Hot in Cleveland: Difference between revisions

''Hot in Cleveland'' has been referred to as a modern spin on the classic 1980s television series ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', which also featured actress Betty White in a starring role. Craig Berman of ''[[Today (NBC program)|Today]]'' stated that the show is "as close as we're likely to get to a repeat of White's 1980s ensemble comedy hit, ''The Golden Girls''&nbsp;... [TV Land] the network known as the refuge for people looking to fall asleep to reruns of shows from their childhood has made its first scripted program a modern version of the classic sitcom premise."<ref>{{cite news|author=Craig Berman|title='Cleveland' puts modern twist on 'Golden Girls'|work=[[Today (NBC program)|Today]]|date=July 13, 2010}}</ref> Alessandra Stanley of ''[[The New York Times]]'' commented: "This is the first original scripted comedy on TV Land, a network that was founded on reruns. So not surprisingly, ''Hot in Cleveland'' is a pastiche of classics&nbsp;– a little bit ''[[Cheers]]'' and ''[[Frasier]]'', a little bit ''The Golden Girls''."<ref>{{cite news|author=Alessandra Stanley|title=Hot in Cleveland|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/arts/television/16hot.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 15, 2010|access-date=April 2, 2011}}</ref> [[Michael Musto]] of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' wrote: "Tart-tongued Wendie} Malick is basically the modern-day Bea Arthur. Sweet-faced Valerie Bertinelli is the new Betty White. Been-around Jane Leeves is the nouveau Rue McClanahan. And witheringly sarcastic Golden Girl Betty White has turned into Estelle Getty."<ref>{{cite web|author=Michael Musto|title=Hot in Cleveland Is the New Golden Girls|url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/2010/06/hot_in_clevelan.php|work=[[The Village Voice]]|date=June 24, 2010|access-date=June 2, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516205837/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/2010/06/hot_in_clevelan.php|archive-date=May 16, 2011}}</ref>