Hot in Cleveland
Show Guide
Three fabulous best friends from LA - novelist Melanie Moretti (Bertinelli), eyebrow archer to the stars, Joy Scroggs (Leeves) and former soap star Victoria Chase (Malick) find their lives changed forever when their plane, headed for Paris, makes an unexpected landing – in Cleveland. When the friends discover that they are hot in Cleveland they decide to stay. They rent a house that happens to come with a very feisty caretaker.
Meet the Characters
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Elka Ostrovsky
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Joy Scroggs
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Victoria Chase
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Melanie Moretti
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Episodes
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Episode 1
Pilot
Three best friends from Los Angeles are flying to Paris when their plane lands unexpectedly in Cleveland. Realizing that LA norms don't apply in Cleveland, they decide to stay where they're still considered hot...
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Episode 2
Who's Your Mamma
Joy exploits her newfound appeal in Cleveland by dating a much younger man but her new relationship exposes an old secret. Melanie encourages Elka to date again & Victoria shops for less at Big N Easy but stays for so much more.
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Episode 3
Birthdates
The ladies set each other up on blind dates. It’s love at first sight for Elka and Max (Carl Reiner), but Melanie turns out to be a dead-ringer for her date’s lost love. Meanwhile, Victoria fixes up Joy with a "killer" date
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Episode 4
The Sex That Got Away
When the ladies attend a rock and roll hall of fame event, Victoria reunites with an old flame (Huey Lewis) and Melanie gets up close and way too personal with her music idol, Hailey Nash (Amy Yasbeck).
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Episode 5
Good Neighbours
Melanie throws a party but makes the wrong impression on one of her neighbours. Meanwhile, Victoria is hired to do a Japanese commercial for a questionable product and Elka makes a colourful change to impress her senior prom date.
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Episode 6
Meet the Parents
Melanie’s mother & Victoria’s father visit the ladies on the same weekend forcing them to see their parents in a new, deeply uncomfortable light. Meanwhile, Elka brings Joy & her mother together - much to Joy’s dismay.
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Episode 7
It's Not That Complicated
When Melanie’s ex-husband comes to woo her, Joy and Victoria can’t help but get too involved. Meanwhile, Elka must decide between two senior suitors.
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Episode 8
The Play's the Thing
When Victoria volunteers with a local high school play, they wind up doing her version of “Romeo and Juliet.” Meanwhile, Melanie’s hot new romance strains her friendship with Joy, and Elka goes funeral crashing.
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Episode 9
Good Luck Faking the Goiter
When Melanie’s secretive son (Joe Jonas) comes to visit, she invades his privacy and learns a little too much about him. Meanwhile, when Victoria is nominated for an Emmy, Elka helps her fake a deadly disease to gain sympathy and votes.
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Episode 10
Tornado
When a tornado threatens to hit Cleveland, the ladies find way more than just shelter in Elka’s secret storm cellar.
Characters
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Elka Ostrovsky
Old-school widower Elka Ostrovsky (Betty White, The Golden Girls) is the opinionated and outspoken caretaker who lives in the guest cottage of the Cleveland home that the L.A. ladies rent. Elka was born in Poland and made her way to America after she escaped from the Nazis. When her new houseguests arrive Elka quickly dissolves their diet of healthy and organic foods with a replacement of cheese fries. And it’s not long before Elka is back on the dating scene with her new housemates.
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Joy Scroggs
Joy Scroggs (Jane Leeves, Frasier) has had an eventful life. She was engaged in her 20s and left at the altar, and had a baby at 15 but gave him up for adoption. Now in her 40s, Joy is judgmental and tells it like it is. She might come across as cynical and pessimistic, but deep down she is vulnerable and an utter romantic. Joy has a hard time getting along with caretaker Elka and the two have a mutual dislike towards one another, perhaps because they actually have a lot in common.
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Victoria Chase
LA soap star Victoria Chase (Wendie Malick, Just Shoot Me!) loves to be the center of attention. For 27 years she played the role of Honor St. Raven on a recently cancelled daytime drama called Edge of Tomorrow. With five ex-husbands, three adopted children (she thought childbirth would ruin her figure) and one grandchild, Victoria can be delightfully vain. Although now in her 50s and still self-obsessed, she’s always there for her friends.
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Melanie Moretti
Melanie Moretti (Valerie Bertinelli) is a 40something, recently divorced mother of two still reeling from the shock of her ex husband becoming engaged to a woman half her age. A successful author, Melanie is an eternal optimist and fiercely loyal to her friends. Together with Joy and Victoria, the women get to know Cleveland and the local men.
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