TV Land has renewed Hot in Cleveland for a fifth season, it was announced today by the channel’s President, Larry W. Jones. The 24-episode order brings the series to a total of 104 episodes.
The series, which stars Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White, will head into syndication in 2014. New episodes, meanwhile, will return on Wednesday, June 19th at 10pm ET with a LIVE telecast of the premiere episode. The fifth season will start shooting this fall.
This is an incredible milestone for the show and for TV Land, said Jones. To have our first scripted sitcom make it to the syndication level is a huge accomplishment. We have a brilliant creative team both in front of and behind the camera. We are so proud to be on this exciting ride with them.
Hot in Cleveland revolves around 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) who find their lives changed forever when their plane, headed for Paris, makes an unexpected landing. When the friends discover that life is better in Cleveland, they decide to stay. Starting over together, they rent a house that happens to come with a very opinionated caretaker, Elka Ostrovsky (White).
Filmed in front of a live audience, Hot in Cleveland is executive produced by Emmy® Award-winner Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner of Hazy Mills Productions and is helmed by Emmy® Award-winning Suzanne Martin (“Frasier,” “Ellen”) serving as executive producer, show runner and writer. Lynda Obst also serves as executive producer, and Jones and Keith Cox are executive producers for TV Land.
