Product Details

• Actors: Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick, Betty White, Carl Reiner
• Writers: Suzanne Martin
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: TV Land
• DVD Release Date: January 11, 2011
• Run Time: 215 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (165 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B004B93RHY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,894 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "Hot in Cleveland: Season One" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

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TV Land's Hot in Cleveland plays like a throwback to a different era. Add four sitcom veterans and a bevy of zingers, and the result was a hit. Like The Golden Girls, which featured Betty White, each of the three younger women represents a different type: Wendie Malick (Just Shoot Me) plays vain soap star Victoria, Jane Leeves (Frasier) plays cynical manicurist Joy, and Valerie Bertinelli (One Day at a Time) plays sunny self-help author Melanie. If anything, Malick and Bertinelli are essentially reviving their signature characters, but that just puts them at their best advantage. And instead of one camera (see The Office, etc.), the multi-camera sitcom takes place in front of a live studio audience.

In the pilot, the single Los Angeles trio ends up in Cleveland en route to Paris due to plane trouble (only Joy, who gave a son up for adoption, has never been married). With nothing better going on back home, they decide to stay. As it turns out, their house comes with a caretaker: White's tracksuit-sporting widow Elka. It isn't a very believable scenario, but that isn't the intention. Instead, story lines revolve around the hopes and fears of women over 40.

Throughout the 10 episodes in the first season, their paramours include such familiar faces as John Schneider, Huey Lewis, Tim Conway, and Carl Reiner (Seinfeld's Wayne Knight also tries to seduce Mel, but with less success). Other guest stars include Hal Linden as Victoria's father, Shirley Knight as Mel's mother, and Joe Jonas as her son. The extras offer three featurettes, a blooper reel, Victoria's Japanese commercial for "lady pants," the original version of the first episode, and the pilot of Retired at 35. Hot in Cleveland may be a throwback, but these funny ladies make that seem like a virtue. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Product Description

America’s hottest sitcom is now on DVD! When three best friends from Los Angeles (Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick) unexpectedly find themselves in Cleveland, they are thrilled to discover – THEY’RE HOT. Loving their new home, the women find themselves living under one roof and battling feisty, quick-witted caretaker (Betty White). Join the girls on their Cleveland escapades in this complete season one set. Free Elka!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 39 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This show is pretty Hot everywhere ! November 11, 2010

By C. Victor

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

From the moment they all landed in Cleveland, I couldn't stop laughing !!!!! Love the entire cast of characters, and Betty White, well she's the glue that holds everyone together, sometimes, when she's not getting into trouble herself...love the quote " who knew I would have game at 80 " I'm so happy they are coming out with the DVD in January ( would have made a great Holiday gift it came out in December )But, thrilled that the show is coming back for a full season. Looking forward to see what they get up to next season.The writer's are a very talented team, and hope they keep up the momentum.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Hysterical! Betty White is Brilliant! November 20, 2010

By B. Tidwell

Format:DVD

Brilliant writing, outstanding acting, all around a very funny show! Only Betty White could play Elka-the pot smoking, adult diaper wearing, caretaker who is hell bent on destroying Joy-played by Jane Leeves. Joy is a professional hair and make up artist to the stars who's quips are usually directed at Elka. Wendy Malick's character-Victoria is also very well cast as a has-been soap star who played the same character for 27 years before the soap was cancelled, and thinks she is loved by one and all. The Japanese commercial she did for diaper pants is absolutely histerical!! Valerie Bertinelli plays-Melanie, even though she seemed to have a little bit of a slow start in the first episode, she more than makes up for it when she tries to make friends with the entire neighborhood and it sort of backfires! I can't wait for season 2 to start, Mary Tyler Moore is going to make a guest appearance, bringing her and Betty White together for the first time since the Mary Tyler Moore show.

19 of 23 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing! November 10, 2010

By Jose

Format:DVD

Definitely, I love Betty White! I laugh every-time I saw her in a movie or in a TV sitcom. I also love Hot in Cleveland. Hot in Cleveland is a mix of humor with an excellent script... simply AMAZING!