Hot In Cleveland Didn’t Wait to Make ‘Ryan Seacrest Is a Big Queen’ Joke
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It’s a good thing nearly five million people — TV Land’s best ratings ever — tuned in for Wednesday’s premiere of Hot In Cleveland. Because it was awesome. Which you don’t see very often from ensemble multi-cam sitcoms featuring non-twentysomething women.
Valerie Bertinelli, Wendie Malick, Jane Leeves star as women who have had everything and, thanks to a crappy plane ride, end up in Cleveland instead of Paris. (Fine, the plot line takes some leeway.) It’s the anti-Sex and the City, and not just because Betty White and her deadpan delivery are attached, but because the three main characters are realizing the constant ladder climbing and LA way of life is actually not terrible rewarding.
And maybe it’s because the thing is executive produced by Sean Hayes, but we didn’t even mind the obvious punchline about Ryan Seacrest being a big girl.
Above, that clip and the final scene of the premiere.
That’s nice. Did you hear? Bieber Kardashian Hotel Tape!
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HIC definatley has potential, I am a sucker for anything Betty White graces, however the overly obnoxious laugh track is a TOTAL distraction, I prefer to make my own decisions as to when to emit a chuckle, thank you very much……….
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I’d rather watch reruns of Mary Tyler Moore on that channel. TVland was supposed too have its niche, and it wasn’t being a channel like TBS. I know it’s a dumb thing to bitch about, but every channel is started to outdo each other in stupidity. Remember when A&E was arts and entertainment?
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After he successfully hosted the Tony Awards and (I’m reading here) has produced this very funny Golden-Girls-meets-Sex-In-The City, I am almost ready to forgive Hayes for playing one of the most annoying gay stereotypes on network television.