara) is a recently divorced hot Latina who was married to a man named Jeffrey for ten years before she found out that he was gay. She has horrible “gaydar,” and she needs to fix it before finding the right guy. Part of the problem is that she looks for men who have good looks instead of men who have substance, and most of the good-looking men she is attracted to are gay. Emerson Ives (Christina Moore) is the latest addition to the firm. She’s a young, rich virgin who has never worked a day in her life, but she immediately bonds with the women. Down the hall, the ladies’ office neighbors are divorced therapist Dr. Sellers Boyd (Evan Handler), and sexy plastic surgeon Dr. Charlie Thorpe (Stephen Dunham.) The floor’s receptionist and resident busybody is Mary (Amy Hill), a married mother of five. She delivers messages and packages to the residents of the office building, as well as unsolicited advice and the latest gossip, whether they want it or not.
In the first episode, Chloe whines to Ava that men are just not into her and that she should get a boob job. Mary gives Ava a message from an old boyfriend and tells her about the pluses and minuses of marriage. Lola is ready to date again, since it has been six months following her divorce. Ava, Chloe, and Lola meet a new client, Emerson, who is getting a new home for herself and her fiancé Graham Currier (Greg Cromer) as a wedding present from her parents. Emerson and Graham want to wait until marriage before they sleep together, since they are both virgins. She shows the girls a picture of Graham, and after she leaves, Ava and Chloe realize that they both slept with Graham at one point. In a cab ride over to see Emerson, the girls and Fareed (Iqbal Theba), their cab driver, discuss Lola’s first post-divorce date and that Scott donated his “swimmers” to the fertility clinic by looking at an 18-year-old in People magazine. They get to the apartment, and Graham is surprised to see Ava again, but he doesn’t remember Chloe. Chloe tries to remind Graham about her, and she does so by kissing him, just as Emerson comes in. She is devastated, and she watches “Oprah” for the first time, where she sees an episode about men who deceive their wives. She finds out from Chloe and Ava that Graham had both slept with him in the past, and they all go out for drinks. At the bar, Ava pulls out the People magazine and discovers a naked picture of her, which means that Scott was using a picture of her to give his sample and not the 18-year-old.
In the second episode, Lola is devastated over the death of her beloved chicken Mittens. The girls make fun of Mittens’ death with Sellers and Charlie, when Lola overhears the conversation and becomes upset. The girls, including Emerson (who is now working there), invite Lola over and they drink wine and reminisce about their pets. The next morning, all four women realize that they had drunkenly called people on their cell phones. Chloe had called her mother Candice (Christine Estabrook) looking for an old boyfriend named Rusty. Emerson called her tennis pro named Dylan (Richard Blake), who sent her flowers the next day. Ava had left a dirty message on Scott’s voicemail. Lola had chewed out her chicken doctor Dr. Grodin (Laird Macintosh) on the phone, but he sets up a date with her anyway at an animal rights benefit. Candice pays Chloe a visit, and she tags along to an apartment showing for a young couple (Darren Kennedy and Alicia Ziegler.) Candice screws up the sale when she complains about the apartment. Ava and Sellers advise her just to be kind to her mother, but Chloe just wants to tell her off. Emerson and Dylan make out on the couch, when she admits that she is a virgin, which makes Dylan uncomfortable. Ava finds out that her dirty voicemail was actually given to her super (Kevin Brief), who thinks that she was coming on to him. Chloe tells off Candice, which makes her cry. They have a touchy-feely moment (though Candice can’t help but take one last shot at Chloe.) Lola dates her doctor, and while kissing him, she tastes chicken on him. While moaning about her date, Ava surprises Lola with a new baby chick, which she names Spot.
In the third episode, Ava and Chloe come back from selling a condo to a newlywed couple who met through an internet dating site. It gets them all talking about how effective internet dating is. Ava thinks it is for perverts, but the others are interested. Emerson wants to put a profile on a website called pp-date.net, a website for virgins who want to wait until marriage to have sex, and she wants to act like Audrey Hepburn while doing it. The others go for a different site. Chloe wants to be “Super Chloe”…a version of herself had she actually lived up to all of her New Year’s resolutions, like running a marathon in under three hours. Lola finds out that Jeffrey has posted a profile on a gay website, and she decides to pose as a gay man named Rudolph in order to attract a handsome man. Ava decides to post a sexy profile just for fun. Unfortunately, it becomes the featured profile on the site, and she tries to get it off. Lola gets an email from Jeffrey, who thinks that he is emailing Rudolph. Emerson gets an email from a Christian surgeon (Winston Story) who wants to meet her for breakfast at Tiffany’s. Chloe decides to set up a date with a guy named Chaz (Stephen Snedden) to go bungee jumping. She asks Sellers to help her get over her fear of heights before the date. Lola spent the night instant messaging Jeffrey, and Emerson got stood up at Tiffany’s. She gets a message to meet him at the duck pond in Central Park, but Ava advises her not to do it. Lola gets a dinner invitation from Jeffrey, and she thinks that it might be a way to get back with him. Chloe bungee jumps on her date, but she tells Chaz that she loves him on the way down (he was gone by the time she came up.) Lola breaks her date with Jeffrey, and she realizes that they had never gotten along. Emerson meets the surgeon, but he stands her up again. Ava comes along (with Sellers and Charlie as her backup) and offers to go to dinner with her, but then the surgeon comes by with a horse-drawn carriage. She rejects him when she sees that he smokes.
The show made me laugh a few times, but most of those laughs were generated from watching Sullivan. She left FOX’s “Mad TV” and CBS’s “The King of Queens” to do this show, and I hope that she doesn’t regret it. She is the only thing funny about the show. O’Grady does better in dramas, like NBC’s wonderful “American Dreams” or ABC’s gritty “NYPD Blue.” She’s not as bad as another “Blue” alum Sharon Lawrence and her attempts to do comedy, but she isn’t very funny either. Vergara is sexy, but her character is so stereotyped and not amusing. Moore plays a good virginal character, but it didn’t make me laugh.
Suzanne Martin created “Hot Properties,” and I’m not too impressed with it so far. It’s too bad…because Martin also created the hilarious but short-lived WB show “Maybe It’s Me.” That one didn’t have a laugh-track, which this show unfortunately does. It fits fine with its Friday neighbor “Hope & Faith” in the former TGIF lineup, but so far, it’s not quite as good. I’ll have to give it a few more tries before I commit to this bit of sitcom real estate.
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