Hot in Cleveland Season 1

The first season of the [[Hot in Cleveland]], an American [[situation comedy]] [[television series]], aired in the United States on [[TV Land]]. The series was the channel's first venture into scripted television series. Created by [[television producer]] and [[writer]] [[Suzanne Martin]], the show was produced by Hazy Mills Productions, SamJen Productions, TV Land Original Productions while Martin, [[Sean Hayes]], Todd Milliner, [[Lynda Obst]], Larry W. Jones, and Keith Cox served as executive producers. The show focuses on three women from [[Los Angeles]] who unexpectedly crash land in Cleveland, Ohio and, enthralled by the attention the receive, decide to move there. The series stars [[Valerie Bertinelli]], [[Wendie Malick]] and [[Jane Leeves]] as the three Los Angeles women Melanie Moretti, Victoria Chase, and Joy Scroggs. Veteran actress [[Betty White]] also stars in the series as Elka Ovstrosky, the women's sassy caretaker. The season also featured numerous guest stars, including [[John Schneider]], [[Susan Lucci]], [[Carl Reiner]] and [[Joe Jonas]].Consisting of ten episodes, the first season aired from June 16 to August 18, 2010 on Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. [[EST]]. The series debuted to 4.75 million viewers, becoming the most watched program on the channel and more than quintupling their viewership. The season ended with the finale "Tornado", which attracted 3.40 million viewers. The season averaged 3.12 million viewers per episode and a 0.8 [[Nielsen rating]]. Hot in Cleveland also aired in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom to ratings success. Critical reception for the series was positive, with many [[television critics]] praising the main cast's performance, most notably White, and the series as "well-acted" and "funny." Hot in Cleveland also garnered several comparisons to the 1980s [[NBC]] sitcom [[The Golden Girls]], which White also starred in. The entire season was released on DVD in [[Region 1]] on January 11, 2011, [[Region 2]] on April 25, 2011, and [[Region 4]] on February 17, 2011.